Erma G. Buffington

ERMA G. BUFFINGTON Graveside services for longtime Dove Creek resident Erma G. Buffington will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 14 at Peel Cemetery. Erma was born on July 4, 1932 in Ellington, Missouri the daughter of Toney and Ollie (Church) Beaver. She passed away on Tuesday, June 10, 2008 at Southwest Memorial Hospital at the age of 75. On December 23, 1949, Erma married James Melvin Buffington in Aztec, N.M. She was an active member of the V.F.W. Auxiliary. Erma loved time spent with her grandchildren and Christmas Eve was very special to her. Surviving Erma are her children, Jimmy Buffington and wife, Kay Lynn of Dove Creek; Marie Martinez of Dove Creek, Steve Buffington of Dove Creek, Sherry Shutt and husband, Emil of Dove Creek, and Toney Buffington and wife, Terri also of Dove Creek; 15 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; and her siblings, Juanita Beaver, Melba Morris, Marium Pearce, Toney Beaver, and Jimmy Beaver. Erma was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, James Buffington; and her grandchildren, Terry Martinez and Debbie Martinez. Memorial contributions may be made in Erma's name to the Dove Creek Ambulance Fund.