Griggs-Schooler-Gordon

Laura Johnson of Amarillo passed away September 26, 2023 surrounded by her loving family. Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, October 21, 2023 at 10 am at Griggs Schooler Gordon Funeral Directors 5400 Bell St. For a detailed obituary please see griggsschoolergordon.com

Sostenes Gomez Jr passed away surrounded by his loving family on September 2, 2023 in Amarillo. Visitation will be held Wednesday September 6, 2023 from 4-7 pm at Griggs Schooler Gordon Funeral Directors 5400 Bell St. Funeral service will be held Thursday, September 7 at 10 am at Griggs Schooler Gordon Funeral Directors Pioneer Chapel with burial to follow at Memory Gardens Cemetery. He was born January 17, 1937 in Cuervo, New Mexico to Sostenes Gomez Sr and Vicenta. He was the youngest of nine children. He attended school in Santa Rosa and Springer, New Mexico where he was a running back in football. After high school he proudly joined and served in the United States Navy from 1956-1960. He...

Gary L. Moncrief went to be with the Lord August 28, 2023. He was a retired Amarillo Police Officer after serving 31 years. He was a loving husband, father, brother, grandfather, great grandfather, and uncle. He was born in Dumas, Texas. He was taught the values and rewards of hard work at an early age. He was a country boy at heart and loved wood working, hunting, gun and knife collecting, animals, and storytelling. He was also taught how to be a caretaker. His brother, Jerry, was born 9 1/2 years later and was his tag-along. He taught him many of the things they used throughout their life. Even without the invention of today's modern safety equipment, their father, Buster Moncrief,...

Brian Ayres 71 of Amarillo passed on June 18,2023. Family visitation Wednesday June 21, 2023 from 6-8 pm at Griggs-Schooler-Gordon. Celebration of Life service 10:00am Thursday at Southlawn Assembly of God.

Roy Dyer of Amarillo went to be with his Lord and Savior on May 23, 2023. Celebration of life service will be held on Friday May 26, 2023 at 11:00 am at Lake Tanglewood Community Church. A private burial will take place at Memorial Park Cemetery in Amarillo. See full obit and leave condolences to the family at www.griggsschoolergordon.com.

Lana Marie Green of Amarillo passed on May 18, 2023 in her home at the age of 75. A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, June 10, 2023 at 10 AM at Griggs Schooler Gordon Funeral Directors 5400 Bell St. Lana was born July 8, 1947 to Earl and Joyce Atkinson in Marshall Indiana. On October 26, 1968, she married the love of her life, Donald Green. They were happily married for 51 1/2 years. A proud 45-year cancer survivor, Lana ultimately succumbed to renal and liver failure. The Postal Service was Lana's employer for 16 years, beginning in 1980. She served as the President of the Amarillo Local of The American Postal Workers Union for two terms, contemporaneously serving as a...

Sylvia Ann McDade was born to Lawrence and LueRee McGee in Amarillo, TX on December 23, 1946. She went home to be with her Lord Jesus on May 1, 2023. She attended Wolflin Elementary, Austin Junior High, and Amarillo High School where she participated in Bel Canto and All State choir. She was elected as Choir Queen in 1963 and Miss Sandieland in 1964. She attended Abilene Christian University and WT where she met her future husband. Sylvia married Gary D. McDade on January 20,1968. She was involved in various church projects, community choirs, and was president of the McDowell Music Club. Sylvia, wishing to stay home to raise her children, began a faith-based, in-home...

Rhonda Elaine Christian 62, of Amarillo joined her Lord on February 24, 2023. Celebration of Life will be Saturday, March 4, 2023, at 2 pm at Griggs Schooler Gordon Funeral Directors 5400 Bell St with Pastor Lance Herrington officiating. Rhonda was born in Borger, Texas to Richard and Wanda Cox. She was a member of Paramount Baptist Church. She worked in the retail industry. Rhonda loved her family, her lifelong friends and her dogs and will be missed by everyone whose life she touched. Rhonda brought joy wherever she went and always had a smile on her face. She is surely smiling down on us from above. She is preceded in death by her Father Richard Cox. Left to cherish her memory is her...

JD Frakes of Happy passed away February 15, 2023. Visitation will be held Friday, February 24,2023 from 5-7pm at Griggs Schooler Gordon Funeral Directors 5400 Bell St. Funeral service will be held Saturday, February 25, 2023 at 2pm at Seventh-Day Adventist Church 405 S. Western with Pastor Jim Hoehn officiating.

On Feb. 15, 2023 Eunice Jane Isaacs was called home. Celebration of Life will be February 24th at 2 pm at Griggs Schooler Gordon Funeral Directors 5400 Bell St. Amarillo, TX. Jane was born March 15, 1930 to Leland and Viola Kroker in Corn OK. She is survived by her grandchildren: James Martin his wife Beth Martin, Rudeika JoAnn Bowen and T. C. Isaacs. Great grandchildren: Jack and Jill Bowen, Audie King, Arthur Carlson, Tiffani Belflower, Kyle and Stephen Paulk and four great great grandchildren. She leaves behind many other friends and loved ones. She was preceded in death by her husband Al Isaacs, daughter Barbra Martin and her son Steve Isaacs. Please wear something red in honor of...

Barbara Acklin Engle passed away February 10, 2023. Visitation will be held Monday, February 13, 2023 from 5-7 PM at Griggs Schooler Gordon Funeral Directors 5400 Bell St. Funeral service will be held Tuesday, February 14, 2023 at 10 AM at Hillside Christian Church.

