Warren Dean Whitten's Obituary
Warren Dean Whitten, 87, of Memphis, Texas passed away Thursday, March 5, 2026 in Amarillo, Texas.
Memorial services will be 2:00 PM Monday, March 9, 2026 in the First Baptist Church in Memphis, Texas with Zack Altman, officiating. Private family burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Memphis.
Viewing will be held Sunday, March 8, 2026 at the funeral home with the family receiving friends for visitation from 4:00 - 6:00 PM.
Arrangements are under the care of Robertson Funeral Directors of Memphis.
Warren Dean Whitten entered this world April 18, 1938 on the heels of the Blizzard of 38’. His parents Cecil Raymond Whitten and Ida Lee Faye Dean Whitten were sure glad he waited until after the storm to arrive!
He was raised on Indian Creek in Hall County. He and his brothers had adventures and hunting competitions on a regular basis in the area. He attended Friendship school until it closed then he started school in Memphis. He was an active member of FFA and was awarded his Lone Star Degree in 1954. He graduated from Memphis High School in 1956.
After graduation Warren began farming and ranching in the Plaska area. On March 8, 1968 he married Joan Marie Proffitt in Memphis, Texas and to this union was born Wendy LaDon and Jerry Warren.
After he quit farming Warren worked at Town and Country Fuel. He loved visiting with people and enjoyed coffee time with the guys while he worked there. When Town and Country closed he went to work for Texas Boll Weivel and was able to drive all the back roads and get paid. He loved watching the Hall County crops grow and the cattle multiply. After his official retirement he volunteered with Hall County Meals on Wheels where he visited with everyone he delivered meals to.
Warren played as hard as he worked. In his younger days he and his buddies rode motorcycles on Red River and he even ran Whitten Penton for a while. He was a member of Amarillo Track and Trail and was instrumental in helping with the Cotton Boll Enduro in Memphis each fall. He also loved camping, fishing and hunting. There were countless trips with the guys to Colorado, Lake Texhoma, Possum Kingdom and Toledo Bend where the tails and pranks were more numerous than the kill or catch.
Most of all Warren loved being surrounded by his family and watching the kids, grandkids and most especially the great grandchildren play sports or show animals. He loved giving his grandson Zack farming advice from the turnrow and playing catch with his great grandson Kasyn. Every event from a good grade on a test or report card to a birthday or anniversary was a reason to get together and celebrate but most of all eat. Watching the great grands grow up was a special treat for him in the last few years. He eagerly awaited the stories from school, ball practice or the funny way they told stories every day.
He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers Raymond Whitten and Bill Whitten and his son-in-law Michael Altman.
He is survived by his wife Joan of the home, daughter Wendy Altman of Memphis, and son Jerry Whitten and wife Lisa of Lubbock, Texas. A brother Randy Whitten and wife Brenda of Lubbock, as well as a sister-in-law Marlyn Whitten of Memphis, brother-in-laws Don Proffitt and wife Dianna of Amarillo and Gary Proffitt and wife Amanda of Estelline. Six grandchildren Kristan, Seth and Zack Altman and wife Mercedes all of Memphis., R. H Whitten and wife Carissa of Mountain View, MO., Amanda Cypert and husband Drew of Abernathy and Eathan Purcell of Lubbock. Ten great grandchildren Kasyn Altman, Victoria Garcia, Stella and Lyla Altman all of Memphis, Gracenne, River, Craig and Lincoln Whitten of Mountain View, MO and Rosie and Jasper Cypert of Abernathy and numerous nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers the family requests memorials made to Memphis FFA, Memphis Fire Department or Hall County Home Delivered Meals.
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