Bennie "Pete" Wortham's Obituary
GROOM SERVICES- 10:00 am, Tuesday, June 9, 2009 in the Groom Church of Christ with Dale Meadows and Sam Line, officiating.
INTERMENT- Alanreed Cemetery in Alanreed. Arrangements are by Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon. Pete was born June 13, 1929 in Lelia Lake to Lee Vernon & Willie Lee Morris Wortham. He married Bertha Fay Painter on July 26, 1952 in Hall County. He had been a farm and ranch hand and was head of housekeeping department at Groom Memorial Hospital in Groom from 1968 to 1973. He was a member of the Groom Church of Christ. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY - his parents. SURVIVORS - his wife, Bertha Fay of Groom; 2 sons, Buster Lee Wortham and wife Karen of Clarendon and J.B. Wortham and wife Elana of Amarillo; his grandchildren, Jeanne Miller and husband Shanon of White Deer, Tyrell Lee Wortham and wife Ashlee and Timothy Blake Wortham all of Clarendon, Steven Bennie Wortham, Jordan Ria Wortham, Zachary Don Noriega, and Cheyann Ellen Wortham all of Amarillo; his great grandchildren, Haskell Lee Nation of Wellington, Jacob Lane Miller and Felicia Miller both of White Deer, Gaven Tate and Coulter Lee Wortham both of Clarendon; 2 brothers, Charles Ray Wortham of Cressey, California and Vernon Lee Wortham of Stockton, California. MEMORIALS - The family requests memorials be to Groom Church of Christ or the Don & Sybil Harrington Cancer Center. THE FAMILY WILL BE AT: 94 Collier Street / Groom, Texas 79039 / Phone #: (806)248-7231
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