Individual Details

Death

WHEELER - Minnie Bell Dukes Vinson, 88, died Tuesday, March 10, 2009.

Services will be at 1 p.m. today in Allison School Gymnasium in Allison with Shawn Zybach and David Zybach officiating. Burial will be in Zybach Cemetery in Zybach by Wright Funeral Home.
Minnie was born Sept. 18, 1920, in Jacksboro to Dave and Minnie Dukes. She moved to the Loco community in the Texas Panhandle with her family in the 1920s to farm.
Minnie married Clyde W. Vinson on July 10, 1938, in Reydon, Okla. They moved to various places with his job and finally settled in Allison in the 1980s.
Minnie loved to cook, knit and crochet. She loved to put puzzles together and do crossword puzzles. One of her favorite things was playing cards and dominoes with her brothers when they were alive.
She dearly loved her family as they did her. She was a wonderful mother, grandmother, sister and aunt.
Minnie was a devoted member of the Church of Christ. A very special lady that always had a smile on her face.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Clyde; her parents, Dave and Minnie Dukes; a granddaughter, Tina Lynn Reed; a grandson, Victor Allan Vinson; and three brothers, Red, George and Joe Dukes.
Survivors include a son, Don Vinson and wife Donna of Cordell, Okla.; a brother, Jim Dukes of Abilene; five grandchildren, Jamey, Billy and Bobby Reed and Joel and Lisa Carol Vinson; 10 great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.

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

Amarillo Globe-News, March 12, 2009