George G. Collier
AMARILLO, Taxas- George G.
Collier, 83, died Saturday (Feb. 17, 2007) in Amarillo.
He was born March 5, 1923, in
Florence to Thomas and Rachel Collier. He graduated from Newton High School in
1941. He joined the U.S. Navy during World War II serving in Bougainville, New
Georgia, Treasury Island and the Russell Islands. Later, he served in the Naval
Reserves during the Korean War. Following the war, he married Pearl Schroeder
on Aug. 29, 1947. They moved to Amarillo where he worked for the Santa Fe
Railroad. He completed his machinist apprenticeship in Albuquerque, N.M., and
later worked for Texaco Refinery until his retirement. He was a longtime member
of Trinity United Methodist Church and the Methodist Men. He was a kind and
wonderful man, and will be greatly missed by all who knew him.
Survivors include a daughter,
Candace Collier of Amarillo; two nieces, Beth Wonders of Newton and Dawn
Schroeder of Kiezer, Ore; and two nephews, Tom Collier of Newton and Brad
Schoeder of Bloomington, Ind.
He was preceded in death by
his wife, and a brother, Walt Collier.
A memorial service will be at
2 p.m. Friday at Trinity United Methodist Church with the Rev. Scott Richards
Officiating.
Burial will take place in
Newton at a later date.
Memorials may be made to
Trinity United Methodist Church and BSA Hospice in care of Cox-Lagrone Funeral
Home, 4180 Canyon Drive, Amarillo, Texas, 79109.
