Gib James Martindale

Gib James Martindale, 49, died Tuesday, September 28, 2010, in Amarillo.

Memorial services were held at 10 a.m. Saturday, October 2, 2010, in the First Baptist Church in Clarendon with Rev. Eddy Helms, Pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church of Tulia, officiating. Cremation and arrangements were under the direction of Robertson
Funeral Directors of Clarendon.

Gib James Martindale Sr, died at the North West Texas Medical, Odyssey Hospice center in Amarillo Texas, following an extensive stride in and out of the hospital.

Although Gib was never specifically diagnosed with an illness he suffered from septic shock, kidney failure, swollen lymph nodes, and joint pain in his first extensive stay in the hospital. During the following months the Martindale family was blessed with more time with Gib. He suffered during several stays in the hospital with different behavioral and personality changes, as well as congestive heart failure, low blood pressure, low oxygen, and fluid filling his lungs at a rapid rate.

Born and raised in Collingsworth County, the son of James Coy Martindale and Sherrie Christine Grogan Martindale, he was a lifelong resident of the great state of Texas. In his early years, Gib would help his father James work on the family farm. After graduating from Samnorwood High School in 1979, he joined the United States National Guard and began a life’s long journey of hard work.

He met his former wife, mother of all four children Beverly Sue Terrill Martindale in Summersville, Missouri, and they were married in 1982 in Emience, Mo. After nineteen years of marriage Gib and Beverly divorced but kept a close friendship.
After serving with the National Guard, Gib began working in his trade.

He would take the knowledge and experience given to him by his father and apply that in the world of the self employed.

Gib spent most of his life “fixing things” he worked in auto maintenance, plumbing, carpentry, and seasonal jobs such as farming peanuts and hauling hay or cotton burrs.

Gib took all four of his children to work with him. Whether in the hay fields or cutting mesquite trees, Gib spent time teaching his children the value of hard work.

Gib had a passion for hunting and spent most of his spare time out in the fields of his father’s land hunting deer or quail. Gib shared some very special memories with his sons, son-in-laws, and brothers on the land, hunting game.

Gib was a member of the 11th Street Baptist Church in Shamrock Texas during his time of death, and the family would like to extend an enormous amount of gratitude to those members who were so kind, giving, and loving during his last struggle. Gib was also an active member at the Martin Baptist Church and the First Baptist Church in Clarendon.
He was preceded in death by his father, James C. Martindale, on February 25, 2003.

Survivors include his mother, Sherrie Martindale of McLean; Gib James Martindale, Jr., and wife Kimberly and Dusty Martindale, all of Amarillo; two daughters, Brandi Surman and husband Jon of Friona, and Kayla Mendoza and husband Manuel of Virginia; two brothers, Kim Martindale and Scott Martindale both of Wellington; a sister, Leitha Watson of Clarendon; and three grandchildren, Wyatt and Garrett Surman of Friona and Evan Creed Martindale of Amarillo.

The family requests that memorials be to the Eleventh Street Baptist Church in Shamrock.