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Gloria Eldridge

Gloria Eldridge

Jun 10, 2014

Gloria May Eldridge age 76 died June 10, 2014 in Clovis, New Mexico. She was born April 18, 1938 in Salt Lake City, UT to William O. Eldridge and Julia Permillia Dodge Eldridge. She worked at Van Ark Nursing Home in Tucumcari, New Mexico. She also worked at Prince Lounge in Clovis for 17 years. She was a great...

Thomas December, Jr.

Thomas December, Jr.

Jun 8, 2014

Thomas Jerome December, Jr., age 77, of Lubbock, TX passed away on June 8, 2014 at Covenant Medical Center in Lubbock, TX. Thomas was born on November 18, 1936 in Marquette, MI to Thomas Jerome and Dorothy May De Rusha December. He served in the United States Army in Germany as an Engineer. He was a member of the...

Billie Alexander

Billie Alexander

Jun 7, 2014

Billie Bedford Alexander, age 100, of Clovis, NM passed away on June 7, 2014 in Odessa, Texas. Billie Bedford Alexander was born July 9, 1913 in Douglas AZ, the fifth child and the first daughter of Benjamin F. Bedford and Nancy Anthony Bedford. She has been a resident of Clovis since 1928. In December 2012, while she was visiting...

Matthew Rains

Matthew Rains

Jun 5, 2014

Matthew Chance Rains June 5, 2000 June 5, 2014 Matthew Chance Rains was born in Clovis, NM on June 5, 2000 to parents Clay Stuart Rains and Melissa Cheri Perkins. Anxiously awaited by big brother Stetson Chase Rains. He was a member of Parkland Baptist Church and had received the Lord as his Savior April 2009. Matthew means a...

Howard Cox

Howard Cox

Jun 3, 2014

Howard A. Cox, age 90 of Clovis, NM passed away on June 3, 2014 in Clovis, NM. Howard was born on August 17, 1923 in Clovis, NM to Abraham Lincoln Cox, Jr. and Hilda Julyan Cox. He was orphaned at age 2 years and was raised by his paternal grandmother Nelia Triplett Cox, also known as Mama Cox. Howard...

Billy Kinkade

Billy Kinkade

May 30, 2014

Billy Kinkade age 82 of Clovis, New Mexico passed away at his home in Clovis May 30, 2014. Billy was born on March 30, 1932 to Floyd and Dollie Bain Kinkade in Tulia, Texas on a sheep ranch. He moved to Clovis, NM when he was one year old. He moved to the house on Hall Street in Clovis...

Anthony Bates

Anthony Bates

May 29, 2014

Anthony Lee Bates age 39 of Canyon, Texas passed away at his home in Canyon May 29, 2014. Anthony was born on August 30, 1974 to Horace and Lorraine Mary Greco Bates at Luke Air Force Base in Phoenix, AZ. He graduated from Clovis High School in 1993 where he was a member of the Clovis High School Band....

Robert O'Brien

Robert O'Brien

May 28, 2014

Robert Joseph OBrien, age 85, of Clovis, NM passed away on May 28, 2014 at Retirement Ranch in Clovis, NM. Robert was born on July 10, 1928 in Allegany, New York to Robert James and Mary Josephine Kyser OBrien. He graduated from high school in Allegany, New York and joined the United States Air Force. He received an Associated...

Waneice Dougherty

Waneice Dougherty

May 28, 2014

Waneice T. Dougherty, age 90, of Clovis, NM passed away on May 28, 2014 at Retirement Ranch in Clovis, NM. Waneice was born on November 11, 1923 in Slaton, TX to Chester and Annie Bargsley Tevis. She moved to the Clovis area with her family where they farmed in Arch, NM. After graduating from Portales High School, she married...

Charlie Baca

Charlie Baca

May 26, 2014

Charlie C. Magoo Baca, age 80, of Clovis, New Mexico passed away Monday, May 26, 2014 at his home, surrounded by family. Charlie was born to Leopolo and Irene Chavez Baca on June 22, 1933 in Santa Rosa, New Mexico. He served in the Army for many years and was very involved with several organizations. He was part of...

