In Memory of

ALTA

LEWIS

LANE

Obituary for ALTA LEWIS LANE

Services will be 11:00 A.M. Saturday, April 26, 2008 at First Presbyterian Church of Canyon with The Rev. Dr. Don McDonald, pastor, officiating. Graveside services will be 3:00 P.M. Saturday, April 26, 2008 at Citizens Cemetery in Clarendon, Texas. The family will receive friends on Friday, April 25, 2008 from 5:30 to 7:00 P.M. at Brooks Chapel. Alta was born March 16, 1906 at Dublin, Texas, to the late Ernest Luther and Maggie Reaves Lewis. She moved to Donley County in 1907. She attended Lelia Lake School graduating in 1923 as Valedictorian of her class. She attended Clarendon Methodist College and West Texas State University, where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree. She did advanced work at the University of Colorado in Boulder and Western State College in Gunnison, Colorado. She taught school 41 years in schools of Lelia Lake, Clarendon, White Deer, and Pampa. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church of Pampa, where she was a Sunday School Class & Department Supervisor for 20 years. She was a member of Delta Kappa Gamma Teachers Sorority, and held a lifetime membership in the National Education Association, Texas State Teachers Association, Phi Beta Kappa Green Sorority, and the Order of the Eastern Star. Her avocation was being a Professional Book Reviewer. She was also a member of several social organizations. Alta married McHenry Lane on December 22, 1929, and he preceded her in death on October 19, 1991. She was also preceded in death by one brother, Carrol Lewis, and five sisters, Texas Batson, Lorene Holland, Lee Reeves, Jewel Robertson, and Louise Howard. Alta is survived by numerous nieces and nephews. The family wishes to offer their thanks to special caregivers, Irene Maldonado and Pina Lopez, and they also wish to thank BSA Hospice.