Martha Elizabeth "Beth" Patton Posey, 93, of Canyon died Monday, June 2, 2014, in Amarillo.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in First Baptist Church of Canyon with the Rev. Gene Jones, associate pastor, officiating. Graveside services will follow at 4 p.m. in West Park Cemetery in Hereford. Arrangements are by Brooks Funeral Directors of Canyon.
Martha Elizabeth "Beth" Patton Posey was born Aug. 1, 1920, in Windom to Phillip and Nellie Runkle Patton. She married E.B. Posey Jr. on Sept. 2, 1946, in Chillicothe.
Beth received a Bachelor of Arts degree from North Texas State Teachers College on June 2, 1941, and a Master of Arts degree in 1948 from West Texas Teachers College.
The first four years of her teaching career were in Adrian before moving to Hereford to teach freshman English. It was here she met E.B. Posey.
Following their marriage in 1946, the school years saw them teaching in Sweetwater, Baird, Austin and Brownfield. The summers were spent working toward advanced degrees. In 1967, they moved to Canyon, where Beth taught at Canyon Junior High School for 13 years.
After retirement, E.B. and Beth enjoyed traveling to places they never dreamed they would get to go when they were studying geography and history in school. E.B. wrote a synopsis of their 50 years together, and he is quoted as having said, "Their faith in God and their church provided stability all along the way and they realized anew how much God had blessed them."
She was preceded in death by her husband, E.B. Posey Jr.; her parents; a sister, Ruth Patton; a niece, Barbara Gandy; and a nephew, Ellis Booker Posey.
Survivors include her nieces and nephews, Marion Goodin of Hereford, Pat Barrett of Amarillo, Abbie Blackstock of Kissimmee, Fla., Nan Walker of Amarillo, Cynthia Streun of Hereford, Bill McMinn of Alba, Sue Solomon of Irving, Carolyn Witherspoon of Amarillo, Patty Hill of Hereford, Mark Simpson of Austin and Lisa Palmer of Plains; and numerous great-nieces and great-nephews.
The family suggests memorials be to E.B. and Martha Elizabeth Posey Education Scholarship, WTAMU Foundation, P.O. Box 60766, Canyon, TX 79016; or First Baptist Church, 1717 Fourth Ave., Canyon, TX 79015.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
(Published in Amarillo Globe-News, June 4, 2014)
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in First Baptist Church of Canyon with the Rev. Gene Jones, associate pastor, officiating. Graveside services will follow at 4 p.m. in West Park Cemetery in Hereford. Arrangements are by Brooks Funeral Directors of Canyon.
Martha Elizabeth "Beth" Patton Posey was born Aug. 1, 1920, in Windom to Phillip and Nellie Runkle Patton. She married E.B. Posey Jr. on Sept. 2, 1946, in Chillicothe.
Beth received a Bachelor of Arts degree from North Texas State Teachers College on June 2, 1941, and a Master of Arts degree in 1948 from West Texas Teachers College.
The first four years of her teaching career were in Adrian before moving to Hereford to teach freshman English. It was here she met E.B. Posey.
Following their marriage in 1946, the school years saw them teaching in Sweetwater, Baird, Austin and Brownfield. The summers were spent working toward advanced degrees. In 1967, they moved to Canyon, where Beth taught at Canyon Junior High School for 13 years.
After retirement, E.B. and Beth enjoyed traveling to places they never dreamed they would get to go when they were studying geography and history in school. E.B. wrote a synopsis of their 50 years together, and he is quoted as having said, "Their faith in God and their church provided stability all along the way and they realized anew how much God had blessed them."
She was preceded in death by her husband, E.B. Posey Jr.; her parents; a sister, Ruth Patton; a niece, Barbara Gandy; and a nephew, Ellis Booker Posey.
Survivors include her nieces and nephews, Marion Goodin of Hereford, Pat Barrett of Amarillo, Abbie Blackstock of Kissimmee, Fla., Nan Walker of Amarillo, Cynthia Streun of Hereford, Bill McMinn of Alba, Sue Solomon of Irving, Carolyn Witherspoon of Amarillo, Patty Hill of Hereford, Mark Simpson of Austin and Lisa Palmer of Plains; and numerous great-nieces and great-nephews.