Billy Hatley

Billy Hatley

May 22, 2014

Billy Joe Hatley, age 85, of Clovis, NM passed away on May 22, 2014 at Covenant Medical Center in Lubbock, TX. Funeral service will be held 2:00 p.m. Thursday, May 29, 2014 at Central Baptist Church with Dick Ross officiating. Burial will follow at Lawn Haven Memorial Gardens. Joe was born November 18, 1928 to William and Effie Hatley...

Steven Mcgough

Steven Mcgough

May 21, 2014

Steven McGough, age 60, of Clovis, NM passed away on May 21, 2014 at University Medical Center in Lubbock, TX. Steven was born to Robert C. and Alma Cox McGough on August 30, 1953. He was born and raised in Clovis, Graduated from Clovis High in 1971. He married Cynthia Burch on September 23, 1972, in Clovis, NM. He...

Michael Rupe

Michael Rupe

May 20, 2014

Michael Zane Rupe, age 63, of Clovis, NM passed away on May 20, 2014 at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis, NM. He is survived by his father: Oliver Rupe wife: Janet Rupe sisters: Linda Ray Guile and Dorothy Morrison 2 brothers: Martin Owen Rupe and Mark Rupe 3 children: Oliver Coen Rupe, Aaron Michael Rupe, Melissa Rebecca RupeMurphy....

Billie Howard

Billie Howard

May 18, 2014

Billie Howard, age 81, of Clovis, NM passed away on May 18, 2014 at Heartland Continuing Care Center in Portales, NM. Billie was born on January 16, 1933 in Tulia, TX to Bill and Edna Boren Miller. She graduated in 1951 from Tatum High School in Tatum, NM. She married Boyd Sides on June 1, 1951. Billie worked as...

Libbie Drain

Libbie Drain

May 15, 2014

Libbie Drain, age 45, of Clovis, NM passed away May 15, 2014 at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis. Libbie was born July 10, 1968 in Starkville, Mississippi to William J. Hughes and Faye Nell Cooper. Libbie was raised in Gary, IN and graduated in 1987 from West Side High School after graduation she enlisted in the U.S. Army...

Jimmey Gallegos

Jimmey Gallegos

May 15, 2014

Jimmey Frank Gallegos, Age 60, of Clovis, New Mexico passed away on May 15, 2014 at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis. Jimmey was born to Tony and Vera Beltran Gallegos on April 16, 1954 in Tucumcari, New Mexico. He was raised in Denver, Colorado where he met Helena. He moved with her to Clovis, and married her on...

Esther Soelen

Esther Soelen

May 14, 2014

Esther Lyneille Smith Van Soelen, 86, of Clovis, New Mexico, passed away on May 14, 2014. She was born in Clovis on April 4, 1928 to Samuel Otto Smith and Eva Burge Smith. She married Theodore Ted Van Soelen, Jr. on October 25, 1969. Ted and Esther raised four children. A lifelong resident of Clovis, Esther graduated from Clovis...

Nina Allen

Nina Allen

May 13, 2014

Memorial Services for Nina Kay Starkey Allen age 66 of Clovis will be held Saturday, May 17, 2014 at 2:00 p.m.at First United Methodist Church in Clovis with Rev. Keath Baskett officiating. Cremation has taken place and a private internment will be held at a later date. Nina was born February 21, 1948 in Clovis, New Mexico to Robert...

Daniel Abele

Daniel Abele

May 10, 2014

Daniel Louise Abele, Age 85, of Clovis, NM passed away May 10, 2014 at Retirement Ranch in Clovis. Daniel was born on September 21, 1928 in Pennsylvania. He was in the military all of his life, and worked at Air Force bases in the Panama Canal. He married Josefa Fernandez in Panama, and moved to Clovis. While in Clovis...

James Fraser

James Fraser

May 8, 2014

James Wallace Fraser, age 85, of Clovis, NM passed away on May 8, 2014 at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis, NM. Wallace was born on October 11, 1928 in Amarillo, TX to James and Georgia Reed Fraser. He married Lena Murle Queener June 6, 1946 in Grady, NM. He retired from Farmers Electric after twentythree years of service....

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