On Friday, December 30, 2022, Donald Ray Daughtrey went to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Don loved others well. He was a generous and faithful man by any standard. He was a husband, a father, a grandfather, a brother, an uncle, and to many a dear, dear friend. And all who knew him, loved him fiercely in return. Born on January 6, 1933, in Colorado City, Texas, he was married to his beloved Patsy Ann "Pat" Daughtrey for over 59 years, from January 1953 until her passing in April of 2012. He worked for Duke Electric for more than 67 years where, as a master electrician, he was known to still scale towers up until the age of 80. He'd also gladly let you know with a twinkle in...

Juanita "Nita" L. Bloxom Putman Shoemaker, 87, of Amarillo, passed away on Wednesday, December 28, 2022. A graveside service in the care of Griggs-Schooler- Gordon Funeral Directors, was held Wednesday, January 4, 2023, at Fairview Cemetery, in Memphis, Texas, officiated by Pastor Ronald Boyer of South Lawn Baptist Church of Amarillo. Nita was born on November 28,1935, in Memphis, to parents Albert Lee and Lucille Evans Bloxom at her maternal grandparents, John Berl Evans and Ada Vestine Cole Evans' farmhouse. She was the second child and the first daughter born into the family of four children. She married the love of her life, H.B. Putman, on October 12,1951. They welcomed five...

Archie Ruggles, Jr. Age 79, died December 20, 2022 A visitation for Archie will be held Thursday, January 5, 2023 from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM at Griggs Schooler Gordon Funeral Directors, 5400 Bell St, Amarillo, Texas 79109. A funeral service will occur Friday, January 6, 2023 at 2:00 PM, 5400 Bell St., Amarillo, TX 79109. A graveside service will occur Friday, January 6, 2023 at 3:30 PM at Llano Cemetery East, 2900 S Hayes St, Amarillo, Texas 79103. Archie was born Nov. 22, 1943, in Amarillo. He was a farm boy most of his life and graduated from Canyon High School in 1962 then completed two years at West Texas State University in Canyon, where he met his first wife, Ola Faye Strickland. On...

Ruby Jean (Wright) Smith, age 94, of Grapevine, Texas passed away on Saturday, December 10, 2022. Celebration of Life will be January 21, 2023 at noon at Brio Italian Grill in Southlake, TX. Ruby was born January 16, 1928 at home in Fritch, TX to Roy and Ruby Wright. She was number eight of ten children - five boys and five girls. The Wright family was one of the first three families to live in the Fritch area. Ruby's older brother, Roy B. Wright, Jr. was the first baby born in the area. The Wright family received the first load of cattle from New Mexico. Ruby graduated from Phillips High School and attended West Texas State University for two years. While working in Fritch she met and...

James Bryan passed away November 26, 2022 in Amarillo, Texas. Funeral service will be held at 1 pm at CrossRoads Country Church with Pastor Bob Miller officiating. Burial will follow at Memory Gardens Cemetery. James was born in Gotebo Oklahoma on May 26, 1935 to Gilbert and Elaine Bryan. He attended Claude High School and West Texas State University. He was honorably discharged from the Marine Corps where he was a Marksman Instructor. He married Patsy Miller in December 3, 1954. James worked for Southwestern Bell Telephone for 40 years. He was active in The Rotary Club of Amarillo for many many years. His family was very important to him. He loved having family gatherings at the house...

Neva B. Laxson, 97, of Amarillo passed away peacefully Sunday, November 6, 2022. Visitation will be held from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm Thursday November 10, 2022 a Griggs-Schooler-Gordon Funeral Home 5400 S. Bell St. Memorial services will be at 2:00 pm Friday November 11, 2022 at Griggs-Schooler-Gordon Funeral Home. Private burial will take place at Llano Cemetery. See full obituary at www.griggsschoolergordon.com

Born: October 25, 1926 Died: October 29, 2022 Ruth was born in the big house on her grandparents' farm. Her parents, Paul and Dollie (Corbin) Bulsterbaum were also farmers as were her maternal grandparents and many of her aunts and uncles. She often told her children and others, "How I wish you could have grown up in the same unhurried, calm and happy childhood that I had." As she grew up in that nurturing community, she excelled in the Klondike schools and graduated in 1942. She had already met the love of her life, Thomas Hardy Phillips "Tommy" (deceased). But the bombing of Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, became a turning point in their lives, as it was for all Americans. Tommy left for...

William (Bill) Henry Greaser, 75, departed this life on October 26, 2022 at his home in Amarillo, Texas. Bill was born on August 9, 1947, to Willie O. Greaser, Father and Josephine McVey, Mother in Tucumcari, New Mexico. He graduated Tucumcari High School in 1965. Bill attended Western State College in Gunnison, Colorado where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in business administration in December of 1969. He served 6 years in the New Mexico National Guard and the Federal Reserves in Amarillo, Texas from 1970-76. Bill met Melynie Melcher at Western State College and they married on February 21, 1970 in Lubbock, Texas. After moving to Amarillo, Bill began his career at Southwestern...

Gwendolyn Ann Thompson, 97, of San Antonio, passed away Friday August 12, 2022. Services will be held at 2:00pm Friday, August 19, 2022 at Llano Cemetery with Dr. Hal Rogers officiating. The family will receive friends at Griggs Schooler Gordon, 5400 Bell, Thursday, August 18, 2022 from 5:00pm to 7:00pm.