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Debra Jean Snyder-June 7, 2011
Debra Jean Snyder, 59, of Amarillo died on Tuesday, June 7, 2011.
Services will be at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, June 10, 2011 at the Boxwell Brothers Ivy Chapel, 2800 Paramount Blvd. with Pastor John Love officiating. Burial will be at Llano Cemetery. Arrangements are by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors.
Debra was born on January 30, 1952 in Amarillo to Virginia and Edwin Zint. She was raised in Amarillo and was a graduate of Amarillo High Class of 70'. Debra married Drew Snyder on November 4, 1983 and was a member of Trinity Fellowship Church for twenty-five years. She was full of energy and loved being outdoors. She loved her friends and family.
She was preceded in death by her parents.
Survivors include her husband, Drew Snyder of the home; three sons, Matthew Snyder and Bob Snyder and wife Jamie, both of Amarillo and Mike Snyder and wife Darcy of Illinois; a brother, Gary Zint of Amarillo and two grandchildren, Korah and Kaston, who affectionately called her “Moppy”.
The family suggests donations be to High Plains Mended Little Hearts, 112 Stockton, Amarillo, TX 79118.
Rachel Louise Clements Stem-June 3, 2011
Rachel Louise Clements Stem, 95, of Amarillo died on Friday, June 3, 2011.
Graveside services will be at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, June 10, 2011 at Llano Cemetery with Mike Nuthman, Pastor at Hillside Christian Church, officiating. Arrangements are by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2800 Paramount Blvd.
Mrs. Stem was born on July 8, 1915 in Caddo, Oklahoma to Noah and Emma Owen. She lived most of her life in Amarillo and was a member of Hillside Christian Church. Mrs. Stem retired as a phone operator from AT&T.
Survivors include a sister, Opal of Oklahoma; a daughter-in-law, Phyllis Clements of San Diego; four grandchildren, Richard Clements, Sr. of Arizona, Michael Clements, Miaja Parkins and Amy Asnicar, all of California, ten great grandchildren and four great-great grandchildren.
Mayme D. Berry-June 7, 2011
Mayme D. Berry, 74, of Vega died on Tuesday, June 7, 2011.
Graveside services will be at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, June 9, 2011 at the Memorial Park Cemetery at Vega with Randall Ator, Interim Hospice Chaplain, officiating. Arrangements are by Boxwell Brothers at Vega.
Mrs. Berry was born on January 10, 1937 in Clovis, NM. She married Larry Berry on June 5, 1955 in Clovis, NM.
She was preceded in death by a grandson, Patrick Ryan Berry in 1988, by her parents, three brothers and four sisters.
Survivors include her husband, Larry Berry of the home; a son, Gerald Berry and wife Karen of Panhandle; four grandchildren, Andrea Berry of Wichita Falls, TX, Ryan, Mary Kate and Zachary Berry, all of Panhandle; two sisters, Helen Harmon of Clovis, NM and Blanche Keilman of Calistoga, CA.
Viewing will be from noon to 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 8, 2011 at the Boxwell Brothers at Vega.
Anna Lea “Annie” Cobb – June 6, 2011
Anna Lea “Annie” Cobb, 92, of Amarillo, died on Monday, June 6, 2011.
Services will be at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, June 8, 2011 at the Boxwell Brothers Ivy Chapel, 2800 Paramount Blvd. Burial will follow at 2:00 p.m. at the Texola Cemetery in Texola, Oklahoma. Arrangements are by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors.
Mrs. Cobb was born on May 10, 1919 in Ada, Oklahoma to Homer G. and Willie Maude Franklin. She married Louis Buford Cobb on February 12, 1938 in Sayre, Oklahoma and was a member of the Church of Christ.
She was preceded in death by her husband on September 9, 1997.
Survivors include two sons, Louis Cobb, Jr. and wife Lou of Sanford, Texas and Harvey Cobb and wife Jana of Bartlesville, Oklahoma; two daughters, Thelma Jean Carter and husband Donald of Coolidge, Arizona and Sue Cox and husband Jerry of Amarillo; fourteen grandchildren, twenty-eight great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.
Reita Gimpel – June 4, 2011
Reita Gimpel, 64, of Amarillo died on Saturday, June 4, 2011.
Services will be at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, June 8, 2011 at Washington Avenue Christian Church with Pastor Jim Shelburne and Albert Maggard officiating. Burial will be at Llano Cemetery. Arrangements are by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2800 Paramount Blvd.
