Local Obituaries for Families in Amarillo, Texas
Donald Walter Soya
Nov 3, 2017
Donald Soya, 85, of Amarillo died Friday, November 3, 2017.
Services will be private. Arrangements are by Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 S. Georgia St., Amarillo.
Donald was born on August 13, 1932 in New York City, NY to Walter and Catherine Soya. After graduation, he joined the United States Navy and was Honorably Discharged after...
Wayne "Sambo" Kotara
Oct 31, 2017
Wayne "Sambo" Kotara, 74, of Groom, died October 31, 2017 in Amarillo, Texas.
Rosary service will be at 6:00 p.m., Friday, November 3, 2017 at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church in Groom, Texas. The family welcomes anyone wishing to share stories or memories of Wayne to do so at the end of that service. Funeral...
Ronald A. Gadman
Oct 31, 2017
Ronald A. Gadman, 87, of Amarillo, died October 31, 2017 in Amarillo at Autumn Leaves Memory Care surrounded by family.
Funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m., Friday, November 3, 2017 at Schooler Funeral Home’s Brentwood Chapel with the Rev. Eric Rieck of Oronogo, Missouri officiating. Interment will follow in Llano Cemetery with Military Honors provided by...

Charles "Charlie" Edward Ferguson
Oct 29, 2017
Charles Edward Ferguson, passed away on October 29th, 2017. No services are scheduled. Arrangements are by Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 S. Georgia St., Amarillo, Texas.
Charles was born on June 23, 1924, in Henryetta, Oklahoma. Charles was the second of five children born to Ervin Ferguson and Lillian Belle Gunter. He was preceded in death by his...
Duane A. Truman
Oct 29, 2017
Duane Truman, 88, of Amarillo passed away on Sunday, October 29, 2017.
Memorial Services will be at 4:00 p.m., Wednesday, November 1, 2017 at Paramount Baptist Church with Rev. Andrew Hebert and Rev. Lance Herrington as co-officiants. A private burial was held in Llano Cemetery. Arrangements are by Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 S. Georgia, Amarillo, TX 79110....
Nora Lee Barnett-Kirkland
Oct 29, 2017
Nora Lee Barnett-Kirkland, 44, of Amarillo, passed away on Sunday, October 29, 2017.
Funeral Services will be at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 1, 2017 in Schooler Funeral Home’s Brentwood Chapel, with Matt Crawford officiating. Interment will follow in Llano Cemetery. Arrangements are by Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 S. Georgia.
Nora was born on July 7,...
Joel Milton
Oct 28, 2017
Joel Lynn Milton, 46 of Amarillo passed away Saturday, October 28, 2017.
Memorial Services will be 2:00 p.m., Thursday, November 2, 2017 in Schooler Funeral Home’s Brentwood Chapel. Arrangements are by Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 S. Georgia, Amarillo, Texas 79110.
Joel was born November 25, 1970 to John and Sondra Milton in Amarillo. He was...
Helen Elizabeth Lowe
Oct 28, 2017
Helen Elizabeth Enochs Lowe passed away from this life on October 28, 2017 at age four score and seven years. She was born in St. Anthony’s Hospital to James Edmond Enochs and Willie Foster Enochs.
She attended River Road School and Amarillo High School before graduating from Dallas Methodist School of Nursing. She later received B.A. and...
Billy Glenn McCauley
Oct 27, 2017
Billy Glenn McCauley, 63, of Amarillo, TX passed away on October 27, 2017. Memorial services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Friday, November 3, 2017 at Schooler Funeral Home Brentwood Chapel. Arrangements are by Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 S. Georgia St., Amarillo Texas.
Billy was born in Amarillo, TX on December 3, 1953. He was an avid...
Lucille Virginia Perry
Oct 25, 2017
A Celebration of Life service is to be held at 11:00 am Monday, October 30, 2017 at Lake Tanglewood Community Church, 106 Tanglewoood Dr, #B, Amarillo, TX 79118 with Dr. Roger Hubbard as officiant. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery at 10:00 am Monday, October 30, 2017.
Beloved daughter, wife, mother, grandmother and friend, Lucille Virginia Dean...
