Amos Harrison Miracle

Amos H. Miracle 89 of Amarillo died Tuesday April 3, 2007 at the Thomas E. Creek VA Nursing Home. Services will be at 10:00 am Saturday at Rector Funeral Home Coulter Chapel with David Miracle, grandson and pastor of Northridge Park Baptist Church in San Antonio officiating. Interment will be at Llano Cemetery. Arrangements are by Rector Funeral Home Coulter Chapel 8310 S. Coulter Amarillo, Texas. Amos Harrison Miracle Jr. was born March 3, 1918 in Kusa, Oklahoma to Amos Harrison Miracle, Sr. and Edna Edwards. He graduated from Amarillo High School in 1935. Amos was drafted to WWII in 1941 at age 23 and started at El Paso for induction. He was then sent to Mineral Wells to Camp Walders. After 4 months he was shipped to Fort Bragg, North Carolina, A Company, 9th division 60th Infantry amphibious forces. Mr. Miracle was shipped to Morocco, Africa in 1942. He was wounded August 7th 1942 in Sicily, Italy on the top of Mount Aetna. He was hospitalized in Africa for 18 months. Mr. Miracle was honorably discharged on November 6, 1944. He was decorated with 2 Purple Hearts for wounds he received in Sicily. On December 22, 1943, Mr. Miracle married Mary Jo Walker. In 1950, Mr. Miracle went to work for Amarillo Packing Co. He worked there for 36 years. In 1962, Mr. Miracle was promoted into the Amarillo Packing Co. as Vice-President under Mr. Emit J. Husband. Mr. Miracle retired in 1986. Mr. Miracle attended San Jacinto Baptist Church. He taught Sunday School and was a Deacon, chairman of the deacon board. He later attended Paramount Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his wife, a son; William Travis ""Bill"" Miracle and a sister; Beulah Mae White. Survivors include; 1 daughter; Marilyn Miracle Williams and her husband Bill of Scottsdale, AZ, 1 son; Mike Miracle and his wife Sammie of Amarillo, 9 grandchildren, David Miracle, Jon Miracle, Matt Miracle, Mark Miracle, Mandy Miracle, Garrett Williams, Chad Marchbanks Cherie Gonzales and Sarah Scott and eleven great grandchildren. The family suggests memorials to the Thomas E. Creek VA Nursing Home or Paramount Baptist Church.