WHEELER - George Virgil "Bus" Dorman, 83, died Thursday, Aug. 7, 1997.
Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the Church of Christ with Bill Morrison, minister, and Tommy Seay of Round Rock officiating. Burial will be in Shamrock Cemetery at Shamrock by Wright Funeral Home.
Mr. Dorman was born in Wheeler County and had been a lifelong Wheeler County resident. He married Myrtle Green in 1933 at Hollis, Okla.
He played semi-pro baseball at Twitty from 1932 to 1933. After moving to Oklahoma City in 1934, he took the team from Apache, Okla., to the state tournament. He then played at Beaumont and Lake Charles, La., before moving to Amarillo.
Mr. Dorman was an original member of the Amarillo Gold Sox professional baseball team. He played with them from 1934 to 1941 and played in Mexico in 1942. His professional baseball career ended in Little Rock, Ark., in 1944.
In 1947, he served for one year as the unofficial coach of the Amarillo High School baseball team and let the team to the state tournament.
In 1978, Mr. Dorman was inducted into the Panhandle Sports Hall of Fame and was presented the Special Achievement Award. He was awarded the Pioneer Spirit Award by the Wheeler Chamber of Commerce in 1996.
Mr. Dorman moved to Wheeler and was elected as Wheeler County sheriff, serving from 1951 until retiring in 1976. He was a founding member of the Shamrock Sheriff's Posse and a member of the Texas Sheriff's Association. He also was a member of the Wheeler Athletic Booster Club, the Wheeler Kiwanis Club and the Shamrock Booster Club.
He was a member of the Church of Christ.
The family requests memorials be to High Plains Children's Home, Box 7448, Amarillo, Texas 79114; the Westview Boys Home, Rt 2, Box 89, Hollis, Okla., 73550, or the Ronald McDonald House, 1501 Striet, Amarillo Texas 79106.
(Published in Amarillo Daily News, August 9, 1997)
Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the Church of Christ with Bill Morrison, minister, and Tommy Seay of Round Rock officiating. Burial will be in Shamrock Cemetery at Shamrock by Wright Funeral Home.
Mr. Dorman was born in Wheeler County and had been a lifelong Wheeler County resident. He married Myrtle Green in 1933 at Hollis, Okla.
He played semi-pro baseball at Twitty from 1932 to 1933. After moving to Oklahoma City in 1934, he took the team from Apache, Okla., to the state tournament. He then played at Beaumont and Lake Charles, La., before moving to Amarillo.
Mr. Dorman was an original member of the Amarillo Gold Sox professional baseball team. He played with them from 1934 to 1941 and played in Mexico in 1942. His professional baseball career ended in Little Rock, Ark., in 1944.
In 1947, he served for one year as the unofficial coach of the Amarillo High School baseball team and let the team to the state tournament.
In 1978, Mr. Dorman was inducted into the Panhandle Sports Hall of Fame and was presented the Special Achievement Award. He was awarded the Pioneer Spirit Award by the Wheeler Chamber of Commerce in 1996.
Mr. Dorman moved to Wheeler and was elected as Wheeler County sheriff, serving from 1951 until retiring in 1976. He was a founding member of the Shamrock Sheriff's Posse and a member of the Texas Sheriff's Association. He also was a member of the Wheeler Athletic Booster Club, the Wheeler Kiwanis Club and the Shamrock Booster Club.
He was a member of the Church of Christ.
The family requests memorials be to High Plains Children's Home, Box 7448, Amarillo, Texas 79114; the Westview Boys Home, Rt 2, Box 89, Hollis, Okla., 73550, or the Ronald McDonald House, 1501 Striet, Amarillo Texas 79106.
(Published in Amarillo Daily News, August 9, 1997)
WHEELER - George Virgil "Bus" Dorman, 83, died Thursday, Aug. 7, 1997.
Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the Church of Christ with Bill Morrison, minister, and Tommy Seay of Round Rock officiating. Burial will be in Shamrock Cemetery at Shamrock by Wright Funeral Home.
Mr. Dorman was born in Wheeler County and had been a lifelong Wheeler County resident. He married Myrtle Green in 1933 at Hollis, Okla.
He played semi-pro baseball at Twitty from 1932 to 1933. After moving to Oklahoma City in 1934, he took the team from Apache, Okla., to the state tournament. He then played at Beaumont and Lake Charles, La., before moving to Amarillo.
Mr. Dorman was an original member of the Amarillo Gold Sox professional baseball team. He played with them from 1934 to 1941 and played in Mexico in 1942. His professional baseball career ended in Little Rock, Ark., in 1944.
In 1947, he served for one year as the unofficial coach of the Amarillo High School baseball team and let the team to the state tournament.
In 1978, Mr. Dorman was inducted into the Panhandle Sports Hall of Fame and was presented the Special Achievement Award. He was awarded the Pioneer Spirit Award by the Wheeler Chamber of Commerce in 1996.
Mr. Dorman moved to Wheeler and was elected as Wheeler County sheriff, serving from 1951 until retiring in 1976. He was a founding member of the Shamrock Sheriff's Posse and a member of the Texas Sheriff's Association. He also was a member of the Wheeler Athletic Booster Club, the Wheeler Kiwanis Club and the Shamrock Booster Club.
He was a member of the Church of Christ.
The family requests memorials be to High Plains Children's Home, Box 7448, Amarillo, Texas 79114; the Westview Boys Home, Rt 2, Box 89, Hollis, Okla., 73550, or the Ronald McDonald House, 1501 Striet, Amarillo Texas 79106.
(Published in Amarillo Daily News, August 9, 1997)
Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the Church of Christ with Bill Morrison, minister, and Tommy Seay of Round Rock officiating. Burial will be in Shamrock Cemetery at Shamrock by Wright Funeral Home.
Mr. Dorman was born in Wheeler County and had been a lifelong Wheeler County resident. He married Myrtle Green in 1933 at Hollis, Okla.
He played semi-pro baseball at Twitty from 1932 to 1933. After moving to Oklahoma City in 1934, he took the team from Apache, Okla., to the state tournament. He then played at Beaumont and Lake Charles, La., before moving to Amarillo.
Mr. Dorman was an original member of the Amarillo Gold Sox professional baseball team. He played with them from 1934 to 1941 and played in Mexico in 1942. His professional baseball career ended in Little Rock, Ark., in 1944.
In 1947, he served for one year as the unofficial coach of the Amarillo High School baseball team and let the team to the state tournament.
In 1978, Mr. Dorman was inducted into the Panhandle Sports Hall of Fame and was presented the Special Achievement Award. He was awarded the Pioneer Spirit Award by the Wheeler Chamber of Commerce in 1996.
Mr. Dorman moved to Wheeler and was elected as Wheeler County sheriff, serving from 1951 until retiring in 1976. He was a founding member of the Shamrock Sheriff's Posse and a member of the Texas Sheriff's Association. He also was a member of the Wheeler Athletic Booster Club, the Wheeler Kiwanis Club and the Shamrock Booster Club.
He was a member of the Church of Christ.
The family requests memorials be to High Plains Children's Home, Box 7448, Amarillo, Texas 79114; the Westview Boys Home, Rt 2, Box 89, Hollis, Okla., 73550, or the Ronald McDonald House, 1501 Striet, Amarillo Texas 79106.
(Published in Amarillo Daily News, August 9, 1997)
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