Nelda G. Bartholomew, 73, of Amarillo died Monday, Jan. 9, 2012. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Llano Cemetery with the Rev. Gary Burd, pastor of Christian Heritage Church, officiating. Arrangements are by LaGrone-Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Directors, Martin Road Chapel, 1505 Martin Road.
Mrs. Bartholomew was born July 4, 1938, in Old Glory to Jack and Flora Bristow. She graduated from Rule High School in 1956. She worked at Morrow-Thomas Hardware for 13 years and retired after 27 years at Northwest Texas Hospital’s accounting department. She married Roy Bartholomew in 1985 in Amarillo. She was preceded in death by her parents and a son, Gary Don Hale.
Survivors include her husband, Roy Bartholomew; a daughter, Tina Gregory and husband Larry of Amarillo; a stepdaughter, Laura Colson of Amarillo; a stepson, Lance Bartholomew of Denver; three grandchildren, Angelia Murillo, Kari Bartholomew and Treyton Colson; and four great-grandchildren, Haley, Jackson, Miracle and Addison.
The family will receive guests from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.