William Murrell Whitaker

William Murrell Whitaker, 91, died Wednesday, February 3, 2010, in San Angelo.

Services were held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, February 10, 2010, in the First Baptist Church in Hedley, with Everett Stevens, officiating. Interment with US Air Force Honors in Rowe Cemetery in Hedley. Services were under the arrangement of Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon.

William Murrell Whitaker was born on June 29, 1918, in Tucumcari, New Mexico to parents Dill and Beulah Mae Dorsey Whitaker. He passed away on February 3, 2010, in San Angelo, Texas. Murrell was a family oriented man who was blessed with a kind and patient personality and a strong mechanical talent. He proudly served our country during World War II as an Air Force aircraft mechanic on an engine change crew for B29’s. He married Dorothy Clark on June 29, 1956, in Portales, New Mexico. He continued his mechanical work following the war in auto dealerships in the Amarillo until he and Dorothy moved to Fort Bend County in 1967. He then worked as the Auto Mechanics Teacher for Lamar High School until his retirement in 1983. He found that sharing his knowledge and talents in mechanics with high school students was something that gave him great pleasure. Following his retirement from teaching, he and Dorothy moved to the small Panhandle town of Hedley, Texas until just a few years ago when they relocated to San Angelo, Texas.
She was preceded in death by his parents, siblings and son Marion Victor Whitaker.

Survivors include his loving wife Dorothy Mercene Clark Whitaker, his children Murrell “Sonny” Monroe Whitaker, Alice Whitaker Dickinson, Billy “Bill” Joe Whitaker, and Step-Sons Roy L. Dean and Jimmie J. Dean, nieces, nephews and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

The family requests that memorials be to a favorite charity.