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1917 - 2012 (94 years)
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Callie Alberta GRIGGS [2] |
- 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 [1]
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Birth |
9 Jan 1917 |
Texas [1, 2] |
Gender |
Female |
Census |
1930 |
Living with parents in Prec. 2, Oldham Co., Texas [2] |
Census |
1940 |
Living with husband in Potter Co., Texas [3] |
Death |
21Apr 2012 [1] |
Burial |
Memorial Park Cemetery, Amarillo, Potter Co., Texas [1] |
Person ID |
I86152 |
Main Tree |
Last Modified |
8 Jul 2016 |
Father |
Albert Allen GRIGGS, b. 16 Sep 1883, Salado, Texas d. 26 Sep 1952, Amarillo, Potter Co., Texas (Age 69 years) |
Relationship |
Birth |
Mother |
Ann Birdie SLAWSON, b. 22 Dec 1885, Texas d. 2 Apr 1980, Amarillo, Potter Co., Texas (Age 94 years) |
Relationship |
Birth |
Marriage |
28 Jan 1906 |
Bell Co., Texas [4, 5] |
Family ID |
F35436 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Headstones |
| Robert Lee Bellamy and Callie Alberta Griggs Headstone Robert L. Bellamy and his wife Callie A., the daughter of Albert A. Griggs and Ann Birdie Slawson, are buried in the Memorial Park Cemetery in Amarillo, Potter Co., Texas.
Created by: Kenneth D. Bogard
Photo Added by: Walter Dunn |
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Sources |
- [S02329] Find A Grave Website.
- [S8469] 1930 Census Precinct 2, Oldham County, Texas.
- [S8474] 1940 Census Potter County, Texas.
- [S8394] 1910 Census Precinct 8, Bell County, Texas.
- [S8530] Ancestry.com: Texas, U.S., Select County Marriage Index, 1837-1965 .
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