Verbina B. Richards, age 85, passed away Sunday, March 18, 2012 in Snowflake, Arizona at the Carriage House. She was born February 28, 1927 in Granite, Oklahoma to Thomas Anderson McNeely and Bessie Norine Hill McNeely. Verbina graduated from Texas Tech and she was an avid bowler, belonging to the WIBC. She retired from Frontier State Bank. She was a very loving and caring mother and "We will always have fond memories of her." She is survived by her 2 children: Karl Richards of Snowflake and Andrea J. Cook (Ray) of Vernon, Arizona; sister, Vergie Hyatt of Lubbock, Texas. She was preceded in death by her husband Merrill E. Richards in December of 2011. Private family services are planned. Owens Livingston Mortuary of Snowflake handled the arrangements.