Obituary

Services for Thomas William "Tom" Stephens, 75, will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, May 7, 2009, at First Baptist Church, 300 S. Bugbee, in Clarendon, with the Rev. Lance Wood, pastor, officiating. Interment will be at 3 p.m. Thursday in Plainview Memorial Park Cemetery, 100 S. Joliet, in Plainview, with the Rev. Joe Weldon officiating. Arrangements are by Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon. Mr. Stephens died Thursday, April, 30, 2009. Tom was born June 22, 1933, in Shamrock to Aubrey and Lois Stephens. He grew up in Amarillo and was a 1952 graduate of Amarillo High School. He later received his bachelor's degree in criminal justice. He married Helen Grace Christian in 1953. She preceded him in death in 1989. He was a U.S. Army veteran. He moved his family to Plainview where he served as a lieutenant on the Plainview Police Department, municipal judge and retired as a juvenile probation officer. He loved spending time volunteering with the Plainview and Clarendon bands. In 1993, Tom met Jeanette Meller Reynolds. They were married in 1995 and resided in Clarendon until his death. Tom's personal relationship and faith with his Savior was evident to all who knew him. He was a deacon and member of First Baptist Church in Clarendon. He was preceded in death by his parents; and his first wife of 36 years, Helen Stephens. Survivors include his wife, Jeanette Stephens of Clarendon; two sons, Michael Stephens and his wife, Jacque, of Quinlan and Tommy Stephens and his wife, Sherry, of Corpus Christi; two daughters, Debora McKenzie and her husband, Harry, of Kimberley, British Columbia, Canada, and Sheila Worsham and her husband, Donnie, of Commerce City, Colo.; two stepdaughters, Denise Climer of Tulsa, Okla., and Cheryl Roy and husband, Peter, of Amarillo; a stepson, Brad Reynolds of Amarillo; his grandchildren, Joshua Pool of Charlotte, N.C., Michaela Petitt and her husband, Mark, of Crandall, Isa Lane and her husband, Joe, of Athens, Penn., Jennifer Pool of Charlotte, N.C., Ryan Worsham of Commerce City, Colo., Daryl Stephens, Gracie Stephens and Clint Stephens, all of Corpus Christi; his stepgrandchildren, Emilie Climer, Marc Roy, Braden Climer, Jamie Roy and Zachary Roy, all of Amarillo, Aaron McKenzie, Travis McKenzie, Jordan McKenzie and Tayah Woods, all of Canada; his great-grandchildren, Sean Lane, Cody Petitt and Logan Petitt; a brother, Ed Stephens and his wife, Wanda, of Amarillo; two sisters, Mary Ann Price and her husband, Randy, of Kennewick, Wash., and Patricia Mason and her husband, Scott, of Bartlesville, Okla.; and numerous nieces and nephews. The family will be at 925 W. Sixth in Clarendon. The family requests memorials be to First Baptist Church in Clarendon. Sign our online guest book at www.RobertsonFuneral.com