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Percy Blair

Percy Blair

May 10, 2011

BLAIR, PERCY F. Memorial services are scheduled for Friday, May 13, 2011, at 2:00 p.m. at First Christian Church for Percy F. Blair, age 91, of Roswell, who passed May 10, 2011. Pastor Vern Edmonds will officiate. Military honors will be provided by the Roswell Veterans Honor Guard. Percy was born September 4, 1919 to Percy and Mona Blair...

William Coffey

William Coffey

May 10, 2011

COFFEY, WILLIAM BILL S. Memorial services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m., Saturday, May 14, 2011 at LaGrone Funeral Chapel for William Bill S. Coffey, age 93, of Roswell who passed away on May 10, 2011. The Roswell Masonic Low 12 will officiate and assisted by the Roswell Veterans Honor Guard. Bill was born in Paducah, TX to Eva Conner...

Eva Hammond

Eva Hammond

May 9, 2011

HAMMOND, EVA LILLIAN ANN Funeral services are scheduled for Friday, May 13, 2011 at 11:00 am at LaGrone Funeral Chapel for Eva Lillian Ann Hammond, age 93 who passed away May 9, 2011 at Eastern New Mexico Medical Center. Interment will be at 1:00 p.m., Friday, May 13, 2011 at the Woodbine Cemetery in Artesia, NM. Ann was born...

Theresa Fairfield

Theresa Fairfield

May 7, 2011

FAIRFIELD, THERESA MARGARET Graveside services will be held on Friday, May 13, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. by LaGrone Funeral Chapel for Theresa Margaret Fairfield, age 86, of Roswell, who passed from this earth on May 7th, 2011 in Roswell, NM. She was born October 9, 1924 in Brooklyn, NY to Donato and Frances Giangiobbe. Theresa married Oscar Fairfield on...

Lillian Shirley

Lillian Shirley

May 4, 2011

SHIRLEY, LILLIAN FAY Services are scheduled for Lillian Fay Shirley, age 96 of Roswell at 10:00 AM, Saturday, May 7, 2011 at The First United Pentecostal Church. Rev. Alvin Almond, Sr. and Rev. Alvin Almond, Jr. will conduct the service. Interment will follow at South Park Cemetery. Lillian was born October 28, 1914 in Carthage, Texas, to James Richmond...

Melba Phillips

Melba Phillips

May 4, 2011

PHILLIPS, MELBA RUTH Funeral services are scheduled for 10:00 a.m., Monday, May 9, 2011 at LaGrone Funeral Chapel for Melba Ruth Phillips, age 87, of Roswell who passed away on May 4, 2011. Pastor Phil Grassie of Westside Church of Christ in Artesia, NM will officiate. Visitation will be Saturday, May 7, 2011 from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.,...

Daniel Simpson

Daniel Simpson

Apr 29, 2011

SIMPSON, DANIEL RAY No services are scheduled at this time for Daniel Ray Simpson, age 61 of Roswell, who passed away April 29, 2011 in Lubbock, TX. Daniel was born on December 15, 1949 in Middlesboro, Kentucky to Luther and Elsie Simpson, both parents have preceded him in death, as well as a son, Daniel Ray Simpson, Jr. Daniel...

Marvin Curry

Marvin Curry

Apr 27, 2011

CURRY, MARVIN W. No services are scheduled at this time for Marvin W. Curry, age 80 of Roswell, who passed away April 27, 2011 at Roswell Regional Hospital. Marvin was born on September 22, 1930 in Hominy, OK to Louis Arthur and Elizabeth Batemen Curry, both parents have preceded him in death, as well as a son, Stephen Allen...

Marie Lynch

Marie Lynch

Apr 26, 2011

Marie Rose Lynch passed away Tuesday April 26, 2011. She is survived by her children Tim Becky Lynch of Roswell and Patty Gar Thornton of Shelton, Washington. She is also survived by granddaughters Carissa TinaLynch, Nikki Craig Duran, Cybil Lynch, and Amy Thornton. She is also survived by greatgrandchildren Noah and Hailey Lynch, Kelsie, Kirsten, Kaylen, Karly, Renden and...

Lenora Rogers

Lenora Rogers

Apr 17, 2011

ROGERS, LENORA A memorial service for Lenora Hardage Rogers, 77, of Roswell will be held on Thursday, April 21, 2011 at 11:00 A. M. at LaGrone Funeral Chapel. Lenora passed away peacefully on April 17, 2011 in her home. Lenora was born on June 25, 1933, in Westville, Oklahoma, to Louis and Mamie Pack Hardage, who preceded her in...

