Obituaries

Mary Kerby

Mary Kerby

Mar 4, 2011

A memorial service for Mary Kerby, 89, of Hobbs will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 8, 2011, at Chapel of Hope. Star Hospice Chaplain Steve Lord will officiate. Cremation will take place. Arrangements are under the direction of Chapel of Hope Funeral Hope. Mary died March 4, 2011, in Hobbs. She was born July 5, 1921, in Elgin,...

Angie Fitt

Angie Fitt

Mar 2, 2011

Angie Locknane Fitt died peacefully, surrounded by her family in Hobbs, New Mexico, on March 2, 2011. Angie, the daughter of Jesse Armstrong Locknane and Ruby Dunn Locknane, was born in Cameron, New Mexico, on October 23, 1926. She graduated from Clovis High School in 1944. She attended Eastern New Mexico University and graduated in 1950 with a Bachelors...

Lydia Huerta

Lydia Huerta

Mar 2, 2011

Funeral services for Lydia Chavez Huerta will be Monday, March 7, 2011, 2:00 p.m. at Chapel of Hope Funeral Home with Pastor Dan Robertson officiating. Interment will be after services at Prairie Haven Cemetery. Visitation will be Sunday, March 6, 2011, 1 6 p.m. at Chapel of Hope. Lydia passed from this life March 2, 2011, in Lovington, New...

Paul Thomas

Paul Thomas

Feb 28, 2011

Funeral services for Paul Thomas will be Thursday, March 3, 2011, 10:00 a.m. at Chapel of Hope Funeral Home officiated by Elder Monty Wittman. Interment will be after services at Prairie Haven Cemetery. Visitation will be Wednesday, March 2, at Chapel of Hope 1 7 p.m. and Thursday, March 3, until service time. Paul died February 28, 2011, at...

John Rachel

John Rachel

Feb 25, 2011

Memorial services for John Everett Rachel will be Saturday, March 5, 2011, 2:00 p.m. at First United Methodist Church officiated by Pastor Darren Skinner. John died Friday, February 25, 2011, at the Heart Hospital in Lubbock. He was born September 15, 1923, in Sipe Springs, Texas, to John and Hattie Rachel. John married Nicky Williams June 11, 1949, in...

Debra Warden

Debra Warden

Feb 18, 2011

A memorial service for Debbie Warden, 57, of Hobbs will be 1 p.m. Tuesday, February 22, 2011, at Chapel of Hope Funeral Home. Pastor Mike McQuire will be officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Chapel of Hope of Hobbs. Warden died Friday, February 18, 2011, at Lea Regional Medical Center. She was born December 2, 1953, in Poplarville....

Frances Alvarez

Frances Alvarez

Feb 18, 2011

Funeral Mass for Frances Pacheco Alvarez, 90, of Hobbs, will be at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, February 22, 2011, at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church. Father Ruben Romero will officiate. Burial will follow services at Prairie Haven Memorial Park Cemetery. Rosary will at at 6 p.m. Monday, February 21, at Chapel of Hope. Visitation will be 8 a.m. 8 p.m....

Vernon Cannon

Vernon Cannon

Feb 17, 2011

Vernon E. Cannon of Hobbs died Thursday evening February 17, 2011,at his home. He was born April 9, 1929, in McCullough Co., TX, to Thomas L. and Annie Iola Crumley Cannon. Funeral services will be held 10:00 a.m. Monday, February 21, 2011, in the Chapel of Hope Chapel with Pastor Brad Reimers officiating. Burial will take place at 4:00...

Willie King

Willie King

Feb 15, 2011

Veteran memorial services for Willie L. Sun Baby King, born on November 29, 1925, in Cleburne, Texas, will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Prairie Haven Memorial Park. Survivors include his wife Ruby King of Hobbs daughters, Mae Nell King of Oakland, CA, and Velma Desha of Dallas, TX brother Bennie King of Caldwell, TX sisters, Cetta King...

George Serrano, Jr.

George Serrano, Jr.

Feb 15, 2011

A funeral mass for George Serrano, Jr. 38, of Hobbs will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, February 16, 2011, at St. Helena Catholic Church. Burial will follow after services at Prairie Haven Memorial Park. Rosary will be Tuesday, February 15, at 6 p.m. at Chapel of Hope which is in charge of arrangements. Visitation will be 3 8 p.m....

