Joan Shaw

Joan Shaw, 88, died Saturday, May 18, 2013, in Amarillo, Texas.

A memorial service was held Sunday, May 19, 2013, at 2:00 PM in the First Baptist Church in Clarendon with Rev. Lance Wood, pastor, officiating.

Arrangements are under the direction of Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon.

Mrs. Shaw was born February 19, 1925 in Donley County on the family farm at the south end of Windy Valley and had been a lifetime resident. She married H.C. “Harvey” Shaw, JR on April 2, 1945 in Memphis. She worked with H.C. on their farm and also taught school at Hedley for some years. She particularly loved people who were independent and self reliant and tried in a loving way to instill these traits in her family and students. She was a little lady but in a lot of ways, she was as tough and self assured as the toughest can be. She had great love for and was caring and compassionate with her family, friends, and others within her community. She loved to visit and tell stories about the fun she and her sisters and her brothers had on the farm in her childhood. She also loved the fact that she and H.C. raised many cattle and other farm animals and both were proud of taking care of them and living where they were all their married life.

She was preceded in death by her husband, H.C. Shaw; two daughters, Sherry Moore and Carolyn Jo Shaw; her parents, Mary London and Reg Hillman; two sisters, Mary Jane and Margaret Nell; and one brother, Beaty Hillman.

She is survived by one grandson, Shawn Moore and wife Dynell, and their children Conner and Madison, all of Fort Worth; one granddaughter, Jo Pierson and husband Wayne, and their children Meagan and Tobin, all of Muleshoe; son-in-law, Terry Moore, and many other caring friends and relatives.

Memorials can be sent to the Citizens Cemetery Association, PO Box 983, First Baptist Church, or Donley County Sr. Citizens, all in Clarendon, Texas 79226.