Morris Grant Lamb was an Owner in Super Appliance.
1 Morris Grant Lamb, 88, of Amarillo died Thursday, July 26, 2007.
Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Monday in Arden Road Baptist Church with Dr. Larry Lamb officiating. Private family burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery by Cox-LaGrone Funeral Home, 4180 Canyon Drive.
Morris Grant Lamb was born Feb. 15, 1919, in Jericho to Stella and Ernest Lamb. He grew up on the family farm in Groom and graduated from Groom High School in 1937. He joined the U.S. Navy on Pearl Harbor Day, Dec. 7, 1941. He was stationed in Norfolk, Va., and was trained in deep sea diving and later stationed at Port Hueneme, Calif., Sitka, Alaska, and also Attau, Island, Alaska. He was part of the Navy Seabees and helped build barracks, docks and runways to protect the northern front during World War II.
He married Monica Seibert on April 9, 1944, and they later moved to Oakland, Calif. He later worked for Horst Manufacturing and also attended refrigeration school. Morris went to work for Super Appliance in Detroit, and moved to Amarillo in 1948. He first went to work for Cosmopolitan Services delivering appliances and also worked for Good Housekeeping and Fedway and he started Super Appliance in Amarillo in 1948.
He was a charter member of Grace Baptist Church, now Arden Road Baptist, and formerly attended Southwest Baptist. He played semi-pro basketball for Amarillo and was an Amarillo Golden Gloves Boxing Champion. He received his private pilot's license in 1981. He could yodel, and he played the violin. He snow skied with the family in 1976 and he water skied at age 76. He hated computers and figured you could do it better yourself. He was a great father, grandfather and great-grandfather, and he loved spending time with his family.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Monica, in 2000; a granddaughter, Amy Lamb in 1975; a grandson, Tres Lamb in 1987; a sister, Gladys Chunn in 1994; and a brother, Greg Lamb in 2000.
Survivors include two sons, Grant Lamb and wife Carol of Amarillo and Larry Lamb and wife Heather of Rockledge, Fla.; two daughters, Nancy Thompson of Liberal, Kan., and Cynthia Bell and husband Terry of Amarillo; four grandchildren, Cassie Newton and husband Eldon of Amarillo, Leslie Bennett and husband Marcus of Cocoa, Fla., and Aimee Lamb and Noelle Lamb, both of Rockledge; and four great-grandchildren, Blake Newton and Austin Newton, both of Amarillo, and Brayden Bennett and Shane Bennett of Cocoa; two brothers, Murl Lamb of Michigan and Stanley Lamb of Groom; and two sisters, LaVern Roof of Phoenix and Virginia Trevathan of Durant, Okla.
The family suggests memorials be to Liberty University, 1971 University Blvd., Lynchburg, VA 24502.
Amarillo Globe-News, July 29, 2007.