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Reuben Raymond "R.R." Worthen
19 Aug 1910 – 16 Jun 1998
| Birth | 19 Aug 1910 |
| Death | 16 Jun 1998 |
| Cemetery | Memorial Park Cemetery Amarillo , Potter County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | Kimberly Green on 12 Jun 2023 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51717336 |
Gravesite details
Daughter Joan Worthen Green buried to the immediate left.
Bio
► Obituary Amarillo Daily News, June 18, 1998 Reuben Raymond "R.R." Worthen, 87, of Amarillo, died Tuesday, June 16, 1998. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Memorial Park Funeral Home Chapel of Memories, 6969 E. Interstate 40, with the Rev. Allen Norris of Immanuel Baptist Church and the Rev. Calvin Powell of Grand Avenue Baptist Church officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Mr. Worthen was born in Delta County and was raised near Sulphur Springs. He moved to Childress in 1932 and married Lillian Ethel Terrell in 1938 at Hollis, Okla. He moved to Amarillo in 1942 from Childress. Mr. Worthen worked in the trucking industry for Riss & Co., Whitfield Tank Lines and Jack B. Kelley Co. After retiring from trucking, he and his wife owned and operated Ray's Antiques for 19 years. He was a member of Grand Avenue Baptist Church and Masonic Lodge No. 731. He was preceded in death by a brother and a sister. Survivors include his wife; two sons, Robert Worthen of Austin and Bill Worthen of Amarillo; two daughters Linda Bouyea of Amarillo and Joan Green of Tulsa, Okla; two brothers Eugene Worthen of Grand Prairie and Jarrell Worthen of Pasadena; a sister, Evelyn Bean of Cedar Hill; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. ► Genealogical Citations • 1920 United States Census, "1920 - Population", Texas, Hopkins County, Justice Precinct 1, Supervisor District 1, Enumeration District 63, Sheet 15B, Line 61, "Worthen, Raymond" • 1930 United States Census, "Population Schedule", Texas, Hopkins County, Precinct 1, Supervisor District 5, Enumeration District 112-5, Sheet 1B, Line 80, "Worthen, Raymon" • 1940 United States Census, "Population Schedule", Texas, Childress County, Precinct 2, Supervisor District 23, Enumeration District 38-2, Childress, Ward 2, Sheet 10A, Line 28, "Worthen, R. R." • 1950 United States Census, Form P1 "1950 Census of Population and Housing", Texas, Potter County, Enumeration District 255-13, Amarillo, Sheet 75, Line 25, "Worthen, Rueben R" Biography by: Grand-daughter Kimberly L. Green
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- Lewis Eugene Worthen 1908–1998
- James William "J.W." Worthen 1913–1994
- Tennie C. Worthen Martin 1915–1998
- Oscar Rayfield Worthen 1918–1918
- Jarrell Bruce Worthen 1923–2010
- Mary Evelyn Worthen Bean 1925–2000
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