Obituaries

William Hawkins

Jul 12, 2011

FLOYD HAWKINS Services will be held for William Floyd Hawkins Floyd on Saturday, July 16, 2011, 10:00 a.m. at Crosswinds Community Church, formerly Northside Baptist Church, in Hobbs, New Mexico. Visitation will be Friday, July 15, 8 a.m. 7 p.m. with the family in attendance from 5:30 7:00 p.m. at Chapel of Hope which is in charge of arrangements....

Robert Whitaker

Jul 11, 2011

Robert Wesley Whitaker, age 82, born April 3, 1929, in Lancaster, SC, was granted his angel wings after a lengthy illness at Medical Center Hospital in Odessa, TX, on July 11, 2011. He was a longtime resident of Hobbs, NM. Robert was a loving husband, father, grandfather and greatgrandfather. He never met a stranger and always gained a friend....

Manuela Garza

Jul 11, 2011

Manuela Mellie Ortega Garza was born Valentines Day, 1934, to Gavina and Francisco Ortega in Kent, Texas. She entered into eternal life July 11, 2011, in Hobbs. Funeral services for Manuela will be 10:00 a.m. Friday, July 15, 2011, at St. Helena Catholic Church. A rosary service was held for her at Chapel of Hope Wednesday, July 13. Visitation...

Mildred Willis

Jul 1, 2011

Funeral services for Mildred M. Willis, 84, of Glenn Heights, Texas, formerly of Hobbs, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 6, 2011, at Seventh Day Adventist Church, 6620 N. Grimes. Ken Davis will officiate. Burial will follow at Prairie Haven Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 2 7 p.m. Tuesday with the family in attendance from 4 6...

Edna Thompson

Jun 26, 2011

Graveside services for Edna L. Thompson will be held 9:00 a.m. June 30, 2011, at Memory Gardens Cemetery with family presiding. Visitation will be Tuesday, 11 a.m. 5 p.m. and Wednesday, 8 a.m. 7 p.m. at Chapel of Hope which is in charge of arrangements. Edna died June 26, 2011, in Hobbs. She was born November 14, 1929, in...

Maxine Payton

Jun 26, 2011

Maxine Payton Services will be held Thursday June 30 at 1 P.M. for Mrs. Lowell Payton Maxine Jeanette Key at Jefferson Street Church of Christ in Hobbs with Clay Martin presiding. Born June 11, 1918, at McDonald Flat near Weed, New Mexico, she passed away June 26. The sixth child of Alex S. Key and Willie Hawkins Key, she...

Darien Owen

Jun 25, 2011

DARIEN W. ARKIE OWEN Mr. Owen, 79 years old, died June 25, 2011, in Hobbs. He was born March 11, 1932, in Utopia, KS. A graveside service will be held July 7, 2011, Thursday, 9 a.m. at Prairie Haven Memorial Park. Officiating will be Pastor Elio Barrios. Military Honors will be performed by Cannon Air Force Base. On October...

Helen Bosquez

Jun 17, 2011

Helen Marie Bosquez, 41, of Hobbs passed away peacefully, Friday, June 17, 2011, at her home, in the midst of her beloved family. Helen was born March 17, 1970, in Carlsbad, NM, to Remijo Morales and the late Amelia Rodriguez. Helen was united in marriage to Paul Bosquez on September 23, 1994, in Hobbs, New Mexico, where they made...

Virgil Wittman

Jun 15, 2011

Virgil Wittman, age 69, passed away peacefully at his home, surrounded by his loved ones. He was born June 17, 1941, in Tulare, CA, to the late JB and Thelma Wittman. In January, 1960, he was united in marriage to Lawania Dobbs. They moved to Hobbs, in March of 1960. He spent his life as a heavy equipment operator...

Yvonne Williams

Jun 15, 2011

Funeral services for Yvonne Williams, 60, of Hobbs will be 2 p.m. Saturday, July 18, 2011, at First Baptist Church. Pastor Richard Lewis will officiate. Burial will follow at Prairie Haven Memorial Park. Visitation will be 10 a.m. 6 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m. until noon at Chapel of Hope. Arrangements are under the direction of Chapel of Hope...

