Winnifred Lanore Flowers

Winnifred Lanore ?Bennie? Flowers, 93, died Tuesday, June 11, 2013 in Amarillo.Memorial services will be at 11:00 AM Tuesday, June 18, 2013, at Miami United Methodist Church, with Dr. Lewis Holland, retired Methodist minister, Rev. Anthony Inman, minister of Miami United Methodist Church, and Rev. Mindy McLanahan, minister of Muleshoe United Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be private. Arrangements are under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors of Pampa.Bennie was born December 30, 1919 near Gray, Oklahoma, to Merrill Thomas McLain, Sr., and Ruby Lucille Gyger McLain. She grew up on a farm outside Perryton. While attending Perryton schools, she met James Lawson Flowers. They were married April 1, 1936 in Liberal, Kansas. In 1946, they moved to their newly acquired cattle ranch just outside Miami. As Bennie often told, they didn?t care much for farming, so the move to ranching was quite welcome. She was also thankful for a few good crops to make the move possible. She was a member of the United Methodist Church in Miami, the Miami Chapter #98 Order of the Eastern Star, and the Coronado Community Hospital Auxiliary in Pampa. Bennie enjoyed painting, studying family history and caring for others. Family was always important to Bennie. She was preceded in death by James; their son, Eldon Lawson Flowers in 1982; her parents; two sisters, Lorene Louise Carter and Betty Ann Docherty; and one brother, Merrill Thomas McLain, Jr.Survivors include her daughter-in-law, Mary Lynn Flowers of Amarillo; granddaughter, Donna Kim Flowers of Amarillo; grandson, Mitchell Kirk Flowers and wife Dana Carole of Canadian; great-granddaughter, Autumn Lynn Flowers of Amarillo; great-grandson, Heath Eldon Flowers and wife Sarah Christine of New York City; sister, Patsy Jean McLain of Houston; and three brothers, Larry Glen McLain of Perryton, Robert Gyger McLain of Amarillo, and Gail Lee McLain of The Woodlands.In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials to the United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 248, Miami, Texas 79059, or the Roberts County Museum, P.O. Box 306, Miami, Texas 79059.