Velma Fayrene Malone

Velma Fayrene Malone, 84, of Amarillo, passed peacefully on December 29, 2025.

Private family services will be held at a later date.

Velma was born on March 3, 1941, in Eubank, Kentucky to Grover and Ella Mae (Anthony) Pence. She moved to Amarillo, Texas in 1986. Throughout her life she held many different job titles including a waitress, a factory worker, and the most important, a home maker.

Velma loved working in her yard and garden where she would bring beautiful flowers and other plants to life with her special attention to details. She loved playing cards with her friends and especially hanging out with the grandkids. Velma was so fond of all of the friends she made when she moved to Amarillo, and she kept them close to her heart, a lesson she instilled in everyone she met; keep your friends and family close.

Velma is survived by her daughter, Kathy Armijo, son, Billy J Malone and Robin, son, Robert E Malone, daughter, Bobbie J Malone-Edwards, son, Harold Pence and Ann Nelson, adopted son, Clayton Joe Pletcher, daughter in law, Billie Jean Malone, sister, Fern Pence; and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great great-grandchildren, and many extended family and cherished friends in both Texas and Kentucky.