Lynda Gayle Whitmarsh

Lynda Gayle Whitmarsh, 83, of Amarillo, formerly of Pampa and Howardwick, passed away on Wednesday, September 17, 2025 at her home.

Services will be at 10:00 AM on Monday, September 22, 2025 at the Carmichael-Whatley Colonial Chapel with Pastor Aaron Hill, worship and discipleship pastor at Coulter Road Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will follow at Memory Gardens Cemetery under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors and Crematory.

The family will receive friends from 2:00 to 4:00 PM on Sunday, September 21, 2025 at the funeral home.

Lynda was born on October 5, 1941 in Vernon to Ray Boyd and Freda Lawson Boyd. She spent most of her childhood in Vernon until her family moved to Pampa in 1953 where she graduated from Pampa High School in 1960. During high school, Lynda met the love of her life, James Whitmarsh, and the two were married on March 5, 1960. After graduating, Lynda went to work at the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company where she worked her way up from telephone operator to framework technician. The company was eventually acquired by AT&T and Lynda retired after 35 years of dedicated service.

Lynda was genuine and steadfast, which was evident in the way she was able to make friends and build a community anywhere she went. Her door was always open and there was always plenty of food and games to be found inside. She enjoyed playing all sorts of card games, bingo, and trips to the casino; and she seemed to have the best of luck every time. Lynda and James spent lots of time traveling together over the years going all over the country in their RV. They even had season passes to Disney World. However, there was nothing Lynda loved more than her family; she made going to every family reunion, wedding, funeral, concert, birthday party, and graduation a priority. Lynda and James were passionate about supporting their girls and were proud boosters of the Pride of Pampa Band. They chaperoned every bus, went to every concert, and helped serve food from the band truck at the carnival every year.

Lynda was an active member of the First Baptist Church of Howardwick before moving to Amarillo where she joined the Coulter Road Baptist Church. She was a member of the Pioneers Volunteer Network and spent much of her time working to improve her community. Lynda was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend. She will be missed greatly by anyone who was fortunate enough to have met her.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, James Whitmarsh; her parents, Ray and Freda Boyd; her daughter, Katrina Bradford; one grandson, David Bradford; two siblings, Kathy Crawford and Kevin Boyd; and one nephew, Michael Boyd.

Lynda is survived by her two daughters, Cheryl Levens and husband John and Cynthia Whitmarsh and husband Andrei Kiiachko; son-in-law, Steve Bradford; seven grandchildren, Michael Levens and wife Brooke, Christian Levens and wife Paloma, Dmitri Kiiachko, Vanessa Kiiachko, Theodore Kiiachko, Matthew Bradford and wife Michelle, and Chelsea Bardwell and husband Joseph; seven great-grandchildren, Adeline Bardwell, Levi Bardwell, Jackson Bardwell, Magnolia Levens, Grayson Levens, Philip Bradford, and Edmund Bradford; two siblings, Phyllis LaRue and husband Dean and Danny Boyd; and numerous nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers the family asks that donations be sent to the First Baptist Church of Howardwick, 235 Rick Husband Blvd, Howardwick, Texas, 79226; The Pioneer Volunteers Network, 8547 E Arapahoe Rd Unit J-312 Greenwood Village, Colorado, 80112; or the Coulter Road Baptist Church, 4108 S. Coulter St., Amarillo, Texas, 79109.