John Ferguson

John Ferguson

Apr 15, 2011

FERGUSON, JOHN K. Graveside services are scheduled for Tuesday, April 26, 2011 at 10:00 at South Park Cemetery for John K. Ferguson who passed away April 15, 2011 at the VA Hospital in Albuquerque, NM. Sam Chaves will conduct the services, with the Roswell Veterans Honor Guard proving the Military Honors. John was born on March 11, 1946 to...

Cecil Rockhold

Cecil Rockhold

Apr 14, 2011

ROCKHOLD, CECIL L. Cecil L. Rockhold, a long time resident of Roswell, NM passed away at home, April 14, 2011. He was born September 7, 1918 to Henry and Lena Rockhold in Union Star, Missouri. He was preceded in death by his parents, his sister, Katherine Dunn and two brothers, Luther Rockhold M.D., and Henry Rockhold, Jr. He was...

Charles Chewning

Charles Chewning

Apr 13, 2011

CHEWNING, CHARLES E. Services are scheduled for Monday, April 18, 2011 at 1:30 P.M, at West Country Club Church of Christ, for Charles E. Chewning, age 85, of Roswell who passed away April 13, 2011. Doug Austin will officiate, with Interment to follow at South Park Cemetery. Graveside honors provided by the Roswell Veterans Honor Guard. Charles was born...

Ruth Hughes

Ruth Hughes

Apr 9, 2011

Graveside services are scheduled for 11:00 A.M. on Thursday, April 14, 2011 at Prairie Lea Cemetery in Brenham, Texas for Ruth N. Hughes, 78, of Burton, Texas who went to be with the Lord on Saturday, April 9, 2011 in a hospital in Roswell, New Mexico, where she had chosen to spend her final days in the loving care...

Pat Green

Pat Green

Apr 6, 2011

GREEN, PAT H. Funeral Services are scheduled for 10:00 A.M., Friday, April 8, 2011, at LaGrone Funeral Chapel for Pat H. Green, age 96 of Roswell, who passed away April 6, 2011. Pat was born February 22, 1915 in Westville, Oklahoma to James Sylvester and Pearl Mae Spurlock. Both parents preceded her in death as well as a son,...

Merrill Bigelow

Merrill Bigelow

Apr 5, 2011

BIGELOW, MERRILL DEAN Graveside services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m., Thursday, April 7, 2011 at South Park Cemetery for Merrill Dean Bigelow, age 81, of Roswell who passed away on April 5, 2011, in Lubbock, TX. Pastor Jim Bignell of Aldersgate Methodist Church will officiate with honors provided by Roswell Veterans Honor Guard. Merrill was born on March 7,...

Gerry Crenshaw

Gerry Crenshaw

Apr 4, 2011

CRENSHAW, GERRY No Services are scheduled at this time for Bessie Geraldine Gerry Crenshaw, age 66, of Roswell who passed away April 4, 2011 at a local hospital. Gerry was born February 4, 1945 in Ft. Smith, Arkansas, to Oscar and Katherine Asher Davis. Both parents preceded her in death. She married Charles Crenshaw on July 1, 1967 in...

Charles Atkeson

Charles Atkeson

Apr 3, 2011

ATKESON, CHALRES PARKServices are scheduled for a later date on Chales Park Atkeson, age 93 of Roswell, who passed away on April 3, 2011.

Franklin Schlatter

Franklin Schlatter

Apr 1, 2011

A funeral service is scheduled for 2 p.m., Monday, April 4, 2011, at La Grone Funeral Chapel for Franklin D. Schlatter, 77, who passed away Friday, April 1, 2011, at Roswell Regional Hospital. Family will greet friends at LaGrone Funeral Chapel, today, Sunday, April 3, 2011, from 3 PM to 5 PM. . Frank was born in Peoria, Illinois...

Wilbur James

Wilbur James

Mar 27, 2011

JAMES, WILBUR LEEGraveside services are scheduled at 10:00 A.M. on Thursday, March 31, 2011 at South Park Cemetery for Wilbur Lee James, age 73, of Roswell, who passed away on March 27, 2011. Rev. Richard Smith will officiate. Wilbur was born on February 12, 1938 in Texas to L.A. James and Mary Jane Mollie Prentice. They both have preceded...