Donley County Social Hour 8
Archives for June 2020
Anderson M. Yarbrough
Anderson M. Yarbrough, an 80 year old upstanding man, passed away May 30, 2020, in Claude.
Family Directed Memorial Services will be 1:00 PM Saturday, June 6, 2020 in St. Stephens Baptist Church in Clarendon with Rev. Harry Williams, officiating, and Rev. Roy Williams, assisting.
Graveside services will be 3:00 p.m. Saturday, June 6, 2020, in Citizens Cemetery in Clarendon.
Viewing will be held from 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Due to the Coronavirus, we are only allowing five people to enter the funeral home at a time.
If attending the memorial service or graveside service, please be prepared to maintain social distancing practices.
Arrangements are by Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon.
Anderson was born in Hubbard, Texas on February 24, 1940 to Albert Lee and Emma Lou Yarbrough. He moved to Clarendon and attended school in Clarendon. He met and married Lois Marie Johnson and had five beautiful girls and one son. He later moved to Amarillo and worked for the City of Amarillo for many years. He later moved his family to Tulia and worked for Taylor and Evans in Tulia for many years. He also loved doing tire work and he later moved to Ft. Worth and worked for L.D. Conister’s Construction Company until he became disabled. He later resided in Tulia until his death. He had lots of friends and everyone loved uncle Bugga, Poppa. He loved God, music, and mostly dominoes, and he could really play!
He is preceded in death by his parents, Albert Lee and Emma Lou Yarbrough; his wife, Lois Marie Yarbrough; two sons, James and Ricky; two great grandchildren, Amari and Alexus; two sisters, Emma and Edna; eight brothers, Abraham, Henry, Lee, (Bubba-Theo) Samson, Joe, William, and Percy Yarbrough; and a son in law, Jerry Don Clayton.
He is survived by his brothers, Andrew Yarbrough and Nell of Fort Worth, Walter Yarbrough of Goodland Kansas; a sister, Helen Brown of Fort Worth; six daughters, Sheila Yarbrough and Tina Clayton of Clarendon, Kimberly and husband Tony of Fort Worth, Denise Yarbrough and Latrina Yarbrough of Fort Worth, Tisha Duncan and husband Willie of Decatur, Georgia; 28 grandkids; 50 great grandkids; and nine great great grandkids; a host of nieces and nephews; and six special friends/soul brothers, Mr. Perkins, Mr. Brown, LeRoy Dick, Frank Winkfield, Charlie Flanagan and Mark Powell.
Sign the online guestbook at www.robertsonfuneral.com
Emmett Carroll Bobbitt
Emmett Carroll Bobbitt, 78, of Lubbock passed away Monday, March 16, 2020.
Emmett was born August 13, 1941, in Clarendon to Hardy and Nadine (Kerley) Bobbitt. He graduated from Clarendon High School and started working for GTE on September 1, 1959. He was relocated to Memphis where he worked for 10 years before retiring in Hobbs, New Mexico, after 12 years. Emmett married Shirley Mann in Clarendon on August 2, 1963. In 1998, they moved to Lubbock to be with their family. Emmett was an outdoors man who loved hunting and fishing. He was a talented handyman, wood worker, and a collector of guns and knives. He was a member of Sunset Church of Christ.
Those left to cherish his memory are his wife, Shirley Bobbitt; daughter, Lisa Raney and husband Chris of Lubbock; daughter in law, Katie Bobbitt Heffron and husband Mike of Albuquerque; grandchildren, Kaytlin, Maggie, and Reagon Raney all of Lubbock, Tyler Bobbitt and wife Cheyenne, and Travis Adams all of Albuquerque.
Emmett was preceded in death by his parents; son, Scott Bobbitt in 2005; siblings, Buddy Bobbitt, Norma Putman and Pamela Sue Bobbitt.
Memorial services are scheduled for 3:00 p.m. Friday, June 5, 2020 at Venue on Broadway, 2202 Broadway. Emmett’s services will be livestreamed on his webpage at www.combestfamilyfuneralhomes.com. Following the service, the family will have a time of fellowship from 4:00-6:00 p.m. Inurnment will take place at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, June 6, 2020 at the Clarendon Cemetery.
32 garage sales to be held during Trash To Treasures
Bargain shoppers will be in for a treat during the 15th annual “Trash to Treasures” garage sale event that will be held in Clarendon and Howardwick this Saturday, June 6.
