Herbert Davenport

Funeral services for Herbert E. Toby Davenport, 81, will be Sunday, December 4, 2011, at Cate Spencer Trent Funeral Home in Sweetwater, TX, at 2:00 p.m. with Minister Curtis Ward officiating. Visitation will be Friday December 2, 2011, at Chapel of Hope 11 a.m. 8 p.m. with the family being in attendance from 6 8 p.m. Visitation at Cate Spencer Trent Funeral Home in Sweetwater, will be Saturday, December 3, 2011, 6 7:30 p.m.

Toby died November 30, 2011, in Hobbs, NM. He was born January 27, 1930, in Ballinger, TX.

Toby was a veteran of the Korean War. He was assigned with the artillery group in Germany until the Army found out he used to cook and he was then transferred to the cooking battalions in Germany. After his honorable discharge,
he hired on with Skelly Oil Co. in Hobbs, NM, where he resided until 1968. He transferred to Midland Engineering group and then on to Sweetwater, TX, where Skelly later merged with Getty and then Texaco. He retired from Texaco out of the Crane, TX, division as a production superintendent after 45 years of active service. Toby lived in Hobbs the last two years with his daughter, Brenda and soninlaw, Hugo Naegele.

He loved fishing, hunting and watching his children excel in sports and academics. He married Lora Sue Carr in 1951 and they had three children who survive him a son, Merrin E. Corky Davenport two daughters, Brenda K. Naegele and Paula Davenport all of Hobbs. He married Janice Ellison May 15, 1968, and has two surviving step children a son, Glenn Ellison of Lubbock, TX and a daughter, Debra Jones of Waynesville, MO. He is also survived by 13 grandchildren and 9 greatgrandchildren.

Preceding him in death were his parents wives, Lora Sue Carr and Janice M. Ellison stepdaughter, Tammy Jackson and one grandson, Matthew Jackson.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to American Cancer Society, PO Box 1856, Clovis, NM 88102, and the American Heart Association, 2201 San Pedro NE, Albuquerque, NM 87110.

Visitation

Chapel of Hope
3321 N. Dal Paso
Hobbs, NM  88240
Friday, December 2, 2011
11 a.m. 8 p.m. Friday

Service

Funeral Service

Cate Spencer Trent Funeral Home
unknown
Sweetwater, TX  79556
Sunday, December 4, 2011
2 p.m. Sunday

Memorial Contributions

PO Box 1856
Clovis, NM  88102


2201 San Pedro NE
Albuquerque, NM  87110