Neal King

Neal King

Feb 14, 2011

Funeral services for Neal D. King, 78, of Hobbs, New Mexico, will be 10:00 a.m. Thursday, February 17, 2011, at Highland Baptist Church with Guy Coupe officiating. Interment will be at Hagerman Cemetery, Hagerman, NM, at 3 p.m. Mr. King died February 14, 2011, in Hobbs. He was born December 7, 1932, in Artesia, NM. He married Edna Leudecke...

Martha Huckabee

Martha Huckabee

Feb 12, 2011

Memorial services for Martha Rae Huckabee, Nanny, 73, of Hobbs, will be 4:00 p.m. Saturday, February 19, 2011, at Taylor Street Church of Christ. Cremation will take place. There will be a meal to follow services for everyone in attendance. Martha died Saturday, February 12, 2011, at her home in Hobbs. She was born January 26, 1938, in Hobbs...

Robert Ott

Robert Ott

Feb 10, 2011

Funeral services for Robert H. Bob Ott, of Hobbs, New Mexico will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, February 14, 2011, at the Chapel of Hope Funeral Home with Rev. Darren Skinner officiating. Burial will follow at Prairie Haven Memorial Park. Visitation will be 1 6 p.m. Sunday at Chapel of Hope. Family will greet friends 4 6 p.m....

Tammy Weldy

Tammy Weldy

Feb 7, 2011

Tammy Flowers Weldy, 47, of Hobbs, passed away February 7, 2100, at her home. She was born March 15, 1963, in Hobbs, New Mexico, to Frank and Neita Flowers. Tammy leaves behind a daughter, Charlie Dawn Weldy, as well as her precious grandchildren, Andrew Connel and Justice Kemper. She is also survived by her mother, Neita Walker two sisters,...

Fred Brown

Fred Brown

Feb 7, 2011

A memorial service for Fred T. Brown, 85, of Hobbs will be at 3 p.m. Saturday, February 12, 2011, at Taylor Memorial Baptist Church. Dr. Dean Mathis will officiate. Cremation will take place. Arrangements are under the direction of Chapel of Hope Funeral Home. Fred died February 7, 2011, at Desert Gardens. He was born October 27, 1925, in...

Dan Wilson

Dan Wilson

Feb 6, 2011

Dan Derlin Wilson passed away February 6, 2011, at University Medical Center in Lubbock, Texas. He was born May 25, 1929, in Winnsboro, Texas, to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Wilson. He graduated from Como High School in Como, TX, in 1947. He came to West Texas in the early fifties and went to work as a salesman in the...

Donald Ross

Donald Ross

Feb 4, 2011

Don Ross, age, 71, went into the arms of Jesus on Friday, February 4, 2011. He is now free of pain after almost eight years of battling cancer. Don was born July 25, 1939, in Ponca City, Oklahoma. Don was the seventh of nine children born to John and Zelma Withers Ross. Don received his education in Shidler, Oklahoma,...

Evelyn Parker

Evelyn Parker

Feb 4, 2011

A memorial service for Evelyn M Parker,88, of Hobbs, will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, March 5, in El Dorado, Arkansas. Evelyn died February 4, 2011, in Hobbs and was born July 2, 1922, in Camden, Arkalsas. She married Keith Parker, May 5, 1946, in El Dorado. He died September, 1979. Evelyn was of the Methodist faith. She is survived...

Hollice Clay, Sr.

Hollice Clay, Sr.

Feb 4, 2011

Hollice James Clay, Sr., Goose passed away Thursday, February 4 at his home. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Saturday, February 12, 2011, at Lane Chapel CME Church, 1305 E Skelly, Hobbs, with Elder Keith Jones officiating. Interment will follow at Praire Haven memorial Park. Visitation will be Friday, February 11, 2011, 8 a.m. 6 p.m. at Chapel of...

Opal Franklin

Opal Franklin

Feb 4, 2011

Funeral service for Opal Flynn Green Franklin, 93, of Hobbs will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, February 8, 2011, at Chapel of Hope Funeral Home. The Rev. Darren Skinner will officiate. Burial will follow at Memory Gardens Cemetery. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. 7 p.m. Monday and 8 a.m. until service time on Tuesday at the funeral home....