Individual Details

Alvin Ross Whitehurst, 76, of Amarillo, died Monday, Oct. 29, 2012.
A memorial service will be held at 4 p.m., Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, at Polk St. United Methodist Church with Kevin Deckard, associate pastor, officiating. Arrangements are by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2800 Paramount Blvd.
Mr. Whitehurst was born July 11, 1936, in a farmhouse on the Black Ranch in Parker County to Tom and Martha Whitehurst. He played on the 1955 New Mexico All-State All-Star football team. He played football for Oklahoma State University and later graduated from the Texas Tech School of Business. He married Mary Jane Davidson on Dec. 27, 1955, and they were married for 56 years. He was an entrepreneur, businessman, agri-builder, and owner of Panhandle Steel Buildings and Whitehurst Builders, Inc. He was elected to the Butler Manufacturing Executive Advisory Council and represented agri-business for the United States with China. He was responsible for building grain elevators and commercial buildings nationwide. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather.
He was preceded in death by two brothers, Tom and Harold; and a sister, Geraldine.
Survivors include his wife, Mary Jane Whitehurst of the home; two daughters, Terisa King and husband Chuck of Amarillo and Trudy Jones of Denver; a son, Todd Whitehurst and wife Leslie of Ft. Worth; a brother, Joe Howard Whitehurst of Portales; a sister, LaHonda Horton of Clovis; seven grandchildren, Mary Elizabeth, Zachary and wife Kristen, Gabriel, Mallory and husband Sam, Noah, Anna and Addison.
The family suggests memorials be made to American Council for the Blind, 2730 S. Grand, Amarillo, TX 79103; or to the building fund at Polk St. United Methodist Church, 1401 S. Polk St., Amarillo, TX 79101.
Sign the online guest book at www.boxwellbrothers.com.
Amarillo Globe-News, Nov. 1, 2012

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Birth	11 Jul 1936	Parker County, Texas
Marriage	27 Dec 1955	Living
Residence	1 Jun 1996	Amarillo, Randall County, Texas
Residence	10 Jan 2009	Fairview, Harris County, Texas
Death	29 Oct 2012	Texas
Obituary	1 Nov 2012	Amarillo, Potter County, Texas
Burial		Memory Gardens Cemetery, Amarillo, Randall County, Texas

Spouse	Living
Child	Living
Child	Living
Child	Living

Father	John Thomas Whitehurst (1902 - 1976)
Mother	Martha Ann Cloud (1905 - 1988)
Sibling	Thomas Conley Whitehurst (1933 - 2011)
Sibling	Harold Whitehurst ( - )
Sibling	Geraldine Whitehurst (1935 - 1989)
Sibling	Living
Sibling	Living

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