Obituaries

Services for Nell Drake Cornell, age 74, were held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 1, 2004, in the First United Methodist Church in Clarendon with Rev. James Ivey Edwards, Pastor, officiating. Burial was held at Citizens Cemetery in Clarendon under the direction of Robertson Funeral Directors, Inc., of Clarendon.

Mrs. Cornell was born October 14, 1929, in Plainview, and was a Clarendon resident most of her life except from 1972 until 1992 when she lived in Midland. She married Lonnie Cornell on March 27, 1948. She graduated from Clarendon High School in 1947, where she was a cheerleader and a member of the Lady Broncho basketball team.

She worked in the school tax office from 1962 until 1972, when she moved to Midland where she was employed in the County tax office from 1972 until her retirement in 1992. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Clarendon.

Mrs. Cornell was preceded in death by her parents, George Dewey Drake and Arah Omega Phillips Drake; a sister, Martha Drake; and a granddaughter, Nicole Alexis Waldrop.

Survivors include two daughters, Carol Waldrop and husband Tommy of Shamrock and Dianne Brunson and husband David of Muleshoe; one brother, Kenneth Drake and wife Mary of Louisville, Texas; four sisters: Bonnie Crawford and husband F.G. of Amarillo; Ruth Jackson of Amarillo; Janice Washington and husband J.C. of Williamsburg, New Mexico; and Sandra Patrick and husband David of Seagoville, Texas; six grandchildren: Colby and Crystal Waldrop of Ackerly, Texas; Jade and Zak Cottrell of Albuquerque, New Mexico; Derek and Dustin Brunson of Lubbock; one great grandson, Grayson Ray Waldrop of Ackerly; and many nieces and nephews.

The family requests that memorials be to the Clarendon Senior Citizens Association or The First United Methodist Church in Clarendon.

Jerry Don May, age 62, died Monday, February 16, 2004, in Amarillo.

Services will be at 2 p.m. on Thursday, February 19, 2004, in Community Fellowship Church with Rev. Bryan Knowles, pastor, and Rev. Todd Dick, family member from Coatia, officiating. Burial will be in Citizens Cemetery under the direction of Robertson Funeral Directors, Inc., of Clarendon.

Mr. May was born in Borger and had been a Clarendon resident since 1979. He married Kathy Louise Whitley on June 9, 1966, in Fritch. He had served in the National Guard and was employed at Pantex for 34 years before his retirement. He was a member of the Donley County Hospital District Board of Directors and was a member of the Community Fellowship Church.

He is survived by his wife, Kathy, of Clarendon; two daughters, Kathi Dawn Albracht of Panhandle and Kami Danay Veazy of Panhandle; one son, Jason William May of Lubbock; and eight grandchildren.

Casket bearers will be nephews of Mr. May.

Lonny Gale Jackson, age 45, of Lubbock died Friday, February 6, 2004.

Services were held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, February 09, 2004, in Robertson Chapel of Memories with Rev. Bryan Knowles, pastor of Community Fellowship Church in Clarendon, officiating. Interment was in Citizens Cemetery by Robertson Funeral Direction, Inc., of Clarendon.

Mr. Jackson was born in Amarillo on April 8, 1958. He attended school in Claude and Smyer. He completed the auto mechanics course at Clarendon College and worked in the maintenance department at Holiday Mobile Home Park in Lubbock.

He is survived by his mother, Joyce Yvonne Johnson Jackson of Lubbock; a twin brother, Burnie Dale Jackson of Lubbock; a sister and brother-in-law, Yvonne and Danny Gipson of Levelland; a niece and nephew, Amanda and Cody Gipson of Levelland; and one aunt, Ismanell Gray of Clarendon. He was preceded in death by his father, Lon Burnie Jackson in January 1997.

He will be missed by special friends, Tommy and Colleen Mosely of Lubbock.

Memorial services for Charles Dean Percival, age 61, were held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 8, 2004, in Robertson Chapel of Memories in Clarendon with Rev. Bryan Knowles, Pastor of the Community Fellowship Church in Clarendon, officiating. Services were under the direction of Robertson Funeral Directors, Inc. of Clarendon.

Cremation took place Friday, February 6 in Amarillo.

