Donnie Lloyd Moates

A graveside service for Donnie Lloyd Moates, 70, of Celeste, Texas, was held at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, April 13, 2024, at Childress Cemetery with Dr. Mike Henderson officiating. Arrangements were under the direction of Johnson Funeral Home. A visitation was held from 5-7 p.m. Friday, April 12, 2024, at Johnson Funeral Home. Mr. Moates passed from this life on Monday, April 8, 2024, in Greenville,Texas.

Donnie was born on Feb. 11,1954, in Morton, Texas to Jimmy Lloyd Moates and Shirley Lorraine Simmons. He married Nelda Minyard on Dec.31,1997,in Kingston, Texas. Donnie was known as a very hardworking person. He worked at Questa Energy as a pumper and at JBS as a maintenance superintendent. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, woodworking, collecting coins and cooking.

Those left to cherish his memory are his wife, Nelda Moates, of Celeste; his mother, Shirley Mills, of Childress, Texas; daughters Tina Cain and husband Brady, of Ponca City, Okla., Tara Jones and husband Layne, of Piedmont, Okla., Latishia Hamro and husband Chris, of Quinlan, Texas, and Marissa Moates, of Willis Point, Texas, sisters Cindy Rufenacht and husband Dale, of Amarillo, Texas, and Susan Spring and husband Robert, of Orange, Texas; step-brother Ricky Mills; step-sisters Janis Mills and Karen Maddox; grandchildren Ally and Avery Markstahler, Bella Cain, Blake Johnston, Marlee Jones, Lilliauanne Reschke, Ayzlee Hamro, Hendrixx Hamro, Hope Powers, Braxton Moates and Ruby Bateman; nephews Tyler Rufenacht and Nick Compton; nieces Jaime Rohrer, Misti Crawford and Kandace Tiner; numerous great-nieces and nephews; and most importantly, his best buddy, Jack the Great Dane.

He is preceded in death by his father, Jimmy Moates; his brother,Mark Moates; and his step-father, Robert Mills.

In lieu of flowers, the family has asked that donations be made to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital or to Childress We Can Care, C/O Tracy Lambert, P.O. Box 7, Childress,TX 79201.