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Billy Derrick

Billy Derrick

Feb 5, 2006

Billy Lloyd Derrick, 62, of Portales died Sunday, Feb. 5, 2006, at Plains Regional Medical Center.brHe was born to Frank and Ina V. Belyeu-Derrick on Jan. 15, 1944, in Roswell.brbrHe married Sarah Lee Derrick on May 18, 1963. She died in 1978. Family members said he was a true cowboy. His profession included managing farms, cattle doctor, breaking and...

Charles Hancock

Charles Hancock

Feb 4, 2006

Charles S. Hancock, 63, of Clovis, died Friday, Feb. 4, 2006, at Plains Regional Medical Center. He was born May 24, 1942, in Greenville, Mich. He came to Clovis in 1998. He enjoyed wood crafting, being outdoors, hunting and fishing, family members said. He served two terms in Vietnam and was a retired gunnery sergeant from the United States...

Loretta Dudley

Loretta Dudley

Jan 26, 2006

Mrs. Loretta Faye Dudley, 59, of Clovis died Thursday, Jan. 26, 2006, at her home. She was born Feb. 11, 1946, in Portales to Clemmons and Annie Capps Swann. She was a longtime resident of Clovis. Moving to Clovis from Portales as a young girl. She was a member of Prince Street Baptist Church and family members said she...

Mary Pinkston

Mary Pinkston

Jan 26, 2006

Mrs. Mary Lou Pinkston, 83, of Melrose died Thursday, Jan. 26, 2006, at Plains Regional Medical Center.brShe was born Aug. 17, 1922, in Trent, Texas, to Issac Alien and Ida Kelly Bright. She was a longtime resident of the Melrose community. She married J.B. Pinkston on Dec. 9, 1945. in Melrose. She and her husband farmed together for many...

Margaret Riley-Brewer

Margaret Riley-Brewer

Jan 25, 2006

Margaret Ann Riley Brewer, 66, of Clovis, died Wednesday, January 25, 2006, at her home. She was born March 13, 1939, to Leo Riley and Alice Riley Yourell, in Clovis. She married Bill Brewer on August 21, 1956 in Clovis. M.A. was a fun-loving, warm, and quick-witted woman who touched many lives with her love and caring and unending...

Wanda Nuckolls

Wanda Nuckolls

Jan 24, 2006

Wanda Dorice Nuckolls, 74, of Las Vegas, New Mexico passed away on January 24, 2006 at Las Vegas Medical Center Nursing Home in Las Vegas, New Mexico. She was born on April 23, 1931 in Dibble, Oklahoma to Harris and Dollie Powell HigginsbrShe is preceded in death by her parents; and three sisters, Virginia Augusta, Rosezell Putnam, and Maydell...

Bonnie Battles

Bonnie Battles

Jan 22, 2006

Bonnie Jean Battles, 78, died Sunday, January 22, at her home in Melrose, New Mexico. She was born on May 21, 1927 in Grand Island, Nebraska to Walter and Effie May Williams.brbrBonnie was a very caring person, opening her home to the many cats and dogs who she loved so dearly. She owned and operated an antique store in...

Ruth Brittain

Ruth Brittain

Jan 20, 2006

Mrs. Ruth Wesley Brittain, 86, of Melrose, died Friday, January 20, 2006, at Laurel Plains Healthcare. She was born May 20, 1919, in Quay County, to Welsey A. and Effie Good Stockton. She was a lifelong resident of the Forrest and Melrose communities. She was the city clerk of Melrose for many years. She was a member of First...

Evelyn Hazelton

Evelyn Hazelton

Jan 14, 2006

Evelyn Hazelton, 87, of Clovis, died Saturday, Jan. 14, 2006, at her home. She was born Nov. 21, 1918, in Ricardo, NM to David and Nola Bradford. She was the, daughter of a share-cropper cotton farmer and she learned a strong work ethic young, family members said. Dragging a cotton sack or swinging a hoe in a hot west...

Mae Purselley

Mae Purselley

Jan 14, 2006

Mae Purselley, 101, of Farwell died Saturday, Jan. 14, at the Farwell Convalescent Center.brShe was born April 8, 1904, in Hatfield, Ark., to Wilson and Nora Davis. She married C.B. Purselley on March 12, 1922, in Texico. She moved to-New Mexico in 1909 with her parents, three sisters, and two brothers. They homesteaded 15 miles north of Texico, near...

