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Submitted: 1/16/22 • Approved: 1/16/22 • Last Updated: 1/19/22 • R482157-G482155-S3
Johnie A.
February 10, 1916-January 18, 1998
Hallie J.
February 5, 1917-March 4, 2016
*Photo/information, courtesy of Robert L. Jones
*Obituary Hallie J.
Hallie Jeanette Burrell, 99, of Amarillo died Friday, March 4, 2016.
Memorial services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Park Place Towers Parlor, 1300 S. Harrison St., with Chaplain Jerry Bell officiating. Burial will follow at 2 p.m. in Kelton Cemetery in Kelton. Arrangements are by Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 S. Georgia St.
Hallie was born Feb. 5, 1917, in Kelton to Frank and Sue Chilton. She married Johnie Aaron Burrell in Sayre, Okla., on March 30, 1935. She was a resident of the Kelton community for 62 years. Hallie taught Sunday school for 50 years. She was Worthy Matron of Shamrock OES, president of Pampa District UMW, president of the Forum Club of Shamrock, Deputy Grand Matron of OES of Texas, and Head of Vespers at Park Place Towers for 14 years. She was a member of Polk Street United Methodist Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Johnie; her parents; a son; two brothers; and five sisters.
Survivors include two daughters, Jona Lea “Jo” Durham of City by the Sea and Sherry Ann Chapman and husband Bob of Dickinson; three grandchildren, Carrie Tamer and husband Mike of Knoxville, Tenn., Jay Richard Durham of Aransas Pass and Spencer Brannon and wife Hailey of Dickinson; and five great-grandchildren, Anna Lea, Michelle and Rebecca Tamer of Knoxville, Tenn., Aaron Durham of Aransas Pass and Brooklyn Burrell Brannon of Dickinson.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials be to Don & Sybill Harrington Cancer Foundation, to benefit the patients of BSA Hospice, 1600 Wallace Blvd., Amarillo, TX 79106 or to a charity of choice.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.
(Published in Amarillo Globe-News, March 7, 2016(
Contributed on 1/16/22
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