Ethel Mae Favor

Ethel Mae Favor, 98, died Wednesday, March 23, 2011, in Amarillo.

Graveside services were held Saturday, March 26, 2011, in Rowe Cemetery in Hedley with Bright Newhouse, Minister of the Hedley Church of Christ, officiating. Interment was held at Rowe Cemetery in Hedley. Arrangements were under the direction of Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon.

Ethel was born August 14, 1912, in Whitesboro, Grayson County, to Wesley & Velma Roland. She was raised in Grayson County. Ethel married Edwin Lee Favor on March 9, 1931. They moved to the Texas Panhandle in the summer of 1937, and raised their family. They shared a wonderful life for more than sixty-seven years. She was a member of the Central Church of Christ in Amarillo. She cherished her family and will be missed by all who knew and loved her.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; her two brothers, Jesse Roland and Robert Roland; her sister, Oma Ray; a daughter-in-law, Rita Favor; and a son-in-law, A.E. “Bill” Paschal.

Survivors include two daughters, Alice Paschal of Amarillo and Barbara Owens of Owasso, Oklahoma; a son, Carroll Favor of Childress; a son-in-law, Lynn Owens of Owasso; seven grandchildren; twelve great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; and her loving caretakers at Plum Creek Healthcare Center.

The family request memorials be sent to Plum Creek Activity Department, 5601 Plum Creek Drive, Amarillo, Texas 79124 or Rowe Cemetery Association in Hedley.

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