Shirley Ruth Lamberson's Obituary
GROOM SERVICES- 2:00 pm Friday, January 7, 2011 in the First United Methodist Church in Groom with Rev. Weldon Rives, Pastor, officiating. INTERMENT- Groom Cemetery in Groom. Arrangements are by Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon. Shirley was born January 26, 1923 in Newton, Iowa to Cornell Richard and Ruth Barton Knight. She married Ernest Walter Lamberson on June 21, 1940 in Clarendon. She had been a resident of Groom and Clarendon most of her life. She enjoyed quilting and was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Groom where she was also involved in United Methodist Women. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY - her parents; her husband on February 14, 2008; a son, Stocky Lamberson; a sister, Clarice Steinkirchner; and a great grandson, Zachary Vasquez in July 2002. SURVIVORS - a son, Larry Lamberson and wife Vicki of Amarillo; a daughter in law, Aimee Lamberson of Panhandle; 2 sisters, Doris Slocum of Amarillo and Nelldean Bagwell of Gruver; 5 grandchildren, Renae Freeman, Melanie Lamberson, Todd Lamberson, Jill Hodgson, and Lance Lamberson; and 9 great grandchildren. MEMORIALS- The family suggests memorials to the First United Methodist Church in Groom, Stocky Lamberson Scholarship Fund c/o Happy State Bank in Panhandle, or the Zachary Vasquez Scholarship Fund, 803 Ivy Drive / Pfulgerville, Texas 78660. THE FAMILY WILL BE AT: 111 Wilkerson / Groom, Texas 79039 / Phone #: (806)570-1937
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