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Submitted: 8/12/15 • Approved: 8/12/15 • Last Updated: 3/23/18 • R86557-G86556-S3
Ernest 13 Jan 1912 - 19 Dec 2006
Born in Coryell, Coryell County, Texas
and died in Amarillo, Potter County, Texas
*Obituary
Published 24 Dec 2006
Amarillo Globe-Mews
Ernest "Shorty" Pfeiffer, 94, of Amarillo died Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2006.
Services be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Sanborn Baptist Church with Ron Muller of Palo Duro Baptist Church in Wildorado, Eddie Johnson of Antiock Missionary Baptist Church in Amarillo and Danny Chisum officiating. Burial will be in Washburn Cemetery in Washburn by Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Directors Memorial Chapel, Fifth Avenue and Pierce Street.
Mr. Pfeiffer was born Jan. 13, 1912, in Coryell to August and Tillie Pfeiffer. He had lived in Amarillo most of his life. Mr. Pfeiffer retired as a custodian from Amarillo College and Amarillo Independent Schools.
Survivors include a daughter, Virginia Britton and husband Bob of Amarillo; his grandchildren, Robert and Lynn McCoy, Renita and Paul Powell, Kay and Wade Collins and Kenneth and Melissa McCoy, all of Plano; and Ernest and Carol McCoy and Billy H. and Lori McCoy, all of Allen; two stepgrandchildren; a niece, Tammy Wegerer; 18 great-grandchildren; and 10 great-great-grandchildren.
Virgie 6 Nov 1919 - 7 Mar 2003
*Obituary
Mrs. Pfeiffer worked as a custodian for Amarillo Independent School District and was a Stanley Products dealer for 25 years. She was a secretary at the Herring Hotel and a wedding arranger for Allen's Weddings.
Survivors include her husband Ernest A. Pfeiffer of Amarillo; a daughter, Virginia A. Brady and husband, Bob, of Amarillo; grandchildren, Robert McCoy and wife, Lynn, Renita Powel and husband, Paul, Kay Collins and husband, Wade, and Kenneth McCoy, all of Plano, and Ernest S. McCoy and wife, Carrol, Billy H. McCoy and wife, Lori, all of Allen; six grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; six great-great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews, among them Carroll Pfeiffer and Tammy Lewis.
Contributed on 8/12/15
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