Wade A. McConnell's Obituary
CLARENDON
SERVICES - 2:00 pm on Tuesday, November 18, 2008 in the Robertson Funeral Directors Chapel of Memories in Clarendon with Rev. Bryan Knowles, Retired Baptist Minister, & Ty Jones, Pastor of the Cowboy Church and the Arena of Life in Amarillo, officiating.
INTERMENT - Citizens Cemetery in Clarendon with military honors performed by the United States Army.
Wade was born May 7, 1945 in Chickasha, Oklahoma to James Robert & Elsa Christine Capps McConnell. He married Brenda Cheryl Osburn on December 17, 1967 in Clarendon. He was a US Army Veteran having served in the Vietnam War. He had been a resident of Clarendon most of his life. He had been a heavy equipment operator for several companies. He was a member of the VFW.
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY - his parents; a brother, Willard McConnell, and a sister Bertha Mantooth.
SURVIVORS - his wife, Brenda of Clarendon; a son, Clint McConnell and wife Kathleen of Amarillo; a daughter, Delinah Mills of Amarillo; 2 brothers, Harold McConnell and Harlon McConnell, both of Alex, Oklahoma; a sister, Louise Harvey of Blanchard, Oklahoma; 5 grandchildren, and many other family members and dear friends.
MEMORIALS - The family requests memorial contributions be made to BSA Hospice in Amarillo, or VA Hospice c/o Thomas E. Creek VA Medical Center.
THE FAMILY WILL BE AT: 602 East Barcus Street / Clarendon, Texas 79226 / Phone #: (806)672-7986
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