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Bertie Faye Shaw, 74, of Knott, Texas died on Monday, November 22, 2004, in a Big Spring, Texas hospital after a 50 year battle with diabetes. Bertie and her husband, Larry built one of the most successful cotton farming businesses in the Southwest. Their business was featured in National Geographic and the National Cotton Farming magazines and received numerous awards and recognitions throughout the United States. Survivors include her husband, Larry Shaw of Knott, TX; one son, the Honorable Larry Don Shaw of Austin, TX; one daughter and son-in-law, Linda and Eric Johnson, teachers at Albuquerque High School in Albuquerque, NM; two sisters, Laura Gene Lawson of Albuquerque, NM and Wanda Stump of Bastrop, TX; three grandsons, Shawn Lepard and his wife, Stephanie of Guymon, OK, Chris Lepard and girlfriend, Sally Partridge of Austin, TX and Joe Romero of Albuquerque, NM; three granddaughters, Brooke, Brittany and Aubrey Johnson of Albuquerque, NM; three great grandchildren, Kristyn Lepard, Rachel and Aubrie Jamieson of Guymon, OK. Honorary pallbearers will be Jimmy Sujoso, Charles Santos, Robert Nichols, Danny Stump, Jimmy Hinson, Chris Lepard, Shawn Lepard, Joe Romero, Alfred Herring and Randy Isler. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Friday, November 26, 2004 at the Nalley-Pickle & Welch Rosewood Chapel, Big Spring, Texas. Interment will follow at Trinity Memorial Park. The family suggests memorials be made to The American Diabetes Association or the Hoffmantown Baptist Church of Albuquerque. Arrangements under the direction of Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home & Crematory of Big Spring, TX. Online condolences can be made at; www. npwelch.com.
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