W. G. McComas

SERVICES: Graveside services will be at 11:00 AM Thursday, May 17, 2012 at Fairview Cemetery with Masonic rites courtesy of Top O' Texas Masonic Lodge #1381 and military honors will be accorded by the U. S. Army, Fort Hood, Texas. Memorial services will be at 2:00 PM Thursday at First United Methodist Church with Rev. Blossom Matthews, pastor, and John Curry, officiating. Cremation and arrangements are by Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors.BIOGRAPHY: Mr. McComas was born Sept. 25, 1920 in Wichita, Kansas and was a 1938 graduate of Wichita North High School. He attended Wichita State University. Bill married Martha Leah Wright on Dec. 20, 1941 in Wichita. He served in the U. S. Army during World War II in the European Theatre where he marched from Omaha Beach across Europe to Berlin. Bill fought in the four major battles of the European Theatre. After the war, he started his retail career with J. C. Penney and then became manager of Montgomery Ward stores in Springfield, Missouri, Ranger, Texas, Pampa, Sheridan, Wyoming, and Boulder, Colorado. After 32 years with Wards, Bill retired and moved back to Pampa. He was a member of First United Methodist Church, Pampa Lions Club, Top O' Texas Masonic Lodge #1381, Khiva Shrine Temple of Amarillo, and was a charter member of the Pampa Chamber of Commerce Gold Coats. Bill owned and restored 32 rent houses during his lifetime.SURVIVORS: his daughter: Mary Jane Taintor and husband Dr. Jerry Taintor of Westlake Village, California; his son: Mike McComas and wife Jeannie of Pampa; 3 grandchildren: Christy Taintor of Westlake Village, California, Katy McGee and husband Destry of McLean, and Matt McComas of Omaha, Nebraska; a great-grandson: Jack McGee of McLean. Bill was preceded in death by his wife: Martha Leah McComas on August 7, 2001; his parents, his sister, and an infant brother. MEMORIALS: BSA Hospice, 800 N. Sumner, Pampa, TX 79065.