Search
Last Name:
First Name:
    

Home Search  
Share Print Bookmark
Callie Alberta GRIGGS

Callie Alberta GRIGGS

Female 1917 - 2012  (94 years)

Personal Information    |    Media    |    Sources    |    Event Map    |    All    |    PDF

  • Name Callie Alberta GRIGGS  [2] 
    • Callie Alberta Bellamy, 95, of Amarillo died Saturday, April 21, 2012.

      Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Comanche Trail Church of Christ with Loran Harper, minister of Comanche Trail Church of Christ, and Jeff Messer, chaplain of Bivins Memorial Nursing Home, officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Arrangements are by LaGrone-Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Directors Coulter Road Chapel, 8310 S. Coulter St.

      Callie Bellamy was born Jan. 9, 1917, in Wildorado to Anne Birdie and Albert Griggs. She was raised in Wildorado and graduated from
      Wildorado schools. She moved to Amarillo and married Robert Lee Bellamy Jr. To this marriage, seven children were born: Helen Porter, Bob Bellamy and wife Jerry, Richard Bellamy, Frankie Womack and husband Leonard, Carol Card and husband David of Denver, Matt Bellamy and wife Elizabeth of Lubbock and Roger Bellamy of Midland.

      She retired from Amarillo public schools as cafeteria manager. She was a member of Comanche Trail Church of Christ, where she was a Sunday school teacher for several years. She loved all children. She was an avid quilter for many years, sewing many beautiful quilts. She was a member of Amarillo Senior Citizens and the quilt club at Bivins Memorial Nursing Home for many years.

      She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, her siblings, two grand-children; and a son-in-law.

      Survivors include her children, 15 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren, and four great-great-grand-children.

      In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials be to Comanche Trail Church of Christ and High Plains Children's Home, both in Amarillo.

      Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.

      Sign the online guest book at www.lagroneblackburnshaw.com.

      Amarillo Globe-News, April 24, 2012

      Posted on Find A Grave
      Created by: Kenneth D. Bogard [1]
    Birth 9 Jan 1917  Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1930  Living with parents in Prec. 2, Oldham Co., Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1940  Living with husband in Potter Co., Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Death 21Apr 2012  [1] 
    Burial Memorial Park Cemetery, Amarillo, Potter Co., Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I86152  Main Tree
    Last Modified 8 Jul 2016 

    Father Albert Allen GRIGGS,   b. 16 Sep 1883, Salado, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Sep 1952, Amarillo, Potter Co., Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Ann Birdie SLAWSON,   b. 22 Dec 1885, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Apr 1980, Amarillo, Potter Co., Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage 28 Jan 1906  Bell Co., Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    Family ID F35436  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Robert Lee BELLAMY,   b. 14 Apr 1912   d. 15 Mar 1970 (Age 57 years) 
    Marriage Bef 1937  [3] 
    Children 
     1. Helen BELLAMY
     2. Bobbie Lee BELLAMY,   b. 22 Jul 1938, Amarillo, Potter Co., Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jun 2016, Amarillo, Potter Co., Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F35437  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Jul 2016 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1930 - Living with parents in Prec. 2, Oldham Co., Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1940 - Living with husband in Potter Co., Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Memorial Park Cemetery, Amarillo, Potter Co., Texas Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Headstones
    Robert Lee Bellamy and Callie Alberta Griggs Headstone    		Robert Lee Bellamy and Callie Alberta Griggs Headstone
    Robert L. Bellamy and his wife Callie A., the daughter of Albert A. Griggs and Ann Birdie Slawson, are buried in the Memorial Park Cemetery in Amarillo, Potter Co., Texas.

    Created by: Kenneth D. Bogard
    Photo Added by: Walter Dunn

  • Sources 
    1. [S02329] Find A Grave Website.

    2. [S8469] 1930 Census Precinct 2, Oldham County, Texas.

    3. [S8474] 1940 Census Potter County, Texas.

    4. [S8394] 1910 Census Precinct 8, Bell County, Texas.

    5. [S8530] Ancestry.com: Texas, U.S., Select County Marriage Index, 1837-1965 .


  

Web Hosting Administration and Support by DCP Partners LLC This site powered by The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding ©, written by Darrin Lythgoe 2001-2024.