Ernest Harwell

Services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Monday, December 29, at LaGrone Funeral Chapel in Roswell, N.M. for life long area rancher Ernest R. Harwell. Mr. Harwell, age 88, passed away on December 26, 2008. Lyman Graham will officiate at the services with burial at South Park Cemetery. Pallbearers will be grandchildren, David Harwell, Jeremy Harwell, Cody Harwell, Sara Robinson, Whitney Whitcamp, and Lindsey Whitcamp, and Robert Cottrell, Roger Whitcamp, Dawn Harwell, Becky Harwell and Garrett Robinson. Ernest was born May 16, 1920 in Rotan, Texas; the son of James W. Harwell and Norma Longbotham Harwell. Both parents have preceded him in death, as well as brothers James Lloyd Harwell and Thomas B. Harwell. He married Thelma Reeves on December 20, 1942 on the family ranch. He and Thelma lived most of their married life on their ranch at Dunken, N.M. He was active in the Dunken Fire Department, the Soil Conservation Service and the Cattle and Wool Growers Associations. Ernest was a loving father, husband and granddad. He often expressed how proud he was of his wife and family. He was a member of Grace Community Church and also Narrow Way Church. He was loved by many and always greeted everyone with a hug and a smile. He is survived by his wife Thelma of the family home; sons Jimmy Harwell of Albuquerque, N.M. and Ernest Ray Harwell, Jr. of Dunken; a daughter Julie Ann Whitcamp and son-in-law Roger Whitcamp of Roswell; and grandchildren David Harwell, Jeremy Harwell, Cody Harwell, Sara Robinson, Whitney Whitcamp, and Lindsey Whitcamp.