Melissa Ann Griswold, 56, a longtime Amarillo resident, died Friday, Sept. 3, 2021.
Memorial Services will be held at 6 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, at Palo Duro Canyon’s Mack Dick Pavilion, 111450 Park Rd 5, Canyon, TX 79015. A prompt RSVP is required by 9/27 due to facility restrictions. Please view the link to her celebration of life webpage and RSVP: here. Burial will be later near the old home at the New Hope Baptist Church, New Hope, AL.
Miss Griswold was born on June 11, 1965, in Amarillo to Jack and Betty Griswold and moved to Fort Worth, then as a missionary to South Africa and returning to Amarillo. She was a missionary, chaplain, teacher, historian, and genealogist. She was honored to visit every county seat in the Panhandle of Texas in her research for the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum exhibitions “The Great War and the Panhandle-Plains Region.” She also researched “Cattle, Cowboys & Culture: Amarillo and Kansas City, Building an Urban West.” She would want to introduce you to her Savior Jesus Christ. The party won’t be the same without her. Our Mel will be missed. She left us with this: “If you are reading this…I am FINALLY with my Bridegroom.”
View the full obituary with survivors and extra details at www.boxwellbrothers.com or the above event link.
Juan M. Rodriguez, 83 of Friona passed away September 17, 2021 in Amarillo. Memorial Services were scheduled for 11:00 AM, Wednesday, September 22, 2021 at the First Baptist Church of Friona with Rev. Brett Hoyle officiating. Cremation and arrangements by HANSARD FAMILY Funeral Home of Friona.
Juan was born January 27, 1938 in Cuero, Texas. He was a past part owner of the La Estrellita in Dimmitt and was a night watchman for several area feed yards.
Juan had 3 brothers-Ignacio Rodriguez of Hereford, Ruben Rodriguez of Wolfforth, and Pete Rodriguez of Lubbock, 4 sisters-Susie and Mague Rodriguez of Lubbock, Olivia Rodriguez of Hereford and Sylvia Rodriguez of Littlefield.
You may send condolences to the family and sign the online guest book at: hansardfamily.com