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Janice Carroll Abrahamson
Janice was born in Amarillo on July 7, 1946 to Wiley William and Lera Pearl Phillips. She met George W. Abrahamson on April 14, 1982 and they married July 7, 1996, in Amarillo.
She was a certified professional landman since 1989 and in 1993 also became an environmental site assessor, both by examination. She worked for several law firms and oil and gas companies throughout her 40-year career, including Santa Fe Energy Co., Argonaut Energy Corp., The Harlow Corp., Mesa Limited Partnership, Seagull Midcon Inc., Crescendo/BP Amoco and operated her own business as Phoenix Land Services. Janice was a 1964 graduate of Palo Duro High School. She graduated at Amarillo College in 1995 with an associate in general science degree and at West Texas A&M University in 2001 with a bachelor of business administration degree in management, cum laude, at which time she was named to the university President’s list.
Janice was past president of Panhandle Natural Gas Society and past president of Panhandle Association of Petroleum Landmen. She was a member of Panhandle Geological Society, Natural Gas Association of Oklahoma, Permian Basin Landmen’s Association, Oklahoma City Association of Petroleum Landmen and American Association of Petroleum Landmen.
She attended Bykota Baptist Church for more than 35 years. She and her husband joined St Stephen United Methodist Church in 1996. She was finance chairman in 1993 for the American Cancer Society’s annual Cattle Baron’s Ball and organized and chaired many oil and gas industry Christmas parties. She was a Rotary Paul Harris Fellow and organized and promoted the 2000-2001 Amarillo West Rotary fellowship activities. She wrote and published “Morning Prayer” in April 2003 copyrighted by the U. S. Library of Congress.
Janice was diagnosed with ALS, Lou Gehrig’s disease, in December of 2000. She was confined to a wheelchair when she graduated West Texas A&M University in 2001. Afterwards she took piano lessons. She never gave up. She was a blessing to all who knew her. A letter from Janice Phillips Abrahamson Please visit the page of Poems that Janice wrote POEMS
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MAY is National ALS Awareness Month. I didn't know what ALS was when the doctor
gave me that diagnosis in December, 2000--then he told me it was more
commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease. I had seen the movie with Gary
Cooper, but still didn't know what the disease was all about. It is a rare
neuromuscular disease where the motor neurons in the brain are attacked and
die, and when they die the signals from the brain to the muscles are not
sent, and so the muscle tissues die also. It affects people differently.
It affected Lou Gehrig in his arms, and it affected my legs first and is
progressing into my arms, and throat and chest muscles. They don't know
what causes this disease and do not have a cure---its a slow death. I was
given three to five years to live--but I plan on being here a lot longer
than that!!! Awareness needs to be raised for this awful disease and I am
trying to help in every way I can. I ask for your prayers for all those
affected and for the 25 dedicated MDA/ALS clinical and research centers in
the U.S.A. More information can be found at