Obituaries

Jean Baten, 84, died March 4, 2011, in Lubbock.

Services were will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, March 10, in Robertson Funeral Directors Saints’ Roost Chapel in Clarendon with Rev. Bob Fagan, Pastor of Memorial Baptist Church in Lubbock, and Rev. Wayne Richardson, Pastor of Lighthouse Pentecostal Church in Del Rio, officiating. Interment will be at Citizens Cemetery in Clarendon. Arrangements were under the direction of Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon.

Mrs. Baten was born March 18, 1926, in Hall County, Texas, to William Edward and Emma Melissa Moore Gregory. She married Barney Mack Baten on December 23, 1944, in Clarendon.

Jean worked as a Business Office Supervisor for GTE Telephone Company where she retired after 28 ½ years of service. She was a former member of E.S.A. – Beta Tay Chapter, member of Memphis Trail Riders and the Clarendon Ladies Golf Association, and was active with the Donley County Senior Citizens Association serving as Director for several years. She was a member and attended the First Baptist Church.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Barney Mack Baten on May 22, 1988; her twin sister, Lora Dean in 1935; her brother, Weldon Gregory; her sister, Margie Duggins; and her long time friend, Roy Chauveaux.

Survivors include her daughter, LaQuitta Jean Perry and husband John, of Lubbock; her sister, Jaunita Meador, of California; her sister-in-law, Barnetta Perdue, of Amarillo; two grandchildren, Ben Perry and wife Vanessa, of Dewey, AZ, and Lauri Perry, of Amarillo; five great-grandchildren, Drew, Cody, Becca, Amy, and Myla Perry, all of Dewey, AZ; “adopted” granddaughter, Jane Howk, of Amarillo; and two “adopted” great grandchildren, Grant and Kate Howk, of Amarillo.

The family suggests memorials to the Donley County Senior Citizens, PO Drawer B, Clarendon, Texas 79226 or to one’s favorite charity.

Joan Kathleen Card Hicks, 62, died February 24, 2011, in Howardwick.

Services were held Sunday, February 27, in First Baptist Church in Howardwick with Rev. Dave Stout, Pastor, and Rev. C.W. Parker, Odyssey Hospice Chaplain, officiating. Arrangements were under the direction of Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon. Joan was born May 20, 1948, in Peterbourgh, England to John Stephen and Sarah Twigg Card.

She married Toby Hicks on July 4, 1998, in Howardwick. She was a loving wife, mother, Nana, and full of life. She loved her dogs, grooming dogs, and collecting dolls. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Howardwick.

She was preceded in death by her parents; a sister, Tracey Card and family.
Survivors include her husband, Toby Hicks of Howardwick; a son, Nigel Gibbons of Florida; two daughters, Nicola Gibbons of Cornith, and Amanda Nelson of Clarendon; two brothers, Martin Card and Kenneth Card both of England; two sisters, Debbie Card and Margaret McAveary both of England; nine grandchildren; and one great grandchild.

The family suggests memorials be to First Baptist Church, 235 Rick Husband Blvd., Howardwick, TX 79226.

Ruth Maurine Lindley, 94, died Thursday, February 10, 2011, in Amarillo.

Services were held Sunday, February 13, 2011, in the Community Fellowship Church in Clarendon with Rev. Larry Capranica, Pastor, and Chuck Robertson officiating.  Interment was held at Citizens Cemetery in Clarendon.  Services were under the arrangement of  Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon.

Mrs. Lindley was born May 30, 1916, in Hall County, Texas to Gordy Dalton and Nina Willa Dale Cross.  She had been a lifetime resident of Donley and Hall Counties.  She married Dennis Ray Lindley on October 13, 1935, in Hollis, Oklahoma.  She thoroughly enjoyed sewing, crocheting, quilting, and cooking.  She was a member of the Chamberlain, Hudgins, and Golden Needles Quilting Clubs.  She also had taught Sunday school at the First Baptist Church in Clarendon prior to being a Charter Member of the Community Fellowship Church in Clarendon.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Dennis Ray in 1986; a son in law, Marion Bollinger; a sister, Phyllis Richey; and a grandson, Dennis Bollinger.

Survivors include two sons, Harold Lindley and wife Wilma of Clarendon and Tommy Lindley and wife Cynthia of Claude; a daughter, Roberta Bollinger of Clarendon; four grandchildren; twelve great-grandchildren; and two great great-grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers the family suggests memorials be to Odyssey Hospice.

Virginia “Nell” McClish, 74, of Chandler, Arizona, formerly of Amarillo and Pampa, died Tuesday, February 8, 2011.

Services were held Saturday, February 12, at the Boxwell Brothers Ivy Chapel. Burial was held at Memory Gardens Cemetery in Pampa, Texas.  Arrangements were by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors.

She was born Virginia Waynell Weaver to Horace and Thelma Weaver on July 3, 1936, at Gilliland, Texas. She grew up on the High Plains of Texas in several small picturesque towns always with her parents, her sister, Louise and lots of friends and cousins. They provided her with a happy childhood and a strong faith with which she lived throughout her life. She married Oran Carter in 1953, and their loving and memory-filled twenty-one-year marriage produced five children. Oran preceded her in death in 1975 in Pampa.

She met Maurice McClish at the First Christian Church in Amarillo, and they married in 1984. Maurice and Nell were blessed in combining their faith, their families, and friends. They shared their love of life and love of adventure- he taught her how to water ski and go bird hunting, and she taught him her love of planting and growing flowers, and love of nature.

They celebrated their 26th wedding anniversary in July of 2010.

Nell is survived by her husband, Maurice McClish of Lake Greenbelt; her sister, Louise Halcom of Amarillo; her five children, Laquita Gruver and husband Kurt of Belton, Texas, Marita Ross and husband Brad of Chandler, AZ, Gay Nell Acord of Pecos, NM , Ora Switzer and husband Bryan of Dallas and John Carter-White also of Dallas; her step-children, Kevin McClish of Amarillo and Cheri, Beverly and Buffy; her ten grandchildren, Mandy Nation, Christy Templeton, Lara and Sara Ross, Art and Oran Acord, Ryan, Hannah and Holly Switzer and Marci McClish; her three great grandchildren, Hailey and Julie Templeton and Brighlee Reynoso.

Olivas Juan Jose Olivas, 43, died Saturday, February 12, 2011, in Clarendon.

Rosary was said Tuesday, February 15, in St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Clarendon. Mass was celebrated Wednesday, February 16, in St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Clarendon with Father Raj Samala and Deacon Pedro Juarez as the celebrants. Interment was held at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Clarendon.

Services were under the arrangements of Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon. Juan was born May 30, 1967, in Cuauhtemoc Chihuahua, Mexico to Arnoldo Gonzalez and Guadalupe Olivas. He married Stella Jaramillo on November 21, 1996, in Clarendon. He attended Karate School.

He was a good father, wonderful husband and son in law. He was a member of the St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Clarendon. Survivors include his wife, Stella Olivas of Howardwick; his mother, Lupe Olivas of Mexico; two daughters, Rhonda Olivas and Rosa Olivas of Howardwick; a son, Juan Angel Olivas of Howardwick; two brothers, Martin Gonzalez and Arnoldo Gonzalez; two sisters, Nana Gonzalez and Olivia Gonzalez; and a favorite niece, Robin Jaramillo.

The family suggests memorials to St. Mary’s Catholic Church or St. Mary’s Cemetery Fund.