Ken J. Brown
Oct 23, 2017
Kenneth James (Ken J.) Brown passed away Monday, October 23, 2017 just three days shy of his 88th birthday. Ken was born to Leona (Selman) Brown and Roy V. Brown on October 26, 1929. A proud graduate of Amarillo High School in 1948, Ken joined the Navy three days after graduating high school and served during the Korean War....
Era Burgess
Oct 21, 2017
Beloved Mother and Grandmother Era M. Burgess died on October 21, 2017, in Garden Ridge, TX, having moved from Amarillo for health reasons.
Born in the Mabry Community near Clarksville Texas October 7, 1921.
She and Chester Burgess were married Oct 30 1938, and were together 66 happy years before his death.
A...
Donald Hershinger
Oct 19, 2017
Donald Hershinger, 75, of Amarillo, passed away on Thursday, October 19, 2017.
Funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m. Monday, October 23, 2017 in Schooler Funeral Home’s Brentwood Chapel. Interment will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery. Arrangements by Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 S. Georgia.
Don was born on March 4, 1942 in Amarillo to Floyd...
Gorden Ray Jenkins Sr.
Oct 16, 2017
Gorden Ray Jenkins, Sr., of Amarillo, Texas, joined his Savior and Lord on October 16, 2017. He was born in Sayre, Oklahoma on August 25, 1940, to Wilburt and Maurine Jenkins.
Gorden is survived by the love of his life, Laura Jean, whom he married in 1957. They were married for 59 2/3 years. Others left to...
Anna Marie Sanning
Oct 15, 2017
Anna Marie Sanning, 97, of Amarillo, died Sunday, October 15, 2017.
Rosary will be said at 7:00 p.m. Thursday, October 19, 2017 at Schooler Funeral Home’s Brentwood Chapel, 4100 S. Georgia. Funeral mass will be celebrated at 10:00 a.m. Friday, October 20, 2017 at St. Francis Catholic Church, 5005 Klinke Rd. with Rev. John Dalton as celebrant....
Donald Loel Moore
Oct 14, 2017
Donald L. Moore, 85 of Amarillo died October 14, 2017. Visitation will be on Tuesday, October 17, 2017 from 5:00-7:00 p.m. at Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 South Georgia in Amarillo. A memorial service celebrating his life will be held on Thursday, October 19, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. at Paramount Baptist Church, 3801 South Western in Amarillo.
Donald...
General Lawrence Dale Hoover, Jr.
Oct 13, 2017
General Lawrence Dale Hoover, Jr., 87 of Amarillo passed away Friday, October, 13, 2017.
Rosary will be said 6:30 p.m., Monday, October 16, 2017 at St. Mary’s Cathedral. Funeral Mass will be 10:00 a.m., Tuesday at the St. Mary’s Cathedral with Rev. Grant Spinhirne as celebrant. Special Military Honors will follow approximately 11:00 a.m. at...
Monsignor Ray Crosier
Oct 12, 2017
“Through Christ-is Everything. With Christ-is peace. In Christ-is Love.” – cover of Prayer Card from the Ordination Mass for Father Raymond R. Crosier, September 8, 1975
Monsignor Raymond R. “Ray” Crosier, one of three men from Barre, Vermont, who served as priests for the Diocese of Amarillo, passed away on October 12, 2017. He was 71 years...

Patricia 'Patsy' Faye Burling
Oct 9, 2017
Patricia Faye Burling was born on July 7, 1934 and passed away on October 9, 2017. A memorial service is planned for a later date. Arrangements by Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 S. Georgia. Patsy is survived by her husband, Jerry H. Burling; her son, Mark Burling; two brothers, Dale Heiskell and his wife Marylou, and Leland Heiskell and his...
Neely Preston Brown
Oct 9, 2017
Neely Preston Brown, 77, of Amarillo, passed away Monday, October 9, 2017.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, October 13, 2017 at Pleasant Valley United Methodist Church with Rev. Nancy Moore and Rev. Gene Hudgins officiating. Burial will follow at Llano Cemetery. Arrangements are by Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 S Georgia.
Neely...