Wandell Carruth Curry

SERVICES: Services will be at 10:00 AM Friday, July 15, 2011, at Memory Gardens Mausoleum, with Zeb Sailors, Church of Christ minister, officiating. BURIAL: Memory Gardens Cemetery under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors.BIOGRAPHY: Mrs. Curry was born on November 3, 1921 near Roswell, New Mexico. She married Clyde M. Curry on August 17, 1941 in Tulia. He preceded her in death on June 28, 2008. She and her husband farmed in the Center Plains Community of Swisher County for 11 years until 1952 when they bought a farm near Happy, Texas. They farmed there for about 20 years and then they moved to Gallup, New Mexico in 1970 where they served as house parents at the Manuelito Navajo Children's Home. After leaving the children's home, she served as Postmistress on the Navajo Reservation at Tohatchi, New Mexico. They returned to Texas in 1982 where they lived in White Deer and then Pampa. She was a member of Mary Ellen & Harvester Church of Christ. SURVIVORS: a daughter: Sharon Sandlin and husband Rick of Brandon, Florida; a son: Alton Curry and wife Judy of Pampa; sister: Mickey Ford of Hartley; five grandchildren: Amy Wiseman, Nathan Blackwell, Jon Blackwell, Alan Curry and Alex Curry; one great-grandson: Sam Wiseman; nine nieces and fifteen nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents: Ernest and Lemmie Carruth; and two brothers: Warren F. Carruth and Odie W. Carruth.MEMORIALS: High Plains Children's Home, P.O. Box 7448, Amarillo, Texas 79114.