Samuel W. Condo

SERVICES: 2:00 PM, Tuesday, July 29, 2008, at the First Baptist Church with Dr. Johnny Funderburg, pastor, Rev. Barry Owens, associate pastor, Rev. John Glover, associate pastor of Field Street Baptist Church in Cleburne, and Rev. Dale Moreland, associate pastor of The Church at Quail Creek in Amarillo, officiating.BURIAL: Memory Gardens Cemetery under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors.BIOGRAPHY: Sam was born on Sept. 10, 1938 in Pampa and was a 1957 graduate of Pampa High School where he played basketball for Clifton McNeely. He held the Harvester free throw record and was a McDonald's High School All-American for 2 years. He attended Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene where he played on a basketball scholarship. Sam married Brenda Brown Simmons on Sept. 30, 1962 in Pampa. He was a lifelong Gray and Roberts County farmer, rancher, cattleman, and horseman who loved team penning and ranch sorting. He was a member of First Baptist Church where he worked with youth and college students. He was a former director of the Top O' Texas Rodeo Association and a former Roberts County commissioner. Sam was a loving husband, father, and friend.SURVIVORS: Wife: Brenda Condo of the home; 3 sons: Terry Simmons and wife Catherine of Floydada, Ray Condo of Austin, and Brad Condo of Pampa; 2 sisters: Doris Mims and husband Ray of Vernon and Mary Winton and husband Gib of Pampa; 2 grandsons: Kyle Simmons and Kevin Simmons, both of Hobbs, NM; and by several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, J. W. and Nancie Condo, and by a daughter, Cammie Rene Condo.MEMORIALS: First Baptist Church Music Ministry, P. O. Box 621, Pampa, TX 79066 or Odyssey Healthcare, 6900 I-40 West, Suite 150, Amarillo, TX 79106.