About Us

Brad Pingel is a Perryton native, graduating from Perryton High School and Amarillo College with an Associate Degree in Mortuary Science. He has been in the funeral industry since 1995, has been employed with Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors since August of 2000, and became owner of the funeral home in January of 2016 and July of 2016 purchased the funeral home in Canadian. He and his wife Suzanne have two daughters, Lauren and Jodi. He is a member of the Briarwood Church. He is a member of the Pampa Lions Club, and the LEO club advisor for Pampa High School. He has served as a City Commissioner, for the City of Pampa, from 2005-2011, 2011-2021 as Mayor. Brad is the founder and president of Wheel Times, Inc. He enjoys playing golf and spending time with his family.

Clint Shelton was born and raised in Amarillo, Texas and was a 1994 graduate of Garden City High School in Garden City, Kansas. He is a 2003 graduate of Amarillo College with an associate degree in mortuary science. Clint and his wife, Nikki, have two daughters, Alyssa and Summer. He enjoys reading, exercising, and playing billiards.

Reginald H. "Reggie" Walters was a 1975 graduate of the Dallas Institute of Mortuary Science and has been a licensed funeral director and embalmer for 38 years. He received an associate of arts degree from North Texas State University in Denton. A native of Cheyenne, Wyoming, Reggie was a funeral director in Wyoming for 20 years before purchasing a funeral home in Julesburg, Colorado in 1999. In 2007, he sold the funeral home and moved to Borger, Texas where he worked for Brown Funeral Directors for six years. In his spare time, Reggie enjoys repairing vacuum cleaners and grandfather clocks and going to pawn shops and flea markets. He is a member of the First Baptist Church.

Aubrey DeFever was raised in Plains, KS and graduated from Southwestern Heights High School in May of 2013. She attended Seward County Community College, where she was a member of the Presidential Scholars’ Program. She graduated with an associate degree in Mortuary Science from Amarillo College in May of 2016. She worked at Robertson Funeral Directors in Clarendon from 2015 to 2019, before moving to Pampa in September of 2019. She is a board member of the Tralee Crisis Center. She is a member of the First Baptist Church. Aubrey and her husband Ethan have two dogs and two cats. She enjoys reading, cooking, and spending time with friends and family.

Andy joined the staff at Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors in November of 2018.  He is at the funeral home daily to offer comfort to any family in need.