Apr 7, 1916 - Sep 9, 2011
Posted by Jo Aguirre
Ora Lillie (Tice) Wilcox
Apr 7, 1916 - Sep 9, 2011
Posted by Jo Aguirre
Harmon County Funeral Home
Ora Tice Wilcox, age 95, of Amarillo, passed away late Friday evening, September 9, 2011, in Amarillo, Texas. Mrs. Wilcox was born in Balko, Oklahoma, on April 7, 1916, George Caleb and Lula T. (Beardsley) Tice. On September 28, 1935, she married Grady Wilcox, in Hollis, Oklahoma, and they spent the next sixty-three wonderful years together before his death on January 17, 1999.Mrs. Wilcox was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; a son; a daughter; five sisters; and five brothers.
She is
survived by a daughter, Carol Cherry and husband Jim of
Amarillo, Texas; five grandchildren, Barbie, Brent, Becky, Diane
and Dana; eight grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren
along with many other relatives and a host of friends.
The family would like to express a special thank you to Ware
Living Center, Cherry II nurses and staff for the love and care
they showed Ora Lillie.
The family suggests memorials be to BSA Hospice, P.O. 950,
Amarillo, TX 79105; or a favorite charity.
Online tributes may be made to the family at
www.boxwellbrothers.com or
www.HarmonCountyFuneral.com
Funeral services for Ora Tice Wilcox will be at 11 a.m.,
Tuesday, September 13, 2011, at Boxwell Brothers Funeral
Directors Ivy Chapel, in Amarillo. Interment will follow at 4
p.m. at the McKnight Cemetery near Hollis, Oklahoma. Services
are under the direction of Harmon County Funeral Home of Hollis.