Callie Jo Stephens

Callie Jo Stephens, 83, died Tuesday, August 27, 2013, in Memphis, TX.

Graveside services will be held at 4:00 p.m. Friday, August 30, 2013, at Rowe Cemetery in Hedley with Rev. Anthony Knowles, officiating.

Burial will follow at Rowe Cemetery in Hedley

Arrangements are under the direction Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon

Callie Jo was born February 21, 1930, in Colgate, OK to Robert Creed and Callie Jane Elizabeth Eddings Baker.  She married Clarence Omar Stephens on September 10, 1947, in Wellington and they moved from Pampa to Hedley in 1963.  Callie Jo was a homemaker and loved her family dearly.  She also loved to sew, cook, fish, and make jelly.  After moving to the nursing home, she played harmonica for the residents.  She was Baptist, and was a member of the Fellowship Baptist Church in Pampa for many years.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Clarence Stephens, on April 3, 1986; 5 brothers, Don Baker, Robert Baker, Hubert Baker, Paul Baker, and Leon Baker; 3 sisters, Mildred Beattie, Zora Stephens, and Lillie Ann Hook.

She is survived by her daughter, Clara Jo Calhoun and husband Gary, of Hedley; 2 sisters, Peggy Hook, Rosie Wright and husband Doug; 2 brothers, Ronnie Baker and wife Peggy, and Maxie Baker and wife Judy; 5 grandchildren, Stephanie Molloy and husband Mark of Amarillo, Calvin Holland and wife Leanne of Hedley, Scheli Moore and husband Michael of Canyon, Tanya Burton and husband Blain of Hedley, and Rhett Holland and wife Nora of Amarillo; 21 great grandchildren; and 3 great great-grandchildren.