Obituaries
Charles Waller
Feb 1, 2016
Charles was born on October 25, 1944 in Memphis to Clarence and Maggie Waller. He was raised in Memphis, where he attended Memphis High School. He married Violet Pierce on November 16, 1963 in Memphis. Charles worked as a firefighter for the Memphis Fire Department for 22 years. He held many positions in Memphis throughout the years, including: City Judge,...
Monica Lai Dixon
Feb 1, 2016
Monica was born on September 21, 1973 in Pretoria, South Africa to Ho Sing and Yong Lai. She moved to Atlanta, GA in 2000, where she met and married Brandon Dixon on May 10, 2008. In 2007, they moved to Amarillo, where Monica worked as a medical assistant at Texas Tech University Medical Center for close to 5 years. She...
Bettye Jarboe
Jan 31, 2016
Bettye Jean Laminack was born August 31, 1932, in Floydada, Texas to J.L. and Mabel Laminack. In 1951, Bettye married Tom Jarboe. She received her undergraduate degree in education from West Texas State University. Bettye and Tom lived in Friona for 60 years and were active members of the community. Bettye worked at the Friona State Bank and later serve...
Evelyn Leona Lewis
Jan 31, 2016
Evelyn was born on January 18, 1929 in Amarillo to Bert and Elizabeth Clark. She attended Amarillo High School, graduating in 1946. She worked for C&B Printing as a secretary for over 20 years, retiring in 1991. Evelyn married Hubert Lewis in 1965. The two of them enjoyed many trips to their summer home in Colorado as well as square...
Dennie "Butch" Word
Jan 30, 2016
Dennie was born July 23, 1944 in Shamrock, Tx to Dennis and Nellie Word. From 1963 to 1967 he proudly served his country in the Army. Afterwards, he met the love of his life, Joyce Ford. On September 14, 1968 they were married. Dennie loved to hunt and fish and has quite the collection of lures. He was a beloved...
Bill Moneymaker
Jan 30, 2016
Bill was born March 4, 1942 in Knox County, TN, to Gladys and Claude Moneymaker. Born and raised in Tennessee, he left home and joined the army at the age of 17. He married the love of his life, Marty Martinez in February of 1964. In 1966, they moved to Amarillo where he was a truck driver for many years,...
Leota Carlile Jones
Jan 29, 2016
Leota LaVerne Jones was born February 10, 1932 in Clarendon, Texas to Leslie and Eunice Carlile. She attended Amarillo High School and Amarillo College. She went to work at American National Bank at age 18. Banking was her passion and became her career. She retired from Texas American Bank as Vice President after 37 years of service. Leota dedicated her...
Lorraine Bruns
Jan 28, 2016
Lorraine was born April 17, 1922 in Stafford, Kansas to Olive and Everett Schmidt. She served in the medical field a big portion of her life, devoting time and care to many of her patients. Helping people and being around them brought her an enormous amount of joy and everyone loved her. She was a member of First Baptist Church....
Mac Elaine Mcfarland Elliott
Jan 27, 2016
Mac was born July 5, 1937 in Plainview to Evelyn and Mackey B. McFarland. She moved to Amarillo with her parents in 1939 and remained a resident ever since. On September 22, 1956, she married Robert Gordon Elliott in Amarillo. Together, they raised five children. She was in the insurance business for 35 years, as an insurance claims manager. She...
Dottie J. Henk
Jan 27, 2016
Dottie was born to JD and Collette Ball in Denver, Co on October 10, 1935. She later married Lyle Henk in New Mexico, They had been married for a wonderful 60 Years. Lyle spent 20 years serving his country in the Marines, in which they were able to travel all over. In 1972 they started Henk's BBQ here in Amarillo,...
Lois Irene Love
Jan 23, 2016
Lois was born September 7, 1930 in Belfast, Maine, to Irene and Richard Bartlett. She was a Seventh Day Adventist, who liked to get her hair fixed, as well as shopping for groceries and doing for others. She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Marvin V. Love, a son, Bobby Joe McKnight, Jr. and a grandson, Michael...
Ted Czachowski
Jan 22, 2016
Ted was born on October 28, 1945 in Poland. He moved to the United States in 1965 and settled in Amarillo in 1981. He married his wife, Margaret in 1997. Ted was a talented musician. He taught drum lessons to many as well as playing in many bands and serving his church as a drummer. He is survived by his...
Deborah Layman Boeka
Jan 22, 2016
Deborah "Debbie'" Layman Boeka, age 62, died peacefully in her home on January 22, 2016 Debbie was born March 10, 1953 in Amarillo to Charles and Charlene Layman. She graduated from Amarillo High School in 1971 and received a Bachelor of Arts from West Texas State in 1975 and a Masters of Science in Social Work from the University of...
Carelton Keith Goldsmith
Jan 22, 2016
Keith Goldsmith passed away peacefully in his Amarillo home on January 22, 2016. He was 57 years of age. He was born on July 26, 1958 to Bill and Clara Goldsmith in Dimmitt, Texas. During his life he participated in football with great passion. As he grew older, he loved watching football and especially enjoyed watching his nieces and nephews...
Barbara Jean Bobbitt
Jan 22, 2016
Barbara was born on September 23, 1945 in Memphis to Herman and Eva Irene Vinson. She was raised in Clarendon, where she graduated from Clarendon High School in 1964. She married Leonard "Buddy" Bobbitt on May 7, 1965 in Clarendon. Together they moved to Memphis, where Barbara devoted her life to caring for her family. She enjoyed sewing, working crossword...
Carolyn Vaughan
Jan 21, 2016
: Carolyn was born on October 29, 1937 in Tingle, NM to Luther and Vela Cone. She grew up in Lubbock, TX where she graduated from Lubbock High School in 1954. She married Denzil Vaughan in 1963. Carolyn and Denzil moved to Hereford, where they owned Vaughan Real Estate. They moved to Amarillo in 1973, where they continued to run...
Mary Jo Martellaro
Jan 21, 2016
Mary Jo Martellaro was born on October 2, 1936 to Tony and Mary Danna, in Pueblo, CO where she was raised with her sister, Nina, and her two brothers, Phil and Jim. In 1957 at the age of 21, she married Joe Martellaro. Four years later in 1961, she adopted her son, Michael Sr. Mary Jo lived in La Junta,...
Brenleigh Nichole Smith
Jan 19, 2016
Brenleigh was born on December 31, 2014 to Brandon Smith and Whitney Browning. She was a sweet baby, always happy and smiling. Though she lived but a short time, she touched the lives of many. She is survived by her mother, Whitney Browning; father, Brandon Smith; siblings, Keatn, Ridgely and Brance, all of Amarillo and many grandparents, great grandparents and...
Nancy M. Beattie
Jan 18, 2016
Nancy was born on September 13, 1929 to Ben and Martha Seeley in Mount Pleasant, IA. On September 30, 1950, she married her true love Bob Beattie, to whom she was married for 65 years. Nancy was a homemaker, a farmer's wife, and an accomplished painter and seamstress. She enjoyed attending and participating in numerous activities of all her children,...
June Mcginnis
Jan 15, 2016
June was born April 1, 1940 to J. P. & Loraine Wrather. She lived in Amarillo all her life. She graduated from AHS in 1958 and married the love of her life,Jerry McGinnis, in 1959. He passed away in 2014. They had 2 sons and after the death of their oldest son in 1998, they raised their granddaughter, Shea, as...
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