Doyle Shaw

Graveside services will be at 10:00 A.M. on Saturday, July 27, 2013 at Dreamland Cemetery with Bobby File, pastor of Evangelical Fellowship Church, officiating, and Pastor Bryan King, Changepoint Church in Cabot, AR, assisting. A memorial fellowship with the family will follow at 11:30 A.M. on Saturday at the Evangelical Fellowship Church, 5000 W. 49th Ave., Amarillo, TX. The family will receive guests from 6:30 to 8:30 P.M. on Friday, July 26, 2013 at the King's, 1408 Creekmere, Canyon, Texas 79015. Doyle Shaw was born on April 16, 1937 to Jessie and May Middleton Shaw in Honey Grove, TX. He spent his teenage years in Merced, CA before moving to Lubbock where he began working for Kerr Construction Company. While visiting his brother in Hereford, Doyle met Leoda King and they were married on August 11, 1956. They first moved to the Amarillo area in 1961 where Doyle was employed by Gilvin Terrill. In 1968 he went to work for De Pauw Construction Company and was employed for over 30 years as a heavy equipment operator. Doyle and Leoda later purchased and managed Rockin R Self Storage in Canyon. Leoda preceded him in death on July 16, 2011. Doyle loved the Lord and was a faithful member of Evangelical Fellowship Church in Amarillo. He enjoyed riding dirt bikes during family vacations to the mountains of Colorado and New Mexico. Leoda was the love of his life and he considered his children his greatest accomplishment. He was known as ""Pawpa"" to his grandchildren and great-grandchildren and he loved them all very much! In 2000 Doyle suffered a massive stroke which ended his career and left him left-side paralyzed. He was cared for by his devoted wife for nine years and was a resident of Skywest assisted living in Canyon for the past four years. Doyle's family would like to express their gratitude to the doctors and nursing staff at BSA Hospice for the compassionate, tender-loving care he received at their facility. Survivors include two daughters, Vickie Genn and husband, O'Dell, of Amarillo, and Kelli Whiting and husband, Ryan, of Katy; a son, Lonnie Shaw and wife, Tricia, of Canyon; three sisters, Jo Hardy, of San Angelo, Nadine Beatty and husband, Russell of Yakima, WA, and Eva Sanders and husband, Don, of Lynden, WA; nine grandchildren, Mendy Hetzler, Jennifer Ethridge, Jason Genn, Brandon Shaw, Brittni Olguin, Brady Shaw, Bryson Shaw, Gracie and Grant Whiting; three great-granddaughters, Abrie and Maddy Olguin and Ada Genn; and three great-grandsons, William and Ivan Genn, and Ryan Ethridge. The family suggests memorials be to the patients of Baptist St. Anthony's Hospice, in care of Don and Sybil Harrington Cancer Foundation, 1600 Wallace Blvd. Amarillo, TX, 79106.