D. Grace Garner Futch

SERVICES: 10:00 AM Monday, December 27, 2010, at Carmichael-Whatley Colonial Chapel in Pampa, with Pastor Jimmye Cole of First Church of the Nazarene of Pampa, officiating.BURIAL: Fairview Cemetery in Pampa, under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors of Pampa.BIOGRAPHY: Mrs. Futch was born February 20, 1923 in the Gray Community of Beaver County, Oklahoma, the daughter of the late Bertha and Edgar Garner. She joined her late husband, James David Futch, when she passed away on Monday.Grace, as she was known to her family, left Oklahoma as a young girl to settle in the Kelton community, located in the Texas panhandle. She moved to Pampa in 1949 and lived there until 1998 when she relocated to Plano to be closer to her daughters.She graduated from Kelton High School in 1940 where she was a star basketball player. She was an avid basketball fan who loved sewing, cooking and spending time with her family and being a part of her church.Grace was the fifth of eight children. She is survived by three of her siblings: Pauline Holland, Juanita Smith and Joe Garner. Grace was blessed with three children of her own: 2 daughters: Sandra Franks and husband Dennis Wayne of Plano, and Donna Larson and husband Jerry of Allen; a son: J. D. Futch of Houston; five grandchildren: Dennis Franks and wife Elyce of Flower Mound, David Franks of Plano, Bobby Burrows of Allen, Dack Franks and wife Alica of Stafford, and August Larson of Dallas; 4 great-grandchildren: Brant Burrows, Caitlyn Franks, Taylor Burrows, and Andrew Franks.