Reita was born on August 9, 1946 in Boise City, Oklahoma. She lived in various locations throughout Oklahoma, New Mexico and the Texas Panhandle, during the ministry of her mother. She fought a long and valiant battle with breast cancer after her diagnosis in 1997. Her courage and optimism, along with her absolute faith in God’s will, were a true inspiration to those around her.
She was preceded in death by her father, Alvoy Kersey, mother, Louva Kersey and a brother, Jim Kersey.
Survivors include her sons, Dewayne Gimpel and wife Allison of Plano, Texas and Dallas Gimpel and wife Carrie of Amarillo; a sister, Alva Walker and husband Donald of Amistad, New Mexico; a brother, Dale Kersey and wife Ellen of Tryon, Oklahoma, a sister, Glenna Stallo and husband Jerry of Lorraine, Kansas; and five grandchildren, Nathan, Nolan, Lindsie, Kristin and Shannon.
Those who wish to donate, please consider the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Greater Amarillo Affiliate, PO Box 50610, Amarillo TX 79159.
Bill Watt-June 4, 2011
Bill Watt, 83, of Amarillo, died Saturday, June 4, 2011.
Services will be at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, June 8, 2011 in Boxwell Brothers Ivy Chapel with John Henley officiating. Burial will be at Llano Cemetery. Arrangements are by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2800 Paramount Blvd.
Mr. Watt was born on April 7, 1928 in Pampa, Texas to Carson and Annice Watt. He graduated from Pampa High School. He then served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean Conflict. He worked for Beacon Supply for many years and then worked for Transwestern Pipeline until his retirement. He was a member of First United Methodist Church in Pampa.
He married Wathena Burton on October 9, 1954 in Boise City, Oklahoma. They celebrated 56 wonderful years together.
Survivors include his wife, Wathena Watt, of the home; son, Carson Watt of Midland, TX; daughter, Frankie Mercurio and husband Guy and his pride and joy, granddaughter, Avery Mercurio, of Dallas, TX; a sister, Dorothy Hayes of Colorado Springs, TX and many beloved nieces and nephews.
Odis Ray Blount
December 23, 1944 - August 26, 2008
GRUVER - Odis Ray Blount, 63, died on Tuesday, August 26, 2008 in Amarillo, TX.
Funeral services were on Saturday, August 30, 2008 at 10:30 a.m. in the Church of Christ in Gruver, TX with Gaylord Cook officiating. Interment was in Gruver Cemetery under the direction of Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home in Sopearman.
Odis Ray was born on December 23, 1944 in Brownfield, TX to Odis and Annie Blount. He was a truck driver and attended the Church of Christ in Gruver.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Odis and Annie Blount.
Survivors include five brothers, Alford Blount, John Blount and Bobby Blount, all of Amarillo, Charley Blount of North Richland Hills, TX and Robert Blountn of Spearman; and ive sisters, Geneva Wheeler of Joshua, TX, Eula McMahan of Gladewater, TX, Cora Schuman of Cleburne, TX, Joyce Helzer of Marion, KS and Francis Houghton of Ovid, CO.
Lynn Howell Earles
June 5, 1927 - August 18, 2008
WACO, TX - Lynn Howell Earles and his twin brother Bobby Earles were born to Lee Earles and Mamie Gatlin Earles in Ennis, Texas on June 5, 1927. The twins and their younger brother, Gene Earles, later moved with the family to Houston where Lynn graduated from Austin High School.
During World War II Lynn joined the U.S. Navy Construction Battalion and served in the Pacific theater as the foreman of an asphalt boiler crew. One of the assignments his unit completed was the allied airfield runway on Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands. After the war Lynn attended college at the University of Houston where he met and married Barbara Jane Brunson. They were blessed with two sons and a daughter: Thomas Lynn Earles who now lives in Thousand Oaks, California; Richard Lee Earles, of Houston; and Lucile Virginia (Ginger) McClellan, of College Station. He was also blessed with eight grandchildren: Kristin, Julie, Lauren, Michelle and John David McClellan, and Matthew, Derek, and Jason Earles.
After college, Lynn worked as a pipe fitter and was later promoted to staff engineering inspector for Shell Chemical Company until he retired after twenty three years of service.
Those of us who know Lynn realize he was a very kind and caring person who truly loved his family.
Lynn trusted in Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior and was baptized on June 30, 1996 at the VA Medical Center in Temple. He left this earthly body and went to be with the Lord after a prolonged illness on Monday at a Waco VA Medical Center hospice nursing home.
Graveside services were held at Forrest Park Cemetery, 6900 Lawndale, at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, August 22, 2008.