Patricia Silver

Jun 12, 2011

Funeral services for Patricia Trisha Boo Silver will be Friday, June 17, 2011, 1 p.m. at Evenezer Baptist Church. Visitation will be Thursday 11 a.m. 6 p.m. at Chapel of Hope. Silver died June 12, at Lea Regional Medical Center. She was born July 15, 1952, in Lovington, NM.

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Barbara Abbott

Jun 11, 2011

Barbara Jane Abbott, 82 died June 11, 2011, in Lubbock, Texas. She was born Barbara Jane Roat on July 20, 1928, in Worcester, Massachusetts, and lived in Hobbs, New Mexico, from 1946 until the time of her death. A funeral service will be held at Chapel of Hope in Hobbs on Saturday, June 18th at 10:00 a.m. with David...

Richard Robinson

Jun 9, 2011

Richard Noel Robinson also known as R.N., Robby, Dickie, Red, and Fath passed away June 9, 2011, in Hobbs, NM. Robby was born October 19, 1924, in Tulia, TX, attended school in Jayton, TX, and graduated high school in Post, TX. As a young man, he worked as a farmer, grocer, butcher and electrician. He married Betty Ruth Conatser...

Don Martin

Jun 8, 2011

Funeral services for Kenneth Don Martin, 67, of Hobbs, will be 2:00 p.m. Monday, June 13, 2011, at Taylor Memorial Baptist Church with Pastor Dale Shook officiating. Visitation will be Sunday, June 12, 1 5 p.m. at Chapel of Hope which is in charge of arrangements. Don was born April 11, 1944, in Lubbock, Texas, to Clifford and Stella...

Peggy Mccommas

May 30, 2011

Funeral services for Peggy Jane McCommas, 77, of Hobbs, will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, June 11, 2011, at Chapel of Hope Funeral Home with Minister Mike Kennedy officiating. Burial will follow at Prairie Haven Cemetery. Peggy was born September 28, 1932, in Medicine Mound, TX, to Elmer and Ruby Bell. She died May 30, 2011, in Hobbs. She married...

Hazel Anderson

May 30, 2011

Funeral services for Hazel Anderson, 91, of Hobbs, will be 10:00 a.m. Friday, June 3, 2011, at Chapel of Hope Funeral Home which is in charge of arrangements. Pastor Elio Barrios, Vista Care Hospice Chaplain will officiate. Burial will follow at Prairie Haven Cemetery directly after the funeral service. Hazel died May 30, 2011, at Heartland Care of Hobbs....

David Singleterry

May 29, 2011

Funeral services for Brent Singleterry will be 2:30 p.m. Thursday, June 2, 2011, at Chapel of Hope Funeral Home, which is in charge of arrangements. Pastor Elio Barrios will officiate. Burial will follow after the services at Prairie Haven Memorial Park. Visitation will be Wednesday 1 5 p.m. and Thursday 8 a.m. until service time. Singleterry, 47, died May...

John Gilbert

May 27, 2011

John Forrest Gilbert, 80, of Hobbs, New Mexico, was born August 18, 1930, to Oren Forrest and Dorothy Shuff Gilbert Hamlin in Hutchison, Kansas. He married Barbara Winslow on September 26, 1955, in Falls Church, Virginia. He was a member of Civil Air Patrol. He was in the U.S. Army during the Korean War as a surveyor and worked...

Connie Call

May 23, 2011

Connie Elaine Harris Call went to be with the Lord Jesus on May 23rd. She was born on August 9, 1954, in Canton, OH, and died at home in Hobbs, NM. She grew up in Fort Collins, CO, where she was baptized in the American Baptist Church. She married Alan Dale Call on April 23, 1976, in Phoenix, AZ,...

Martha Boone

May 23, 2011

Martha Jean Boone, 81, passed away peacefully at home on Monday, May 23, 2011. Jean was born on May 5, 1930, in Detroit, Michigan. At the age of two and a half, she was adopted from the Catholic Orphanage in Memphis, Tennessee, by her parents Augustus and Vera Ellington McKinnon, of Mena, Arkansas. Jean was educated in Arkansas, and...