GLEAVES, Alva Duane died September 28, 1997

Alva Duane "A.D.'' Gleaves, 75, of Amarillo, died Sunday, Sept. 28, 1997.  Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Memorial Park Funeral Home Chapel of Memories, 6969 E. Interstate 40, with Dr. Stan Coffey of San Jacinto Baptist Church officiating. Entombment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery East Mausoleum.

Mr. Gleaves was born in Grimes, Okla. He moved to Amarillo in 1946 from Borger. He was an insulator for Texaco Refinery before retiring.

He married Lorene Coffey in 1942 at Grimes.

Survivors include his wife; three sons, Dale Gleaves, Michael Gleaves and Royce Dan Gleaves, all of Amarillo; a daughter, Joyce Ann Sherrill of Amarillo; a brother, Glen Gleaves of Sayre, Okla.; a sister, Mae Orr of Seminole, Okla.; eight grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and six stepgrandchildren.

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