WR Boles, age 80, passed away October 26, 2019 after a brief illness.  A Graveside Service is scheduled for 11 o' clock in the morning on Thursday, October 31, 2019 at Parklawn Memorial Gardens with Scott Greene officiating.  Arrangements are entrusted to Lemons Funeral Home.

WR was born in Hobbs, New Mexico on April 24, 1939 to Walter Roy and Audrey Irene House Boles.  He was raised in Plainview, Texas and resided there until he enlisted in the US navy as a Seabee.  His travels while a Seabee took him all over the world, including a tour in Squaw Valley for the 1960 Winter Olympics and Antarctica.  After the Navy, his career took him to Borger, Texas where he worked for Agrium from 1968 until his retirement in 2005, minus a short stint as a high-speed turbine consultant in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.  In 2017 WR moved to Amarillo to be closer to his son and daughter-in-law.

WR was an amazing craftsman and could build whatever was asked of him.  After he retired, he took up painting and photography, but his prize project was the restoration of his 1960 Dodge Power Wagon that he entered into car shows, often winning the People's Choice Award.  WR's greatest pride and joy were his grandchildren.  He spent hours and hours with his grandchildren, mostly aggravating them to the point of him ending up in tears from laughing so hard. He patiently allowed them to get away with anything short of murder and told their parents that it was his prerogative to do so.

He is survived by two children, daughter Lawna Boles Greene and her husband Scott of Stephenville, Texas, and a son, Kyle Boles and his wife Terri, of Amarillo as well as his grandchildren, Lauren and Justin Nichols, and Taylor Greene, Luke and Audrey Boles and great-granddaughter Karsyn Jo Nichols.  He is also survived by his brother Claude Boles and wife Janet, and sister Patricia Carter and several nieces, nephews and cousins.

WR was preceded in death by his parents and grandson, Trevor Scott Green.

In lieu of flowers the family suggests memorials to a favorite charity or to the Roy and Audrey House Boles Scholarship Fund at Wayland Baptist University in Plainview, Texas.

Online condolences may be made at www.lemonsfunerals.com .