Lois I Blevins

Lois I. Blevins, 80, of Dumas, died Tuesday, October 24, 2006 in Dumas. Services will be held Monday, October 30, 2006, at 10:00 AM in the Church of the Nazarene with Rev. Steve Swanson, pastor, officiating. Burial will follow in Northlawn Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Blevins was born October 1, 1926, in Hoxie, KS to Clifford F. and Ruth Sealock Hartman. On January 29, 1948, she married Clarence W. Blevins in Turlock, CA and had been a Dumas resident for 30 years. In 1988 she was named Moore County Woman of the Year. She was a longtime member of the Friendship Extension Homemakers Club. Being an outstanding member since 1978, she participated in the Art Bazaar, Moore County Fair and School Auction Spring Luncheon. She also provided transportation to and from Amarillo for cancer patients, delivered Meals on Wheels and was a foster parent and loving mother to many children. She was a 30 year member of the Dumas Church of the Nazarene and was actively involved with teaching Adult Sunday School and the Young at Heart group. She was also President of Nazarene Missions International. Her hobbies included ceramics, sewing and gardening. In describing Mrs. Blevins, a friend once commented that she was the kind of neighbor you love to live by. Survivors include her husband, Clarence W. Blevins, of the home; one son, Les W. Blevins and wife, Sandra of Dumas; one daughter, Luetta M. Bentley of Amarillo; one granddaughter, Sona C. Blevins of Amarillo; one grandson, Darryl L. Blevins and wife, Carlissa of Sayer, OK; two sisters, Pauline Handschy and husband, John of Denver, CO and Mary Lou Taylor of Phoenix, AZ; two brothers, Gene Hartman and wife, Margaret of Scottsbluff, NE and Larry Hartman and wife, Margaret of Carthage, MO; two sisters-in-law, Ruth Hartman of Ft. Collins, CO and Anita Hartman of Denver, CO; one great-granddaughter, Lesley B. Blevins of Amarillo and one great-grandson, P. J. Blevins of Sayer, OK. nbsp; The family will be at 201 W 18th in Dumas and requests memorials to Dumas Church of the Nazarene Nazarene Missions International, 402 S Porter, Dumas, TX 79029 or Alzheimers Association Panhandle Chapter, 2200 W 7th, Amarillo, TX 79106. ests4all.org1'i'm losi