Obituaries

Catharine May

Catharine May

May 17, 2010

Services for Catharine V. Cathy May age 86 of Clovis will be held Friday, May 21, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. at SteedTodd Chapel with Loyd Brookshier officiating. Burial will follow at the Texico Cemetery. Catharine was born October 9, 1923 in Hereford, Texas to Charles Homer and Violet Juanita Denny Durham. She died May 17, 2010, in Portales, New...

Virgil Leeder

Virgil Leeder

May 15, 2010

Virgil Leeder, 82, of Clovis, New Mexico, died Saturday, May 15, 2010, at Southwest Regional Hospital in Lubbock, Texas. He was born March 1, 1928, in Hope, Oklahoma, to Ernest Beatrice Russell Leeder. He was a longtime Clovis resident and a longtime salesman at Triangle Hardware. He married Wilma Jean Purdy December 25, 1940 in Tucson, Arizona. He was...

John Patterson Jr.

John Patterson Jr.

May 14, 2010

John Wesley Wes Patterson Jr., 93, of Clovis, New Mexico, died Friday, May 14, 2010, at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis. He was born April 24, 1917, in Logan, New Mexico to John W. Mattie D. Fairburne Patterson. He served in the U. S. Army during World War II. After basic training he was sent to Oran, North...

Jewell Eberhardt

Jewell Eberhardt

May 13, 2010

Jewell B. Eberhardt, 90, of Clovis, New Mexico, formerly of Elberton, Georgia, died Thursday, May 13, 2010, at Senior Citizen Resident Center. She was born May 1, 1920, in Barwick, Georgia, to Arthur and Emma Magby Barton. She was a homemaker. She is survived by 1 son, Mike Eberhardt Robin of Clovis and 1 daughter, Carole Conrad Roderick of...

Terry Ardrey

Terry Ardrey

May 13, 2010

Terry Ardrey, 62, of Clovis, New Mexico, died Thursday, May 13, 2010, at Covenant Medical Center in Lubbock, Texas. He was born September 19, 1947 in Oakland, California to Elmer and Betsy Wade Ardrey. He graduated from high school in Oakland. He served in the U. S. Army as a military policeman. He later worked as a supervisor for...

Lee Hutchins

Lee Hutchins

May 9, 2010

Lee Hutchins, age 68, of Farwell, Texas passed away Sunday, May 9, 2010 at the Muleshoe Area Medical Center in Muleshoe, Texas. He was born November 4, 1941, in Clovis, New Mexico to Artie Lee and Helen Van Vacter Hutchins. He married Gloria Hillock on January 3, 1960, in Oklahoma Lane, Texas. Lee served the U.S. Navy from 1959...

Aline Spies

Aline Spies

May 8, 2010

Aline Ritchey Spies, 77, of Brandon, Mississippi, died Saturday, May 8, 2010, at Brandon Nursing and Rehabilitation. She was born November 9, 1932, in Lockney, Texas to Amos L. Josie Dee Carthel Ritchey. She was a member of the Clovis High School Class of 1950. She married Gerald D. Spies January 22, 1950, in Texico, New Mexico. She was...

Charles Riggan

Charles Riggan

May 7, 2010

Charles C. E. Riggan, 75, of Clovis, New Mexico, died Friday, May 7, 2010, at Plains Regional Medical Center. He was born October 10, 1934, in Clovis to Silas James and Mary Belle Roden Riggan. He was raised in Clovis and graduated from Clovis High School in 1952. He worked for the Santa Fe Railroad for 35 years as...

Sybil Roberts

Sybil Roberts

May 6, 2010

Sybil Lorene Harden Roberts, 85, of Clovis, New Mexico, passed away Thursday, May 6, 2010, at her home in Clovis, surrounded by her loving family. Lorene was born June 4, 1924, to Isaac J. and Edna Chitwood Rutherford at the family home near Broadview, New Mexico. Lo was the sister of Aline, Doyle and Leonard Rutherford. She attended the...