Mr. Percival was born June 10, 1942, in Clarendon and had been a resident of Clarendon most of his life. He served as captain in the US Marine Corps in Vietnam and was a recipient of the Medal of Honor and of a Purple Heart. He was an electrical engineer having worked for Continental Can Company and for Pantex most of his life before his retirement. He was an Episcopalian.

Survivors include two daughters, Theresa P. Meier of Clarendon and Krista D. Percival of Lubbock, and one grandson, Christopher Meier of Clarendon.

Frances Elois Talley, 76, of Claude died Saturday, February 7, 2004.

Funeral services were held Tuesday at 11 a.m. on February 10, 2004, at First Baptist Church in Claude with the Rev. Harry Pittman of First Baptist Church of Lovington, New Mexico, officiating. Assisting were Rev. Jess Little of First Baptist Church in Claude, Rev. Ben Talley of Ft. Lauderdale, and Rev. Lee Welch of First Baptist Church in Rusk.

Burial was at Claude Cemetery with arrangements by Robertson Funeral Directors, Inc. 

Mrs. Talley was born November 10, 1927, in Clarendon. She married Ben B. Talley of Clarendon on December 21, 1946. They moved to Lovington, where Mrs. Talley taught school for 30 years. After retirement in 1996, they moved back to reside in Claude.

Survivors include her husband Ben B. Talley of Claude; four children, Ben A. Talley and wife Lynda of Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Frances Rutledge and husband Kevin of North Port, AL, Carolyn Little and husband Lonnie of Marion, LA, Marolyn Welch and Lee of Rusk; four sisters, Erma Lee Tims of Claude, Imogene Brogdon of Amarillo, Betty Morgan of Levelland, and Ann Reeves of Amarillo; one brother, W.T. Elliott of Claude; nine grandchildren; and seven great grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to BSA Hospice of Amarillo or to some missions cause of the donor’s preference through the First Baptist Church of Claude.

Funeral services for James Douglas “J.D.” Riley, age 77, were held at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 1, 2004, in Robertson Chapel of Memories in Clarendon with Jay Riley, family member from Pampa, officiating.  Burial was held at Citizens Cemetery in Clarendon under the direction of Robertson Funeral Directors, Inc., of Clarendon.

Mr. Riley was born June 24, 1926, in Seagraves, Texas.  He worked for several years at the Texaco Refinery in Amarillo, then was a cattle rancher.  He later worked for TxDOT in Memphis and then ran a Trading Post and Antique Shop in Memphis before his retirement.  He married Lola Rogers on June 30, 2000, in Amarillo.  He was a 50+ year member of the Masonic Lodge and enjoyed fishing, hunting, and gardening.  He was a US Army veteran of World War II.

Survivors include his wife, Lola Rogers of Amarillo; two daughters, Janice Ann Evans of Lubbock and Vickie Lynn Riley of Amarillo; one son, James Douglas Riley, Jr., of Atlanta, Georgia; two sisters, Judy Womack of Harshorne, Oklahoma; and Pauline Dean of Ceres, California; three grandchildren, Timothy Chad Brandt of Huron, Ohio; Tana Jade Williamson and Sara Lynn Rangel, both of Lubbock; two great grandchildren, Phillip Manuel Wigley and Dylan Gage Barbosa, both of Lubbock; and three step-children, JoAnn Rogers, Wanda Rogers, and Jim Rogers, all of Amarillo.

Funeral services for Derelle Patten Stark, age 102, were held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 31, 2004, in the First Presbyterian Church in Clarendon with Rev. Bryan Knowles, Pastor of Community Fellowship Church, officiating.  Burial was held with Eastern Star graveside rites in Citizens Cemetery under the direction of Robertson Funeral Directors, Inc., of Clarendon.

Mrs. Stark was born October 15, 1901, in Alba, Texas, and had been a resident of Clarendon most of her adult life.  She married Leon Heckle Stark on April 29, 1920, in Clarendon.  He preceded her in death on May 6, 1998. She was a member of the Clarendon Order of the Eastern Star Chapter 6 for more than 50 years and was the Past Worthy Matron from 1948 to 1949.  She was a homemaker and a member of the First Presbyterian Church.

Survivors include one sister, Wilma Warr of Burley, Idaho.

