Harold Baston

SERVICES: 2:00 PM Saturday, March 15, 2008, at Memory Gardens Mausoleum, with Rev. Rick Parnell, associate pastor of Central Baptist Church, officiating. BURIAL: Memory Gardens Cemetery under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors.BIOGRAPHY: Mr. Baston was born January 17, 1934 in Adair, Oklahoma, and he attended schools in Nowata, Oklahoma. He married Earline Dick on October 5, 1953 in Nowata, Oklahoma at the First Baptist Church. Harold worked as a heavy equipment operator and foreman on the pipeline for Carlson & Cradduck for 16 years. He later owned and operated Harold Baston Construction for 20 years, retiring in 2003. When his sons were home, they liked to ride motorcycles.SURVIVORS: Wife: Earline Baston of the home; 1 son: Darrell Baston of Pampa; 2 sisters: Georgia Kasler of Inola, Oklahoma and Sherry Sharp of Pryor, Oklahoma; 1 grandson: Anthony Baston of Pampa; 2 granddaughters: Miranda Baston of Austin and Sarah Baston of Lubbock; and special friends: Richard and Mabel Tunnell of Pampa. He was preceded in death by a son, Harold Gene Baston, Jr., 4 brothers and 3 sisters.MEMORIALS: American Heart Association, 2514 82nd Street, Suite B, Lubbock, Texas 79423.