Rachel Berniece Crocker's Obituary
CLARENDON SERVICES- 2:00 pm Saturday, April 20, 2013 in the Clarendon Church of Christ with Don Stone, officiating. INTERMENT- Citizens Cemetery in Clarendon. Arrangements are by Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon. Berniece was born June 30, 1920, in Mount Vernon, Texas to Benjamin Octavius Brooks and Vertie Lee Kolb Brooks. She was a lifelong resident of the Texas panhandle. She lived in Panhandle for over 20 years, Amarillo for 10 years, and in Clarendon for 33 years. For the past three years, she had resided with her son, Tim and his family in Amarillo. Berniece married Odis Orvis Crocker on January 23, 1938 at Shamrock, Texas. They raised 5 daughters and a son. For years she owned and operated her own beauty salon in Pantex Village, Texas. Throughout her life, she worked relentlessly to provide a loving home for her family. She was a devoted Christian and member of the Church of Christ in Clarendon. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY – her parents; her beloved husband, Orvis on December 18, 2000; 2 daughters, Rachel Lee Tandy and Orvis Jean Cates; 2 brothers, Jack and JN Brooks; and by 3 sisters, Ruth Pitcock, Louise Hurst, and Darline Weist. SURVIVORS – 3 daughters, Dorothy Patricia Conser of Ormond Beach, FL, Emma Jo Reed of Arlington, TX, Linda Kay Mason of Fairbanks, AK; a son, Timothy Ronald Landon and wife Kristi of Amarillo, TX; a sister, Toni Cole. She was Granny to 14 grandchildren; 20 great grandchildren; 2 great-great grandchildren; and had countless extended family and friends, all of whom she loved and cherished dearly. Mrs. Crocker will lie in state at the funeral home beginning on Thursday and family will receive friends for visitation at the funeral home on Friday from 5:00-7:00 pm.
MEMORIALS – The family request memorials be sent to the Clarendon Church of Christ.
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