Obituaries

Charles Gear

Charles Gear

Oct 14, 2008

Graveside services for Charles Bo Jack Gear age 85 of Clovis will be Thursday, October 16, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. at Lawn Haven Memorial Gardens with Rev. Dean Turvaville officiating. Military Honors will be rendered by the Cannon Air Force Base Honor Guard. Mr. Gear was born April 20, 1923 in Caddo, Oklahoma to Jess James and Edna Matilda...

Willie Roberts

Willie Roberts

Oct 6, 2008

Services for W.M. Roberts age 98 of Clovis, New Mexico will be held Thursday, October 9, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. CST at the First Baptist Church in Farwell, Texas with Kyle Clayton officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Terrace in Farwell. Mr. Roberts was born November 11, 1909 in Jones County, Texas to John Arthur and Mary Arabelle Jones...

Roy Copeland

Roy Copeland

Oct 5, 2008

Roy Elwin Copeland, 73, of Texico, New Mexico, died Sunday, October 5, 2008, at Carrillon House in Lubbock, Texas. He was born in Webster County, Missouri near Rogersville to George Copeland Eva Wright Copeland. He moved with his family to the Greeley, Colorado, area in 1935 and attended Greeley schools. He moved to New Mexico in 1989 with his...

Lita Gonzales

Lita Gonzales

Oct 3, 2008

Lita M. Gonzales, age 84, of Clovis, NM, died Friday, October 3, at Covenant Medical Center in Lubbock, TX. She was born September 13, 1924 to Jose Reyes and Dolores Madrid in Wilson, TX. She is survived by three daughters and one son: Julia Gonzales of Clovis, NM, Mary Hernandez of Clovis, NM, Rosella Gonzales Marijo Baca of Rio...

Lewis Gilbert

Lewis Gilbert

Sep 29, 2008

Lewis Gilbert, 59, went home to be with the Lord on September 29, 2008 after a fight with cancer. Lewis was born on Columbus Day, October 12, 1948 in Clovis, New Mexico to Melvin and Edna Gilbert. Lewis never got far away from Clovis or the home place on the Pleasant Hill highway. He loved the land and farming...

Loleat Harmon

Loleat Harmon

Sep 29, 2008

Loleat Vaughan Harmon age 85 was born July 26, 1923 to Charles and Lydia Davidson Vaughan who farmed South of Texico, New Mexico on the Stateline. She passed away on September 29, 2008 in Abilene, Texas. She married Herbert W. Harmon February 4, 1942 in Clovis, New Mexico. She had two sons, Dickey Don Harmon who preceded her in...

Michelle Cadena

Michelle Cadena

Sep 25, 2008

Michelle Dianna Cadena, 44, of Roswell, New Mexico, died Thursday, September 25, 2008 at her home in Roswell. She was born November 29, 1963 in Los Angeles, California to Benny Viola Moreno Cadena. She worked as a cashier and manager in retail sales and was a hard worker. She enjoyed working with elderly people and was very friendly. She...

Marie Lusby

Marie Lusby

Sep 22, 2008

Marie Katherine Lusby, 92, of Clovis, New Mexico, died Monday, September 22, 2008 at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis. She was born February 20, 1916, in Baltimore, Maryland to Henry and Mary Schmeltz Froehlich. She lived most of her life in Baltimore and moved to Clovis 12 years ago to be close to her daughter. She loved to...

Lola Harriman

Lola Harriman

Sep 22, 2008

Services for Lola Harriman, 92 of Clovis formerly of Portales will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, September 26, 2008 at Steed Todd Chapel in Clovis with Cecil Bunch officiating. Burial will follow at the Texico Cemetery in Texico, New Mexico. Pallbearers will be David Wagner, Darrell Cormier, Douglas Schwartz, Chad Chandler, Carl Mahan, and Scott Schumpert. Mrs....

Ruby Taylor

Ruby Taylor

Sep 21, 2008

Ruby Miss Ruby Taylor, age 81, of Clovis, New Mexico, died September 21, 2008. Ruby was born May 8th, 1927 in Kerens, Texas to Spencer and Missie Jimmerson Taylor. She attended Goodlow Park School in Kerens. She moved to Clovis in 1949 with her first husband, K. Willard Hancock. To this union one son was born, Perry W. Hancock....

