Obituaries
Dorothy Geary
Jul 16, 2018
Dorothy L. Geary, 96, passed from this life on July 17, 2018 in Hobbs. She was born in Clint, Texas on May 14,1922 to Samuel and Olivine Celum. She is survived by son Raymond Geary and wife Paulette of Bayfield, Co. and daughter Wanda and husband Richard Rolan of Hobbs, NM, a sister Edna Greenlee of Houston, Texas and...
Paulan Eagans
Jul 12, 2018
Paulan Deon Smith Eagans, 39, was born October 7, 1978 in Grants, NM to Charles and Ivory Sessions. Paulan loved having children and taking care of them. She was a great cook and a hard worker. She had worked as a health-care provider. She married Cedric Eagans on April 23, 2016 at Ebenezer Baptist Church. God and family were...
Weldon Sims
Jul 9, 2018
Weldon Neil Sims was born in South Bend, TX on June 30, 1933. He passed into the eternal arms of Jesus after a prayer with his wife, Doranne of 60 years on July 9, 2018 at his home in Hobbs. Weldon graduated from Odessa High School in 1951. He served in the US Marine Corps during the Korean conflict....
Ethel Walker
Jul 8, 2018
Born to the late Augusta and Edna Combs on June 20,1925 in Corsicana, Texas. Ethel Mae moved to Hobbs, New Mexico in 1944, and united with the Ebenezer Baptist Church under the pastorate of the late Rev. F.W. Wells. Working as a domestic worker for several prominent families here in the city of Hobbs Ethel Mae contributed to the...
Tammy Brown
Jul 7, 2018
Tammy Ann Brown was born on May 31, 1969. She passed away on July 7, 2018. She is survived by her son Caden Riley Brown, her mother and step-father Jim and Barbara Ryan, her father Jerry Gibson, her brother Troy and Carol Gibson, nieces and nephew; Alexis, Amber, Daniel, Jami and Joey. Her final resting place will be at...
Tim Benavidez
Jul 4, 2018
David Timothy Benavidez was born on June 4, 1967, in Artesia, New Mexico. He passed away in Lubbock, Texas on July 4, 2018, at the age of 51. He currently resided in Hobbs, New Mexico. He leaves behind a wonderful wife, Jamie Benavidez, and four children Gabriel, Adrianne, Markus, and Aaliyah Benavidez along with daughter in heart, Bianca Sanchez...
Leward Sparks
Jun 29, 2018
Leward W. "Sparky" Sparks went home to be with his Lord on Friday, June 29, 2018 with family at his side. He was born January 15, 1929 in Oak Grove, Arkansas to Clarence and Ollie Sparks and graduated from Guernsey High School in Guernsey, Arkansas in 1945. Leward's love story with Jane Dodds began in marriage on July 3,...
Wayne Ford
Jun 25, 2018
Wayne E. Ford, 70, was born June 20, 1948 in Portales, NM to Arthur and Luella Ford. He passed away in Hobbs, NM on June 25, 2018 after a 4-year battle with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. He graduated from Hobbs High School in 1966 and served in the U.S. Navy from 1967-1970. He lived in Hobbs over 60 years. He...
Dr. Smith
Jun 22, 2018
Dr. Charley R. Smith passed away peacefully on June 22, 2018 surrounded by his family. He was born September 27, 1939 to S.K. and Flo Smith. He earned a degree in biology with a minor in chemistry from the University of New Mexico and his doctorate in dental surgery from the University of Missouri at Kansas City in 1966....
Barbara Gray
Jun 21, 2018
Barbara Ann Gray was born Barbara Ann Scott on 2/24/1945 in Anson, Texas and passed away in Hobbs on June 21, 2018. She married Larrey Gray on 4/22/62. She was preceded in death by her husband, Larrey Gray, her father, JW Scott and her niece Sabrah Dixon-Ritchey. She is survived by her mother, Faye Scott of Lovington, her daughter...
Felicita Herrera
Jun 19, 2018
Funeral services for Felicita "Fela" Herrera, 53, of Hobbs will be held on Friday, June 22,2018 at 2:00 pm at St. Helena's Catholic Church in Hobbs with Reverend Joe Pacquing officiating. Felicita was born on October 5, 1964, in Brownfield, TX To Sixto Abdon Herrera and Maria Elvina Cavazos and entered the gates of Heaven on June 19, 2018...
Mary Poe
Jun 13, 2018
Mary Poe 78, passed peacefully on June 13, 2018, at Lea Regional Hospital. She was born February 23, 1940 in Hobbs NM. She had a variety of careers ranging from bar tending, airline ticket agent to head housekeeper at the Clarion Hotel, and she enjoyed spending time cooking and gardening. Mary never met a stranger and made lifelong friends...
Floyd Evans
Jun 10, 2018
Elmer Floyd Evans, 73, died Sunday, June 10 at his home in Hobbs, New Mexico, with his family by his side. Everyone knew him by Floyd (AKA) Pink Floyd. He was born, August 17, 1944, in Brownfield, Texas to James and Lottie Evans. He grew up in Brownfield, Texas and Hobbs, New Mexico. He graduated Hobbs High School in...
Avelina Orona
Jun 9, 2018
Avelina Orona, age 85, went to be with the Lord on June 9, 2018 at her home. She was born on November 10, 1932 in Ruidosa, TX, to Luz Maria Chavarria and Felix Ulate Espinoza. She is survived by her husband; Ramon of Hobbs, sons; Gil (Carmen) Pena, Jesus Pena, Israel (Maria) Pena, Maria (Robert) Wolford, Ismael (Oralia) Pena,...
Drew Gordon
Jun 4, 2018
Drew was born on March 20, 1990 in Hobbs and passed away on June 4, 2018 in Odessa, TX. Drew was known for his humor and kindness. He was always willing to help those in need. He had a special love for his brothers. Surviving him are his father; Jimmie Gordon (Matthew) of Hobbs, NM, mother; Vicki Lynn Thomasson...
Resa Pratt
Jun 4, 2018
Resa Ross Pratt, 80, of Hobbs passed away June 4, 2018. She was born in Youngstown, Ohio to Thomas and Loretta (Burkett) English on August 17, 1937. When Resa was 9 years old her family moved to Odessa, Texas and later to Hobbs, New Mexico. In Hobbs, Resa attended St. Helena's Catholic School and Hobbs High School through her...
Latannia Klipstine
Jun 1, 2018
LaTannia J. Klipstine, age 63, passed away after a life well lived on Friday, June 1, 2018 at University Medical Center in Lubbock, TX. She was born on August 1, 1954 in Sacramento, CA and was the only daughter of Vernon and Margaret Pembrook. She was a self-identified Army brat who was raised with five brothers, all of which...
George Cazee, Jr.
May 31, 2018
George K. Cazee, Sr. entered glory on May 31, 2018. He was born November 3, 1929 in Eastland, TX to George D. Cazee and Velma Cazee. He graduated from Morton Valley High School in Texas. He married his sweetheart, Laura Edith Browning on September 23, 1948, they were married 69 years before her passing January 2018. He was a...
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