1927
Rosie
2012
Rosie Mae Clarkson
October 29, 1927 — July 22, 2012
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in LaGrone-Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Directors, Coulter Road Chapel with the Rev. Loren Harper of Commanche Trail Church of Christ officiating. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery. Arrangements are by LaGrone-Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Directors, Coulter Road Chapel, 8310 S. Coulter St.
Mrs. Clarkson was born Oct. 29, 1927, in Montrose, Colo., to Benjamin and Ella Mae Barnes. She graduated from high school in Bloom, Kan., in 1945 and attended college in Montrose, receiving her nursing degree in 1947. Rosie moved to Amarillo in 1980, and married Charles Clarkson in 1993. They had been married two years at the time of his passing.
Mrs. Clarkson loved crocheting, sewing and gardening. She was a loving and doting grandmother. Rosie was a lifelong member of the Independent Order of the Rebekahs and Oddfellows Assemblies. She owned and operated a home health care business and developed the first Hospice Cottage in Amarillo. She passed away after a long-term illness and will be deeply missed.
She was preceded in death by her parents; three husbands, Kenneth Miller, Mitchell Stetson and Charles Clarkson; a son, Ricky Stetson; several brothers and sisters; and a great-granddaughter, Kenleigh Cheyenne Hall.
Survivors include a brother, Benjamin Franklin Barnes Jr. and wife Ellen of Lewellen, Neb.; a daughter, Rhonda Mills and husband James of Amarillo; a niece, Fran Belaire and husband Larry of Broomfield, Colo.; many nieces and nephews; four grandchildren, Randy Mills and wife Becky, Joshua Mills and wife Jillian and Latonna Mills, all of Amarillo, and Lailonnia Brewer and husband Ben of Lubbock; and two great-grandchildren, Molly Mills of Amarillo and Paige Brewer of Lubbock.
Mrs. Clarkson was born Oct. 29, 1927, in Montrose, Colo., to Benjamin and Ella Mae Barnes. She graduated from high school in Bloom, Kan., in 1945 and attended college in Montrose, receiving her nursing degree in 1947. Rosie moved to Amarillo in 1980, and married Charles Clarkson in 1993. They had been married two years at the time of his passing.
Mrs. Clarkson loved crocheting, sewing and gardening. She was a loving and doting grandmother. Rosie was a lifelong member of the Independent Order of the Rebekahs and Oddfellows Assemblies. She owned and operated a home health care business and developed the first Hospice Cottage in Amarillo. She passed away after a long-term illness and will be deeply missed.
She was preceded in death by her parents; three husbands, Kenneth Miller, Mitchell Stetson and Charles Clarkson; a son, Ricky Stetson; several brothers and sisters; and a great-granddaughter, Kenleigh Cheyenne Hall.
Survivors include a brother, Benjamin Franklin Barnes Jr. and wife Ellen of Lewellen, Neb.; a daughter, Rhonda Mills and husband James of Amarillo; a niece, Fran Belaire and husband Larry of Broomfield, Colo.; many nieces and nephews; four grandchildren, Randy Mills and wife Becky, Joshua Mills and wife Jillian and Latonna Mills, all of Amarillo, and Lailonnia Brewer and husband Ben of Lubbock; and two great-grandchildren, Molly Mills of Amarillo and Paige Brewer of Lubbock.
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