Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Happy Cemetery in Happy with Scott Pool officiating. Memorial services will be at a later date in Plano. Arrangements are by Cox Funeral Home, 4180 Canyon Drive.
Yvonne was born April 1, 1925, in Clarendon to Fredrick and Ella Mae Hext. She graduated from Happy High School in 1942. She married L.G. Airhart in 1945 in Clovis, N.M. He preceded her in death in 1993.
Yvonne worked as a secretary for W.C. Bowie Bookkeeping, which later became Travis Taylor Bookkeeping. She was employed there for more than 20 years until her retirement.
She was proud to be a member of Beta Sigma Phi. She was also a member of First Baptist Church in Amarillo.
Survivors include two daughters, Angela Nix and husband Kent of Plano and Alicia Pool and husband Scott of Stephenville; a grandson, Landon Pool and wife Lilli of Plano; a granddaughter, Roque’ Christensen and husband Dan of Lewisville; and three great-grandchildren, Naylan Pool, Aydan Pool and Adia Pool.
The family suggests memorials be to Shriners Hospitals for Children, 2900 Rocky Point Drive, Tampa, FL 33607; or Happy Cemetery, P.O. Box 343, Happy, TX 79042.
Visitation will be from 5 to 6 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
(Published in Amarillo Globe-News, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016)
Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Happy Cemetery in Happy with Scott Pool officiating. Memorial services will be at a later date in Plano. Arrangements are by Cox Funeral Home, 4180 Canyon Drive.
Yvonne was born April 1, 1925, in Clarendon to Fredrick and Ella Mae Hext. She graduated from Happy High School in 1942. She married L.G. Airhart in 1945 in Clovis, N.M. He preceded her in death in 1993.
Yvonne worked as a secretary for W.C. Bowie Bookkeeping, which later became Travis Taylor Bookkeeping. She was employed there for more than 20 years until her retirement.
She was proud to be a member of Beta Sigma Phi. She was also a member of First Baptist Church in Amarillo.
Survivors include two daughters, Angela Nix and husband Kent of Plano and Alicia Pool and husband Scott of Stephenville; a grandson, Landon Pool and wife Lilli of Plano; a granddaughter, Roque’ Christensen and husband Dan of Lewisville; and three great-grandchildren, Naylan Pool, Aydan Pool and Adia Pool.
The family suggests memorials be to Shriners Hospitals for Children, 2900 Rocky Point Drive, Tampa, FL 33607; or Happy Cemetery, P.O. Box 343, Happy, TX 79042.
Visitation will be from 5 to 6 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
(Published in Amarillo Globe-News, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016)
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