Opal Teague

TEAGUE, OPAL LEEFuneral services are scheduled for 10:00 A. M., Wednesday, January 16, 2008 at LaGrone Funeral Chapel for Opal Lee Teague, age 87, of New Harmony, Indiana who passed away January 11, 2008. Rev. Ruth Fowler of Trinity United Methodist Church will officiate, with interment to follow at South Park Cemetery.

Family will receive friends from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at LaGrone Funeral Chapel on Tuesday, January 15, 2008.

Opal Lee Teague, formerly of Mt. Vernon, Indiana and Roswell, New Mexico, passed away at New Harmonie Healthcare Center in New Harmony, Indiana. She was born November 18, 1920 at Snyder, Scurry County, Texas to Troy Dee Spraberry and Grace Aryola Drury Spraberry Owens. She was preceded in death by her husband, Willard LeRoy Teague; her parents; stepfather, Lawrence Lester Owens; and stepmother, Lavina Spraberry.

She moved to Spur, Texas while still a baby, and grew up in spur, Hobbs, New Mexico, Courtney Community near Stanton, Dickens, and Midland, Texas. She graduated in 1938 from Dickens High School, Dickens, Texas, and attended Draughons Business College in Lubbock, Texas.

Opal Lee Spraberry married Willard LeRoy Teague on August 5, 1940 in Carlsbad, New Mexico. They lived in Artesia, Carlsbad, Capitan and Roswell, New Mexico having moved to Roswell in 1955.

She was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church, and her last work in the church was as treasurer of the Trinity United Methodist Women where she was awarded the United Methodist Women special Recognitions Pin.

Opal Lee has been a member of the Rebeckah Lodge since February 1950, served in 1980 as Noble Grand of Roswell Rebekah Lodge No 2, and as President of L.A.P.M. Wildey Auxiliary No. 6, Roswell, another branch of Oddfellowship.

While living in Capitan, Opal Lee and her husband, along with Leroy and Amelia McKnight, organized the Capitan Band Boosters Club, of which Opal Lee served as president for two years. While in Capitan, Opal Lee also began what became a life-long love; oil, watercolor, soft pastel and acrylic painting.
POpal Lee Teague was previously employed by several attorneys, bookkeeper for several businesses, and retired from the New Mexico State Engineer Office, where she was employed for 17 years. She spent eight of those years in the Pecos Valley Watermaster Office, and retired whil

Visitation

LaGrone Funeral Chapel
900 South Main
Roswell, NM  88203
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
5:00 P.M.7:00P.M.

Service

Funeral Service

LaGrone Funeral Chapel
900 S MAIN
Roswell, NM  88203
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
10:00 A.M.

Cemetery

South Park Cemetery
3101 S. Main
Roswell, NM  88203

Memorial Contributions

Trinity United Methodist Church
1413 S. Union Ave.
Roswell, NM  88203