Extracted from The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, TX)
Martha Amanda Worsham
SWEETWATER -- Martha Amanda Worsham, age 75, of Sweetwater, Texas, died Sunday, January 14, 2007 in Abilene, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Sat, January 20, 2007 at the McCoy Funeral Home Chapel of Memories, 401 E. Third Street, Reverend Freddie Gillentine will be officiating with burial in the Sweetwater Cemetery. Visitation will be held for family and friends from 7 p.m., to 9 p.m., on Friday at the McCoy Funeral Home.
Martha was born on September 12, 1931 in Rogers, Texas. She married Donald Ray Worsham on October 27, 1962 in White Flat Community, Texas. She worked as a Licensed Vocational Nurse and has lived in Sweetwater since 1962. Her hobbies included playing dominoes, reading, quilting, crochet, puzzles, and she was a devoted Christian.
She was preceded in death by: her father, Willie Boone; mother, Hattie Freeman; step father, Oliver Freeman; brother, Granvelle Boone; sisters, Dorothy Grounds and Judy Boone.
She is survived by: her husband, Donald Ray Worsham of Sweetwater, Texas; three sons, Clifford Errol Worsham of Sweetwater, Texas, James Worsham of Overton, Texas and Donald Worsham, Jr., and wife, Sheila, of Commerce City, Colorado; four daughters, Linda Oden and Husband, Dickie, of Sweetwater, Texas, Shannon Clopton and Husband, Dale, of Hamlin, Texas, Dora Schenkenburg and husband, Bob, of Sweetwater, Texas and Julia Smith and husband, Russell, of Abilene, Texas; ten grandchildren; 22 great grandchildren; two sisters, Ellen Fox of Garland, Texas and Alicia Way and husband, Charles, of Richardson, Texas; and a brother, Daniel Boone and wife, Donna, of Corpus Christi, Texas.
Pallbearers will be: Roger Hooper, Randall Cunningham, Todd Webster, Troy Webster, Michael McQueen, and Chuck Way.
Friday, January 19, 2007