Obituary

A celebration service for Delbur "D.C." Rose of Plainview will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at First Church of the Nazarene in Plainview. D.C. went to be with his Lord on Friday, March 18, 2011, at Prairie House Living Center in Plainview. His body has been sent to the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center. His son, Jerry, had an accident the week of his death. Now, we invite you to be part of this celebration as Jerry is recovering. Mr. Rose was born June 9, 1917, to C.H. and Mary Ida Rose in Lockney. He married Bennie Mavat Lester in 1937 and had two sons, Jerry and Johnny. He was a member of the Church of the Nazarene. He sang in a men's quartet and loved music. He was a cotton farmer who spent 22 years driving a Lockney school bus. He will be remembered for his kindness and gentleness and his generosity with all he touched by his life. Survivors include his sister, Lucy Dean Record of Lockney; his sons and daughters-in-law, Jerry and Karen Rose of Lubbock and Johnny and Margaret Rose of Plainview; grandchildren, Denton Rose, Brenda Berg and Sherlene Gillis, all of Lubbock; Bryan Rose of Tulsa, Okla., Garron Rose of Yukon, Okla., and Brandon Rose of Oklahoma City, Okla.; 11 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.