Obituaries

Billy Hendrix

Billy Hendrix

May 20, 2011

Billy Hendrix, age 75, passed away on Friday, May 20, 2011 in Lubbock, Texas. He was born on July 30, 1935 to Henry and Wreathel Knap Henrix in Tucumcari, New Mexico. He and his family were raised on a farm near House and McAlister. He married Margaret Joan Williams on January 1, 1956. Billy and Joan, in the early...

Jose Perez

Jose Perez

May 19, 2011

Jose El Puma Luis Perez, age 54, of Melrose, passed away on Thursday, May 19, 2011 at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis. He was born on April 15, 1957 to Thomas and Petra Torrez Perez in Torreon, Mexico. El Puma married Maria Julia Adame on March 12, 2009 in Melrose, New Mexico, after being together for 26 years....

Oliver Winkles

Oliver Winkles

May 17, 2011

Oliver Lowry Winkles, age 96, of Clovis, passed away on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 at Clovis Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. He was born on May 15, 1915 in Cooper, Texas to Harvey Perry and Arda Una Stockton Winkles. He was a farmer and rancher, and owned his own welding shop until 1989. O.L. is survived by his wife, Willma...

Roy Whitmore

Roy Whitmore

May 15, 2011

Roy Leslie Whitmore, age 82, passed away on Sunday, May 15, 2011 at Baptist Saint Anthonys Hospice in Amarillo, Texas. He was born on September 8, 1928 to Calvin and Alta Hereford Whitmore in Clovis, New Mexico. Roy was a Clovis resident all of his life. He graduated from Clovis High School and retired from Santa Fe Railroad. He...

C. Lowry

C. Lowry

May 14, 2011

C. Max Lowry, a lifelong resident of New Mexico, passed from this life on Friday, May 14, 2011. He was born in Nara Visa, New Mexico on May 27, 1927. He served in the Navy during WW II, and as a Lieutenant in the Army during the Korean Conflict. Albuquerque was his home since 1942, except for twelve years...

Ruth Blair

Ruth Blair

May 12, 2011

Ruth Glenn was born to A.J. and Mildred Glenn on October 24, 1923 in Walnut Springs, Texas. She was joined ten years later by a brother, Bill. Following graduation from high school in 1941, she and a close friend, Jean Dierks, move to Ft. Worth where they completed Business College and began careers as bookkeepers in wartime Ft. Worth....

Buford Qualls

Buford Qualls

May 10, 2011

Buford B. Qualls, 91, died Tuesday May 10, 2011, at his home in Amsterdam, NY with his loving wife NormaJean Qualls, who he married on July 11, 1987, at his side. He was born January 3, 1920 in Curry County, NM, near St. Vrain, in a place known as the South Shipley Ranch, to Benjamin Franklin Qualls and Pearl...

Jake Taylor

Jake Taylor

May 7, 2011

Jake Burkett Taylor passed from this life on Saturday, May 7, 2011 at the age of 69 years after a lengthy illness. He was born in New Boston, Texas on January 17, 1942 to Viv and Wynona Taylor. He was married to Catherine Lucille Luci Taylor in Portales, New Mexico on March 25, 1964. He graduated from Eastern New...

Evan Casillas-Lopez

Evan Casillas-Lopez

May 4, 2011

Evan Adam CasillasLopez, infant was born and passed away on Wednesday, May 4, 2011 at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis, New Mexico. He is survived by his parents, Adam Casillas and Eva Lopez of Clovis grandparents, Elias and Debbie Lopez, and Adam Galvan, all of Clovis greatgrandparents Mary Chapman, Juan Chavez, and Esther Zera, all of Clovis and...

Jannette Maggio

Jannette Maggio

May 2, 2011

Jannette Maggio, age 61, passed away on Monday, May 2, 2011 at Covenant Medical Center in Lubbock, Texas. She was born on January 5, 1950 in Ft. Sumner, New Mexico to J.D. and Oleta Richburg. She is survived by her husband Don Maggio, of the home two daughters, Allyson Clifford Warwick, and Angela Miles Moulder both of Clovis, New...

