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Reba <I>Barkley</I> Huffhines

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Reba Barkley Huffhines

Birth
Hansford, Hansford County, Texas, USA
Death
3 Mar 2004 (aged 92)
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA
Burial
Amarillo, Randall County, Texas, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section K Lot 141 Space 5
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Reba Barkley Huffhines

Reba Barkley Huffhines of Amarillo died Wednesday, March 3, 2004, in Oklahoma City.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Schooler-Gordon Funeral Directors Bell Avenue Chapel, 5400 S. Bell St. Private burial will be in Llano Cemetery.

Mrs. Huffhines was born in Hansford. Her parents were Judge and Mrs. A.F. Barkley. When the community was moved to meet the railroad, she moved with her family to Spearman. She graduated from Spearman High School in 1928 and attended Texas Woman's University in Denton. After college she was employed at the bank in Spearman.

She then worked for the Whittenburg family in Plemons and relocated to their Amarillo office. In Amarillo, she met and married John S. Huffhines on April 23, 1938. Her years before retirement were spent with H.V. Robertson Co. She and John were charter members of St. Paul Methodist Church. She was active with the Girl Scouts of America and was an avid bridge player. She moved to Oklahoma City in 2000.

She was preceded in death by her husband; a sister, Virginia Renfro; and a brother, Freeman Barkley.

Survivors include two daughters, Judye Cooper and husband, Don, of Des Moines, Iowa, and Jan Rogers and husband, Tom, of Oklahoma City; a sister, Gertrude B. Archer of Lubbock; five grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

The family suggests memorials be to Hansford County Cemetery Association, 707 E. Second St., Spearman, TX 79081; or St. Paul Methodist Church in Amarillo.

Amarillo Globe-News, March 5, 2004
Reba Barkley Huffhines

Reba Barkley Huffhines of Amarillo died Wednesday, March 3, 2004, in Oklahoma City.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Schooler-Gordon Funeral Directors Bell Avenue Chapel, 5400 S. Bell St. Private burial will be in Llano Cemetery.

Mrs. Huffhines was born in Hansford. Her parents were Judge and Mrs. A.F. Barkley. When the community was moved to meet the railroad, she moved with her family to Spearman. She graduated from Spearman High School in 1928 and attended Texas Woman's University in Denton. After college she was employed at the bank in Spearman.

She then worked for the Whittenburg family in Plemons and relocated to their Amarillo office. In Amarillo, she met and married John S. Huffhines on April 23, 1938. Her years before retirement were spent with H.V. Robertson Co. She and John were charter members of St. Paul Methodist Church. She was active with the Girl Scouts of America and was an avid bridge player. She moved to Oklahoma City in 2000.

She was preceded in death by her husband; a sister, Virginia Renfro; and a brother, Freeman Barkley.

Survivors include two daughters, Judye Cooper and husband, Don, of Des Moines, Iowa, and Jan Rogers and husband, Tom, of Oklahoma City; a sister, Gertrude B. Archer of Lubbock; five grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

The family suggests memorials be to Hansford County Cemetery Association, 707 E. Second St., Spearman, TX 79081; or St. Paul Methodist Church in Amarillo.

Amarillo Globe-News, March 5, 2004


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