Velta Whitaker's Obituary
SERVICES – 11:00 AM Wednesday, September 30, 2015 in Robertson Funeral Directors Saints’ Roost Chapel in Clarendon with Rev. Bobby Ellerbrook, officiating.
INTERMENT – Citizens Cemetery in Clarendon.
ARRANGEMENTS - Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon.
Velta was born January 25, 1937 in Lubbock to Roscoe and Laura Ruby Beevers. She married Lamon Thomas Whitaker on July 3, 1954 in Clovis, New Mexico. She had been a resident of Muleshoe, Amarillo, and Clarendon before moving to Venus 2 years ago. She loved Jesus, Church, her family and her grandkids. Her grandkids loved visiting her every summer. She was a member of the First Freewill Baptist Church in Amarillo.
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY – her parents; her husband in 1996; and a brother, Arlie Beevers.
SURVIVORS – a son, Darrell Whitaker of Fountain, Colorado; 3 daughters, Laura Berry and husband Allen of Amarillo, Tammy Berry and husband Robert of Venus, and Ruthie Terry of Mansfield; a sister in law, Ruth Beevers of Lubbock; 9 grandchildren, Jami, Stormi, Heather, Michaela, Kelly, J.T., Dagen, Leia, and Aleena; 2 great grandchildren, Tierra and Ebony; and 3 adopted great grandchildren, Ayla, Josiah, and Judah.
MEMORIALS- The family request memorials be sent to the American Alzheimers Association.
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