Obituaries

Robert Bianco

Nov 10, 2009

Robert Kurt Bianco, 39, of Clovis, New Mexico, died Tuesday, November 10, 2009. He was born October 24, 1970, in Warren, Ohio, to Gary Violet Putnam Bianco. He moved to Clovis in 2004 to be close to his family. He went to work for Southwest Cheese when it first opened and was a Team Leader. He loved motorcycle rallies,...

Juannell Gonzales

Nov 10, 2009

JuanNell Gonzales, 77, of Melrose, New Mexico, died Tuesday, November 10, 2009, at her home in Melrose. She was born March 30, 1932 in Lockney, Texas to Barron Irene Mathis Eubanks. She was the owner and operator of the Phillips 66 Gas Station in Melrose from 1972 to 1986, where she did all ranges of work including changing truck...

Billy Lindeman

Nov 6, 2009

Billy Dane Lindeman, 84, of Farwell, Texas, died Friday, November 6, 2009, at Muleshoe Area Medical Center in Muleshoe, Texas. He was born December 1, 1924 in Lamesa, Texas, to Oris Ruth McKee Lindeman. He was a Roustabout for Colorado Interstate Gas Co. and served in the U. S. Merchant Marines during World War II. He was a 32...

Bobby Sherwood

Nov 6, 2009

aligncenterBob Sherwood aligncenter1943 2009 Bob Sherwood age 66 of Tucumcari, New Mexico passed away at his sons home in Portales on November 6, 2009. He was born January 20, 1943 in Mineral Springs, Arkansas to Stanley Victor and Maudine Frances Jones Sherwood. He was raised in Dexter, New Mexico and lived the majority of his life in Grady, New...

Troy Lovett

Nov 4, 2009

Services for Troy Lynn Lovett, age 89, of Pleasant Hill, New Mexico are scheduled for Monday, November 9, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. at the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church with Jim Peabody and Gene Hawkins officiating. Burial will follow at Lawn Haven Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers will be Lynn Holdeman, Archie Holdeman, Kyle Holdeman, Gerald Dan Whitener, Ricky Armstrong and Randy...

John Hadley Jr.

Oct 28, 2009

John R. Hadley Jr. passed away Wednesday, morning, October 28, 2009 in Muleshoe, Texas. Services will be held at First Baptist Church in Texico, New Mexico on Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 1:30 p.m. MDT. Interment will be at Texico Cemetery. John was born December 12, 1917 in Pontiac, Illinois to John Raymond and Lucy Snodell Hadley. He had...

Elmer Burke

Oct 20, 2009

Elmer Ray Burke, 58, of Clovis, New Mexico, died Tuesday, October 20, 2009, at Covenant Medical Center in Lubbock, Texas. He was born August 29, 1951 in Clovis to Claude J. B. Alice Geneva Hunt Burke. He traveled around, living in Odessa where he worked in the oil fields. He returned to Clovis in 1998. He liked working on...

Mary Ramirez

Oct 19, 2009

Mary Evangelina Ramirez, 56, of Portales, New Mexico, died Monday, October 19, 2009, at her daughters home in Portales. She was born September 23, 1953, in Portales to Tomas D. Manuelita R. Saiz Velasquez. She attended Portales Schools. She was an excellent seamstress and had been a seamstress for Levi Strauss. She had also been a sales associate at...

Lillian Bell

Oct 17, 2009

Lillian V. Bell, 93, of Clovis, New Mexico, died Saturday, October 17, 2009, at Retirement Ranch. She was born October 14, 1916, in Rosebud, Texas, to Augustus and Emma Hedrick Canipe. She married Galen L. Bell February 20, 1937 in Clovis. She was a charter member of Parkland Baptist Church. She worked on and off at Clovis Steam Laundry...

Winnie Nutt

Oct 13, 2009

Winnie Dinnie Nutt, 74, of Clovis, New Mexico, died Tuesday, October 13, 2009, at Plains Regional Medical Center. She was born August 5, 1935, in Gotebo, Oklahoma to George Susie Bailey Medley. She did not come into this world alone. She had a brother and sister arrive at the same time. She was proud of her Oklahoma heritage. When...

