Candy Cole Tefertiller

SERVICES: Memorial services will be at 4:00 PM Tuesday at the First Christian Church with Rev. J. C. Burt, associate pastor of Cornerstone Baptist Church, officiating. Cremation will follow the services. Arrangements are by Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors.BIOGRAPHY: Candy was born on Dec. 10, 1951 in Pampa and was a 1970 graduate of Pampa High School where she was editor of the "Little Harvester" her senior year. She attended Tarleton State University in Stephenville. She married Russell Tefertiller on May 25, 1974 in Pampa. She resided in Pampa most of her life except for the 11 years that she lived in Arnett, Oklahoma. She was school secretary at Baker Elementary School for 12 years and worked as a secretary in the special education department at Pampa High School for 4 years, retiring in 2001. She was assistant swim team coach at Pampa High School for one year. Candy was a member of First Christian Church.SURVIVORS: Husband: Russell Tefertiller of the home; 2 sons: Cole Tefertiller of Pampa and Dakota Tefertiller of Odessa; her father: Don Cole of Pampa; 2 sisters: Gail Cole and Donna Finch, both of Pampa. She was preceded in death by her mother, Venora Anderson Cole, on June 29, 1993.MEMORIALS: American Diabetes Association, P. O. Box 1131, Fairfax, VA 22038-1131, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, P. O. Box 199300, Dallas, TX 75210-9300, or Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, 825 N. E. 13th St., Oklahoma City, OK 73104.