Lois Kathryn (Wilkerson) Nix
March 29, 1929 — April 29, 2017
Lois Nix, 88 of Amarillo died Saturday, April 29, 2017.
The family will receive friends from 6:00-7:30 p.m. Tuesday May 2, 2017 at Schooler Funeral Home. Memorial services will be 2:00 PM, Wednesday, May 3, 2017 at St. Paul United Methodist Church. Arrangements are by Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 S. Georgia.
Lois Nix was born March 29, 1929 in Erick, Oklahoma to Clarence and Kathryn (Stewart) Wilkerson. She attended Delhi High School and Southwestern State University in Weatherford, Oklahoma. She married Bill Baird in 1949 in Sayre, Oklahoma. She married Joe Nix in 1964 in Amarillo, Texas.
Lois was a woman of many skills. She could paint a house, sew a fine dress, conquer the computer and excel at ballroom dancing with equal aplomb. She was fiercely loyal to her family and friends. Never one to sit at home and “bake cookies” she was a member of many organizations. She was a past member of PEO, and the Amarillo Rotary Club, and served as officer in the Amarillo Genealogical Society, Llano Estacado Chapter DAR and Colonel Richard Henry Lee Chapter Colonial Dames 17th Century. Her loyal friends of Laureat Theta Upsilon Chapter Beta Sigma Phi and Starlighter’s Dance Club meant the world to Lois and her family. She was a member of St. Paul's United Methodist Church.
Her favorite hobby was genealogical research with her dear friend Mary Kay Snell -she authored or co-authored some 25 books about families she had traced or records to help genealogy research. She wrote about her own early life for her grandchildren and great grandchildren with the same candor that she approached life.
At age 81 Lois returned to the work force working at Jack Sisemore Traveland and she found her work home. She loved everyone there and felt they loved her in return. She retired after 13 years and always felt they were like family.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Joe Nix in 2008; her brother, Nolan Wilkerson; grandson, Neil Nix; and her parents, Clarence and Kathryn Wilkerson.
Survivors include her daughter, Susie Chilson and husband Don of Coeur d Alene, ID; 10 grandchildren, Nicholas, Neiman, Noah, Ashlie, Kevin, Bryan, Natalie, Nolan, Noel and Kyle; and 7 great grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to the Amarillo- Panhandle Humane Society, 3501 S Osage St, Amarillo, TX 79118