James W. Jennings

SERVICES: 2:00 PM Friday, March 17, 2006, at Calvary Baptist Church, with Rev. Richard Bartel, pastor, officiating. BURIAL: Memory Gardens Cemetery with graveside rites courtesy Top O' Texas Masonic Lodge #1381 AF & AM. Arrangements are under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors.BIOGRAPHY: Mr. Jennings was born February 5, 1926 in Knox County, Texas. He married Mellonee Williams on July 6, 1950 in Clayton, New Mexico. He was co-owner of Patton & Patton Tank Company for many years. He had been a resident of Pampa since 1955. He was a lifetime member of the Top O' Texas Masonic Lodge #1381 AF & AM, where he served as past master and past district deputy grand master. He was a 33rd degree Mason, a member of the Lubbock Scottish Rite Consistory and the Khiva Shrine Temple of Amarillo. He was a member and deacon of the Calvary Baptist Church. He was a member of the V.F.W. SURVIVORS: Wife: Mellonee Jennings of the home. 1 Daughter: Jeannie Parks of Pampa. 1 Son: Terry Lee Jennings of Pampa. 2 Sisters: Bertha Fay McKinney and Willie Yvonne "Tillie" Koelder both of Plainview. 5 Grandchildren, 4 Great-Grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a son, Jimmy Dale Jennings in 1995, 2 brothers, Raymond Vance Jennings and T. E. Jennings, and 1 sister, Doris Irene Emerson.MEMORIALS: Calvary Baptist Church, 900 E. 23rd, Pampa, Texas 79065