Leveta Mae Counts

SERVICES: Graveside services will be at 2:00 PM Monday, September 29, 2008, at Memory Gardens Cemetery in Pampa, with Rev. Jeff Taylor, pastor of First United Methodist Church of Pampa, and Michael Green, Church of Christ minister, officiating. Eastern Star rites are courtesy Pampa Chapter #65 Order of the Eastern Star, and arrangements are under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors of Pampa.BIOGRAPHY: Mrs. Counts was born May 21, 1912 in Porum, Oklahoma, to Evans and Audie Groves. She married Ben Loyd Counts and he preceded her in death on February 27, 1972. She had been a resident of Phillips for over 60 years. She moved to Amarillo where she lived for 18 years before moving to Orange. Leveta enjoyed sewing and crafts. She was a 50-year member of the Borger Order of the Eastern Star. She was a member of St. Paul's United Methodist Church in Borger. SURVIVORS: son: Bennie Joe Counts and wife Mary of Orange; 7 grandchildren, 2 step-grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren, 5 great-great-grandchildren. Leveta was preceded in death by her father: Evans Groves on October 19, 1916; her mother: Audie Groves on May 5, 1953; a sister: Ina Bogle on August 30, 1974; a brother, Evans Groves, Jr.; and a daughter: Pat Fowler on July 13, 1989. MEMORIALS: American Cancer Society, c/o Gerry Caylor, 2130 Charles, Pampa, Texas 79065, or Alzheimer's Association, 415 W. 8th Ave., Suite 300, Amarillo, Texas 79101.