The family suggests memorials be to E.B. and Martha Elizabeth Posey Education Scholarship, WTAMU Foundation, P.O. Box 60766, Canyon, TX 79016; or First Baptist Church, 1717 Fourth Ave., Canyon, TX 79015.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
(Published in Amarillo Globe-News, June 4, 2014)
Martha Elizabeth "Beth" Patton Posey, 93, of Canyon died Monday, June 2, 2014, in Amarillo.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in First Baptist Church of Canyon with the Rev. Gene Jones, associate pastor, officiating. Graveside services will follow at 4 p.m. in West Park Cemetery in Hereford. Arrangements are by Brooks Funeral Directors of Canyon.
Martha Elizabeth "Beth" Patton Posey was born Aug. 1, 1920, in Windom to Phillip and Nellie Runkle Patton. She married E.B. Posey Jr. on Sept. 2, 1946, in Chillicothe.
Beth received a Bachelor of Arts degree from North Texas State Teachers College on June 2, 1941, and a Master of Arts degree in 1948 from West Texas Teachers College.
The first four years of her teaching career were in Adrian before moving to Hereford to teach freshman English. It was here she met E.B. Posey.
Following their marriage in 1946, the school years saw them teaching in Sweetwater, Baird, Austin and Brownfield. The summers were spent working toward advanced degrees. In 1967, they moved to Canyon, where Beth taught at Canyon Junior High School for 13 years.
After retirement, E.B. and Beth enjoyed traveling to places they never dreamed they would get to go when they were studying geography and history in school. E.B. wrote a synopsis of their 50 years together, and he is quoted as having said, "Their faith in God and their church provided stability all along the way and they realized anew how much God had blessed them."
She was preceded in death by her husband, E.B. Posey Jr.; her parents; a sister, Ruth Patton; a niece, Barbara Gandy; and a nephew, Ellis Booker Posey.
Survivors include her nieces and nephews, Marion Goodin of Hereford, Pat Barrett of Amarillo, Abbie Blackstock of Kissimmee, Fla., Nan Walker of Amarillo, Cynthia Streun of Hereford, Bill McMinn of Alba, Sue Solomon of Irving, Carolyn Witherspoon of Amarillo, Patty Hill of Hereford, Mark Simpson of Austin and Lisa Palmer of Plains; and numerous great-nieces and great-nephews.
The family suggests memorials be to E.B. and Martha Elizabeth Posey Education Scholarship, WTAMU Foundation, P.O. Box 60766, Canyon, TX 79016; or First Baptist Church, 1717 Fourth Ave., Canyon, TX 79015.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
(Published in Amarillo Globe-News, June 4, 2014)
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in First Baptist Church of Canyon with the Rev. Gene Jones, associate pastor, officiating. Graveside services will follow at 4 p.m. in West Park Cemetery in Hereford. Arrangements are by Brooks Funeral Directors of Canyon.
Martha Elizabeth "Beth" Patton Posey was born Aug. 1, 1920, in Windom to Phillip and Nellie Runkle Patton. She married E.B. Posey Jr. on Sept. 2, 1946, in Chillicothe.
Beth received a Bachelor of Arts degree from North Texas State Teachers College on June 2, 1941, and a Master of Arts degree in 1948 from West Texas Teachers College.
The first four years of her teaching career were in Adrian before moving to Hereford to teach freshman English. It was here she met E.B. Posey.
Following their marriage in 1946, the school years saw them teaching in Sweetwater, Baird, Austin and Brownfield. The summers were spent working toward advanced degrees. In 1967, they moved to Canyon, where Beth taught at Canyon Junior High School for 13 years.
After retirement, E.B. and Beth enjoyed traveling to places they never dreamed they would get to go when they were studying geography and history in school. E.B. wrote a synopsis of their 50 years together, and he is quoted as having said, "Their faith in God and their church provided stability all along the way and they realized anew how much God had blessed them."
She was preceded in death by her husband, E.B. Posey Jr.; her parents; a sister, Ruth Patton; a niece, Barbara Gandy; and a nephew, Ellis Booker Posey.
Survivors include her nieces and nephews, Marion Goodin of Hereford, Pat Barrett of Amarillo, Abbie Blackstock of Kissimmee, Fla., Nan Walker of Amarillo, Cynthia Streun of Hereford, Bill McMinn of Alba, Sue Solomon of Irving, Carolyn Witherspoon of Amarillo, Patty Hill of Hereford, Mark Simpson of Austin and Lisa Palmer of Plains; and numerous great-nieces and great-nephews.
The family suggests memorials be to E.B. and Martha Elizabeth Posey Education Scholarship, WTAMU Foundation, P.O. Box 60766, Canyon, TX 79016; or First Baptist Church, 1717 Fourth Ave., Canyon, TX 79015.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
(Published in Amarillo Globe-News, June 4, 2014)
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