Obituaries

Bert Akina

Bert Akina

Feb 1, 2011

No services are planned for Bert Akina, 64, of Hobbs. He died February 1, 2011,at Lea Regional Hospital. He was born January 5, 1947, in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Salvador Duarte

Salvador Duarte

Jan 24, 2011

Funeral services for Salvador O. Duarte, 65, of Hobbs, will be 2:00 p.m. Friday, January 28, 2011, at Temple Baptist Church with Pastor LaVoid Ford officiating. Interment will be after services at Prairie Haven Memorial Park. Visitation will be Thursday 8 a.m. 6 p.m. and Friday 8 a.m. until noon at Chapel of Hope Funeral Home. Salvador died January...

Anthony Yarbrough

Anthony Yarbrough

Jan 20, 2011

Anthony Tony Lawrence Yarbrough, 15, of Hobbs, went to be with his Lord and Savior and his Papa Tony on Thursday, January 20, 2011, in Albuquerque, NM. Tony was born on February 16, 1995, in Hobbs, NM, to Bobby and Sara Yarbrough. Tony was an avid football fan, especially when it came to the Sooners and the Patriots. He...

Glenda Eubank

Glenda Eubank

Jan 18, 2011

Funeral services for Glenda Jo Eubank, 53, of Hobbs, will be 2 p.m. Saturday, January 22, 2011, at Chapel of Hope Funeral Home with Mr. Bobby Weldy officiating. Visitation will be held Friday, January 21, 3 6 p.m. and Saturday 8 a.m. until service time at Chapel of Hope. Glenda died January 18, 2011, at her home in Nadine....

Anna Griffin

Anna Griffin

Jan 16, 2011

Funeral services for Anna Elizabeth Beth Griffin, 81, of Hobbs, will be 10:00 a.m. Thursday, January 20, 2011, at Chapel of Hope Funeral Home with son, Jim Griffin, officiating. Interment will be after services at Prairie Haven Memorial Park. Visitation will be Tuesday 2 5 p.m. and Wednesday, January 19, 8 a.m. 8 p.m. Beth died Sunday, January 16,...

Ashley Mccasland

Ashley Mccasland

Jan 15, 2011

Funeral services for Ashley Rene McCasland, 22, will be 10 a.m. Friday, January 21, 2011, at St. Helena Catholic Church with Fr. Juan Carlos Ramirez officiating assisted by Pastor Eileen Utten. Interment will be after services at Brunson Memorial Cemetery in Eunice. Visitation will be 10 a.m. 8 p.m. Thursday, January 20, 2011, with a Rosary service at 6:00...

Billy Baskin

Billy Baskin

Jan 10, 2011

Billie Jean McCord Baskin, 83, of Hobbs, New Mexico, died Monday, January 10, 2011, at home after a long illness. She was born July 12, 1927, in rural Henderson, Texas, to George B. and Claudia McCord. She married William Baskin on November, 23, 1950. She was preceded in death by her parents, George and Claudia, and her husband William...

Gene Dees

Gene Dees

Jan 10, 2011

Gene C. Dees, 63, of Hobbs died Monday, January 10, while out doing what he loved hunting with his bow. Gene will be greatly missed by his wife Pam, and his daughters, Laurie and Julie. He had two sonsinlaw, Jay and Cletus and four grandchildren, Austin, Blakeley, Cameron and Hunter. Gene had a brother, Jimmy Dees and a sister,...

Jerry Myrick

Jerry Myrick

Jan 5, 2011

A funeral service for Jerry L. Myrick, 72, of Hobbs will be 2 p.m. Friday, January 7, 2011, at First Church of the Nazarene, 2900 N. Fowler, in Hobbs. Pastor Ken Yocom will officiate. Burial will follow at Memory Gardens. Services are under the direction of Chapel of Hope Funeral Home. Visitation will be Friday from 8 a.m. noon...

Judith Cline

Judith Cline

Dec 31, 2010

Judith Cline, 59, of Hobbs, passed from this life December 31, 2010, in Hobbs. She was born March 16, 1951, in Corpus Christi, Texas, to Bertha and Jolly Hunt. She is survived by two children Patricia Roberts of Hobbs and Charles Hunt of Miles City, Montana two grandchildren, Savanha Anderson and Kaden Starkey, both of Hobbs and one greatgrandchild,...

