Nancy Eve Barragan

Friends in Amarillo remember Nancy Eve Barragan, who died on May 26, 2026 at 88. Born on October 20, 1937, with Thai-American roots that shaped the table more than the flag. Early on, she decided that a paycheck and a handshake should weigh the same. She made change for strangers before dawn with equal courtesy. A toll booth change tray wiped nightly was honesty you could hold. Colleagues still mention a toll booth change tray. In 1960 she married Henry. The marriage was not a speech; it was groceries, repairs, and two daughters and a son walked to school in weather that did not care. When Henry died in 2019, she kept what still worked: the early walk, the small garden, the call on Sundays. Neighbors remember someone who knew every child's name on the block. She preferred the hour before a town fully wakes. Amarillo was home enough that she never rehearsed an introduction. The Sunday call still has a time slot in the house.