Obituaries

Obituaries

Recent Obituaries

Rex Eakins

Rex Eakins

Mar 10, 2013

Rex Eakins, 88 of Borger died Sunday March 10th in Amarillo. Graveside services will be 2:00 pm Thursday March 14th at Westlawn Memorial park Cemetery with Rocky Eakins officiating. Burial will be in the Garden of Evergreen at Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Minton Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger. Rex was born April 30, 1924 at...

Betty Yeager

Betty Yeager

Mar 8, 2013

Betty Jean Yeager, 81, died Friday March 8, 2013 in Borger. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Tuesday at the 1st Christian Church in Fritch with Rev. Sharalyn Larsen, Pastor officiating. Interment will follow at Westlawn Memorial Park under the direction of Minton Chatwell Funeral Directors of Fritch. Betty was born November 29, 1931 in Hartley, Texas to Miles...

Sara Lusk

Sara Lusk

Mar 8, 2013

Sara Ann Lusk, 82, died March 8, 2013 in Amarillo. Sara was born January 1, 1931 in Odessa to Flossie Mae Smith and J.L. Hawley. She lived in Borger as a young child then her family moved to Gulf Camp and later to Panhandle. On December 11, 1949 she married Lester Lusk. She was a member of the Liberty...

Jean Blommaert

Jean Blommaert

Mar 8, 2013

Jean A. Johnny Blommaert, 72, died Friday, March 8, 2013 in Amarillo. Rosary will be said Monday at 6:00 p.m. at Minton Memorial Chapel. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 a.m. Tuesday at St. Johns Catholic Church with Father Richard Zannetti, officiating. Burial will follow at Westlawn Memorial Park under the direction of Minton Chatwell Funeral Directors of...

Kenneth Riemer

Kenneth Riemer

Mar 5, 2013

Kenneth Rex Riemer, 66, died Tuesday March 5 in Katy, Texas. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Monday at Grace Church with Senior Pastor Marshall Ford and Pastor Ricky Griffin of Trinity Fellowship in Amarillo officiating. Interment will follow at Stinnett Cemetery under the direction of Minton Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger. Kenneth was born July 23, 1946 to...

Estela Gonzales

Estela Gonzales

Mar 2, 2013

Estela G. Gonzales, 76 of Borger died March 2nd in Amarillo. Rosary will be said 7:00 pm Wednesday March 6th at Minton Memorial Chapel. Funeral services will be 11:00 am Thursday March 7th at Minton Memorial Chapel. Cremation will be under the direction of Minton Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger. Estela was born June 8,1936 at Rockdale, Texas to...

Gertrude Smith

Gertrude Smith

Mar 1, 2013

Gertrude L. Carpenter Smith, 101 passed away Friday March 1st at Lone Tree, Colorado. Graveside services will be 1:00 pm Wednesday March 6th at Knowles Cemetery Beaver County Oklahoma. Burial will be under the direction of Minton Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger. Gertrude was born August 21, 1911 at Knowles, Oklahoma to Clarence Richard and Margaret Anna Habel Carpenter....

Gilbert White

Gilbert White

Feb 26, 2013

Gilbert Henry White, 59, of Fritch died February 26, 2013 at his home. Funeral service will be at 2:00 p.m. Friday at Grace Church in Borger with Rev. Larry Brock, Pastor of 1st Baptist Church of Sanford officiating. Interment will be at Westlawn Memorial Park under the direction of Minton Chatwell Funeral Directors of Fritch. Gilbert was a lifetime...

Brad Nivens

Brad Nivens

Feb 19, 2013

Brad Lee Nivens, 30, died Tuesday, February 19, 2013. Funeral service will be held 2pm Saturday, February 23, 2013 at Grace Church. Burial will follow at Highland Park Cemetery. Brad was born January 3, 1983 in Borger, Texas to Betty and Larry Joe Nivens, Jr. He was a driller in the oil field for Cactus Drilling and a member...

Dale Nolen

Dale Nolen

Feb 19, 2013

Dale Nolen, 65, died February 19, 2013 at her home in Borger. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Friday, February 22, 2013 at the Riverview Baptist Church with Preacher Jimmy Gillmore, Pastor and Rev. Scott Wallace, Associate Pastor officiating. Interment will follow at Westlawn Memorial Park under the direction of Minton Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger. Dale was a...

