Merrill Waldron Buckles, 72, of Amarillo died Monday, April 14, 2003.
Services will be at 2 p.m. today in Mescalero Baptist Church with the Rev. Kevin Oakley, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery by Memorial Park Funeral Home, 6969 E. Interstate 40.
Mr. Buckles was born Feb. 23, 1931, in Kiowa, Kan., to Dwight Eli and Gladys Alva Hendricks Buckles. He served in the Air Force from 1951 to 1955. He was a member of the Amarillo Police Department from 1955 to 1959, director of Amarillo Animal Shelter from 1959 to 1976 and was a deputy with the Potter County Sheriff's Office from 1976 to 1990. He was a member of Palo Duro Masonic Lodge and Mescalero Baptist Church.
He was preceded in death by his father in 1991; his mother in 1994; and an infant sister in 1928.
Survivors include his wife, Estelle; two daughters, Susan Dunlap and Cynthia Fesler, both of Amarillo; seven sons, Daniel Buckles, Paul Buckles, Bill Scott and Jim Scott, all of Amarillo, Steve Buckles of Pontotoc, Miss., Patrick Scott of Canyon and Chuck Scott of Lewiston, Idaho; a sister, Mauricia Reeves of Leon, Kan.; a brother, Curtis Buckles of Wichita, Kan.; 21 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and two special friends, Linda Henry and Erin Smitherman, both of Canyon.
The family suggests memorials be to Mescalero Baptist Church Parking Lot Fund.
Amarillo Globe-News, April 17, 2003
Services will be at 2 p.m. today in Mescalero Baptist Church with the Rev. Kevin Oakley, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery by Memorial Park Funeral Home, 6969 E. Interstate 40.
Mr. Buckles was born Feb. 23, 1931, in Kiowa, Kan., to Dwight Eli and Gladys Alva Hendricks Buckles. He served in the Air Force from 1951 to 1955. He was a member of the Amarillo Police Department from 1955 to 1959, director of Amarillo Animal Shelter from 1959 to 1976 and was a deputy with the Potter County Sheriff's Office from 1976 to 1990. He was a member of Palo Duro Masonic Lodge and Mescalero Baptist Church.
He was preceded in death by his father in 1991; his mother in 1994; and an infant sister in 1928.
Survivors include his wife, Estelle; two daughters, Susan Dunlap and Cynthia Fesler, both of Amarillo; seven sons, Daniel Buckles, Paul Buckles, Bill Scott and Jim Scott, all of Amarillo, Steve Buckles of Pontotoc, Miss., Patrick Scott of Canyon and Chuck Scott of Lewiston, Idaho; a sister, Mauricia Reeves of Leon, Kan.; a brother, Curtis Buckles of Wichita, Kan.; 21 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and two special friends, Linda Henry and Erin Smitherman, both of Canyon.
The family suggests memorials be to Mescalero Baptist Church Parking Lot Fund.
Amarillo Globe-News, April 17, 2003
Merrill Waldron Buckles, 72, of Amarillo died Monday, April 14, 2003.
Services will be at 2 p.m. today in Mescalero Baptist Church with the Rev. Kevin Oakley, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery by Memorial Park Funeral Home, 6969 E. Interstate 40.
Mr. Buckles was born Feb. 23, 1931, in Kiowa, Kan., to Dwight Eli and Gladys Alva Hendricks Buckles. He served in the Air Force from 1951 to 1955. He was a member of the Amarillo Police Department from 1955 to 1959, director of Amarillo Animal Shelter from 1959 to 1976 and was a deputy with the Potter County Sheriff's Office from 1976 to 1990. He was a member of Palo Duro Masonic Lodge and Mescalero Baptist Church.
He was preceded in death by his father in 1991; his mother in 1994; and an infant sister in 1928.
Survivors include his wife, Estelle; two daughters, Susan Dunlap and Cynthia Fesler, both of Amarillo; seven sons, Daniel Buckles, Paul Buckles, Bill Scott and Jim Scott, all of Amarillo, Steve Buckles of Pontotoc, Miss., Patrick Scott of Canyon and Chuck Scott of Lewiston, Idaho; a sister, Mauricia Reeves of Leon, Kan.; a brother, Curtis Buckles of Wichita, Kan.; 21 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and two special friends, Linda Henry and Erin Smitherman, both of Canyon.
The family suggests memorials be to Mescalero Baptist Church Parking Lot Fund.
Amarillo Globe-News, April 17, 2003
Services will be at 2 p.m. today in Mescalero Baptist Church with the Rev. Kevin Oakley, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery by Memorial Park Funeral Home, 6969 E. Interstate 40.
Mr. Buckles was born Feb. 23, 1931, in Kiowa, Kan., to Dwight Eli and Gladys Alva Hendricks Buckles. He served in the Air Force from 1951 to 1955. He was a member of the Amarillo Police Department from 1955 to 1959, director of Amarillo Animal Shelter from 1959 to 1976 and was a deputy with the Potter County Sheriff's Office from 1976 to 1990. He was a member of Palo Duro Masonic Lodge and Mescalero Baptist Church.
He was preceded in death by his father in 1991; his mother in 1994; and an infant sister in 1928.
Survivors include his wife, Estelle; two daughters, Susan Dunlap and Cynthia Fesler, both of Amarillo; seven sons, Daniel Buckles, Paul Buckles, Bill Scott and Jim Scott, all of Amarillo, Steve Buckles of Pontotoc, Miss., Patrick Scott of Canyon and Chuck Scott of Lewiston, Idaho; a sister, Mauricia Reeves of Leon, Kan.; a brother, Curtis Buckles of Wichita, Kan.; 21 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and two special friends, Linda Henry and Erin Smitherman, both of Canyon.
The family suggests memorials be to Mescalero Baptist Church Parking Lot Fund.
Amarillo Globe-News, April 17, 2003
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