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Shan Medford “Cowboy” Chewning

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Shan Medford “Cowboy” Chewning

Birth
Death
13 Feb 2003 (aged 89)
Burial
Amarillo, Randall County, Texas, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 2S Lot 342 Space 6
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Shan M. "Cowboy" Chewning, 90, of Amarillo died Thursday, Feb. 13, 2003, in Bossier City, La.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in N.S. Griggs and Sons Funeral Directors Pioneer Chapel, 2615 Paramount Blvd. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery.

Mr. Chewning was born Feb. 23, 1913, in Paris, to Robert and Pearlie Chewning. He married Hazel Lou Parr in November 1932. Mr. Chewning was a brakeman and a conductor for Santa Fe Railroad for more than 30 years before retiring. He was a member of Polk Street United Methodist Church.

He was preceded in death by his wife in 1988; a daughter, Shirley J. Christopher in 1966.

Survivors include three sons, Marcus M. Chewning and Parr W. Chewning, both of Amarillo, and Dudley G. Chewning of Bossier City; a daughter, Shanna L. Bourn of Houston; a sister, Dorothy I. Agapito of Las Vegas; 10 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.

Amarillo Globe-News, Feb. 14, 2003
Shan M. "Cowboy" Chewning, 90, of Amarillo died Thursday, Feb. 13, 2003, in Bossier City, La.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in N.S. Griggs and Sons Funeral Directors Pioneer Chapel, 2615 Paramount Blvd. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery.

Mr. Chewning was born Feb. 23, 1913, in Paris, to Robert and Pearlie Chewning. He married Hazel Lou Parr in November 1932. Mr. Chewning was a brakeman and a conductor for Santa Fe Railroad for more than 30 years before retiring. He was a member of Polk Street United Methodist Church.

He was preceded in death by his wife in 1988; a daughter, Shirley J. Christopher in 1966.

Survivors include three sons, Marcus M. Chewning and Parr W. Chewning, both of Amarillo, and Dudley G. Chewning of Bossier City; a daughter, Shanna L. Bourn of Houston; a sister, Dorothy I. Agapito of Las Vegas; 10 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.

Amarillo Globe-News, Feb. 14, 2003


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