James Short

James Short

May 6, 2010

James Jim Short, 71, of Clovis, New Mexico, died Thursday, May 6, 2010, in Texico, New Mexico. He was born January 17, 1939, in Nappa Valley, California to Harvey and Ida Short. He was a longtime resident of Portales, New Mexico and Clovis. He worked at the Safeway Milk Plant for many years retiring in the 1980s. He was...

Adam Garcia

Adam Garcia

May 5, 2010

Adam Steve Garcia, 69, of Clovis, New Mexico, died Wednesday, May 5, 2010, at Covenant Medical Center in Lubbock, Texas. He was born September 14, 1940, in Santa Rosa, New Mexico to Candido and Agapita Aragon Garcia. He married Phyllis Ruiz May 25, 1963 in Clovis. He served as a firefighter for Clovis and Cannon Air Force Base for...

Mirian Lopez

Mirian Lopez

May 5, 2010

Services are pending.

Dorothy Woyt

Dorothy Woyt

May 4, 2010

Dorothy Woyt, 87, of Clovis, New Mexico, died Tuesday, May 4, 2010, at Beehive Homes of Clovis. She was born September 9, 1922, in Bridgeport, Connecticut, to Cecil and Dora Shearman Moggs. She married Alfred Woyt February 17, 1945 in Bridgeport, Connecticut. She had been a resident of Clovis the past 17 years, moving to Clovis from Bridgeport, Connecticut....

Jose Segovia Jr.

Jose Segovia Jr.

May 2, 2010

Jose H. Segovia, Jr., 58, of Clovis, New Mexico, died Sunday, May 2, 2010, at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis. He was born May 11, 1951, in Harlingen, Texas. He attended school in Wilson, Texas. He was disabled and had worked as a laborer for the State Highway Department. He enjoyed classic cars and being with his family...

Joel Tinkle

Joel Tinkle

May 1, 2010

Joel Raymond Tinkle, 42, of Clovis, New Mexico, died Saturday, May 1, 2010, at his home in Clovis. He was born December 25, 1967, in West Covina, California to Reta Rae Tinkle. He went to school in Fort Sumner where he excelled in all sports. He had been a resident of Clovis since the late 1980s. He bought a...

Jo Williams

Jo Williams

May 1, 2010

Jo Ann Williams, age 76, of Clovis, New Mexico, died Saturday, May 1, 2010 at Farwell Convalescent Center in Farwell, Texas. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 5, 2010 at 21st Street Church of Christ in Clovis with Ken Cable and Larry Tittle officiating. Honorary pallbearers will be her grandchildren. Cremation has taken place....

Velma Norris

Velma Norris

Apr 29, 2010

Velma Louise Norris, 70, of Clovis, New Mexico, died Thursday, April 29, 2010, at Plains Regional Medical Center. She was born June 11, 1939 in Littlefield, Texas to Leslie Edmond and L. G. Anderson Sinclair. She married Thomas Stephen Norris February 6, 1959 in Clovis. She was a longtime resident of Clovis and worked for the Clovis Municipal Schools...

Joyce Lough

Joyce Lough

Apr 28, 2010

Joyce Lough, 83, of Clovis, New Mexico, died Wednesday, April 28, 2010, at Plains Regional Medical Center. She was born February 20, 1927 in Silverton, Texas to Emmett Justine Smith Bomar. She married C. C. Lough in 1944 in Fort Sumner, New Mexico. She was a homemaker and a longtime resident of Clovis. She was a member of 16th...

Creola Owens

Creola Owens

Apr 19, 2010

Creola Owens, 82, of Grady, New Mexico, died April 19, 2010, at the Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis, New Mexico. She was born January 19, 1928, in the home of her parents, Morgan Smith and Estelle Locklear Smith in Clovis. Creola married Jess V. Owens in Clovis, June 1, 1946. They lived in Clovis until they had both...

Bobbie Andrews

Bobbie Andrews

Apr 15, 2010

Bobbie Jean Andrews passed away Thursday, April 15, 2010 at her home in Melrose, New Mexico after a long struggle with heart disease. Bobbie was born on September 10, 1934 in Paris, Texas, to Arthur Florence Cooper Long. Her family came to New Mexico in September of 1944. They lived at Weber City, Forrest, Logan, and Hobbs before moving...