Casket bearers were Trey Chamberlain, Chris Chamberlain, Doug Lowe, Fred Clifford, Bill Lowe, Maurice Risley, Dr. Charles Deyhle, Sr., and Billy Powell. Honorary bearers were members of the Clarendon Order of the Eastern Star Chapter 6.

Services for Billie Ruth Ashcraft, age 75, of Clarendon were held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 21, 2004, at the Church of Christ in Memphis with Don Stone, officiating.  Burial was held in Fairview Cemetery under the direction of Hughs Funeral Home in Memphis.

Mrs. Ashcraft died Tuesday, January 20, 2004, in Memphis.  She was born July 19, 1938, in Tampico, Texas, to the late Mr. James Jouett and Mrs. Viola Sullivan Jouett.  She attended school in Estelline.  She was a life long resident of Hall County.  She then moved to Clarendon in 1991 from Memphis.  She married Lee Eugene Jackson on January 16, 1945, in Memphis.  He preceded her in death on July 9, 1990. She then married James Ashcraft on April 27, 1991, in Clarendon.  She was a homemaker and a member of the Church of Christ. 

She was also preceded in death by one brother and two sisters.

Survivors include her husband, James Ashcraft, of Clarendon; two sons, Terry and wife Valorie Ashcraft and Teddy Ashcraft, both of Clarendon; one daughter, Billie Jean Murdock and husband Sonny of Memphis; one brother, James Jouett of Hobbs, New Mexico; four grandchildren: Alen Murdock of Memphis, Shane Ashcraft and Kasi Anderson – both of Amarillo, and Aaron Ashcraft of Kansas City, Missouri.

The family suggests memorials to Fairview Cemetery, PO Box 265, Memphis, Texas 79245.

Memorial services for Billy Wayne “Bill” Lindsey, age 58, were held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 24, 2004, at the First Baptist Church in Wellington with Bill Baker, minister of the First Christian Church, officiating. 

Mr. Lindsey died Tuesday, January 20, 2004, in Dallas.  He was born on June 9, 1945, to Frank Bailey Lindsey and Pauline Wingeart Lindsey in Wellington.  He graduated from Quail High School with the Class of 1963.  Bill married Nancy Thomas on June 1, 1968, in Wellington.  He worked as a welder, farmer, rancher, and also in law enforcement.  He was a former deputy of Hall, Childress, and Collingsworth Counties. Bill had also worked as the chief of police.  Bill was a member of the First Christian Church, where he served as Deacon.  He was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star and Past Master of the Wellington Masonic Lodge 763.

He was preceded in death by two brothers, Joe Lindsey and Frank Lindsey, Jr.

Survivors include his wife, Nancy Lindsey of Wellington; three daughters, DeJon O’Rear and Diana Green, both of Wellington, and Danielle Morgan of Amarillo; one brother, Jimmy Don Lindsey of Memphis; one sister, Mary Ann Simpson of Tulsa, Oklahoma; and nine grandchildren.

Honorary bearers were John Carson, Tommy Powell, Pete Whitaker, Cliff Hartman, Dan Langford, Carroll Nunnelley, Doug Seal, Larry Winkler, Jim Bryant, Rich Fry, Tony Jensen, Kenneth Foster, Steve Hartman, and Don Donaldson.

Memorials may be made to the First Christian Church of Wellington.

Graveside services for Glenda Patterson, age 70, were held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 24, 2004, at the Panhandle Cemetery in Panhandle with Rev. Robert E. Field officiating.  Arrangements were by Schooler Funeral Home in Amarillo.

Mrs. Patterson died Thursday, January 22, 2004, in Amarillo.  She was born in Eastland, Texas, in 1933.  She married Richard “Pat” Patterson in Borger on August 17, 1951.  She worked as a secretary in the oil and gas industry until her retirement in 1985.  She and her husband then moved to Clarendon, where they raised cattle for 15 years before moving to Amarillo in 2000.  They had been members of St. John the Baptist Episcopal Church in Clarendon.  They had been married for 51 years when Mr. Patterson died on January 5, 2003.

Survivors include two daughters, Cindy Seymour and Joy Howard, both of Fritch; one son, Richard Patterson, Jr., of Sugarland; seven grandchildren; Michael Armstrong, Christopher Armstrong, Melissa Howard, Kristi Howard, Robyn Patterson, Jonathan Patterson, and Hannah Patterson; and one great grandchild, Bryna Armstrong.