Obituary for Eunice Mae Estes
Harmon County Funeral Home
Hollis, OK 73550
(580) 688-2385
ESTES
Eunice Mae Mills Estes, age 100, of Amarillo, Texas and formerly of Hollis, passed away Friday evening, June 21, 2013, in Amarillo.
Mrs. Estes was born in Arlie, Texas on December 8, 1912, to Virgil Quincy and Bertha Viola (Welch) Mills. In 1926, the family moved to the Sandy Community northwest of Hollis, where she attended school at O.M., later graduating from Hollis High School in 1931. Eunice married Raymond Hickman Estes on January 14, 1933. They spent the next sixty-five years together until his death in January of 1998. Most of those years were spent living on the Estes family farm in the Sandy Community. Eunice"s life was spent serving her Lord Jesus Christ, caring for her family, and helping Raymond run the farm. In 1980, they moved to Hollis and after Raymond"s death, Eunice moved to Amarillo in 2002 to be near family. In her spare time she loved sewing, quilting, gardening, canning, bird-watching, and listening to gospel music. She taught generations of children in Sunday School, many times picking up those children on the way to church. She played the piano in worship service at Hope Baptist Church, and she and Raymond spend years leading the music for Sunday Worship Service at nursing homes in Hollis.
Eunice was preceded in death by her husband; one daughter, Rita Joyce Duncan; one great-grandson, Todd Duncan; a son-in-law, Glen Duncan; two sisters, Odessa Land and Elsie Vee Bryan; and one brother, Lloyd Mills. She is survived by one son, R.D. Estes and wife Wanda (Lemons) of Amarillo; six grandchildren; Rama Boaz and husband, Stephen of San Antonio; Brad Estes and wife Connie of Amarillo; Randy Duncan and wife Denesia of Leander, Texas; Ron Duncan and wife Kathleen of Wichita Falls; David Duncan and wife Nancy of Sterling, Oklahoma; and Darin Duncan and wife Sandra of Georgetown, Texas; seventeen great grandchildren; five great-great grandchildren, along with many other relatives and friends.
Graveside services for Eunice Estes will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, June 25, 2013, at the Dodson, Texas Cemetery with Chaplain Jeff Messer officiating. Interment will follow under the direction of Harmon County Funeral Home of Hollis.
Memorials may be sent to the Dodson Cemetery Association, P.O. Box 417, Dodson, TX 79230.
Online tributes may be made to the family at www.HarmonCountyFuneral.com
06/24/2013
8:00 AM
3:00 PM
Viewing
Harmon County Funeral Home Chapel
417 East Broadway
Hollis
OK
06/25/2013
8:00 AM
10:00 PM
Viewing
Harmon County Funeral Home Chapel
417 East Broadway
Hollis
OK
06/25/2013
11:00 AM
Graveside
Dodson Cemetery
Dodson
TX
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Hollis, OK 73550
(580) 688-2385
ESTES
Eunice Mae Mills Estes, age 100, of Amarillo, Texas and formerly of Hollis, passed away Friday evening, June 21, 2013, in Amarillo.
Mrs. Estes was born in Arlie, Texas on December 8, 1912, to Virgil Quincy and Bertha Viola (Welch) Mills. In 1926, the family moved to the Sandy Community northwest of Hollis, where she attended school at O.M., later graduating from Hollis High School in 1931. Eunice married Raymond Hickman Estes on January 14, 1933. They spent the next sixty-five years together until his death in January of 1998. Most of those years were spent living on the Estes family farm in the Sandy Community. Eunice"s life was spent serving her Lord Jesus Christ, caring for her family, and helping Raymond run the farm. In 1980, they moved to Hollis and after Raymond"s death, Eunice moved to Amarillo in 2002 to be near family. In her spare time she loved sewing, quilting, gardening, canning, bird-watching, and listening to gospel music. She taught generations of children in Sunday School, many times picking up those children on the way to church. She played the piano in worship service at Hope Baptist Church, and she and Raymond spend years leading the music for Sunday Worship Service at nursing homes in Hollis.
Eunice was preceded in death by her husband; one daughter, Rita Joyce Duncan; one great-grandson, Todd Duncan; a son-in-law, Glen Duncan; two sisters, Odessa Land and Elsie Vee Bryan; and one brother, Lloyd Mills. She is survived by one son, R.D. Estes and wife Wanda (Lemons) of Amarillo; six grandchildren; Rama Boaz and husband, Stephen of San Antonio; Brad Estes and wife Connie of Amarillo; Randy Duncan and wife Denesia of Leander, Texas; Ron Duncan and wife Kathleen of Wichita Falls; David Duncan and wife Nancy of Sterling, Oklahoma; and Darin Duncan and wife Sandra of Georgetown, Texas; seventeen great grandchildren; five great-great grandchildren, along with many other relatives and friends.
Graveside services for Eunice Estes will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, June 25, 2013, at the Dodson, Texas Cemetery with Chaplain Jeff Messer officiating. Interment will follow under the direction of Harmon County Funeral Home of Hollis.
Memorials may be sent to the Dodson Cemetery Association, P.O. Box 417, Dodson, TX 79230.
Online tributes may be made to the family at www.HarmonCounty
06/24/2013
8:00 AM
3:00 PM
Viewing
Harmon County Funeral Home Chapel
417 East Broadway
Hollis
OK
06/25/2013
8:00 AM
10:00 PM
Viewing
Harmon County Funeral Home Chapel
417 East Broadway
Hollis
OK
06/25/2013
11:00 AM
Graveside
Dodson Cemetery
Dodson
TX
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