Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Pampa, Texas & Gray County

Wyvon Mark Griffin

Wyvon Mark Griffin

Oct 27, 2006

SERVICES: 10:00 AM Wednesday, November 1, 2006, at St. Mark's CME Church, with Rev. Raymond McKever, pastor, officiating.BURIAL: Memory Gardens Cemetery under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors.BIOGRAPHY: Mr. Griffin was born February 28, 1906 in Hartman, Louisiana. He had been a resident of Pampa since 1945. He was employed by the City of Pampa Sanitation Department for 25 years,...

Robert Tollie Jinks Jr.

Robert Tollie Jinks Jr.

Oct 26, 2006

SERVICES: Memorial graveside services will be at 2:00 PM Monday, October 30, 2006, at Fairview Cemetery, with Bob Thomas, Odyssey Hospice chaplain of Amarillo, officiating. Cremation and arrangements are under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors.BIOGRAPHY: Mr. Jinks was born July 17, 1923 in Burkburnett. He attended Pampa schools. He was a veteran of the U. S. Navy Seabees, serving...

Vada Alice Lunsford

Vada Alice Lunsford

Oct 24, 2006

SERVICES: 2:00 PM Friday, October 27, 2006, in Carmichael-Whatley Colonial Chapel with Dr. Johnny Funderburg, pastor of First Baptist Church, officiating.BURIAL: Fairview CemeteryBIOGRAPHY: Mrs. Lunsford was born on Nov. 30, 1904 in Indian Territory, Oklahoma near what is now Purcell, Oklahoma. She married James Cecil Lunsford on Dec. 19, 1923 in Rush Springs, Oklahoma. He preceded her in death on...

Jimmy Lynn Hampton

Jimmy Lynn Hampton

Oct 24, 2006

SERVICES: 2:00 PM Saturday, October 28, 2006, at the First Baptist Church, with Dr. Johnny Funderburg, pastor, officiating.BURIAL: Memory Gardens Cemetery with honor guard presentation by VFW Post #1657. Arrangements are under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors.BIOGRAPHY: Mr. Hampton was born November 17, 1945 in Lubbock. He married Barbara Tugwell on May 14, 1965 in Memphis, Tennessee. He was...

Jene Jennings

Jene Jennings

Oct 23, 2006

SERVICES: 10:00 AM Friday, October 27, 2006, at Carmichael-Whatley Colonial Chapel, with Mr. Glade Taylor, a family member, officiating.BURIAL: Fairview Cemetery under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors.BIOGRAPHY: Mr. Jennings was born August 9, 1932 in Phillips. He had been a lifelong resident of the Pampa area. He married Sherry Newsom on November 5, 1951 in Wheeler. He was a...

Billy B. Davis

Billy B. Davis

Oct 23, 2006

SERVICES: Memorial services will be at 11:00 AM Saturday, October 28, 2006, at St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, with Rev. Linda Kelly, rector, officiating. Cremation and arrangements are under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors.BIOGRAPHY: Mr. Davis was born February 23, 1922 in Pampa where he had been a lifelong resident. He was a 1940 graduate of Pampa High School and...

Gertrude Bowles Devenport

Gertrude Bowles Devenport

Oct 21, 2006

SERVICES: 2:00 PM Tuesday, October 24, 2006, at Carmichael-Whatley Colonial Chapel, with Rev. Fred Palmer, pastor of the Carpenter's Church, officiating.BURIAL: Memory Gardens Cemetery under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors.BIOGRAPHY: Mrs. Devenport was born on May 28, 1924 in Alanreed and was a lifelong resident of Donley and Gray Counties. She married Ralph Devenport in 1946 in Clarendon. He...

John Paris Sloan

John Paris Sloan

Oct 19, 2006

SERVICES: Graveside services will be at 10:00 AM Saturday, October 21, 2006, at Memory Gardens Cemetery, with Rusty Ratliff, a cousin of Amarillo, and Steve Porter, elder of the Primitive Baptist Church of Paducah, officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors.BIOGRAPHY: Mr. Sloan was born August 25, 1951 in Pampa, and had been a lifelong resident of...

Lawrence E. Paronto

Lawrence E. Paronto

Oct 18, 2006

SERVICES: Graveside services will be at 2:00 PM Saturday, October 21, 2006, at Fairview Cemetery, with Rev. Richard Bartel, pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church, officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors.BIOGRAPHY: Mr. Paronto was born September 12, 1925 in Pampa. He attended Pampa schools. He owned B & L Tank Trucks for 25 years. He was...

Michael Weston Blaine

Michael Weston Blaine

Oct 17, 2006

SERVICES: 10:00 AM Friday, October 20, 2006, at Briarwood Full Gospel Church, with Rev. Leland Lewis, pastor of the First Assembly of God, and Darlene Lewis, officiating.BURIAL: Fairview Cemetery under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors.BIOGRAPHY: Mr. Blaine was born December 5, 1966 in Washington, D.C. He had been a resident of Pampa for the past 14 years. He married...

