Estella Elizabeth GARNETT

1922 - 2011  (89 years)

• Name	Estella Elizabeth GARNETT
  Birth	11 Aug 1922	Austin County, Texas, USA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  _UID	8F85F03A6B204DDB8E4CED177BE977BC66BC
  Death	13 Sep 2011	Amarillo, Randall County, Texas, USA   [1]
  Burial	Llano Cemetery, Amarillo, Randall County, Texas, USA   [1]
  Notes	From findagrave.com: Estella Elizabeth Morris, 89, of Amarillo, died Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011, in Amarillo. A graveside service will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in Llano Cemetery with the Rev. Charles Jones, officiating. Arrangements are by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2800 Paramount Blvd. Estella was born Aug. 11, 1922, in Austin County, the fourth child and only daughter of Basil Jon and Ella Garnett. The family moved to Hansford County in 1931 and Estella graduated from Spearman High School in 1940 as valedictorian of her class. She received a scholarship to the University of Texas at Austin, and while attending the university she met Tom Morris, a law student. They were married June 14, 1943, in the middle of World War II, while he was serving as a Naval aviator. She continued her education at the University and graduated in 1945 with highest honors, receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in home economics and nutrition. She was a member of the Omicron Nu Honor Society. When World War II was over and Tom returned to the University to complete his law degree, Estella worked as a laboratory technician for the Texas Health Department for two years, and when she and Tom moved to Amarillo in 1949, she worked as a laboratory technician for the Amarillo City Health Department until her first child was born in 1952. Thereafter, her primary focus was on her family but she continued her interest in education and was an active member of the American Association of University Women, serving one term as president and hosting the state convention in Amarillo. She did volunteer work at the Amarillo Museum of Art for nearly 20 years, was a member of docents and was chairwoman of that group for one year. She was a member of Polk Street United Methodist Church and taught Sunday school while her children were in school. Estella loved her friends, too numerous to name, but she wanted to express her appreciation to some special friends, Lynn and Irvin Wall, Betty Sterquell, Gwen Patterson, Enid Bates and Allegra Bush, and to the staffs at Bivins Memorial Nursing Home, Childer's Place and BSA Hospice who cared for her in her last years of declining health. She was preceded in death by her parents; three brothers, Stanley Garnett, Wesley Garnett and Howard Garnett and their wives. Survivors include her husband, Tom Morris; two daughters, Linda Willard and husband David and Vicki Fineran and husband Martin; five grandchildren, Sheena Fineran, Mallorie Benjamin, Skye Fineran, Autumn Fineran and Auroelle Fineran; three nephews, Howard Stanley Garnett, Wesley Garnett Jr. and Jon Michael Garnett; one niece, Lynn Riley, and numerous grandnephews and nieces. On Tom's side of the family, she is survived by two brothers-in-law, Minter I. "Jack" Morris and Ennis R. "Tut" Morris; two sisters-in-law, Alice Willis and Lois Morris; four nephews-in-law, Jimmy Morris, Dean Morris, Keith Morris and Thomas Willis; and six nieces-in-law, Elizabeth Roof, Lynette Morris, Patti Noel, Alice Link, Deborah Escobar and Leigh Ann Roma. The family suggests memorials be to a favorite charity. Amarillo Globe-News, Sept. 14, 2011.
  Person ID	I9219	America
  Last Modified	4 Oct 2021

  
  

  Family	Starling Thomas "Tom" MORRIS,   b. 12 Nov 1919, Penelope, Texas, USA d. 4 Oct 2021, Amarillo, Potter County, Texas, USA (Age 101 years)
  Marriage	14 Jun 1943	USA   [1]
  Family ID	F3857	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Oct 2021

  
  

• Sources

  [S66] findagrave.com, November 2014 and later.