Lorene Dye Justiss

Lorene Dye Justiss, 92, died Thursday, November 14, 2013, in Amarillo.

Services were held on Sunday, November 17, 2013 in the Robertson Funeral Directors Saints’ Roost Chapel in Clarendon with Rev. Lance Wood, officiating.

Burial followed at the Claude Cemetery in Claude.

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

After 92 years, 9 months, and 14 days, Lorene went home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Thursday, November 14, 2013, in Amarillo.

Lorene was born on February 21, 1921, in her Grandparent’s home 18 miles south of Claude. Her parents were Horace B. Dye and Minnie Bagwell Dye. Both of her parents were pioneer families of Armstrong County. As a child she loved to draw and art was always her passion. She won several awards in the Tri State Fair and Texas State Fair. Lorene attended Claude schools and graduated from Claude High School in 1939 then attended West Texas State where she met James Mack Justiss. They married on August 20, 1940, in Lorene’s parents home 10 miles south of Claude. They were married for 62 years. She was a Girl Scout leader in Claude. She was an avid bridge player and loved to travel. She had visited all fifty of the United States and had traveled abroad. She was an accomplished China painter, oil painter, and a private art teacher. Lorene was a member of the Palo Duro Porcelain Art Club, Unity Study Club, and a lifelong member of the First Baptist Church in Claude.

She was preceded in death by her father, Horace in 1971, her mother, Minnie in 1969 and her husband, Mack on March 24, 2003.

She is survived by two daughters, Ruth Hancock of Clarendon and Evelyn McKinnon of Leavenworth, WA; Two granddaughters, Amy Dorris and husband, Ken of Amarillo and Buffie Smith and husband, David of Clarendon. Five great-grandchildren, Eric Dorris of Amarillo, Taylor Smith, Tyler Smith, Brooke Smith, and Trent Smith all of Clarendon. The family requests that memorials be sent to the Claude Cemetery Association or the First Baptist Church in Claude.