SERVICES: 10:00 AM Thursday, January 5, 2012, at Carmichael-Whatley Colonial Chapel, with Rev. Jim Fox, officiating.BURIAL: Memory Gardens Cemetery under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors.BIOGRAPHY: Mrs. McGee was born September 11, 1923 in Shawnee, Oklahoma, and was reared in Tecumseh, Oklahoma. She married Alba Ralph McGee on November 25, 1939 in Tecumseh, Oklahoma. He preceded her in death in 1991. Velora moved to Skellytown in 1950 and to Pampa in 1978. She was a member of Hobart Baptist Church. She enjoyed quilting, sewing and crocheting. Velora loved being around her children, especially her grandchildren. She had a very strong Christian faith.SURVIVORS: a son: Richard Ralph McGee of Baytown; 2 daughters: Carolyn Payne and husband Dean of Hobbs, New Mexico, and Deana Carter and husband Bill of Pampa; 4 grandchildren: Charles Ray Payne and Laura Johnson Payne, both of Portland, Oregon, Tammy Pickering and David Carter and wife Brenda, all of Pampa, and Michael Drew Moore of Baytown; 2 granddaughters-in-law: Lorie Payne and Carolyn Carter; 11 great-grandchildren, and 3 great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, 2 sisters, a brother, and 2 grandsons, Dean Payne and Billy Carter.MEMORIALS: Interim Hospice, 2217 Perryton Parkway, Pampa, Texas 79065, or Hobart Baptist Church, 1100 W. Crawford, Pampa, Texas 79065.