Fannie Ruff West

Fannie Ruff West

Oct 16, 2006

SERVICES: 10:00 AM Thursday, Oct. 19, 2006, at the Priest Park Church of God with Rev. Fines Marchman, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Skellytown, officiating.BURIAL: Memory Gardens Cemetery under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors.BIOGRAPHY: Mrs. West was born Feb. 23, 1915 in Cooper and attended Mobeetie schools. She married Alphus Allin West in 1936 in Mobeetie. He...

W. H. Watie

W. H. Watie

Oct 14, 2006

SERVICES: 10:00 AM Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2006, at St. Mark's CME Church with Rev. Raymond McKever, pastor, officiating. Cremation will follow. Arrangements are by Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors. BIOGRAPHY: Mr. Watie was born Dec. 24, 1947 in Pampa and had lived in Pampa most of his life. He was a U. S. Navy veteran serving during the Vietnam War. He was...

Wanda Faye Betchan

Wanda Faye Betchan

Oct 10, 2006

SERVICES: 3:00 PM Thursday, October 12, 2006, at Carmichael-Whatley Colonial Chapel, with Pastor Lonny Robbins of Trinity Fellowship, officiating.BURIAL: Fairview Cemetery under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors.BIOGRAPHY: Mrs. Betchan was born May 10, 1929 in Quanah. She attended Quanah schools. She loved to play bingo and loved to fish. She was a very hard worker and enjoyed life to...

John C. Whitson

John C. Whitson

Oct 9, 2006

SERVICES: Graveside services will be at 2:00 PM Wednesday, October 11, 2006, at Fairview Cemetery, with Rev. Fines Marchman, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Skellytown, officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors.BIOGRAPHY: Mr. Whitson was born April 8, 1925 in Sopar, Oklahoma. He had been a resident of Pampa most of his life. He retired...

Diana Pickett

Diana Pickett

Oct 7, 2006

SERVICES: 10:00 AM Thursday, October 12, 2006, at Memory Gardens Mausoleum, with Rev. Norman Rushing, pastor of Central Baptist Church, officiating.ENTOMBMENT: Memory Gardens Mausoleum, under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors.BIOGRAPHY: Mrs. Pickett was born September 24, 1949 in Tyler. She had been a resident of Pampa since 1981. She was a former employee of OMI, leaving in 1998. She...

Zella E. Tice

Zella E. Tice

Oct 6, 2006

SERVICES: Graveside services will be at 10:00 AM Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2006, at Memory Gardens Cemetery with Rev. Albert Maggard, pastor of First Pentecostal Holiness Church, officiating. Arrangements are by Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors.BIOGRAPHY: Mrs. Tice was born Dec. 9, 1932 in Harmon, Oklahoma. She married Woodrow Tice on May 12, 1956 in Clovis, New Mexico. He preceded her in death...

Audie Myatt Ragsdale

Audie Myatt Ragsdale

Oct 6, 2006

SERVICES: 2:00 PM Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2006, in Carmichael-Whatley Colonial Chapel with Rev. Carl Novian, associate pastor of First Baptist Church, officiating.BURIAL: Memory Gardens Cemetery under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors.BIOGRAPHY: Mrs. Ragsdale was born Dec. 28, 1915 in Baxter, Tennessee, and she came to Pampa at the age of 10 from the Tulsa, Oklahoma area. She was a...

Blake O. Laramore

Blake O. Laramore

Oct 6, 2006

SERVICES: 10:00 AM Monday, Oct. 9, 2006, at the First Baptist Church with Dr. Johnny Funderburg, pastor, officiating.BURIAL: Fairview Cemetery with Masonic graveside rites courtesy of Pampa Masonic Lodge #966 and Top O' Texas Masonic Lodge #1381 . Arrangements are by Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors.BIOGRAPHY: Mr. Laramore was born June 30, 1924 in New Hope, Arkansas and had been a resident...

Kenneth Dale Reeves

Kenneth Dale Reeves

Oct 3, 2006

SERVICES: 10:00 AM Saturday, October 7, 2006, at Carmichael-Whatley Colonial Chapel, with Rev. Doug DuBose, retired Baptist minister, officiating.BURIAL: Memory Gardens Cemetery under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors.BIOGRAPHY: Mr. Reeves was born October 9, 1924 in Wheeler County, Texas. He had been a resident of Pampa since 1947. He worked for Cabot and IRI, retiring in 1984 as a...

Stella Jo Jewett

Stella Jo Jewett

Oct 1, 2006

SERVICES: 2:00 PM Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2006, in Carmichael-Whatley Colonial Chapel with Randall Ator, pastor of Plum Creek Fellowship in Amarillo, officiating. BURIAL: Fairview Cemetery under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors.BIOGRAPHY: Mrs. Jewett was born on Nov. 19, 1929 in Memphis, Texas. She married Clifford Jewett on Nov. 2, 1950 in Hollis, Oklahoma. She lived in Amarillo for 25...

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