Leroy Finney, Jr.

Leroy Finney, Jr.

Dec 30, 2010

A funeral service for Leroy Fnney, Jr. of Hobbs will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, January 4, 2011, at St. John Baptist Church, 1006 E Midwest in Hobbs. The Rev. B. J. Choice will officiate. Burial will follow services at Prairie Haven Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 8 a.m. 6 p.m. Monday and 8 8:30 a.m. Tuesday at...

Wilma Slater

Wilma Slater

Dec 28, 2010

Wilma Dale Roberts Slater long time resident of Hobbs, New Mexico, and founder of Hospice of Lea County now Vista Care Family Hospice was born October 26, 1932, in Coleman County, Texas. She died on December 28, 2010, in Gunter, Texas, at the age of 78. Services will be held on January 3, 2011, at First United Methodist Church,...

Vernon Jones

Vernon Jones

Dec 26, 2010

Vernon Richard Jones, also known by family and friends as Cowboy or Poker, age 88, of Moran, Texas, died peacefully on Sunday, December 26. A funeral service was held on Tuesday, December 28, 2010, at Parker Funeral Home in Baird, Texas. Final rites will be conducted in Hobbs, New Mexico, on Thursday, December 30 at 3:00 p.m. MST at...

W Penick

W Penick

Dec 25, 2010

W. C. Bill Penick passed away December 25, 2010, after a brief illness. He was born in Colvent, TX, on April 17, 1927, to Guy and Gladys Penick and was raised in Ramonsville, TX. Bill served in the Army from 1956 to 1959, in Germany, where he met and married his wife Carol. They were married for 51 years,...

A'Leesha Hodnett

A'Leesha Hodnett

Dec 24, 2010

Our sweet, loving daughter and sister, ALeesha Our Love Nichelle Hodnett, went to be with the Lord December 24, 2010, at Covenant Childrens Hospital in Lubbock, Texas. She was born January 29, 1989, in Odessa, Texas, to Larry and Starla Hodnett, Jr. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, at Cowboy Junction Church with Pastor Ty Bean officiating. Interment...

Willie Williams

Willie Williams

Dec 23, 2010

Willie Edd Bill Williams, 92, passed away December 23, 2010, at Covenant Medical Center in Lubbock. He was born October 5, 1918, in Girard, Texas. He married Emma Sue Williams on July 7, 2007, in Tatum. Funeral services are scheduled for 10 a.m. Wednesday, December 29, 2010, at Jefferson Street Church of Christ. Minister Clay Martin, assisted by minister...

Pedro Flores

Pedro Flores

Dec 19, 2010

Funeral services for Pedro Flores, 79, of Hobbs will be Thursday, December 23, 2010, 10:00 a.m. at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church. A rosary will be held at Chapel of Hope Funeral Home, which is in charge of arrangements, Wednesday, December 22, 2010, at 6:00 p.m. Visitation will be Wednesday at Chapel of Hope from 8 a.m. 7...

Mary Rogers

Mary Rogers

Dec 18, 2010

Mary Frances Rogers, 75, of Seminole died December 18, 2010, at Seminole Memorial Hospital. She was born December 15, 1936, in Odonnell, Texas. She married Roscoe Rogers on July 13, 1957, in Lamesa, Texas. He died in August, 2004. Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. CST Monday, December 20, 2010, at Odonnell Cemetery. Monty Barnett will officiate. Visitation...

James Farmer

James Farmer

Dec 15, 2010

James Burl Farmer was born December 26, 1940, in Novice, Texas, and died December 15, 2010, in Lubbock, Texas. Cremation will take place. Burl was a respected business man in downtown Hobbs for over thirty years. He owned and operated Good Housekeeping Shop and later, Farmers Appliance and TV until he retired in 1998. He was a loving spouse...

Richard Falk

Richard Falk

Dec 14, 2010

Richard Guy Dick Falk, husband, father, grandfather, greatgrandfather and longtime Hobbs resident passed away on December 14, 2010, at Lea Regional Hospital. Dick was born on September 2, 1926, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to Guy and Ruth Jane Falk. Funeral services are planned Monday, December 20, 2010, 1:30 p.m. at First Baptist Church in Hobbs, officiated by Pastor Doug Kello...