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Jimmy “Jim” Lane Huse, 71, of Amarillo, TX, went to be with the Lord on December 8, 2025.
He was born in Borger, TX, on March 15, 1954, to J.L. and Marjorie Huse, and loved to spend time outdoors fishing, hunting, and playing baseball. Jim met the love of his life, Heidi Keyner, in 1973 in college and they were married in 1981. The Lord blessed Jim and Heidi with two children, Ashley and John, that he loved and supported through Tennis and Soccer. He coached both of their soccer teams, the Yellowjackets, where he impacted many lives through his coaching and love for encouraging young athletes to achieve success.
Jim attended Tascosa High School and graduated in 1972 before going to Amarillo College where he was a music major. He quickly found his love for radiography at Amarillo College and finished out his degree in 1976. Jim worked as a radiographer and CT tech for Northwest Texas Healthcare system and St. Anthony’s Enterprises where he provided mobile CT services to much of West Texas and the Eastern United States. Jim moved into various leadership roles including Director of Radiology at Family Hospital and Director of Radiology for the VA healthcare system where he served for 23 years. When Jim retired from the VA, he began as a part time instructor at Amarillo College where he taught radiography students. His love for radiography translated easily into his love for the students he taught. His radiography career spanned 49 years from 1976 to 2025 and he had many stories of the work he did over all the years.
Jim played in several rock bands throughout the 70s where he was a lead guitar player and developed a love for music. He met many lifelong friends in the Amarillo music scene and took a break from playing in bands for several years. It wasn’t until he started teaching his son to play guitar that he joined another band, the praise and worship band at St. Stephen’s Methodist. He played electric guitar in the praise band for almost 14 years alongside his son and many other worship leaders and band members. He loved to worship the Lord through music and loved to serve his church and family. He was a member of several boards and committees at the church and sponsored several men on their walk to Emmaus during his 41 years at his church.
Jim was preceded in death by his father J.L. Huse, his sister Linda Huse, his mother Marjorie Huse Porth, and brother-in-law Brad Bowers.
Jim held his family close to his heart and loved them dearly. He is survived by his wife Heidi Huse, his daughter Ashley Huse and Betsy, his son John Huse and Kelsi, his sister Nancy Bowers, his brother-in-law Hans Keyner and wife Shari, his cousin Mike Blair and wife Jennifer, and his grandson James Huse who he loved dearly. He is survived by multiple nieces and nephews, and great-nieces and great-nephews.
The family will receive friends and family from 6:00pm to 7:00pm, Friday December 12, 2025 at Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home, and the Memorial Service will be at St. Stephen Church, 4600 S. Western, Amarillo, TX 79109 on Saturday December 13, 2025 at 11:00am. Private Burial to precede memorial service. Arrangements are by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2800 Paramount Blvd.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made in Jim’s memory to the Amarillo College Foundation.
Leave condolences for the family online at www.boxwellbrothers.com.
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Kim Barlow
You finally made it home, ole' friend—no more pain or sorrow where you are now. Save me a seat at the table, and I'll see you soon.
Douglas Stewart
Jimmy and I were friends during our junior high days at Sam Houston and later at Tascosa. I am sorry to hear about his loss. I believe we played on a few YMCA and Kids Inc team together growing up. My condolences to his family and friends. Sincerely, Douglas Stewart
Darrel Skip Skipworth
One of my fondest memories of my youth was being on a Baptist hardball team with Jimmy, he was our pitcher. I think my position was bench warmer. We were undefeated and headed for state, and preparing to play the number 2 team. If they could beat us we'd be in a tie. The night before the game, for some strange reason, Jimmy painted his baseball shoes with a lot of psycodelic paint, every square inch of shoe. They were a sight to behold, especially with Jimmy standing out there all alone on the pitcher's mound, in day-glow shoes. Bottom of the seventh inning, we were way ahead. The other team was at bat and destined to loose if they didn't score about a dozen runs before this inning ended. They were already down by two outs. All of a sudden, their coach yelled, "Time, Ump." The coach ran out on the field waving a rule book while pointing at Jimmy's shoes. He stood next to the ump, pointing back and forth between the rule book and Jimmy's shoes. The ump called our coach, Coach Young– Ronald Young's dad, out to the field. When coach Young got there, the ump explained the rule the opposing coach was trying to use to overthrow this game. The rule stated that all team members' uniforms must look the same. "What do you have to say?" the ump asked. Coach Young stood there for a moment, shuffling some dirt with his shoe. He looked the other coach square in the eye, then replied, "Well... his left shoe looks just like his right one." The ump yelled, "Play Ball", and we went on to win state, undefeated.