Dianna Mae Hedgecoke Bilbrey's Obituary
AMARILLO SERVICES- 2:00 pm Thursday, August 11, 2005 in the First United Methodist Church in Clarendon with Rev. Kenneth Metzger, Interim Pastor, officiating. INTERMENT - Citizens Cemetery Mrs. Bilbrey was born September 18, 1939 in Amarillo and lived most of her early life there. She was a Clarendon resident for approximately 20 years before returning to Amarillo three years ago. Her family's ancestral roots go back to the Republic of Texas. She was a member of the DAR. Her grandmother was Mattie Whittenburg-Hedgecoke. She married Donnie Ray Bilbrey on October 1, 1962 at Amarillo. She and her family had owned several area business including Hedgecoke Motors and Western Plaza in Amarillo and the Goodnight Ranch. She was a Methodist. SURVIVORS - 2 daughters, Tanya Kay Clason of Panhandle, Jimmie Kim Blair of Amarillo; 3 sons, Gary Lee Bilbrey of Canadian, Cecil Chan Bilbrey and Joe Don Bilbrey both of Clarendon; one brother, Gary Richard Hedgecoke of Amarillo; 11 grandchildren; and 9 great grandchildren. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY - her husband, Donnie Ray Bilbrey in 1999; and a brother, James Andrew "Jimmie" Hedgecoke Jr.
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