Earnest Wayne Barbee

Earnest Wayne “E.W.” Barbee, 83, of Clarendon died Friday, Aug. 28, 2015.
Memorial Services were held Monday, Aug. 31, 2015, at First Baptist Church in Clarendon. Private family burial followed in Citizens Cemetery in Clarendon. Arrangements are by Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon.
E.W. was born Sept. 27, 1931, at Flomot, Texas, to Thomas C. and Octava Daugherty Barbee. He graduated from Quitaque High School and attended the

University of Texas at Austin and the University of Tulsa. He married Roxie Mae Price on June 29, 1950. He served in the U.S. Army. They settled in Clarendon in 1962 and E.W. spent his life farming and ranching in Donley County. He was a deacon at First Baptist Church, past member of the Donley County Hospital Board, Clarendon Independent School District Board of Directors, and the Soil and Water Conservation District Board.
He is survived by his wife Roxie; a son E. Wayne Barbee of Clarendon; 2 daughters Jennifer Croslin and husband Randy of Canyon, and Jan Schafer and husband Barry of Hamilton, MS; 2 sisters, Patsy Cox of Odessa, and Jean Mullin of Quitaque; He is also survived by his grandchildren Beth Barbee Hubbert, Tommy Barbee, Jared Schafer, Colby Croslin, Jeffrey Schafer and Conner Croslin and ten great-grandchildren.
The family requests that in lieu of flowers, memorials be sent to the Children’s Miracle Network Amarillo
500 S. Taylor, Unit 223 / Amarillo, TX 79101