Obituary

Funeral services for Ethel Belk, 92, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in First Baptist Church Family Life Chapel with Dr. Travis Hart, pastor, and the Rev. Don Robertson, pastor of College Heights Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Plainview Memorial Park by Kornerstone Funeral Directors. Mrs. Belk died at 7:30 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 14, 2005, at Christian Manor. She was born Oct. 19, 1912, in Bradley, Okla., to Ernest and Katherine White Bradley. Mrs. Belk was a lifetime resident of Plainview. She played basketball and graduated from Running Water School. She married Bud Belk on Nov. 6, 1932, in the Running Water Community. The Belks farmed north of Edmonson from 1932-65. Mr. Belk died Nov. 10, 1965. Mrs. Belk continued farming until 1978. She was a member of Triple L (Live Longer & Like It) Club, Knife and Fork Club, Promenade Club and First Baptist Church. Survivors are her daughter and son-in-law, Barbara and Loyd Morphis of Edmonson; two sisters, Juanita Walker of Plainview and Lois Osburn of Colorado Springs, Colo.; two grandchildren Todd Morphis and his wife Jo Betsy of Plainview and Tonya Parkinson and her husband Thomas of Universal City; and five great-grandchildren, Clay Morphis, Tori Morphis, Landon Parkinson, Kyler Parkinson and Conner Parkinson. Her husband; a son, Donnie Belk; and a sister, Margie Duvall, are deceased. Memorials may be made to Cal Farley's Boys Ranch, P. O. Box 1890, Amarillo, TX 79174. Visitation for family and friends will be from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at Kornerstone Funeral Directors. Online condolences may be made at www.kornerstonefunerals.com