George F. Saunders

SERVICES: 10:00 AM Monday, July 25, 2005, at Carmichael-Whatley Colonial Chapel in Pampa, with Jeff Foster, grandson, David Fultz, a retired Church of Christ minister, Dalton Key, minister of the North Amarillo Church of Christ, and Glen Walton, minister of the Bell Ave. Church of Christ of Amarillo, officiating.BURIAL: Fairview Cemetery in Pampa, under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors of Pampa. BIOGRAPHY: Mr. Saunders was born November 7, 1922 in Panhandle, Texas, to Guy Cecil and Ora Viola Robertson Saunders. He graduated from Pampa High School and attended Abilene Christian College. He married Laverne Roberts on January 28, 1945 in Pampa. In his early life, he was a registered Angus rancher in McLean. He served the Forgan Church of Christ in Forgan, Oklahoma for over 30 years as minister of the Gospel. He was a member and past president of the McLean Lions Club, a board member of the McLean Branch of the Lovett Memorial Library, a member of the Texas and American Angus Associations, and served on the Lubbock Christian University Board of Trustees from 1964-2004. He was preceded in death by his parents, his brother Barney, and his sister Louella.SURVIVORS: Wife: Laverne Saunders of the home. 3 Daughters: Janice Wright & husband Loyd of Flower Mound, Joyce Foster & husband Jim, and Judy Organ & husband Joe, all of Lubbock. 6 Grandchildren: Jeff Foster & wife Melanie of Cortez, Colorado, Laura Wright of Irving, Julie Bollinger & husband Joe of Amarillo, Alan Wright & wife Julie of Spring, Jase Foster & wife Tosha, and Jeana Culbert & husband Mark, all of Lubbock. 9 Great-Grandchildren.MEMORIALS: In Search of the Lord's Way, P.O. Box 371, Edmond, Oklahoma 73083-9901, or Lubbock Christian University, 5601 W. 19th Street, Lubbock, Texas 79407.