Barbara Ann Brackeen Pitcock

SERVICES: 10:00 AM Wednesday, March 3, 2004 at the United Methodist Church of Miami with Rev. Thacker Haynes, pastor of the United Methodist Church of McLean, and Rev. Don Kinder, pastor, officiating.BURIAL: Graveside services will be at 3:00 PM at Llano Cemetery in Amarillo under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors of Pampa.BIOGRAPHY: Mrs. Pitcock was born on July 26, 1935 in Panhandle to Henry Lee and Josie Ladonia Malone Brackeen. She lived in Amarillo most of her life. She was a member of the V. F. W. Auxiliary #5606 in Kansas City, Missouri. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Paula Ladonia Annette Collins, in 1951, a grandson, Kenneth Wayne Mims, in 1998, by her parents, by 3 sisters: Lucille West, Ruby Grider, and Christine Karlin, and by a brother, Omer L. Brackeen.SURVIVORS: 3 daughters: Kay Mims and husband Larry of Tyler; Stephanie Early and husband Rusty of Miami; Charlene Matthews and friend Jim Mitchell of Amarillo; a foster daughter, Janet Webb, and husband Jack of Jacksonville, TX; 4 stepdaughters: Nancy Hemmingway, Debbie Helton, Cecelia Harsen, and Brenda Herbert; 1 stepson: Charlie Muecke; a companion of 11 years: John Muecke; 2 sisters: Kay Dixon of Amarillo and Audrey King of Ruidoso, NM; 25 grandchildren, 23 great grandchildren, and 2 great great grandchildren; many nieces, nephews, and friends, and a very special longtime friend of 55 years, Faye Polvadore of Amarillo.Grandsons and friends will serve as pallbearers. If desired, memorials may be made to BSA Hospice, P. O. Box 950, Amarillo, TX 79176.The family will receive friends from 5:00-7:00 PM Tuesday at the funeral home.