John Hartin

Private family services will be held. John E. Hartin, Sr. was born March 6, 1932 in Alice, Texas to Joseph Eskridge and Audrey Faye Rountree Hartin. He graduated from high school at the New Mexico Military Institute. John married Susan Ann Mayfield on March 13, 1954. She preceded him in death in 1988. He graduated from Texas Tech University with a degree in petroleum geology in 1956. He was a Lieutenant in the US Army for a short period of time. John worked as a geologist and manager in the oil field for IMCO Services in West Texas. He and his family moved to Holland in 1968 to set up IMCO?s North Sea operations. In 1973, they moved to Amarillo and John owned his own geology consulting firm. Survivors include two sons, John E. Hartin and wife, Vicki, of Pampa, Bruce Hartin, of Fort Worth; daughter, Melanie McKinney and husband, Terry, of Canyon; nine grandchildren; and two great grandsons. The family suggests memorials be to the American Cancer Society, 3915 Bell St., Amarillo, TX 79109.