Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Paramount Baptist Church with Dr. Gil Lain, pastor, and the Rev. Raymond Bowlin officiating. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery by N.S. Griggs & Sons Funeral Directors, 2615 Paramount Blvd.
Mrs. Camarata was born and raised in Amarillo. She was a 1952 graduate of Amarillo High School. She married Ross Camarata on Sept. 13, 1952. They would have celebrated their 50th anniversary this fall.
She was a housewife and mother until she became the owner of the Juke Box 17 and the co-owner of S&R Furniture in the early 1980s. She then went to work for the American Quarter Horse Association from 1985 until her retirement in 1991.
She was a member of Paramount Baptist Church for more than 40 years. She will be remembered by her love and caring ways. She was always ready to give good and wise advice with a smile.
She was preceded in death by her father, Paul Fuqua, in 1984; and a sister, Loise Barrett, in 1999.
Survivors include her husband; a daughter, Susan Thomason and husband, James, of Amarillo; a son, Scott Camarata and wife, Shana, of Amarillo; her mother, Loneta Fuqua of Amarillo; a brother-in-law, Lee Barrett of Amarillo; a stepgrandson, Kaleb Thomason of Lubbock; a niece, Cindy Barrett of Amarillo; and many other family members, friends and Piddles the poodle.
The family suggests memorials be to American Diabetes Association; or to the Kidney Foundation.
Amarillo Globe-News, June 10, 2002
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Paramount Baptist Church with Dr. Gil Lain, pastor, and the Rev. Raymond Bowlin officiating. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery by N.S. Griggs & Sons Funeral Directors, 2615 Paramount Blvd.
Mrs. Camarata was born and raised in Amarillo. She was a 1952 graduate of Amarillo High School. She married Ross Camarata on Sept. 13, 1952. They would have celebrated their 50th anniversary this fall.
She was a housewife and mother until she became the owner of the Juke Box 17 and the co-owner of S&R Furniture in the early 1980s. She then went to work for the American Quarter Horse Association from 1985 until her retirement in 1991.
She was a member of Paramount Baptist Church for more than 40 years. She will be remembered by her love and caring ways. She was always ready to give good and wise advice with a smile.
She was preceded in death by her father, Paul Fuqua, in 1984; and a sister, Loise Barrett, in 1999.
Survivors include her husband; a daughter, Susan Thomason and husband, James, of Amarillo; a son, Scott Camarata and wife, Shana, of Amarillo; her mother, Loneta Fuqua of Amarillo; a brother-in-law, Lee Barrett of Amarillo; a stepgrandson, Kaleb Thomason of Lubbock; a niece, Cindy Barrett of Amarillo; and many other family members, friends and Piddles the poodle.
The family suggests memorials be to American Diabetes Association; or to the Kidney Foundation.
Amarillo Globe-News, June 10, 2002
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