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James P Shearer
November 9, 1943 ~ November 27, 2020 (age 77) 77 Years Old Light a Candle
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A candle was lit by beth morris and tony armstorng
on December 8, 2020 10:35 AM
from tony and i we send our love and prayers to you and the family
from tony and i we send our love and prayers to you and the family
A candle was lit by Cheryl and Greg Terry
on December 1, 2020 10:57 PM
Our deepest sympathy for your loss. Prayers for the family.
Our deepest sympathy for your loss. Prayers for the family.
A candle was lit by Tom and MaryAnn Foreman
on December 1, 2020 12:33 PM
All our love to this great family. We are so sorry for your loss. We’ll be thinking of you all tomorrow and in the days to come. Jim will be missed by so many.
All our love to this great family. We are so sorry for your loss. We’ll be thinking of you all tomorrow and in the days to come. Jim will be missed by so many.
A Medium Spathiphyllum was sent on December 1, 2020
Praying for you with heartfelt sympathy. May God continue to surround you with HIS presence and comfort you with HIS peace. Love in Christ, Doug & Cindy Lacefield
A Deluxe Dish Garden was sent on November 30, 2020
In our prayers, may you receive God's peace and comfort. Wayne and Sharon Garrett
Message from beth morris and tony armstorng
November 30, 2020 9:06 AM
from tony and i we send our love and prayers to you and your family
A Spring's Bounty Basket was sent by Brandon, Audra, Jayton, Anson, Mattie & Maelie on November 30, 2020
Message from Otis Shearer
November 29, 2020 9:51 PM
Reflections on the Life of My Brother
By Otis Shearer
I have been privileged to know James Pate Shearer (named for our maternal grandfather) all of his life; I was three years of age when he was born on November 9, 1943. Our father received his military draft notice on that very day, resulting in his involuntarily leaving his family. We were then living in Jetmore, Kansas. Our mother was reared in central Texas and soon moved us there to have the needed financial and other support of her mother and seven siblings (of which she was second to youngest).
After our father’s military discharge, a chance meeting in Perryton between R.M. Lemon and our father resulted in our moving to Booker. Its population was then around 400; the current north side of Booker was unpopulated. Community visits and activities were common before television reduced such interaction.
Boys played pickup baseball games on several neighborhood vacant lots; the two best players would take turns picking players from who showed up. Jim was among the younger ones in the neighborhood and was usually picked last.
In 1951, our parents borrowed money to purchase a quarter section of land in Beaver County about six miles north of Booker. Dad, Jim and I thereafter spent a lot of time working on that land. We had chickens and milk cows to care for twice a day for years.
One winter Jim and I used pitchforks to feed a small herd of cows with ensilage from a pit dug into our land. Our father’s job at the bank and insurance agency in town started at dawn when Jim and I would drove to the farm to feed the herd before school. We later purchased baby calves that we forced to take turns in nursing the milk cows.
Our family vacations during the 1950s were largely limited to our maternal grandmother’s home in Brady, Texas. Jim and I could walk to the town’s three movie and school playground across the street from our grandmother’s home. We enjoyed swimming and fishing in and around Brady. We also spent time in the Miles TX home of Aunt Bessie and her husband Bill. We had a large number of downstate maternal cousins who were mostly older than us. Barbara and Mike Pate were younger and became close to us.
Our cousins on our paternal side were Aunt Ruth Ann Brillhart’s six children, several of whom were close to our age. Their ranch home near the Ochiltree-Hansford County line had hilly pastureland that was near the Palo Duro Creek. We enjoyed riding horses and hiking on the ranch in the 1950s.
Booker High School teams did not have many winning seasons before Jim’s class entered high school. The community took a lot of interest in our teams from the late 1950s into the 1960s. In Jim’s senior year of 1961-2, they lost only a game or two in football and did well in basketball. Their relay teams went to state. A couple of track members that year were freshmen who ended up later winning state in track a couple of times. Jim was a huge sports fan his entire life.
Oklahoma State University was introduced to us by the R. M. Lemon family whose two sons attended there. They invited us to the OSU homecoming game in 1951 or so when the student union had just been opened. The campus impressed us all, and Jim finished his college years there.
He learned on campus of a summer job selling a Bible and related Commentaries and ended up in Indiana knocking on doors of homes. A high school senior girl answered a door one day, and their later marriage resulted in Jim accepting employment in Indiana first for Sunray DX Oil Company and then with factories of various companies. Their three children were all born in Indiana.
Jim and family moved to our area in March of 1975. He worked in farming and ranching with our father while living in Beaver County north of Darrouzett and later in that town. Jim also worked on oil and gas drilling rigs and went to Panhandle State University to get a teacher’s certificate. He then taught in Perryton and Darrouzett before employment at the Lipscomb County Appraisal District in Darrouzett.
After Jim’s first marriage had ended, I introduced him to Mary Anne at a reception in Higgins honoring the service of Warren Jenkins as County Judge. They married in May of 1983, and he moved into her Follett home. She had a young son, Jeremey, and they had Jordan a year later. Jim served a term as County Judge and then expanded his insurance business.
Jim was successful in selling long term care policies to older citizens in an area more than one hundred miles around Follett. He called on prospects in their homes and had his office in his home. He emphasized customer service by responding well to his clients’ needs and questions.
Jim’s first wife died in Perryton at the age of 39 while Jamie was a freshman at West Texas University (WT). Pam and Brad moved to Follett to finish school and followed Jamie to WT where they all graduated. Jordan later graduated from Oklahoma State University.
