Archives for September 2005

Perry Allen “Pat” Beville, age 90, of Prairie Village, Kansas, passed away September 20, 2005.  Funeral services were held on Saturday, September 24, 2005, in the chapel at Village Presbyterian Church in Prairie Village, Kansas.  Burial will be held October 1, 2005, in Citizens Cemetery in Clarendon at 3:00 p.m. Arrangements  were under the direction of D.W. Newcomer’s Sons Overland Park Chapel of Overland Park, Kansas.

Mr. Beville, a retired IBM sales executive, was born November 19, 1914, in Clarendon to Lelia Ross Beville and Harwood Beville.  He graduated from Texas A&M in 1939 with a degree in Business.  As a Major in the US Army’s 90th infantry division, he landed on Normandy Beach on D. Day.  Throughout his life he lived in Clarendon; Amarillo; Dallas; Beaumont; Armonk, New York; Wichita; and Prairie Village, Kansas. He was active in the Leawood Lions Club, the Masonic Lodge, Town and Country Investment Club, and St. Lukes Cardiac Rehab and Village Presbyterian Church. In 1955, he became one of the first owners of the original Ford Thunderbird. This began one of his lifetime passions of owning and driving Ford Thunderbirds.  Pat’s positive attitude and friendly personality was an inspiration to everyone he associated with, whether for a few minutes or for many years.  He will be greatly missed by those who knew him.

He was preceded in death by two wives, Bernice C. Beville in 1974 and by Mary Lou Beville in 2003 and by his brothers, John Ross Beville and Ross Harwood Beville.

Survivors include his son, Don Ross Beville and daughter-in-law Gayle Lamborn of Beville; and his two adored grandsons, Kevin Patrick Beville and Brandon Cole Beville, all residents of Colleyville, Texas.

Memorial contributions may be sent to the American Heart Association.

Cecil Heckman, age 84, of Walsenburg, Colorado, passed away September 12, 2005.  He was born December 12, 1920, to George and Annie Heckman in Antelope Flat, Texas.  He attended Clarendon schools and graduated in 1940.

PFC Heckman served in the US Army Seventh Infantry Division in the Pacific during World War II from 1942-1945.  He married Gertrude Naomi Williams on December 22, 1950.

He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister, Leola Gillmore of Clarendon.

Survivors include his wife; two sons, Kenton and Kim; a daughter, Betty Jo; eleven grandchildren; seven great grandchildren; two brothers, Lowell Heckman of Pampa and Ray Heckman of Claude.

A graveside military flag presentation and interment were held Thursday, September 15, 2005, at Fort Lyon National Cemetery in Fort Lyon, Colorado.

Graveside services for Theron Wayne Holland, age 72, were held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 25, 2005, in Citizens Cemetery in Clarendon with Rev. Bryan Knowles, Pastor of Community Fellowship Church in Clarendon, officiating. Arrangements were under the direction of Robertson Funeral Directors, Inc., of Clarendon.

Mr. Holland died Wednesday, September 21, 2005, in Amarillo. He was born to William Howard Holland and Clara Eleanor Beavers Holland in Amarillo on June 5, 1933.  He married Velma Evone Heathington on December 6, 1948, when he was 15 and she was 16 years old.  They were together for 56 years.  After 55 years of marriage, they learned that they were 6th cousins, descendants of Thomas Camp III.  Mr. Holland lost his father to a lightening strike when he was six years old.  He was the middle son of five brothers.  He had to go to work at age ten to help support his younger brothers.  He worked in a hatchery, grocery stores, as a farm hand, and as an adult he was a farmer, delivered fright, was a warehouse manager, and for almost 40 years was a salesman in electrical supplies.  He worked for Cummins Supply Co. in Amarillo; C.B. Anderson Electric in Tulsa, Oklahoma; Southwest Electric in Oklahoma City; and when he retired in 1998, he was with Techline, Inc. in Amarillo. He traveled the Texas Panhandle, western Oklahoma, southern Kansas, eastern New Mexico, and eastern Colorado.  He made many good friends among his customers, who valued him for his honesty and dependability, for his friendly face, his cheery smile, and the thousands of doughnuts he brought with him over the years.  He was always ready to go the extra mile for his friends and his family.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Howard Holland and Eleanor Holland Martin; his brothers Harold Leon Holland, Garland Lonzo Holland, and Murle Howard Holland.

Survivors include his wife of 56½ years; three sons, David Theron Holland and wife Mary Markey of Omaha, Nebraska; John Mitchell Holland and wife Freda White Holland and Jerry Dunn Holland of Clarendon; two daughters, Laura Lisa Holland of Iowa Park and Nancy Leann Holland Lee and husband Richard of Carrollton; 13 grandchildren: Lisa Jean Holland Lafnear, Christopher Dunn Holland, Patricia Evone Holland, Amanda Leann William Willoughby, Mary Ann Holland Kenney, Shelly Kay Holland Blum, Lauren Rena Williams, Sara Michele Holland, Alana Austin Williams, Mark Wayen Holland, Ashley Nichole Holland, Morgan John Holland, and Gabriel Theron Holland; four step grandchildren, Amanda Lee, Michelle Lee, Preston Lee, and Victoria “Tori” Meeks; six great grandchildren, Beau Yarman, Emilee Blum, BreeAnn Lafnear, Carly Blum, John Francis Alexander “Jack” Kenny, and Kaleb Mitchell Blum; and one step great grandchild, Keyaira Kellie; one brother, Bob Holland of Amarillo; and his very dear friend of many years, Carl Williams of Kingfisher, Oklahoma.

