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Don Emory Crockett

29 Aug 1935 – 24 Dec 2014

Birth29 Aug 1935
Death24 Dec 2014
CemeteryHillcrest Cemetery
McLean , Gray County , Texas , USA
Added byCindi Glass on 24 Feb 2016
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Don Emory Crockett Born: August 29, 1935 Died: December 24, 2014 SERVICES – 3:00 pm Sunday, December 28, 2014 in the Church of Christ in McLean with , officiating. INTERMENT – Hillcrest Cemetery in McLean. ARRANGEMENTS - Robertson Funeral Directors of McLean. Don was born August 29, 1935 in Pampa to Emory and Marye King Crockett. He graduated from McLean High School in 1954 where he played football for 4 years. He later played football at Tyler Junior College and then for the Oklahoma Sooners. He won the Amarillo Golden Gloves Boxing Tournament while in High School. He joined the US Marines on September 1957 and honorably discharged in 1960 where he received the Good Conduct Medal. While in the Marines, he rodeoed where he did rough stock events and steer wrestled. He met his wife Rita in the fall of 1961 at a football game in Clarendon. He married Rita Jo Lewis on January 13, 1962 in Hedley. Don served on the Donley County ASCS committee and was a director on the Texas Grain Sorghum Producers. In 1980, he purchased Kit Carson Inn in Cimarron, New Mexico and sold in 1982 and moved to McLean. In 1986, they moved back to Cimarron and while in Cimarron he served on the Cimarron City Council and New Mexico Fine Arts Council. In 1995 they moved back to McLean and he continued farming and ranching operation until his death. He was a member of the McLean Church of Christ. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY – his parents. SURVIVORS – his wife, Rita Crockett of McLean; 3 sons, Deb Kent Crockett of Decatur, David Crockett of Wheeler, and Dean Crockett of San Antonio; a daughter, Dekki Crockett of Portales, New Mexico; 3 brothers, David Crockett of Alanreed, Douglas Crockett of Austin, and Dick Crockett of McLean; and 12 grandchildren. MEMORIALS- The family request memorials be sent to the Wounded Warrior Project or the VA Volunteers. (Published by Robertson Funeral Directors, December 26, 2014) ----- MCLEAN — Don Emory Crockett, 79, died Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2014, in Amarillo. Services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday in Church of Christ in McLean. Burial will be in Hillcrest Cemetery in McLean. Arrangements are by Robertson Funeral Directors of McLean. Mr. Crockett was born Aug. 29, 1935, in Pampa to Emory and Marye King Crockett. He married Rita Jo Lewis on Jan. 13, 1962, in Hedley. Survivors include his wife, Rita Crockett of McLean; three sons, Deb Kent Crockett of Decatur, David Crockett of Wheeler and Dean Crockett of San Antonio; a daughter, Dekki Crockett of Portales, N.M.; three brothers, David Crockett of Alanreed, Douglas Crockett of Austin and Dick Crockett of McLean; and 12 grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to Wounded Warrior Project, P.O. Box 758517, Topeka, KS 66675; or Veterans Administration Volunteers. (Published in Amarillo Globe-News, Dec. 27, 2014) ----- Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 Name: Don Emory Crockett Date of Birth: 29 Aug 1935 Gender: Male Birth County: Gray Father's Name: Emory Dewey Crockett Mother's name: Mary King Roll number: 1935_0002

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