Individual Details

Virgil Ray Castle

(27 Aug 1903 - 9 Sep 1995)

Virgil R. CASTLE, 92, died Saturday, September 9, 1995.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in First Baptist Church with the Rev. Ted Latham, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Ochiltree Cemetery by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home.

Mr. CASTLE was born in Denton County and lived in the Perryton area for 65 years, moving from Pampa. He married Euritha HENRY in 1933 at Pampa. He was a manager at L. T. Hill Co. and opened Castle's Dry Goods in 1938, retiring in 1977. He was a deacon at First Baptist Church since 1930. He was a former member of the Lions Club and was a Rotary 32nd degree Mason. He also was a former member of Perryton Chamber of Commerce Board and the Perryton Independent School District Board.

Survivors include his wife of Amarillo; a daughter, LuNette EVETTS of Amarillo; a son, Ray CASTLE of Perryton; a sister, Ree GUSTAFSON of Oklahoma City; and four grandchildren.

The family requests memorials be to First Baptist Church or to a favorite charity. 

(Published in The Amarillo Daily News (TX), September 11, 1995.)

Events

Birth27 Aug 1903Denton County, Texas
Census (family)-shared28 Apr 1910(Walter Marvin Castle and Louisa Stone) Mangum, Greer County, Oklahoma
Census (family)-shared29 Jan 1920(Walter Marvin Castle and Louisa Stone) Mangum, Greer County, Oklahoma
Marriage4 Jun 1933Pampa, Gray County, Texas - Euritha Elizabeth Henry
Census (family)6 Apr 1940Second Street, Perryton, Ochiltree County, Texas - Euritha Elizabeth Henry
Death9 Sep 1995Lipscomb County, Texas
BurialOchiltree Cemetery, Perryton, Ochiltree County, Texas

Families

SpouseEuritha Elizabeth Henry (1909 - 1996)
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
FatherWalter Marvin Castle (1875 - 1955)
MotherLouisa Stone (1877 - 1964)
SiblingWilliam Emory Castle (1897 - 1971)
SiblingJohn Elmer Castle (1898 - 1981)
SiblingOra Lee Castle (1901 - 1981)
SiblingRuby Ree Castle (1907 - 1998)
SiblingWalter Frank Castle (1910 - 1945)
SiblingOtha B. Castle (1913 - 1988)

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