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Submitted: 6/4/21 • Approved: 6/4/21 • Last Updated: 6/7/21 • R424202-G0-S3
1923-2008
Mason
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
BORGER - Hubert Wayne "Tubby" DeShields, 85, died Monday, March 31, 2008, in Amarillo.
Services will be at 2 p.m. today in Riverview Baptist Church with the Rev. Derryl DeShields officiating and the Rev. Jimmy Gillmore, pastor, assisting. Burial will be in Highland Park Cemetery by Minton/Chatwell Funeral Directors.
Mr. DeShields was born Feb. 12, 1923, in Beardon, Okla., to Brice William and Ida Faye DeShields. He worked for Phillips Petroleum Co. in the NGL section of the Borger Refinery and Processing Center until his retirement in 1982.
Survivors include two sons, Derryl Wayne DeShields of Berryville, Ark., and Michael David DeShields of Amarillo; a daughter, Gerry Diane Taliaferro of Summerville, S.C.; a brother, Jack DeShields of Cromwell, Okla.; 10 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials be to BSA Hospice, P.O. Box 950, Amarillo, TX 79105; or Cal Farley's Boys Ranch, P.O. Box 1890, Amarillo, TX 79174-0001.
(Published in Amarillo Globe-News, Wednesday, April 2, 2008)
Contributed on 6/4/21
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