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Submitted: 9/7/22 • Approved: 9/9/22 • Last Updated: 9/12/22 • R535980-G0-S3
US Army
World War II
November 25, 1919 - February 23, 2015
*Photo, courtesy of Mary (Coggin) Russell
*Obituary
LaNoy Tooley
November 25, 1919 - February 23, 2015
LaNoy Wilson Tooley left this world behind to be with his Lord and his Savior, Jesus Christ, on February 23, 2015 just after breakfast at Ussery - Roan, the Texas Veteran’s home in Amarillo, Texas.
A Celebration of Life Service is scheduled for 10:00 A.M., Thursday, February 26, 2015, at New Life Restoration Center, 1508 Whittier, with Rev. Frankie Garcia of Trinity Fellowship, Decatur, Texas, officiating. Burial will follow in West Park Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Hereford Heritage Funeral Home, 411 E. 6th St.
L.W. (as he was known most of his life) was born at home in Shannon, Texas on November 25, 1919 to A.W. and Lora Miller Tooley. He married Glenna Lucille Moore on June 26, 1944, in Kress, Texas.
He was the older of two boys. An interesting story about those days includes the family's first car. At nine years of age he was driving his mom all over the county because she could not drive. He has loved driving ever since then.
While still a young boy, his family moved to Kress, Texas, and the West Teas area has since been his home.
After a four year stint in the army during WW II, he spent fifty years in the farming industry seven miles north of Dawn, TX. He especially enjoyed driving the tractor and observing the sunrise on the West Texas plains. He used to say that it was the best part of the golden spread day.
Church was always important in his life. He began going to church at an early age in a horse and buggy. He continued the habit of going to church until recent years due to health reasons. He was an active member in the Methodist church in Shannon, TX, Kress, TX, and Wesley Methodist Church in Hereford, Texas. His later years were spent at Community Church in Hereford, TX.
L.W. was preceded in death by his parents, his son Kerry in 1997, and his wife Glenna in 2010.
He is survived by three children: Marleen Jones and husband Mike of Glendale, AZ, Randy Tooley and wife Diane of Dawn, and Linda Combs and husband David of Amarillo; 11 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren; one brother, Wendell Tooley and wife Mary Tom of Amarillo. L.W. was a wonderful dad and we will miss him.
(Published by Hereford Heritage Funeral Home, February 23, 2015)
Contributed on 9/7/22 by neldapat
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