June Miller Cook

June Miller Cook, 87, of Amarillo, passed away on August 30, 2011.

Graveside services will be held on September 9 at 10 a.m. at Citizen Cemetery in Clarendon. Arrangements are under the direction of Rector Funeral Home of Amarillo.
Mrs. Cook was born as June Ruth Miller on April 15, 1924, in Mansfield, De Soto County, LA to Maynard Michael Miller and Ruth Lorraine Lewis.

She married Homer Charles Speed in 1942, in Amarillo. Following the death of her husband in 1973, she married a longtime friend, Fred Z. Cook in 1977. June attended Clarendon Junior College and Amarillo Junior College and worked a number of years in real estate sales.

June was a compassionate and loving person who always loved to visit the mountains of New Mexico. She spent many hours as a hospice volunteer and was a member of St Luke’s Presbyterian Church. Her life was spent in love and generosity toward her family and friends. She will always be remembered as a kind and caring person who was ready to listen to anyone who carried a burden in life and needed encouragement and understanding.

June was preceded in death by her two husbands and one son, Mark Abbott Speed. She is survived by two sons, Chuck Speed and wife, Cynthia, and Richard Speed and wife, Mary, all of Amarillo; nine grandchildren, Kayla Mann, Monica Speed, Michael Speed, Sean Speed, Chad Speed, Wendy Speed Smith, Dustin Speed, and Kaci Speed Linn; and eighteen great grandchildren, Jessica Mann, Nettie Jo Mann, Amanda Shipman, Logan Holman, Megan Holman, Kalee Speed, Chelsea Speed, Taylor Bergquist, Connor Speed, Derek Pummell, Aidan Speed, Christy Smith, Taylor Smith, Tara Smith, Savana Linn, Trevor Linn, Tristin Speed, and Dakota Speed; and one great-great grandchild, Shye Shipman.

The family requests that any memorials be made to Sandra’s Senior Care, 2100 SE 38th Street, Amarillo, TX 79118.