Alicia Rivers

Oct 10, 2009

aligncenterInfant Alicia Gabriella Rivers Graveside services for Infant Alicia Gabriella Rivers , 19 weeks will be held on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. at Lawn Haven Memorial Gardens. She was born October 10. 2009 and passed away October 10, 2009 in Clovis. She is survived by her parents Antonio Rivers and Raquel Munoz of Clovis; Two sisters...

Blinda Carter

Oct 9, 2009

aligncenterBlinda Carnella Carter Blinda Carnella Carter, 67, of Clovis, New Mexico passed away Friday, October 9, 2009 at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis. She was born November 9, 1941 in Clovis, New Mexico to Bert Nora Cooper Davis. She lived in Clovis for 22 years and was a homemaker. Blinda is survived by 2 daughters, Lydia Lonnie Mansell,...

Curtis Pointer

Oct 8, 2009

Curtis Pointer P Curtis Pointer, age 52, went to be with his Lord on October 8, 2009 in Las Vegas, New Mexico, after a lengthy illness. Curtis was born on September 7, 1957 to Johnnie Ruth Montgomery and William Franklin Bill Pointer in Springdale, Ark. He attended Carlsbad and Clovis schools and went on to attend college at the...

Nelda Bussey

Oct 7, 2009

aligncenterNelda L. Bussey Nelda L. Bussey, 69, of Clovis, New Mexico passed away Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis, NM. She was born February 19, 1940 in Reed, OK to Ray H. Leta White Lovelace. She was a longtime Clovis Resident, and a loving Mother and Grandmother. She worked for Bender Automotive for many...

Raymond Burke

Oct 7, 2009

Ray Burke, 95, of Clovis, New Mexico, died October 7, 2009, at Retirement Ranch in Clovis. He was born June 10, 1914, in Grannis, Arkansas to Charles Emma Burke. He married Myrtle Irene Brown May 31, 1941, in Glendale, California. Ray retired in 1977 from Lockheed Aircraft Corp. in Marietta, California, as a Flight Test Inspector. He moved to...

James Porter

Oct 5, 2009

James William Porter, 87, died October 5, 2009, in Lubbock, Texas. He was born to J. C. Conway and Ethel Porter in Plainview, Texas August 2, 1922. He attended New Mexico School for the Deaf in Santa Fe, New Mexico. During WWII he was a burner in the Richmond, California shipyards. He returned to Clovis, New Mexico and worked...

Eduardo Fernandez

Oct 2, 2009

Service Graveside Lawn Haven Memorial Gardens 1601 E. Llano Estacado Clovis, NM  88101 Tuesday, October 6, 2009 3:00 P.M.

Evelyn Fletcher

Sep 28, 2009

Evelyn Mae Bell Fletcher passed from this life, September 28, 2009. She was born December 17, 1921 to Elvy Orlando Bell and Edna Cleora Beall Bell in Pawnee, Oklahoma. As a very young child they moved back to Melrose, New Mexico. She graduated from Melrose High School in 1939 after which she attended Texas Tech for one year. After...

Delia Ralston

Sep 28, 2009

Delia Ralston, 102, of Clovis, New Mexico, died Monday, September 28, 2009, at her home. She was born January 15, 1907, in Neola, Kansas, to Charley Mary Phares Earsom. She married John Ralston October 31, 1928 and moved with her family to Clovis 47 years ago. She was a member of 21st Street Church of Christ. She is survived...

Rosetta Garcia

Sep 25, 2009

Rosetta Garcia, 41, born March 28, 1968 and passed away September 25, 2009 after battling a long term illness. She was born at home in Clovis to Rosa Garcia and Theo Johnson. She was a longtime Clovis resident and was employed as a student teacher before her illness. She endeavored to be a teacher and was on that path....