Elizabeth Kirksey

Elizabeth Kirksey

Sep 17, 2008

Elizabeth Ohr Kirksey, 86, of Clovis, New Mexico, died Wednesday, September 17, 2008. The family will receive visitors Friday, September 19, 2008, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Steed Todd Chapel. A Celebration of Life will be held Saturday, September 20, 2008, at 3:00 p.m. at Central Baptist Church with Pastor Alan McAlister and Dr. Herbert Bergstrom officiating. Burial...

John Brewer

John Brewer

Sep 17, 2008

Services for John Brewer age 86 of Portales, New Mexico will be held Tuesday, September 23, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. at Steed Todd Chapel with Steve Smith and Kenneth Dusworth officiating. Burial will follow at the Melrose Cemetery in Melrose, New Mexico. Pallbearers will be Nolan Fish, Johnny Cothern, Ray Brewer, Duane Howard, Willard Orear, and Lynn Brewer. Mr....

Gregoria Sanchez

Gregoria Sanchez

Sep 16, 2008

Gregoria Sanchez age 82 of Clovis passed away Tuesday, September 16, 2008 at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis. She was born May 9, 1926 in Balmorea, Texas to Pilar and Severana Gomez Sanchez. She married Jesus Venagas June of 1946 in Pecos, Texas. They moved to Portales where she worked as a waitress. They later moved to Kermit,...

Infant Richter

Infant Richter

Sep 16, 2008

Memorial Services for Jayden Lynn Richter one month old will be held on Friday, September 26, 2008 at 3:00 p.m. with Pastor Darwin Speicher officiating. Jayden was born August 14, 2008 in Clovis to J.R. and Stacey Richter. She passed away on Tuesday, September 16, 2008 at the Texas Childrens Hospital in Houston, Texas. She is survived by her...

James Williams

James Williams

Sep 16, 2008

James Riley Williams, born August 9, 1929 in Clovis, New Mexico went to be with the lord on Tuesday, September 16, 2008. James and his wife Naomi farmed and ranched southwest of Grady, New Mexico for 44 years and raised 4 children. James served two terms as Curry County Commissioner, was the first President of the New Mexico Association...

Mary Mcmullen

Mary Mcmullen

Sep 13, 2008

Mary McMullen, 84, loving wife, mother, and sister passed away on September 13, 2008 in Clovis after a long and valiant battle against cancer. Mary was born in Delhi, Oklahoma on November 29, 1923. Marys family moved to the Fields area in 1936; and she married J. D. Newman in 1942. She graduated from Fields High School in 1943....

Jason Crume

Jason Crume

Sep 11, 2008

Jason Douglas Crume age 34 went to be with Jesus, Thursday September 11, 2008 in Parmer County, Texas. He lived every minute to the fullest and all who knew him knew his amazing capacity for love and for helping those around him. He was born July 28, 1974 in Wheatridge, Colorado to Don and Judy Crume. He enjoyed having...

Wilma Hughes

Wilma Hughes

Sep 4, 2008

Wilma Hughes, 82, of Farwell, Texas, died Thursday, September 4, 2008, at BSA Hospice in Amarillo, Texas. She was born September 2, 1926, in Hollene, New Mexico to Joseph Mary Lillian Osborn Clark. She lived and was raised all her life in the Hollene Community and graduated from Rosedale High School. She married H. L. Hughes November 22, 1943,...

John Urban

John Urban

Sep 3, 2008

John Charles Urban, 71, of Clovis, New Mexico died Wednesday, September 3, 2008, at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis. He was born April 26, 1937, in De Moines, Iowa to Karl Maytie Evans Urban. He graduated from Urbandale High School in DesMoines, Iowa and attended Drake University. He moved to Clovis in 1957 and went to work for...

Irma Chitwood

Irma Chitwood

Sep 2, 2008

Services for Irma E. Chitwood will be held Friday, September 5, 2008 at 9:00 a.m. at Steed Todd Chapel with Dr. Herbert Bergstrom officiating. Burial will follow at the Grady Cemetery in Grady, New Mexico. Mrs. Chitwood was born December 14, 1927 in Amarillo, Texas to Robert and Mary E. Frasier Reed. She passed away Tuesday, September 2, 2008...