Garland Wayne Fox

Garland Wayne “GW” Fox, 83, passed away on December 20, 2024, in Amarillo, Texas. He was born on February 4, 1941, to William H. and Sarah J. Fox in Amarillo, Texas, and attended schools there. He graduated from Palo Duro and even won 3rd place in the pole vault at the state track meet. After graduation, he enlisted in the United States Marines and served four years starting at 29 Palms in California. He met and married Frances Hood Fox on March 20, 1982, at his parent’s home in Pleasant Valley. He was employed by Burlington Northern Railroad as an operator for 30 years in Fort Worth and Amarillo, Texas, until his retirement.

Mr. Fox is preceded in death by his parents, William and Sarah Fox, his sisters: Wilma Joyce Fox, Frances Wright, Wanda Allen, and Dorothy Tate, and his brothers: Lemond “Sonny” Fox, Marland “Buddy” Fox, Edwin Fox, and Alton Fox, and his daughter Elaine Steen.

Those surviving him are his wife, Frances, his sons Chad Fox, Robert Griffin, and Richard Griffin, and his daughters Stephney Bennett and Tina DeLaRosa, his sister Janice Fox Cooper, seven grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren. 

GW lived a very full life. In his early years, he played drums in a band, he loved riding dirt bikes in Red River, and he enjoyed cookouts and dancing. He also enjoyed watching Westerns with John Wayne being his favorite actor. He had a love/hate relationship with the Dallas Cowboys. He also liked to work in his garage and especially enjoyed his dogs, Mojo and Gus. But most of all, he loved spending time with his wife, children, and his grandchildren. He was a man who loved to laugh and enjoyed life, and he will be missed by all those who knew him.