Callie Alberta GRIGGS

Callie Alberta GRIGGS

Female 1917 - 2012  (94 years)

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  1. 1.  Callie Alberta GRIGGSCallie Alberta GRIGGS was born on 9 Jan 1917 in Texas (daughter of Albert Allen GRIGGS and Ann Birdie SLAWSON); died in 21Apr 2012; was buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Amarillo, Potter Co., Texas.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1930, Living with parents in Prec. 2, Oldham Co., Texas
    • Census: 1940, Living with husband in Potter Co., Texas

    Notes:

    Name:
    Callie Alberta Bellamy, 95, of Amarillo died Saturday, April 21, 2012.

    Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Comanche Trail Church of Christ with Loran Harper, minister of Comanche Trail Church of Christ, and Jeff Messer, chaplain of Bivins Memorial Nursing Home, officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Arrangements are by LaGrone-Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Directors Coulter Road Chapel, 8310 S. Coulter St.

    Callie Bellamy was born Jan. 9, 1917, in Wildorado to Anne Birdie and Albert Griggs. She was raised in Wildorado and graduated from
    Wildorado schools. She moved to Amarillo and married Robert Lee Bellamy Jr. To this marriage, seven children were born: Helen Porter, Bob Bellamy and wife Jerry, Richard Bellamy, Frankie Womack and husband Leonard, Carol Card and husband David of Denver, Matt Bellamy and wife Elizabeth of Lubbock and Roger Bellamy of Midland.

    She retired from Amarillo public schools as cafeteria manager. She was a member of Comanche Trail Church of Christ, where she was a Sunday school teacher for several years. She loved all children. She was an avid quilter for many years, sewing many beautiful quilts. She was a member of Amarillo Senior Citizens and the quilt club at Bivins Memorial Nursing Home for many years.

    She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, her siblings, two grand-children; and a son-in-law.

    Survivors include her children, 15 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren, and four great-great-grand-children.

    In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials be to Comanche Trail Church of Christ and High Plains Children's Home, both in Amarillo.

    Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.

    Sign the online guest book at www.lagroneblackburnshaw.com.

    Amarillo Globe-News, April 24, 2012

    Posted on Find A Grave
    Created by: Kenneth D. Bogard

    Callie married Robert Lee BELLAMY before 1937. Robert was born on 14 Apr 1912; died on 15 Mar 1970; was buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Amarillo, Potter Co., Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Helen BELLAMY
    2. Bobbie Lee BELLAMY was born on 22 Jul 1938 in Amarillo, Potter Co., Texas; died on 16 Jun 2016 in Amarillo, Potter Co., Texas; was buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Amarillo, Potter Co., Texas.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Albert Allen GRIGGSAlbert Allen GRIGGS was born on 16 Sep 1883 in Salado, Texas; died on 26 Sep 1952 in Amarillo, Potter Co., Texas; was buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Amarillo, Potter Co., Texas.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Fact: Son of Squyshedrick Griggs and Mary Adeline Rogers
    • Census: 1910, Living in Justice Prec. 8, Bell Co., Texas
    • Census: 1930, Living in Prec. 2,Oldham Co., Texas
    • Census: 1940, Living in Amarillo, Potter Co., Texas

    Albert married Ann Birdie SLAWSON on 28 Jan 1906 in Bell Co., Texas. Ann (daughter of Robert Allen SLAWSON and Mary Evoline MILLIORN) was born on 22 Dec 1885 in Texas; died on 2 Apr 1980 in Amarillo, Potter Co., Texas; was buried on 4 Apr 1980 in Memorial Park Cemetery, Amarillo, Potter Co., Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Ann Birdie SLAWSONAnn Birdie SLAWSON was born on 22 Dec 1885 in Texas (daughter of Robert Allen SLAWSON and Mary Evoline MILLIORN); died on 2 Apr 1980 in Amarillo, Potter Co., Texas; was buried on 4 Apr 1980 in Memorial Park Cemetery, Amarillo, Potter Co., Texas.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1900, Living with parents in Prec. 8, Bell Co., Texas
    • Census: 1910, Living with husband in Justice Prec. 8, Bell Co., Texas
    • Census: 1930, Living with husband in Prec. 2, Oldham Co., Texas
    • Census: 1940, Living with husband in Amarillo, Potter Co., Texas

    Children:
    1. Mary Viola GRIGGS was born on 21 Mar 1907 in Bell Co., Texas; died on 11 Dec 1995 in Amarillo, Potter Co., Texas.
    2. Samuel Shedrick GRIGGS was born on 4 Oct 1908 in Texas; died on 2 May 1966 in Amarillo, Potter Co., Texas; was buried on 4 May 1966 in Memorial Park Cemetery, Amarillo, Potter Co., Texas.
    3. Sadie Esther GRIGGS was born about 1911 in Texas; died in 1944; was buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Amarillo, Potter Co., Texas.
    4. Minnie Lucille GRIGGS was born on 29 Aug 1915 in Texas; died on 5 Apr 2010 in Amarillo, Potter Co., Texas; was buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Amarillo, Potter Co., Texas.
    5. 1. Callie Alberta GRIGGS was born on 9 Jan 1917 in Texas; died in 21Apr 2012; was buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Amarillo, Potter Co., Texas.
    6. Nina Gertrude GRIGGS was born on 16 May 1925 in Texas; died on 26 Jan 1985; was buried in Big Hill Cemetery, Big Hill, Limestone Co., Texas.
    7. Albert Allen GRIGGS was born on 5 May 1927 in Texas; died on 21 Feb 2011 in Albuquerque, Bernalillo Co., New Mexico.