The family requests that memorials be sent to a charity of your choosing or to one of the following: Hospice Brazos Valley in Bryan, Texas; Hansford Hospice, Spearman, Texas; The O'Loughlin Center, Spearman, Texas; Central Texas Christian School, Temple, Texas; or Brazos Christian School, Bryan, Texas.
Floyd Wayne Laxton
PERRYTON - Floyd Wayne Laxton, 49, died on Tuesday, August 19, 2008.
Graveside services were held on Wednesday, August 20, 2008 at 3 p.m. in Ochiltree Cemetery with the Rev. Marlon Sparks officiating. Interment was under the direction of Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home of Perryton.
Floyd was born on August 1, 1959 in Perryton to Charles and Claudine Laxton. He had lived in the area his entire life.
Floyd worked in the Oil Field and was a member of Victory Family Church of Perryton.
Survivors include his parents, Charles and Claudine Laxton of Spearman; two sons, Bradley Laxton and Charles Laxton, both of Perryton; a brother, Lloyd Laxton of McAlister, OK; and two grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials be to the American Heart Association, 6605 I-40, Suite A6, Amarillo TX 79106, or one's favorite charity.
J.C. Harris
J.C. Harris was born August 12, 1911 in Amarillo, TX. He passed from this life, while a lifelong resident of Gruver, TX, at the age of 96, one day short of 97.
Memorial services will be held at the Gruver Methodist Church on Thursday, August 14, 2008, at 2:00 pm. Burial will be at Gruver Cemetery, where JC will lay to rest in the lot next to his former wife. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home.
J.C.'s father, W.L. Harris, came to Texas as a young boy from Henderson County, Tennessee, in 1888 with nine of his brothers and sisters. The majority of the children settled in the panhandle of Texas.
At the age of two, J.C., along with his mother and father, came from Amarillo to Hansford County in a covered wagon. J.C. was an only child and has spent his entire life in the Hansford County.
He started his education in a one-room country schoolhouse getting to and from school on horse-back. At the beginning of his senior year, a school opened in Gruver. He was the only student in his class of 1930 and the first graduate of Gruver High School and in typical J.C. style claimed the title of Valedictorian.
JC met his wife, Willie Brooks, while she was working at a grocery store in Gruver. They married in 1934 and were married for 48 years.
JC wore many different hats and worked various jobs to help his family survive. He was primarily a farmer and involved in the cattle business. JC also owned an Oldsmobile dealership and grain elevator. He helped start and was one of the founders of the Gruver Bank and was Mayor for a period of 12 years. JC was very active in the Gruver Methodist Church and local civic offices. In addition to all of this, JC flew his own airplane and for years he has been active on a daily basis in the stock market even up to days of his death. JC is known for his energetic, positive, and youthful attitude as well as his spirited determination.
JC said that he had been down quite a few roads and a lot of them weren't paved. Such as, after his 70th birthday, J.C. had each leg broken at different times snow skiing, separated his shoulder while roller skating, and broke his back at the age of 85 when the saddle turned on a horse and whipped him to the frozen ground. After two hip replacements in his 90's, beating prostate cancer, and having a pace maker put in, he explained that his life was very blessed.
JC is survived by his only son, Billy Bob Harris, special friend Vickie Wise, 2 step children Laddie Cluck and Glenda Cox, 2 nephews, 3 nieces, and a host of friends.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials be made to the Faith Promise Missions Fund of Gruver Methodist Church at Box 977, Gruver, TX 79040.
George W. Cunningham
PERRYTON - George W. Cunningham, 86, died Friday, Aug. 1, 2008.
Graveside services were at 11 a.m. Monday, August 4, 2008 in Memory Gardens Cemetery in Pampa with the Rev. Paul Baskin officiating. Arrangements were by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home of Perryton.
Mr. Cunningham was born May 8, 1922, in Kirkland to Jess and Mary Cunningham. He married Janis Jones on Jan. 10, 1944, in Pampa. She preceded him in death in 2007. He had lived in Perryton since 1963, moving from Gruver.
He was an instrument technician who worked for more than 30 years for Phillips Petroleum. He was a member of First Christian Church and Gruver Masonic Lodge No. 1326. He loved and enjoyed his family and children.
He also was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Leslie Cunningham.
Survivors include two daughters, Connie Fewell and husband Jerry of Phoenix and Cherie Reynolds and husband Roy of Fritch; a sister, Marguarette Hearn of Pampa; and five grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials be to Alzheimer's Association, 1400 Wallace Blvd., Amarillo, TX 79106.
