Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in N.S. Griggs and Sons Funeral Directors, Pioneer Chapel, 2615 Paramount, with the Rev. Howard Batson, of First Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery.
Mr. Castleberry was born July 12, 1921, in Vernon to Wesley Benjamin and Altie Lou Hill Castleberry.
He was a football star at Vernon High School and was offered a scholarship at West Texas State Teacher's College where he graduated in 1945.
He was a very active athlete, a Golden Gloves boxer and captain of the Buffalo football team where he was known as fleet-footed Castleberry.
Ed and Marilyn Beck were married and decided to make their home on their ranch in Dalhart. He served his country in the Marine Corps.
He was a pioneer in irrigation farming in the Texas Panhandle, drilling one of the first irrigation wells in Hartley County and was a farmer and rancher for 55 years. He was also a private pilot. He was an active member of First Baptist Church and was a Sunday school teacher.
He was preceded in death by his parents; seven brothers and sisters; and a grandchild.
Survivors include his wife of 60 years; two daughters, Becky Castleberry of Amarillo and Diana Lathem of Scottsdale, Ariz.; a son, Ed W. Castleberry of Albuquerque, N.M.; two sisters, Velma Zukoski and Ila Pollock, both of Lubbock; six grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.
The family suggests, in lieu of flowers, memorials be to the Alzheimer's Panhandle Chapter, 2200 W. Seventh St., Amarillo, TX 79106.
Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 25, 2003
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in N.S. Griggs and Sons Funeral Directors, Pioneer Chapel, 2615 Paramount, with the Rev. Howard Batson, of First Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery.
Mr. Castleberry was born July 12, 1921, in Vernon to Wesley Benjamin and Altie Lou Hill Castleberry.
He was a football star at Vernon High School and was offered a scholarship at West Texas State Teacher's College where he graduated in 1945.
He was a very active athlete, a Golden Gloves boxer and captain of the Buffalo football team where he was known as fleet-footed Castleberry.
Ed and Marilyn Beck were married and decided to make their home on their ranch in Dalhart. He served his country in the Marine Corps.
He was a pioneer in irrigation farming in the Texas Panhandle, drilling one of the first irrigation wells in Hartley County and was a farmer and rancher for 55 years. He was also a private pilot. He was an active member of First Baptist Church and was a Sunday school teacher.
He was preceded in death by his parents; seven brothers and sisters; and a grandchild.
Survivors include his wife of 60 years; two daughters, Becky Castleberry of Amarillo and Diana Lathem of Scottsdale, Ariz.; a son, Ed W. Castleberry of Albuquerque, N.M.; two sisters, Velma Zukoski and Ila Pollock, both of Lubbock; six grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.
The family suggests, in lieu of flowers, memorials be to the Alzheimer's Panhandle Chapter, 2200 W. Seventh St., Amarillo, TX 79106.
Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 25, 2003
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Clifford Archibald "Cliff" Castleberry
1906–1980
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Elmer Wesley Castleberry
1908–1968
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Marvin Richard Castleberry
1910–1971
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Loy Lora Castleberry Lisenbee
1912–2000
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Freeman Alan Castleberry
1914–1972
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Forest Steven Castleberry
1917–1991
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Velma Castleberry Zukoski
1920–2007
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Ila Edith Castleberry Pollock
1924–2014
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Onis Wilburn Castleberry
1928–1983
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