My two daughters and Jim’s three older children were blessed to grow up together in the same area. They visited their Shearer grandmother many times in Booker. Jamie and Claudia roomed together a semester at WT. When finishing college at WT, Cathy rented a room from Jamie and Brian.
Jim and Mary Anne have enjoyed many trips to Colorado and other locations. They have been blessed with five wonderful grandchildren.
As his health declined, Jim continued to enjoy watching classic movies and sports. He made the best he could of a difficult health situation. His attitude was always superb; I hope to emulate it when my health fails.
By Otis Shearer
I have been privileged to know James Pate Shearer (named for our maternal grandfather) all of his life; I was three years of age when he was born on November 9, 1943. Our father received his military draft notice on that very day, resulting in his involuntarily leaving his family. We were then living in Jetmore, Kansas. Our mother was reared in central Texas and soon moved us there to have the needed financial and other support of her mother and seven siblings (of which she was second to youngest).
After our father’s military discharge, a chance meeting in Perryton between R.M. Lemon and our father resulted in our moving to Booker. Its population was then around 400; the current north side of Booker was unpopulated. Community visits and activities were common before television reduced such interaction.
Boys played pickup baseball games on several neighborhood vacant lots; the two best players would take turns picking players from who showed up. Jim was among the younger ones in the neighborhood and was usually picked last.
In 1951, our parents borrowed money to purchase a quarter section of land in Beaver County about six miles north of Booker. Dad, Jim and I thereafter spent a lot of time working on that land. We had chickens and milk cows to care for twice a day for years.
One winter Jim and I used pitchforks to feed a small herd of cows with ensilage from a pit dug into our land. Our father’s job at the bank and insurance agency in town started at dawn when Jim and I would drove to the farm to feed the herd before school. We later purchased baby calves that we forced to take turns in nursing the milk cows.
Our family vacations during the 1950s were largely limited to our maternal grandmother’s home in Brady, Texas. Jim and I could walk to the town’s three movie and school playground across the street from our grandmother’s home. We enjoyed swimming and fishing in and around Brady. We also spent time in the Miles TX home of Aunt Bessie and her husband Bill. We had a large number of downstate maternal cousins who were mostly older than us. Barbara and Mike Pate were younger and became close to us.
Our cousins on our paternal side were Aunt Ruth Ann Brillhart’s six children, several of whom were close to our age. Their ranch home near the Ochiltree-Hansford County line had hilly pastureland that was near the Palo Duro Creek. We enjoyed riding horses and hiking on the ranch in the 1950s.
Booker High School teams did not have many winning seasons before Jim’s class entered high school. The community took a lot of interest in our teams from the late 1950s into the 1960s. In Jim’s senior year of 1961-2, they lost only a game or two in football and did well in basketball. Their relay teams went to state. A couple of track members that year were freshmen who ended up later winning state in track a couple of times. Jim was a huge sports fan his entire life.
Oklahoma State University was introduced to us by the R. M. Lemon family whose two sons attended there. They invited us to the OSU homecoming game in 1951 or so when the student union had just been opened. The campus impressed us all, and Jim finished his college years there.
He learned on campus of a summer job selling a Bible and related Commentaries and ended up in Indiana knocking on doors of homes. A high school senior girl answered a door one day, and their later marriage resulted in Jim accepting employment in Indiana first for Sunray DX Oil Company and then with factories of various companies. Their three children were all born in Indiana.
Jim and family moved to our area in March of 1975. He worked in farming and ranching with our father while living in Beaver County north of Darrouzett and later in that town. Jim also worked on oil and gas drilling rigs and went to Panhandle State University to get a teacher’s certificate. He then taught in Perryton and Darrouzett before employment at the Lipscomb County Appraisal District in Darrouzett.
After Jim’s first marriage had ended, I introduced him to Mary Anne at a reception in Higgins honoring the service of Warren Jenkins as County Judge. They married in May of 1983, and he moved into her Follett home. She had a young son, Jeremey, and they had Jordan a year later. Jim served a term as County Judge and then expanded his insurance business.
Jim was successful in selling long term care policies to older citizens in an area more than one hundred miles around Follett. He called on prospects in their homes and had his office in his home. He emphasized customer service by responding well to his clients’ needs and questions.
Jim’s first wife died in Perryton at the age of 39 while Jamie was a freshman at West Texas University (WT). Pam and Brad moved to Follett to finish school and followed Jamie to WT where they all graduated. Jordan later graduated from Oklahoma State University.
My two daughters and Jim’s three older children were blessed to grow up together in the same area. They visited their Shearer grandmother many times in Booker. Jamie and Claudia roomed together a semester at WT. When finishing college at WT, Cathy rented a room from Jamie and Brian.
Jim and Mary Anne have enjoyed many trips to Colorado and other locations. They have been blessed with five wonderful grandchildren.
As his health declined, Jim continued to enjoy watching classic movies and sports. He made the best he could of a difficult health situation. His attitude was always superb; I hope to emulate it when my health fails.
Message from Dee & Karon Harris
November 29, 2020 7:51 AM
He was a sport loving man and one of the most Christian loving man. He will be greatly missed! Love and Condolences to all of Jim’s family!
Message from Bill Lehman
November 28, 2020 11:54 AM
Sorry to hear of Jim’s death. I have many fond memories of growing up with Jim, Otis, and Joe. Grace and peace to your families.
Respectfully
Respectfully
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