Your loving children Tommy, Linda Sue & Randy
Arthur Folsom Jr., 76, of Amarillo died Sunday, March 2, 2003.
Services will be at 11 a.m. today in Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2101 N. Coulter St., with Kerry Ormson, bishop, officiating. Arrangements are by Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Directors Memorial Chapel, Fifth Avenue and Pierce Street.
Mr. Folsom was born in Amarillo on Sept. 22, 1926, to Arthur Folsom Sr. and Dorris Horrell Folsom. He moved to Stratford with his parents and graduated from Stratford High School. He attended West Texas State College until he joined the Navy during World War II. After the war, he became an apprentice electrician with the IBEW Local 602 in Amarillo.
After graduating as a journeyman electrician in 1949, he worked for several contracting firms including Albert Lard Electric, Amarillo Electric and Duke Electric. In 1960, he went to work for Glenn McMennamy at A-1 Electric Co. and worked there until 1984.
He started Folsom Electric with his son, Tommy in 1984 and retired in 1991. He joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1952. He married Jimmye Smith Folsom in Clovis, N.M., and they lived together in Amarillo for 49 years.
He was preceded in death by his beloved wife on Feb. 28, 2002.
Survivors include a daughter, Linda Snyder and husband, Dr. Rush Snyder; two sons, Tommy Folsom and wife, Debbie, and Randy Folsom and wife, Margie, of Dallas; four grandchildren, Ryan Folsom of Amarillo, Scott Folsom of Orem, Utah, Jake Folsom of Dallas and Christina D'Alessandro of Yonkers, N.Y.; and a sister, Lorene Spurlock of Stratford.
The family suggests memorials be to American Heart Association; or a favorite charity.
The family will be at 7100 Windridge Place.
Amarillo Globe-News, March 5, 2003
Arthur Folsom Jr., 76, of Amarillo died Sunday, March 2, 2003.
Services will be at 11 a.m. today in Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2101 N. Coulter St., with Kerry Ormson, bishop, officiating. Arrangements are by Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Directors Memorial Chapel, Fifth Avenue and Pierce Street.
Mr. Folsom was born in Amarillo on Sept. 22, 1926, to Arthur Folsom Sr. and Dorris Horrell Folsom. He moved to Stratford with his parents and graduated from Stratford High School. He attended West Texas State College until he joined the Navy during World War II. After the war, he became an apprentice electrician with the IBEW Local 602 in Amarillo.
After graduating as a journeyman electrician in 1949, he worked for several contracting firms including Albert Lard Electric, Amarillo Electric and Duke Electric. In 1960, he went to work for Glenn McMennamy at A-1 Electric Co. and worked there until 1984.
He started Folsom Electric with his son, Tommy in 1984 and retired in 1991. He joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1952. He married Jimmye Smith Folsom in Clovis, N.M., and they lived together in Amarillo for 49 years.
He was preceded in death by his beloved wife on Feb. 28, 2002.
Survivors include a daughter, Linda Snyder and husband, Dr. Rush Snyder; two sons, Tommy Folsom and wife, Debbie, and Randy Folsom and wife, Margie, of Dallas; four grandchildren, Ryan Folsom of Amarillo, Scott Folsom of Orem, Utah, Jake Folsom of Dallas and Christina D'Alessandro of Yonkers, N.Y.; and a sister, Lorene Spurlock of Stratford.
The family suggests memorials be to American Heart Association; or a favorite charity.
The family will be at 7100 Windridge Place.
Amarillo Globe-News, March 5, 2003
Your loving children Tommy, Linda Sue & Randy
Arthur Folsom Jr., 76, of Amarillo died Sunday, March 2, 2003.
Services will be at 11 a.m. today in Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2101 N. Coulter St., with Kerry Ormson, bishop, officiating. Arrangements are by Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Directors Memorial Chapel, Fifth Avenue and Pierce Street.
Mr. Folsom was born in Amarillo on Sept. 22, 1926, to Arthur Folsom Sr. and Dorris Horrell Folsom. He moved to Stratford with his parents and graduated from Stratford High School. He attended West Texas State College until he joined the Navy during World War II. After the war, he became an apprentice electrician with the IBEW Local 602 in Amarillo.
After graduating as a journeyman electrician in 1949, he worked for several contracting firms including Albert Lard Electric, Amarillo Electric and Duke Electric. In 1960, he went to work for Glenn McMennamy at A-1 Electric Co. and worked there until 1984.
He started Folsom Electric with his son, Tommy in 1984 and retired in 1991. He joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1952. He married Jimmye Smith Folsom in Clovis, N.M., and they lived together in Amarillo for 49 years.
He was preceded in death by his beloved wife on Feb. 28, 2002.
Survivors include a daughter, Linda Snyder and husband, Dr. Rush Snyder; two sons, Tommy Folsom and wife, Debbie, and Randy Folsom and wife, Margie, of Dallas; four grandchildren, Ryan Folsom of Amarillo, Scott Folsom of Orem, Utah, Jake Folsom of Dallas and Christina D'Alessandro of Yonkers, N.Y.; and a sister, Lorene Spurlock of Stratford.
The family suggests memorials be to American Heart Association; or a favorite charity.
The family will be at 7100 Windridge Place.
Amarillo Globe-News, March 5, 2003
Arthur Folsom Jr., 76, of Amarillo died Sunday, March 2, 2003.
Services will be at 11 a.m. today in Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2101 N. Coulter St., with Kerry Ormson, bishop, officiating. Arrangements are by Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Directors Memorial Chapel, Fifth Avenue and Pierce Street.
Mr. Folsom was born in Amarillo on Sept. 22, 1926, to Arthur Folsom Sr. and Dorris Horrell Folsom. He moved to Stratford with his parents and graduated from Stratford High School. He attended West Texas State College until he joined the Navy during World War II. After the war, he became an apprentice electrician with the IBEW Local 602 in Amarillo.
After graduating as a journeyman electrician in 1949, he worked for several contracting firms including Albert Lard Electric, Amarillo Electric and Duke Electric. In 1960, he went to work for Glenn McMennamy at A-1 Electric Co. and worked there until 1984.
He started Folsom Electric with his son, Tommy in 1984 and retired in 1991. He joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1952. He married Jimmye Smith Folsom in Clovis, N.M., and they lived together in Amarillo for 49 years.
He was preceded in death by his beloved wife on Feb. 28, 2002.
Survivors include a daughter, Linda Snyder and husband, Dr. Rush Snyder; two sons, Tommy Folsom and wife, Debbie, and Randy Folsom and wife, Margie, of Dallas; four grandchildren, Ryan Folsom of Amarillo, Scott Folsom of Orem, Utah, Jake Folsom of Dallas and Christina D'Alessandro of Yonkers, N.Y.; and a sister, Lorene Spurlock of Stratford.
The family suggests memorials be to American Heart Association; or a favorite charity.
The family will be at 7100 Windridge Place.
Amarillo Globe-News, March 5, 2003
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