Curtis E. Upchurch, 81, of Amarillo died Saturday, Oct. 11, 2003.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Directors Memorial Chapel, 315 E. Fifth Ave.
Mr. Upchurch enlisted with the Army Infantry on Dec. 19, 1942, in Dallas. He served in the South Pacific where he received the following Asiatic Pacific medals: Purple Heart, Bronze Star medal with one cluster and the Combat Infantryman badge with five overseas bars.
He married Juanita Moore on May 30, 1947. He retired from I.C.X. Motor Freight Lines after 29 years. They owned and operated Upchurch Ceramics from 1980 to 1985.
He was preceded in death by a son, Ronnie Upchurch in 1999.
Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Mary Head of Amarillo; a son, Keith Upchurch of Amarillo; a brother, Samuel L. Upchurch of Amarillo; a daughter-in-law, Linda Upchurch of Amarillo; five grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials be to BSA Hospice.
Amarillo Globe-News, Oct. 12, 2003
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Directors Memorial Chapel, 315 E. Fifth Ave.
Mr. Upchurch enlisted with the Army Infantry on Dec. 19, 1942, in Dallas. He served in the South Pacific where he received the following Asiatic Pacific medals: Purple Heart, Bronze Star medal with one cluster and the Combat Infantryman badge with five overseas bars.
He married Juanita Moore on May 30, 1947. He retired from I.C.X. Motor Freight Lines after 29 years. They owned and operated Upchurch Ceramics from 1980 to 1985.
He was preceded in death by a son, Ronnie Upchurch in 1999.
Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Mary Head of Amarillo; a son, Keith Upchurch of Amarillo; a brother, Samuel L. Upchurch of Amarillo; a daughter-in-law, Linda Upchurch of Amarillo; five grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials be to BSA Hospice.
Amarillo Globe-News, Oct. 12, 2003
Curtis E. Upchurch, 81, of Amarillo died Saturday, Oct. 11, 2003.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Directors Memorial Chapel, 315 E. Fifth Ave.
Mr. Upchurch enlisted with the Army Infantry on Dec. 19, 1942, in Dallas. He served in the South Pacific where he received the following Asiatic Pacific medals: Purple Heart, Bronze Star medal with one cluster and the Combat Infantryman badge with five overseas bars.
He married Juanita Moore on May 30, 1947. He retired from I.C.X. Motor Freight Lines after 29 years. They owned and operated Upchurch Ceramics from 1980 to 1985.
He was preceded in death by a son, Ronnie Upchurch in 1999.
Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Mary Head of Amarillo; a son, Keith Upchurch of Amarillo; a brother, Samuel L. Upchurch of Amarillo; a daughter-in-law, Linda Upchurch of Amarillo; five grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials be to BSA Hospice.
Amarillo Globe-News, Oct. 12, 2003
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Directors Memorial Chapel, 315 E. Fifth Ave.
Mr. Upchurch enlisted with the Army Infantry on Dec. 19, 1942, in Dallas. He served in the South Pacific where he received the following Asiatic Pacific medals: Purple Heart, Bronze Star medal with one cluster and the Combat Infantryman badge with five overseas bars.
He married Juanita Moore on May 30, 1947. He retired from I.C.X. Motor Freight Lines after 29 years. They owned and operated Upchurch Ceramics from 1980 to 1985.
He was preceded in death by a son, Ronnie Upchurch in 1999.
Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Mary Head of Amarillo; a son, Keith Upchurch of Amarillo; a brother, Samuel L. Upchurch of Amarillo; a daughter-in-law, Linda Upchurch of Amarillo; five grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials be to BSA Hospice.
Amarillo Globe-News, Oct. 12, 2003
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