Katheryn McKibbin Toombs – January 19, 2012

Katheryn McKibbin Toombs, age 88, of Amarillo, died Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012.
Services will be at 10:00 a.m., Monday, Jan. 23, 2012 in Boxwell Brothers Ivy Chapel with Kerry Arnold, minister, officiating.  Burial will be in Northlawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Dumas.  Arrangements are by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2800 Paramount Blvd.
She was born October 6, 1923 to Nora Richardson in Wichita Falls.  She married James Edward McKibbin, on Dec. 19, 1944 in Dumas and he was killed in an airplane crash Feb. 11, 1956.  She then married Murvin Toombs and lived in Dumas, all of their married life.  Although Katheryn loved to sew and crochet, the love of her life was her immediate family and her church family at South Georgia Church of Christ in Amarillo.
She was preceded in death by her mother, Nora; husbands James and Murvin; daughter, Susie Reynolds; granddaughter, Natalie Ann McKibbin; and two great-granddaughters, Mikenzie and Gracie Deputy.
Katheryn is survived by her daughter, Kay Deputy and husband Sid of Amarillo; son, James McKibbin and wife Dolores of Ennis; son-in-law, Dan Reynolds of Eustace; grandchildren, Diana Christian and husband Joe, Lisa Malone and husband Todd, Kurt Deputy and wife Tonya, Joe McKibbin and wife Charlotte, Travis McKibbin and wife Stasi, and Rochelle Auld;  great-grandchildren, Josh Christian and wife Cody, Chelsea McKibbin-Lankford and husband Ronny, Conner McKibbin, Allie and Kaila Christian, Katie, Kelsey, and Keaton Malone, Jordan Miller and husband David, Joshua and Jacob Tobias, Kinley Deputy, Logan Auld, James Joseph and Jack McKibbin; and the anticipated birth of great-great-grandchild, Elijah Shiloh Christian.
The family will receive friends prior to the service from 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 23, 2012
In lieu of flowers the family suggests memorial donations to ALS Therapy Development Institute (ALS-TDI) at www.als.net; American Diabetes Association, P.O. Box 50433, Amarillo, TX 79159; or South Georgia Church of Christ, 5709 S Georgia St., Amarillo, TX 79110.
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