Ken Rawls

Ken Rawls 65, of Amarillo died Saturday December 13, 2008 at his home. Services will be at 2:00 PM Wednesday at Rector Funeral Home Osage Chapel with Gerald Petsch, Lutheran minister officiating. Interment will be at Llano East Cemetery, Field of Valor. Military Honors will be by the DAV Chapter #26. Arrangements are by Rector Funeral Home Osage Chapel 2800 S. Osage St. Amarillo, Texas. Mr. Rawls was born in Amherst to O'Dell and Dora L. (Harper) Rawls. He was raised in Estelline. He served in the Navy during the Vietnam War on the USS Galveston. After being honorably discharged from the Navy, Mr. Rawls began his career as a welder. He worked as a welder for more than 30 years and was a member of the Plumbers and Steamfitters Union Local #196. Mr. Rawls loved fishing and spending time with his grandchildren. He was a wonderful husband, father and step-father. He married Madeline on February 14, 2007. He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother Bobby Rawls. Survivors include his wife; 3 daughters, Debrah Navarrete, Melissa Contreras, and Kennita Mays and her husband James all of Amarillo; 1 step-daughter, Julia Kelley and her husband Denny of Fritch; 2 step-sons, Joshua Galvin and his wife Crystal of Seminole and John Galvin and his wife Amy of Springfield, MO; 1 brother, Larry Rawls of Hamlin; 16 grandchildren and one on the way.