John Burnett

John Burnett

Feb 19, 2013

John A. Burnett, 90 of Stinnett, died, Tuesday, February 19, 2013 in Dumas. Graveside services will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, February 23, 2013 at Chillicothe Cemetery, Chillicothe Texas. Services are under the direction of Minton Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger. Mr. Burnett was born April 19, 1922 in Woodsboro, Texas to John W. and Winne Burnett. He worked for...

Jesus Blanco

Jesus Blanco

Feb 18, 2013

Jesus Jessie Baldomero Blanco, 65, died Monday, February 18, 2013. A Mass of Christian Burial will be 10 am Thursday, February 21, 2013 at St. Theresa Catholic Church, Panhandle, Fr. Mieczyslaw Przepiora, celebrant. Burial will follow at Panhandle Cemetery. Rosary will be 7:30 pm Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at St. Theresa Catholic Church. Jessie was born October 11, 1947...

Ellen Harpold

Ellen Harpold

Feb 14, 2013

Ellen Louise Harpold, 59 of Portales, NM left this life to go home to her Heaven on February 14, 2013 in Borger. Ellen Penny Harpold was a homemaker who loved crocheting and being with her grandchildren. Ellen is survived by one son, Wayne Chambers, daughterinlaw Jaime Dawn Brittain, both of Borger. Ellen had four grandchildren, Brandon Chambers and Cameron...

Ethel Pratt

Ethel Pratt

Feb 11, 2013

Ethel Agnes Pratt, 86, of Panhandle went to her Heavenly home Monday morning after a brief illness. A Celebration of Life will be held at 3:00 pm Thursday, February 14th, at Grace Fellowship Church in Panhandle. Burial will be at Panhandle Cemetery under the direction of Minton Chatwell Funeral Directors of Panhandle. Ethel Pratt was born February 8, 1927...

Earl Jackson

Earl Jackson

Feb 9, 2013

Borger Earl Jackson, 77, of Borger, died Saturday, February 9, 2013 in Borger. No services are scheduled. Arrangements are under the direction of Minton Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger. Earl Jackson was born December 31, 1935 in Yoakum, Texas to Robert and Dana Mae King Jackson. He was a Borger resident since 1960, and was a Christian. Earl loved...

Leo Bustillos

Leo Bustillos

Feb 9, 2013

Fritch Leo Bustillos, 53, died Saturday, February 9, 2013 in Fritch. No services are scheduled. Arrangements are under the direction of Minton Chatwell Funeral Directors of Fritch. Leo Bustillos was born November 15, 1959 in Mexico to Amador Bustillos and Consuelo Velazquez. He was a longtime resident of Fritch and Borger. Leo married Carolyn Chandler on September 30, 1985...

Mary Havron

Mary Havron

Feb 8, 2013

Borger Mary Virginia Havron, 72, of Borger, died Friday, February 8, 2013 in Amarillo. Graveside services will be 2:00 p.m. Monday, February 11, 2013 at Highland Park Cemetery with Pastor Ricky Pfeil of the Kingdom Keys Church in Amarillo officiating. Services are under the direction of Minton Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger. Mary Virginia Havron was born on September...

James Hawthorne

James Hawthorne

Feb 6, 2013

Stinnett James M. Buck Hawthorne, 72, of Stinnett, died Wednesday, February 6, 2013 in Amarillo. Services will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, February 9,2013 at the Calvary Baptist Church in Borger with Rev. Dr. Jeff Hutchison of Calvary Baptist Church officiating, and the eulogy by Lavon Thompson. Interment will follow at the Stinnett Cemetery under the direction of Minton Chatwell...

Susan Tullos

Susan Tullos

Feb 6, 2013

Susan Jane Tullos, 60, of Borger died at her home February 6, 2013. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday at the 1st Christian Church with James Stephens, Pastor officiating. Burial will follow at Westlawn Memorial Park under the direction of Minton Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger. Jane was born September 16, 1952 to Nevin and Florence Little and...

Roy Newman Jr.

Roy Newman Jr.

Feb 1, 2013

Roy Allen Newman Jr. , 75 of Borger died Feb. 1st at Borger. Funeral services will be 2:30 pm at Church of Christ at Borger with Terry Stegall of Dalhart officiating. Burial will be at Westlawn Memorial Park under the direction of Minton Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger. Roy was born March 19, 1937 at Quail, Texas to Ron...