Willie Mae Wilson Mangold

Willie Mae Wilson Mangold died January 2, 2014 in Glen Rose. Services will be at 2:00 PM Monday, January 6, 2014, at Carmichael-Whatley Colonial Chapel in Pampa, with John Curry, officiating. Burial will follow in Fairview Cemetery in Pampa, under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors of Pampa. Willie Mae was born March 22, 1921, near Gruver, Texas, to Clinton and Cassie Wilson. She graduated from Gruver High School at 16, and she attended West Texas State, earning a BA in Science Education by age 20. She married Charles Otto Mangold, Jr. on September 25, 1942 in Amarillo. He preceded her in death in 1996. From 1942 to 1944, she instructed soldiers in the electrical systems on B17 and B29 airplane bombers at the Amarillo Air Force Base. She taught school for 48 years in Canadian, Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch, and Pampa. In 1969, she received her Master’s in Science Education from Texas A&M College Station. In 1973, she was awarded the Texas Conservation Teacher of the Year. Throughout her life she was an active member of the First Baptist Church, Delta Kappa Gamma, DAR, Daughters of the Confederacy, and after her retirement, the Pampa Retired Teachers Association. Although she was active in the community, she always made time to play Bridge, her favorite card game. She was preceded in death by her parents and her brother Travis Wilson. She is survived by her daughter, Cassandra Weyandt and husband Tom of Glen Rose; granddaughter, Bonnie Weyandt of Glen Rose; niece, Jeanne Hardin of Knoxville, Tennessee; and nephews, Tony Christopher of Corona del Mar, California, and Mitchell Wilson of Brackettville. The family will receive friends from 5:00-6:30 Sunday, January 5, 2014, at Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Home in Pampa. Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 621, Pampa, Texas 79066-0621, Pampa Meals on Wheels, P.O. Box 939, Pampa, Texas 79066-0939, Pampa Senior Citizens Center, P.O. Box 475, Pampa, Texas 79066-0435, Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch, 600 SW 11th Ave., Amarillo, Texas 79101, or Alzheimer’s Association, 415 W. 8th Ave., Suite 300, Amarillo, Texas 79101.