PAMPA - Opal J. McCathern, 87, died Friday, April 12, 2002.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in Grace Baptist Church with the
Rev. Kyle Ohsfeldt, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Memory
Gardens Cemetery by Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors of Pampa.
Mrs. McCathern was born Feb. 20, 1915, in Hollis, Okla. She married
Rufus Levi McCathern on Dec. 22, 1934, in Erick, Okla.
Survivors include two daughters, Velda Jo Huddleston of Pampa and
Velma Joyce Rhoades of Burleson; four sons, Bennett McCathern of
Houston, Glenn McCathern of Amarillo and Neal McCathern and Derrell
McCathern, both of Fort Worth; two brothers, Dick Anderson of Shamrock
and W.S. Anderson of Amarillo; 20 grandchildren; 33
great-grandchildren; and nine great-great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials be to Grace Baptist Church, 824 S.
Barnes, Pampa, TX 79065.
