Lela Stockton
February 11, 1918 - March 4, 2010

Steed-Todd Funeral Home 800 East Manana Clovis, NM 88101 Map to Funeral Home Graveside Lawn Haven Memorial Gardens 1601 E. Llano Estacado Clovis ,  NM 88101 3/8/2010 at 2:00 p.m. Map to Funeral Home Central Baptist Church - Building Fund 2501 N. Norris Clovis, NM 88101 Baptist Children's Home P. O. Box 629 Portales, NM 88130

Lela Vaughn Stockton, 92, of Clovis, New Mexico, died Thursday, March 4, 2010, at Retirement Ranch. She was born February 11, 1918, in Hollene, New Mexico to Tom and Cora Turner Vaughn.

She graduated from high school in Hollene. She married Charles Stockton in 1940. She attended ENMU and was awarded a Bachelors Degree in 1954. She taught school for 35 years. She taught at Hollene, Rosedale and Grady. She taught second grade at Texico and retired after 25 years there. She loved her family, loved to travel in their trailer and loved to read and play ‘42’. She had lived at the Senior Citizen Resident Center for the last five years. She was a member of Central Baptist Church.

She is survived by her son, Charles Stockton (Lola); grandson, Rodney Stockton; granddaughter Stacy Brooks (Jeff); 3 great grandchildren, Kylee, Kabel & Kannon and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; 4 brothers and 3 sisters.

A graveside service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, March 8, 2010, at Lawn Haven Memorial Gardens with Pastor Alan McAlister officiating.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Baptist Children’s Home, P. O. Box 629, Portales, NM 88130 or to the Central Baptist Church Building Fund, 2501 N. Norris, Clovis, NM 88101.