Betty Jo McAlister Glenn, 78, of Amarillo died Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2007.
Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in Coulter Road Baptist Church. Private burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery by Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 S. Georgia St.
Mrs. Glenn was born Feb. 26, 1928, to Herman Victor McAlister and Ada Nora McCracken in San Angelo. She spent much of her youth in Abilene, where she was reared by her grandmother, Alice McAlister. She moved to Canyon at the age of 15 and graduated from West Texas Normal College's high school. She graduated from West Texas State University with a bachelor's degree in social sciences.
She worked for Western Union, Schooler-Gordon, Amarillo Building and Mesa Petroleum. She gave countless volunteer hours to the Rape Crisis/Suicide Prevention Hotline, as a bell ringer for the Salvation Army, and Parenting Services. She was a career Sunday school teacher until her death, most recently for the Elizabeth Class at Coulter Road Baptist Church.
She married Winiford B. "Wendy" Glenn on July 7, 1947, in Clovis, N.M.
Survivors include her husband; a son, Victor B. Glenn and wife Rita of Amarillo; a daughter, Nancy and husband J. Pat Hickman of Canyon; and seven grandchildren, Monica, Allison and Stuart Glenn and J.Brad and wife Heidi, J. Grant, Tara and Crista Hickman.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials be to Gideons International.
Amarillo Globe-News, Jan. 10, 2007
Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in Coulter Road Baptist Church. Private burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery by Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 S. Georgia St.
Mrs. Glenn was born Feb. 26, 1928, to Herman Victor McAlister and Ada Nora McCracken in San Angelo. She spent much of her youth in Abilene, where she was reared by her grandmother, Alice McAlister. She moved to Canyon at the age of 15 and graduated from West Texas Normal College's high school. She graduated from West Texas State University with a bachelor's degree in social sciences.
She worked for Western Union, Schooler-Gordon, Amarillo Building and Mesa Petroleum. She gave countless volunteer hours to the Rape Crisis/Suicide Prevention Hotline, as a bell ringer for the Salvation Army, and Parenting Services. She was a career Sunday school teacher until her death, most recently for the Elizabeth Class at Coulter Road Baptist Church.
She married Winiford B. "Wendy" Glenn on July 7, 1947, in Clovis, N.M.
Survivors include her husband; a son, Victor B. Glenn and wife Rita of Amarillo; a daughter, Nancy and husband J. Pat Hickman of Canyon; and seven grandchildren, Monica, Allison and Stuart Glenn and J.Brad and wife Heidi, J. Grant, Tara and Crista Hickman.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials be to Gideons International.
Amarillo Globe-News, Jan. 10, 2007
Betty Jo McAlister Glenn, 78, of Amarillo died Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2007.
Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in Coulter Road Baptist Church. Private burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery by Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 S. Georgia St.
Mrs. Glenn was born Feb. 26, 1928, to Herman Victor McAlister and Ada Nora McCracken in San Angelo. She spent much of her youth in Abilene, where she was reared by her grandmother, Alice McAlister. She moved to Canyon at the age of 15 and graduated from West Texas Normal College's high school. She graduated from West Texas State University with a bachelor's degree in social sciences.
She worked for Western Union, Schooler-Gordon, Amarillo Building and Mesa Petroleum. She gave countless volunteer hours to the Rape Crisis/Suicide Prevention Hotline, as a bell ringer for the Salvation Army, and Parenting Services. She was a career Sunday school teacher until her death, most recently for the Elizabeth Class at Coulter Road Baptist Church.
She married Winiford B. "Wendy" Glenn on July 7, 1947, in Clovis, N.M.
Survivors include her husband; a son, Victor B. Glenn and wife Rita of Amarillo; a daughter, Nancy and husband J. Pat Hickman of Canyon; and seven grandchildren, Monica, Allison and Stuart Glenn and J.Brad and wife Heidi, J. Grant, Tara and Crista Hickman.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials be to Gideons International.
Amarillo Globe-News, Jan. 10, 2007
Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in Coulter Road Baptist Church. Private burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery by Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 S. Georgia St.
Mrs. Glenn was born Feb. 26, 1928, to Herman Victor McAlister and Ada Nora McCracken in San Angelo. She spent much of her youth in Abilene, where she was reared by her grandmother, Alice McAlister. She moved to Canyon at the age of 15 and graduated from West Texas Normal College's high school. She graduated from West Texas State University with a bachelor's degree in social sciences.
She worked for Western Union, Schooler-Gordon, Amarillo Building and Mesa Petroleum. She gave countless volunteer hours to the Rape Crisis/Suicide Prevention Hotline, as a bell ringer for the Salvation Army, and Parenting Services. She was a career Sunday school teacher until her death, most recently for the Elizabeth Class at Coulter Road Baptist Church.
She married Winiford B. "Wendy" Glenn on July 7, 1947, in Clovis, N.M.
Survivors include her husband; a son, Victor B. Glenn and wife Rita of Amarillo; a daughter, Nancy and husband J. Pat Hickman of Canyon; and seven grandchildren, Monica, Allison and Stuart Glenn and J.Brad and wife Heidi, J. Grant, Tara and Crista Hickman.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials be to Gideons International.
Amarillo Globe-News, Jan. 10, 2007
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