Obituaries
Howard Thomas Morgan
Jan 28, 2000
H.T. “Tom” Morgan, 86, of Clovis, and formerly of House, NM died Friday, January 28, 2000 at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis, NM following an illness. Tom was born May 6, 1913 at Ima, NM to the home of John Wylie and Alice (Rosson) Morgan. He attended school at House, NM. Tom married Iris Wilson in Fort Sumner on...
Peter Bernal
Jan 25, 2000
Peter Bernal, 56 a resident of the Pecos Valley Care Center for the past two months died Tuesday, January 25, 2000 in the De Baca General Hospital following a short illness. Mr. Bernal was born October 10, 1943 in Cleveland, New Mexico. He is the son of Adonias Padilla and Lilly Bernal. Peter was raised at Cleveland and attended school...
Petra Pena
Jan 25, 2000
Petra Pena, 84 a longtime Fort Sumner resident died Tuesday, January 25, 2000 in the De Baca General Hospital following an illness. Petra was born October 1, 1915 in Tulosa, San Miguel County, New Mexico. She made her home in Fort Sumner in 1921. She was reared and attended school at Fort Sumner. She worked as a housekeeper for the...
cleofas Aragon
Jan 21, 2000
Cleo Aragon, 84 of Roswell, New Mexico died Friday, January 21, 2000 at Eastern New Mexico Medical Center following an illness. She was born September 22, 1915 in Fort Sumner to the home of Anastacio Trujillo and the former Ofilia Beaubien. She was reared and attended school at Fort Sumner. She married Miguel Aragon on January 20, 1933 in Fort...
Cleo Aragon
Jan 21, 2000
Cleo Aragon, 84 of Roswell, New Mexico died Friday, January 21, 2000 at Eastern New Mexico Medical Center following an illness. She was born September 22, 1915 in Fort Sumner to the home of Anastacio Trujillo and the former Ofilia Beaubien. She was reared and attended school at Fort Sumner. She married Miguel Aragon on January 20, 1933 in Fort...
Charlotte Mae Mayhon
Jan 20, 2000
Charlotte Mae (Bores) Mayhon, 74 a retired Fort Sumner businesswoman died Thursday, January 20, 2000 in the De Baca General Hospital following an extended illness. Mrs. Mayhon was born November 29, 1925 in Clarendon, Texas to the home of Jesse Lee McDonald and the former Mary Amanda Morgan. She moved to Fort Sumner as a teenager where she attended school....
Emilia G. Maes
Jan 17, 2000
Emilia G. Maes, 83 a lifelong De Baca County resident died Monday, January 17, 2000 in the De Baca General Hospital following an illness. Mrs. Maes was born March 6, 1916 in Yeso, NM to the home of Lucas Garza Sr. and the former Rosenda Montoya. She was reared and attended schools at Yeso. Emilia married Juan Maes at Yeso,...
Melquiadez Jaramillo
Jan 13, 2000
Melquiadez Jaramillo, 91 a longtime Duran, NM resident died Thursday, January 13, 2000 at Lovelace Medical Center in Albuquerque following an illness. Mr. Jaramillo was born September 7, 1908 in Pinos Wells, NM to the home of Liberato and Mauricia (Sanchez) Jaramillo. He was reared and attended school at Pinos Wells and Duran, NM. He was a ranch hand for...
Yvonne Deck
Jan 5, 2000
Yvonne Deck, 73 a longtime Fort Sumner resident died Wednesday, January 05, 2000, at Gila Regional Medical Center, Silver City, NM following an illness. Yvonne was born January 26, 1926 in O’Donnell, Texas to the home of William Mose Cox and the former Eula Ethel Stuart. She made her home in the Fort Sumner area in 1942. She farmed in...
James Matthew Keever
Jan 4, 2000
James Matthew Keever, age 63, a resident of Shohomish, WA died Tuesday, January 4, 2000 at Valley Lutheran Hospital in Phoenix, AZ. He was born August 15, 1936 in Fort Sumner. James attended school at Fort Sumner and Clovis where he was a member of the Class of 1954. He was a musician who played the steel guitar with the...
