Nora Grigg Hartwick

Nora Grigg Hartwick, 96, died Thursday, May 26, 2011, in Clarendon.

Services were held Sunday, May 29, in the Clarendon Church of Christ with Max McClendon and Chris Moore, officiating. Interment was held at Citizens Cemetery in Clarendon. Arrangements were under the direction of Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon.

Nora was born March 19, 1915, in Troy, Texas, to William Nelson and Martha Matthews Grigg. She married John Winfield “Blackie” Hartwick on May 22, 1938, in Houston. She had received her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees at Texas Tech University. She had been a first grade teacher for 3½ years at Gomez and later 20 years at Lubbock Schools prior to her retirement. She had been a resident of Clarendon for 37 years and was a member of the Clarendon Church of Christ. She loved gardening and keeping her flowers beautiful. Her children and grandchildren were her pride and joy.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband on September 13, 2005; a brother, Bob; and two sisters, Almeda and Lometa.

Survivors include a daughter, Jane McClendon and husband Max of Shamrock; a son, Larry Hartwick and wife Kitty of Longview, WA; a sister, Wanda Ray of Georgetown, TX; six grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; three great-great grandchildren.
The family requests that memorials be sent to the Lubbock Children’s Home or High Plains Children’s Home.

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