James H. Cottom

SERVICES: Graveside services will be at 11:00 AM Monday, March 10, 2008, at Memory Gardens Cemetery with Rev. Kyle Ohsfeldt, pastor of Grace Baptist Church, officiating. Arrangements are by Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors.BIOGRAPHY: Mr. Cottom was born on Oct. 15, 1919 in Cherryvale, Kansas. He attended grade school, high school, and 2 years of college in the Kansas area. As a boy, he was an excellent swimmer, Golden Glove boxer, and horseshoe pitcher. He served in the U. S. Army during World War II from 1942-1945 under General George S. Patton and received the Bronze Star for bravery. Mr. Cottom married Mary Dillon on Aug. 18, 1947 and began his career with Halliburton in 1948 in Kansas. He moved to Pampa in 1970 and retired from Halliburton in 1984 after 36 years of service. Mr. Cottom frequented the Pampa Senior Citizens Center where he loved playing gin rummy and dominoes. He was a member of the Pampa Country Club where he loved to play golf, and he once made a hole-in-one on the twelfth hole. He will be missed by his family and friends.SURVIVORS: 2 sons: James Cottom and wife Karen of Vinita, Oklahoma and Jeff Cottom and wife Paulette of Pampa; 2 grandsons: Clinton Cottom of Vinita, OK and Ryan Cottom of Houston; 2 granddaughters: Margaret Cottom of Dallas and Sammi Jo Cottom of Amarillo. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary, on March 17, 2007, and by a brother, Charles Cottom, in 1999.MEMORIALS: Meredith House, 812 W. 25th, Pampa, TX 79065 or Pampa Senior Citizens Center, 500 W. Francis, Pampa, TX 79065.