Ora Lee Long
Jan 2, 2000
Ora Lee Long, 76 a longtime Fort Sumner resident died Sunday, January 2, 2000 at Covenant Medical Center in Lubbock, TX following an illness. Ora Lee was born August 14, 1923 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma to the home of Caril and Indiola Harden. She married Delbert E. Long on March 21, 1942 at Clovis, NM. She traveled with Delbert during his...
Logan Conard Barnhart
Dec 25, 1999
Logan Conard Barnhart, 79 a longtime De Baca County rancher died Saturday, December 25, 1999 in the De Baca General Hospital following an illness. Logan was born September 26, 1920 on the Clancy Ranch in De Baca County to the home of Lon Conrad and Gertrude Baker Barnhart. Logan worked on ranches in New Mexico especially in De Baca County...
James Hubert Peelle
Dec 13, 1999
James Hubert Peelle, 78 a longtime Clovis, NM resident died Monday, Dec. 13, 1999 at the V.A. Medical Center in Amarillo following an extended illness. Mr. Peelle was born July 17, 1921 in Spokane, WA to the home of James H. Peelle and the former Mabel Ressler. He married Mary De La Paz Casaus at the Fort Sumner Air Base...
Joseph Anderson Kyle
Dec 1, 1999
Joseph Anderson Kyle, 76 a longtime De Baca County Cattle rancher died Wednesday, December 1, 1999 at his home in Fort Sumner following an illness. Joe was born July 18, 1923 in Brownfield, TX to the home of Francis Raymond Kyle and the former Edna Mary Walters. He was reared and attended school in Brownfield. Joe served in the U.S....
Ward E. Thomson
Dec 1, 1999
Ward E. Thomson, 58 a resident of Fort Sumner died Wednesday, December 1, 1999 at his home in Fort Sumner following an illness. Ward was born July 19, 1941 in Corona, NM to the home of Archie Chancey Thomson and the former Geneva Merle Jenkins. He was reared and attended schools in Corona graduating in 1959. He also attended Eastern...
Maxcy V. Hisel
Nov 19, 1999
Maxcy V. Hisel, 88, of Fort Sumner died Friday, November 19, 1999 at the Pecos Valley Care Center. Maxcy was born in Oshkosh, Nebraska to the home of Pleasant B. Hisel and the former Mamie Roushkalb. He was raised and attended school at Yeso, NM. Maxcy owned and operated a service station in Yeso, as well as rental property in...
Raymond E. Drake
Nov 7, 1999
Raymond E. Drake 70, a longtime Fort Sumner resident died Sunday, Nov. 7, 1999 at his home. Raymond was born August 10, 1929 in Fort Sumner to the home of Ward and Margaret Drake. He attended and graduated from Fort Sumner Schools and attended New Mexico Highlands University on a baseball scholarship. He later played in the Chicago Cubs minor...
Alice Crawford
Sep 29, 1999
Alice Crawford, 74, a resident of Lake Sumner, NM died Wednesday, September 29, 1999 at her home following an illness. Mrs. Crawford was born January 16, 1925 in Jackson County, Kentucky to the home of Joseph and Ora Mae Reiling. She was reared and attended school in Cincinnati, Ohio. She was employed with Proctor & Gamble for four years, worked...
Tommie Thelma Scott
Sep 28, 1999
Tommie Thelma Scott, 84, of Fort Sumner died Tuesday, September 28, 1999 at her home. Mrs. Scott was born September 26, 1915 in Razor, Texas to the home of Thomas Jefferson Davis and the former Effie Lour Short. She was raised at Forrest Chapel, TX where she attended school. She married Kenneth Scott on December 23, 1937 in Paris, Texas....
Pauline Barela
Aug 23, 1999
Pauline Barela, 72 a longtime Clovis, NM resident died Monday, August 23, 1999 at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis following an long illness. Mrs. Barela was born May 18, 1927 in Puerto De Luna to the home of Reyes Sanchez and Cleotilde Zamora Sanchez. She married Damasio Barela on July 2, 1944 in Clovis, New Mexico. She was a...
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