WARREN DEAN WHITTEN
Warren Dean Whitten, 87, of Memphis, Texas, passed away Thursday, March 5, 2026, in Amarillo, Texas.
Memorial services took place at 2 p.m. Monday, March 9, 2026, in the First Baptist Church in Memphis, with Zack Altman officiating. Private family burial followed in Fairview Cemetery in Memphis. Viewing was held Sunday, March 8, 2026, at the funeral home, with the family receiving friends for visitation from 4-6 p.m. Arrangements are under the care of Robertson Funeral Directors of Memphis.
Warren Dean Whitten entered this world April 18, 1938, on the heels of the Blizzard of ‘38. His parents, Cecil Raymond Whitten and Ida Lee Faye Dean Whitten, were sure glad he waited until after the storm to arrive!
He was raised on Indian Creek in Hall County. He and his brothers had adventures and hunting competitions on a regular basis in the area. He attended Friendship school until it closed, then he started school in Memphis. He was an active member of FFA and was awarded his Lone Star Degree in 1954. He graduated from Memphis High School in 1956.
After graduation, Warren began farming and ranching in the Plaska area. On March 8, 1968, he married Joan Marie Proffitt in Memphis, and to this union was born Wendy LaDon and Jerry Warren.
After he quit farming, Warren worked at Town and Country Fuel. He loved visiting with people and enjoyed coffee time with the guys while he worked there. When Town and Country closed, he went to work for Texas Boll Weevil and was able to drive all the back roads and get paid. He loved watching the Hall County crops grow and the cattle multiply.
After his official retirement, he volunteered with Hall County Meals on Wheels, where he visited with everyone he delivered meals to.
Warren played as hard as he worked. In his younger days, he and his buddies rode motorcycles on Red River, and he even ran Whitten Penton for a while. He was a member of Amarillo Track and Trail and was instrumental in helping with the Cotton Boll Enduro in Memphis each fall.
He also loved camping, fishing and hunting. There were countless trips with the guys to Colorado, Lake Texhoma, Possum Kingdom and Toledo Bend, where the tails and pranks were more numerous than the kill or catch.
Most of all, Warren loved being surrounded by his family and watching the kids, grandkids and, most especially, the great-grandchildren play sports or show animals. He loved giving his grandson, Zack, farming advice from the turnrow and playing catch with his great-grandson, Kasyn. Every event, from a good grade on a test or report card to a birthday or anniversary, was a reason to get together and celebrate but most of all eat.
Watching the great-grands grow up was a special treat for him in the last few years. He eagerly awaited the stories from school, ball practice or the funny way they told stories every day.
He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Raymond Whitten and Bill Whitten; and his son-in-law, Michael Altman.
He is survived by his wife, Joan, of the home; daughter Wendy Altman, of Memphis; son Jerry Whitten and wife Lisa, of Lubbock, Texas; a brother, Randy Whitten and wife Brenda, of Lubbock, as well as a sister-in-law, Marlyn Whitten, of Memphis; brothers-in-law, Don Proffitt and wife Dianna, of Amarillo, Texas, and Gary Proffitt and wife Amanda, of Estelline, Texas; six grandchildren, Kristan, Seth and Zack Altman and wife Mercedes, all of Memphis., R.H. Whitten and wife Carissa, of Mountain View, Mo., Amanda Cypert and husband Drew, of Abernathy, Texas, and Eathan Purcell, of Lubbock; ten great-grandchildren, Kasyn Altman, Victoria Garcia, Stella and Lyla Altman, all of Memphis, Gracenne, River, Craig and Lincoln Whitten, of Mountain View, Mo., and Rosie and Jasper Cypert, of Abernathy; and numerous nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials made to Memphis FFA, Memphis Fire Department or Hall County Home Delivered Meals.
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