Foy Bailey

Foy Bailey

Apr 30, 2011

Foy Lee Bailey, age 97, passed away on Saturday, April 30, 2011 at Farwell Convalescent Center in Farwell, Texas. He was born November 12, 1913 in Nocona, Texas to Christine Powers and William Henry Bailey. When Foy was 14 years old, his mother died leaving him and seven younger siblings along with his Dad. The family struggled on a...

George Green

George Green

Apr 29, 2011

George Shorty Green, age 81, passed away on Friday, April 29, 2011 at the Seniors Resident Center in Clovis. He was born on September 3, 1929 to Roy and Lenora Mansfield Green in McAlister, New Mexico. He graduated from House High School in 1948. He loved football and basketball in high school, and also enjoyed professional ball as well....

Nora Ortiz

Nora Ortiz

Apr 28, 2011

Nora B Ortiz, age 84, of Clovis, passed away Thursday, April 28, 2011 at Retirement Ranch. She was born on May 23, 1926 in Delia, New Mexico, to Paulito and Sefarina Sanchez Baca. She was a housewife and a member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Clovis. Nora is survived by six daughters, Betty Pullings Bob of...

Patricia Reid

Patricia Reid

Apr 27, 2011

Patricia Jo Reid, age 53, of Clovis, passed away on Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at her home in Clovis. She was born on February 17, 1958 in Lubbock, Texas to Thurston Keith and Nancy Jo Echols Garrison. Pat was a secretary at a newspaper. She is survived by two daughters, Lori Blew of Tucson, Arizona, and Samantha Paulison of...

Eugenia Willmon

Eugenia Willmon

Apr 26, 2011

Eugenia Willmon, age 90, of Canyon, Texas, passed away on Tuesday, April 26, 2011 at Canyon Healthcare. She was born on April 29, 1920 in Memphis, Texas, to Eugene and Bertha Baldwin Cornelius. Eugenia married Joe Willmon on March 7, 1942 in Los Angeles, California, and moved to Clovis, New Mexico, in 1965. She was a homemaker, enjoyed raising...

Ruby Chapline

Ruby Chapline

Apr 26, 2011

Ruby Jane Chapline, age 80, of Clovis, passed away on Tuesday, April 26, 2011 at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis. She was born on February 18, 1931 in House, New Mexico to Cline and Irene Morrow Carpenter. Ruby married Donald Chapline on May 1, 1953 in Clovis, and worked as an Escrow Officer. She was a longtime resident...

Frances Chandler

Frances Chandler

Apr 25, 2011

Frances Louise Chandler, 88 years old, died peacefully April 25, 2011, in Escondido, California where she recently visited with all seven of her children: Amie King residing in Ramona, California Barbara Nash, Denver, Colorado Chad Chandler, Raleigh, North Carolina Marsa Chandler, San Diego, California Gwen Dean, Mesa, Arizona Shirley Riegel and Diana Chandler, Duncan, Oklahoma. This loving mother was...

Frances Norton

Frances Norton

Apr 25, 2011

Frances Ruth Carpenter Norton, 98, of Farwell, Texas, passed away on Monday, April 25, 2011 at Farwell Convalescent Center. Services will be Thursday, April 28 at 10:00 a.m. MDT at the Fairview Primitive Baptist Church, East 5th St. Johnson, in Clovis, New Mexico, with Steve Baldock and Gene Hawkins officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Terrace Cemetery in Farwell....

Clarence Ampey

Clarence Ampey

Apr 23, 2011

Mr. Clarence John Ampey, age 83, passed away on Saturday, April 23, 2011 at his home in Clovis, New Mexico, after a long illness. He was born on January 17, 1928, to Mamie Lawson and Carl Clarence Ampey in Cassopolis, Michigan. Clarence spent his early life in Cassopolis on the family farm. After graduating from Michigan State University, he...

Gilbert Sanchez

Gilbert Sanchez

Apr 20, 2011

Gilbert Phillip Sanchez passed from this life on Wednesday, April 20, 2011 at his home in Clovis, New Mexico. Gilbert was born on July 28, 1955 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. One of Gilberts most enduring traits was his persistence in pursuing his goals, including survival from placement in the Villa Solano Training School and the Los Lunas Institution. Gilbert...