Obituary

McWhorter, Joe

Joe McWhorter, 91, formally of Plainview, Texas, died Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016, in Friona. Funeral services have been scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 13, 2016, at 6th Street Church of Christ in Friona with Jeff Procter, minster, officiating. Burial will be in the IOOF Cemetery in Plainview at 2:30 p.m. by Blackwell-Mullins Funeral Home of Friona. Joe was born to Edwin Mitchell and Bertha Thelma Goodwin McWhorter on Sept. 7, 1924, in Commerce, Texas. He married Helen Louise Sinclair on Feb. 24, 1950, in Plainview where they lived for many years. He worked Cloverlake Dairy, the Ice House and Plainview ISD. Joe was a very caring compassionate person, he loved spending time with his family, enjoyed the mountains, he had a dry sense of humor and was always busy helping people. He was a member of the Church of Christ. He is preceded in death by his parents and wife Helen. He is survived by two daughters: Lenda Trussell and husband Lanny of Muleshoe, and Glenda Procter and husband Ted of Friona; four grandchildren, Mickey Trussell, Charlotte Bynum and husband Tim, Crista Singer and Barry Procter and wife Tiffanni; and five great-grandchildren, Ava, Cale, Cortlyn, Gus and Brittan. The family suggests memorials to Prairie Acres Nursing Home, 201 East 15th St., Friona, TX 79035 You may sign the register at www.blackwellmullins.com.