Greg Ingram

Don Gregory Francisco Ingram, 49 of Fort Sumner passed away Tuesday, September 17, 2013. He was born July 19, 1964 in Nogales, Mexico to the home of William Moffit Ingram and Melba Jo Naylor Ingram. Following the death of his father at the age of 4 months the family moved to Fort Sumner. Greg attended Fort Sumner schools graduating in 1982. He attended NMSU in Las Cruces, NM for three years before enlisting in the U.S. Navy on March 11, 1987. His specialty included 3-M System Coordinator, Electronic Warfare Systems Technician, and several years as an instructor. His decorations and citations include 2 Navy/Marine Corps Commendation Medals, Navy/Marine Achievement Medal, Combat Action Ribbon, Navy Unit Commendation, 4 Meritorious Unit Commendation Medals, Navy “E” Ribbon, 5 Navy Good Conduct Medals, 2 National Defense Service Medals, 2 Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Southwest Asia Service Medal with 3 Stars, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Coast Guard Special OPS, 7 Sea Service Deployment Ribbons, 8 Letter of Commendations, Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia), Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait), Rifle Marksmanship, Pistol Expert, and Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist. Greg was honorably discharged on April 1, 2007. Greg married Sandra Christy on May 9, 2004 in Las Vegas, NV. They made their home in Temecula, CA from 2004-2007 before moving to Fort Sumner. In Fort Sumner, Greg worked for Blakeley Electric as an apprentice electrician, he later worked as a bartender at Fred’s Restaurant, and since 2009 worked as a heavy equipment operator at the De Baca County Landfill and Transfer Station. Greg was a member of the V.F.W. and D.A.V. and was a proud stockholder and part team owner of the Green Bay Packers football team. He enjoyed watching movies, followed politics closely, and was an excellent gun handler and marksman, and a staunch supporter of the Second Amendment. Greg is preceded in death by his father William Moffit Ingram in 1964 and a brother Randy Kramer in 2004. Survivors include his wife Sandra Ingram, a son Justin Christy, his mother Melba Jo Ingram, and a brother Justin Ingram all of Fort Sumner, a sister Carole Jean Shapiro of Goleta, CA, an aunt Virginia Nance, cousins Jim Nance of Magdalena, NM his family Adrian, James and John Nance, Jackie Nance and son Phillip Nance all of Luis Lopez, NM, Capulina Naylor of Los Lunas, NM, Joe and Karla Mecilif of Portland, OR, and Shannon Brooke Beltz of Albuquerque. Services will be held at 2:00 pm Saturday, September 21, 2013 at Chavez Funeral Home Chapel in Fort Sumner with Anna Teeter officiating, burial with full military honors will follow at Fort Sumner Cemetery. Pallbearers will include Justin Ingram, Justin Christy, Shannon Beltz, Chris Steele, Scott Hannum, and Sam Boyd. Honorary bearers will include Tehrrie Silva, Jayden Johnson, Alexander Bayuk, and Wayne Peck. The family prefers memorials in memory of Don Gregory Ingram to the Wounded Warriors Project, http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/ All arrangements are under the direction of Chavez Funeral Home, 830 N. Fifth Street, Fort Sumner, New Mexico (575) 355-2311. To place an online tribute or sign the guest book, go to www.chavezfuneralhome.com