Claude Edgar DeBord ,77, died Monday, February 15, 2016.
Services were held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 17, 2016, in the Community Fellowship Church in Clarendon with Rev. Larry Capranica and Ray DeBord, officiating.
Burial will follow at Citizens Cemetery in Clarendon.
Arrangements are under the direction of Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon.
Claude was born August 22, 1938, in Clarendon to Burk and Mary Belle Lilly DeBord. He had been a graduate of Clarendon High School and later graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Animal Science in 1969 from West Texas State University. He also attended North Texas University. He was a US Marines veteran. He had worked at Walco, feedlots, farmed at his family’s home place in Ashtola, and built Centek buildings. He was a talented artist and craftsman. He had an infectious laugh, loved people, and was a wonderful giving man. He loved his Church and was a charter member of the Community Fellowship Church. He married JoAnn Wood on January 13, 2001, in Clarendon.
He was proceeded in death by his parents.
He is survived by his wife, JoAnn of Clarendon; a son, Scott DeBord of Amarillo; 2 daughters, Dawn Dowdell of Maryland and Terri Jennings of Tyler; a stepson, Todd Bailey of Amarillo; a sister, Linda Jewett of Panhandle; 5 grandchildren; and 2 great grandchildren.
The family request memorials be sent to the Community Fellowship Church in Clarendon.
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