Shirley Ruth Lamberson

Shirley Ruth Lamberson, 87, died Tuesday, January 4, 2011, in Amarillo.
Services were held Friday, January 7, in the First United Methodist Church in Groom with Rev. Weldon Rives, officiating. Interment was held at Groom Cemetery in Groom.

Services were under the arrangement of Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon.
Shirley was born January 26, 1923, in Newton, Iowa, to Cornell Richard and Ruth Barton Knight. She married Ernest Walter Lamberson on June 21, 1940, in Clarendon.

She had been a resident of Groom and Clarendon most of her life.

She enjoyed quilting and was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Groom where she was also involved in United Methodist Women.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband on February 14, 2008; a son, Stocky Lamberson; a sister, Clarice Steinkirchner; and a great grandson, Zachary Vasquez in July 2002.

Survivors include a son, Larry Lamberson and wife Vicki of Amarillo; a daughter in law, Aimee Lamberson of Panhandle; 2 sisters, Doris Slocum of Amarillo and Nelldean Bagwell of Gruver; 5 grandchildren, Renae Freeman, Melanie Lamberson, Todd Lamberson, Jill Hodgson, and Lance Lamberson; and 9 great-grandchildren.

The family suggests memorials be to the First United Methodist Church in Groom, Stocky Lamberson Scholarship Fund c/o Happy State Bank in Panhandle, or the Zachary Vasquez Scholarship Fund, 803 Ivy Drive, Pfulgerville, Texas 78660.