Casket bearers were Gary Shields, Jim Owens, Doug Kidd, Chris Holland, Mark Holland, and Dustin Blum.

The family requests that memorials be to the Children’s Rehabilitation Center, 1250 Wallace Blvd., Amarillo, TX 79106.

Graveside services for Wanda Shirley Partlow, age 68, were held at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 24, 2005, in King Cemetery in Alma, Arkansas.  Arrangements were under the direction of Robertson Funeral Directors, Inc., of Clarendon.

Mrs. Partlow died Thursday, September 22, 2005, in Clarendon.  She was born June 27, 1937, in New Orleans, Louisiana, and married J.L. Partlow on June 12, 1951, in Dardanell, Arkansas.  After their marriage, they moved to Texas and have resided in Texas the rest of their lives.  She was a homemaker and a member of the Martin Baptist Church in Clarendon.

She was preceded in death by her husband on February 14, 2001.

Survivors include one daughter, Pam Oldham and husband Mike of Howardwick; two sons, James Partlow of Roswell, New Mexico, and Joe Partlow of Lubbock; seven grandchildren; and one great grandchild.

Memorial services for Annell “Nelly” Owens Stokes, age 67, were held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 24, 2005, at Carmichael-Whatley Colonial Chapel in Pampa, with Rev. Charles Lowry, pastor of the Cross Point Baptist Church, officiating.  Arrangements were under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors of Pampa.

Mrs. Stokes died Monday, September 19, 2005, in Tulsa, Oklahoma.  She was born June 9, 1938, in Clarendon.  She married Alvin Ray “Stokey” Stokes, I, on December 4, 1955.  She had been a resident of Pampa for 41 years.  She was a mother and homemaker, rearing four children until entering the work force in 1973.  From 1973 until 1993, she enjoyed her career as a cashier with Gibson Discount, Ideals Groceries, and Franks Groceries, where she met her wonderful lifelong friends.  In 1993, she started a second career in the medical field with Pampa Regional Medical Center, retiring in 2003.

She was preceded in death by a son, Alvin Ray Stokes, II; three brothers, Jack Owens, James Owens, and Don Owens; one sister, Glenda McAlister; and parents, Ida Velma and Charlie Byron Owens.

Survivors include her husband: Alvin Ray Stokes, I, of Pampa: three daughters, Pattie Herrin and husband Tony of Cleveland, Texas; Brenda Gardner and husband Bill of Pampa; and Lesa Mooney and husband Gary of Sand Springs, Oklahoma; three sisters, Peggy Harrell of Ballinger, Charline Reynolds of Amarillo, and Pat McAnear of Clarendon; 11 grandchildren, Alvin Ray “Tre” Stokes, III, Johnny D. Aufleger, and Joshua L. Brack, all of Pampa; Joseph E. Aufleger of Camp Pendleton, California; Michael M. “Chi” Brack of Sand Springs, Oklahoma; Gabriel N. “Gabe” Brack of Kuwait; Holly Nachole Mills of Tulsa, Oklahoma; Amy Lea Trimble of Stillwater, Oklahoma; Cleta Annell “Nelly” Stith of Chandler, Oklahoma; Marinda Elizabeth Mooney and Heather Nacole Mooney, both of Sand Springs, Oklahoma; and three great grandchildren, Kaittlynne Aufleger Porter of Lefors, Kellan Stokes and Callyer Stokes, both of Pampa.

Funeral services for Lonnie Odell “Bill” Cornell, age 79, were held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 17, 2005, in the First United Methodist Church in Clarendon with Rev. Bryan Knowles, Pastor of the Community Fellowship Church in Clarendon officiating.  Burial was held in Citizens Cemetery in Clarendon under the direction of Robertson Funeral Directors, Inc., of Clarendon.

Mr. Cornell died Wednesday, September 14, 2005, in Amarillo.  He was born September 20, 1925, in Paducah, Texas, and was a former long-time resident of Clarendon.  He had lived in Midland for several years before moving to Memphis approximately 25 years ago.  He was a law enforcement officer most of his life before his retirement and was a member of the Texas Sheriffs Association.  He was a member of the Clarendon Order of the Eastern Star Chapter 6 and was a Methodist.

Survivors include two daughters, Carol Waldrop and husband Tommy of Shamrock and Dianne Brunson and husband David of Muleshoe; one brother, C.W. “Dude” Cornell of Clarendon; three sisters, Erma Franks of Tulia, Wanda Campbell of Liberal, Kansas, and Lorene Kirkland of Amarillo; four grandchildren, Colby and Crystal Waldrop of Ackerly; Jade and Zak Cottrell of Albuquerque, New Mexico; Derek Brunson of Lubbock; and Dustin Brunson of Lubbock; and three great grandchildren, Grayson Waldrop of Ackerly and Britton and Jace Cottrell of Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Casket bearers were Tommy Waldrop, David Brunson, Colby Waldrop, Derek Brunson, and Bill Cornell.