J.C. “Jay” Teague

J.C. “Jay” Teague, 85, died Tuesday, March 10, 2015, in Amarillo.

Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, March 12, 2015, in the Community Fellowship Church in Clarendon with Rev. Larry Capranica, officiating.

Burial will follow at Citizens Cemetery in Clarendon.

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

Jay was born December 25, 1929, in Pampa to J.C. and Mamie Teague. He married the love of his life Verna Grace Smith on August 14, 1950. He served in the US Air Force from 1947 to 1950 as a Meteorologist. He retired from the National Weather Service in 1985 with 32 years of service. He was a pretty neat man who trusted the Lord and was saved in 1950. He was a man of God who loved his family, friends, church family, RV friends, and enjoyed fishing, playing board games, and tending to his garden. He was a member of the Community Fellowship Church in Clarendon. He will be greatly missed.

He was preceded in death by his parents; one brother; 4 sisters; and a son Kenneth Wayne in 1983.

He is survived by his wife, Verna Teague of Amarillo; a son, Jay Stanley Teague of Amarillo; a sister, Gertie Ingram of Springdale, Arkansas; his grandchildren, Daphne Sanders, Carrie Gimpel, Trace Teague of Amarillo, Monty Ulibari of Canyon Lake, Jason Teague of Metuchen, NJ, and Eric Teague of Perth Amboy, NJ; and 9 great grandchildren.

The family request memorials be sent to a charity or church of choice.