A total of 32 individual garage sales are scheduled to be held. A complete description of each sale is printed on the official Treasure Maps located on the last page of this week’s Clarendon Enterprise.
From furniture to antiques, this weekend’s sales will feature hundreds of treasures just waiting to be uncovered at bargain prices. Sales generally start at 8 a.m. and run throughout the day.
In addition to the many sales in both Clarendon and Howardwick, the Assembly of God will be serving concessions for lunch Saturday by Country Bloomers Flowers & Gifts.
“Trash to Treasures” is being promoted with advertising dollars in area communities thanks to the support of the official sales depicted on the maps. Any sales not depicted on the map have not contributed to the effort to promote this community event.
Questions remain about 2020 celebration
The schedule of the 143rd annual Saints’ Roost Celebration was still undetermined Tuesday morning as various event organizers had yet to make final decisions about the festivities that are on the calendar for July 2, 3, and 4 this year.
As the Enterprise was going to press this week, representatives of different organizations involved with the celebration were being contacted to attend this Thursday night’s regular meeting of the Chamber of Commerce board to try to make decisions about the celebration.
Concerns all around focus on requirements for social distancing in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and how to pull off a large event without people crowding together.
The Clarendon Outdoor Entertainment Association board, which advertises the celebration and hosts the ranch rodeo, met Monday night with Donley County Judge John Howard, Sheriff Butch Blackburn, and Scoutmaster Russell Estlack. Discussions were held about safety measures required by the state that would need to be in place if the rodeo is to proceed.
Dances usually held after the ranch rodeos have definitely been canceled, but the fate of the rodeo itself was still up in the air with COEA President Alex McAnear saying his board voted Monday night to table any decisions until June 15 to see if Gov. Greg Abbott releases updated guidelines for events.
“This is a new deal to everybody,” McAnear told the Enterprise. “There’s not any way to control [the crowd] once everybody gets out there.”
Officials said under the guidelines released by the governor on May 18, rodeo participants and volunteers would have to be screened and have their temperatures taken before the event. Bleachers would have to be marked with spectators skipping rows and keeping six feet of distance between groups. Bleachers and other surfaces would also have to be sanitized after each night’s performance, and other safety measures would also have to be followed.
County Judge John Howard said state and local officials would not be writing tickets or policing the rodeo, but he encouraged organizers to follow the state guidelines.
“Anything where you bring in a group of people who can’t social distance is opposite the spirit of the guidelines,” Howard said. “We’re basically on the honor system here, so how honorable do we want to be? We ask people to take responsibility for themselves; but if we host an event and invite people to it, the we have to bear some responsibility also.”
Howard and McAnear also both spoke to the Enterprise about possible liability issues, but McAnear said COEA deals with that risk every time it hosts a rodeo.
Regarding the COEA’s decision to wait until June 15, Howard said that trend is for the state to make things more open, but he said he doesn’t see the recommendation for social distancing going away.
Meanwhile, the Donley County Extension Office also had not reached a decision as of Tuesday morning about the 4-H sponsored craft fair held annually on the courthouse lawn. The Shriners’ barbecue has not been set at press time, as Al Morrah Shrine Club members continue to watch what happens with the craft fair.
The Clarendon Chamber of Commerce, however, did vote in early May to proceed with the July 4 Herring Bank Parade, but entries have been slow coming in at this point.
Henson’s also has indicated they would proceed with the Turtle Race regardless of what other activities are held or not held.
Shields stepping down from senior center
After 13 years, Mary Shields will be stepping down as the program director of the Donley County Senior Citizens Center this Friday, June 5.
The incoming director, Denise Bertrand, says a come and go reception for Shields will be held Friday between 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. for everyone who would like to come wish her well.
The senior citizens center has been very busy during the COVID-19 pandemic, preparing two meals (in one container) per day to an average of 130 people in Clarendon and Howardwick since April 1 with most of those being delivered.
The center reopened its dining room Monday with a soft opening and a small crowd. Bertrand and Shields say the center is following state guidelines for social distancing. The center will open for a greater capacity as that becomes acceptable.
The Donley County Senior Citizens Center serves meals from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. For a menu, see page four of each week’s Clarendon Enterprise.
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