Louis Fondy

Louis Fondy

Jan 11, 2006

Louis Henry L.H. Fondy, 82, of Clovis, died Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2006, at Plains Regional Medical Center.brHe was born Dec. 23, 1923, in Slaton, Texas, to John and Sophie Fondy.brbrHe spent his youth and teen years operating a family-owned dairy farm in Edgeton, Wis., with his parents and three brothers. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in April of...

James Edwards

James Edwards

Jan 3, 2006

James Arthur Vernon Edwards, 26, of North Versailles, Pa., died Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2006 in North Versailles, Pa. He was born Jan. 6, 1979, in Clovis. He spent most of his childhood in Anchorage, Ala. He worked as an industrial maintenance worker in North Versailles. He was a member of the band, In The Honor of Thieves.brFamily members said...

Richard Anaya

Richard Anaya

Jan 2, 2006

Richard Leo Anaya, 47, of Clovis, died on Monday, January 2, 2006 at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis. He was born September 22, 1958, at Ashiya Air Force Base, Japan to Raymond and Jenny Anaya. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1979 to 1982 as a boiler technician and served as a golf course manager in Italy....

Donald Selman

Donald Selman

Dec 31, 2005

Full name: Donald Ray Joe SelmanbrbrResidence at time of death: Clovis, New MexicobrbrDate of Death: December 31, 2005brbrLocation of Death: His home in ClovisbrbrDate of birth: July 1, 1933 Age: 72brbrPlace of birth: Texico, New Mexico to Henry and Lorene SelmanbrbrPreceded in death by: His parents; and his wife - Lois Selman in 1977brbrSurvived by: 2 Daughters Jolene Selman...

Adela Luevanos

Adela Luevanos

Dec 31, 2005

Full name: Adela I. LuevanosbrbrResidence at time of death: Clovis, New MexicobrbrDate of Death: December 31, 2005brbrLocation of Death: Her home in ClovisbrbrDate of birth: June 5, 1934 Age: 71brbrPlace of birth: Newkirk, New Mexico to Juan and Tiofela AragonbrbrPreceded in death by: Her parents; 2 Sisters Angelina Sandoval and Margaret Torres; 3 Brothers Don Aragon, Luther Aragon, and...

Emery Walden

Emery Walden

Dec 28, 2005

Full name: Emery Elva WaldenbrbrResidence at time of death: Albuquerque, New MexicobrbrDate of Death: December 28, 2005brbrLocation of Death: Lovelace Hospital in Albuquerque, New MexicobrbrDate of birth: November 10, 1911 Age: 94brbrPlace of birth: Winters, Texas to William and Willie WaldenbrbrPreceded in death by: His parents; his wife Modean Walden in 1997; 1 Sister Edna Schultz; and 1 Brother...

Beverly Allen

Beverly Allen

Dec 28, 2005

Beverly Ann Allen, age 68, of Clovis, passed away on December 28, 2005 at her home. She was born on June 29, 1937 in Des Moines, New Mexico to Milton Evelyn Longwill Bennett.brbrShe had been a longtime resident of Clovis. She and her husband owned and operated Smyth Auto Supply until their retirement in 1984. She loved to spend...

Jeanne Jackson

Jeanne Jackson

Dec 26, 2005

Full name: Jeanne B. JacksonbrbrResidence at time of death: Safford, ArizonabrbrDate of Death: December 26, 2005brbrLocation of Death: Mount Graham Regional Hospital in Safford, ArizonabrbrDate of birth: March 21, 1925 Age: 80brbrPlace of birth: Clovis, New Mexico to William and Edna BurgettbrbrPreceded in death by: Her parents; 1 Sister - Billie MaxwellbrbrSurvived by: 1 Brother Don Burgett; 2 Sons...

Sara Goforth

Sara Goforth

Dec 26, 2005

Margie Goforth, 85, of Texico, died Monday, December 26, 2005, at University Medical Center in Lubbock.brbrShe was born on October 2, 1920, in Decatur, Texas, to George and Margaret Goforth.brbrShe was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Charlie, Bill, Henry, and Woddy Goforth; and sisters, Malvie Ham, Nannie Goforth, Annie Rose Jones, Catherin Cote, Mary Melinda Jones and...

Alton Smith

Alton Smith

Dec 22, 2005

Full name; Alton AI Price Smithbr brResidence at time of death: Clovis, New MexicobrbrDate of Death: December 22, 2005brbrLocation of Death: Lubbock, TexasbrbrDate of birth:August 8, 1937brbrPreceded in death by: His father - Alton Smith; mother Kathryn; stepmother Marjorie and sister - Kathleen Jordan.brbrSurvived by: His wife Ursula Smith of the home in Clovis, New Mexico; 3 children Kathy...

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