Services are scheduled at 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, November 5 at Hood Mortuary in Durango, Colorado for former Artesia NM and Lovington NM resident Wesley A. Briscoe of Durango. Family and friends will officiate. Mr. Briscoe, 45, died Saturday, November 1, 2003 in Bayfield, Colo. Graveside services are scheduled at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, November 8 at the Upper Hope Cemetery...
Services are scheduled at 10:00 AM Monday, November 3, at Hermosa Drive Church of Christ for Velma May Bradley, 2001 W. Currier Ave. Artesia, New Mexico. Mrs. Bradley, 76, died Thursday, October 30, 2003 at Artesia Good Samaritan Center. Michael Joiner will officiate at the services with burial at Twin Oaks Memorial Park. Pallbearers will be Mike Goss, Raymond...
Closed casket services are scheduled at 10:00 A.M. Saturday, November 1, at First United Methodist Church for John H. Terpening, Artesia, New Mexico. Mr. Terpening, 77, died Wednesday, October 29, 2003 at his home. Rev. Paul Dean Duerksen assisted by Jim Dunlap will officiate at the services. Interment will follow at Woodbine Cemetery with Military Graveside Rites. Pallbearers will...
Services are scheduled at 2:00 P.M. Monday, October 27, at the Christian Church in Sublette, Kansas for Elena Jean Pratt, Sublette. Mrs. Pratt, 77, died Thursday, October 23, 2003 at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. Rev. David Erwin will officiate at the services. Interment services will be at 2:00 P.M. Wednesday at Woodbine Cemetery in Artesia, N.M....
No local services are scheduled for Rita B. Weatherspoon, 2706 W. Grand Ave., Artesia, New Mexico. Mrs. Weatherspoon, 78, died Thursday, October 23, 2003 at Artesia General Hospital. Cremation has taken place under direction of Terpening Son Mortuary. Mrs. Weatherspoon was born January 30, 1925 in Nashua, New Hampshire; the daughter of Joseph E. Houde and Marie Louise Jalbert...
Graveside services are scheduled at 3:00 P.M. Monday, October 20, at Woodbine Cemetery for Linnie Bill Mullenax, 306 S. 19th Street, Artesia, New Mexico. Mrs. Mullenax, 91, died Saturday, October 18, 2003 at Artesia Good Samaritan Center. Gary Smith will officiate at the services. Mrs. Mullenax's great-grandsons will serve as honorary pallbearers. She was born July 10, 1912 in...
Services are scheduled at 9:30 A.M. Saturday, October 18 at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church for Carmen Herrera Cortez, Artesia, New Mexico. Mrs. Cortez, 94, died Wednesday, October 15 at her home. Father Paul Murtagh SS.CC. will officiate at the services with burial at Twin Oaks Memorial Park. Pallbearers will be Steven Cortez, Anthony Villa, Andrew Cortez, Arturo...
Kathleen Katie Mama, Mom, Grandma Katie, Aunt Katie Blount Coll, 88, died October 13, 2003 at the Landsun Health Care Center in Carlsbad, after a lengthy illness. She was born April 15, 1915 in Shelburn, Indiana to Charles Charley and Florence Blount. They moved from Shelburn to the Estancia Valley, then to Artesia, where she met and married Britton...
Services are scheduled at 9:30 A.M. Wednesday, October 15, at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church for Fernando Garcia Hernandez, 705 N. Roselawn Ave., Artesia, New Mexico. Mr. Hernandez, 82, died Saturday, October 11, 2003 at his home. Fr. Paul Murtagh will officiate at the services with burial at Woodbine Cemetery with Military Graveside Rites. Pallbearers will be Brandon...
Memorial services are scheduled at 5:00 P.M. Sunday, October 12, at Terpening Son Chapel for Winifred Rose Hooker, 2712 W. Richardson Ave., Artesia, New Mexico. Mrs. Hooker, 73, died Friday, October 10, 2003 at her home. Fr. Paul Murtagh will officiate at the services. Cremation has taken place under the direction of Terpening Son Mortuary. Mrs. Hooker was born...
Services are scheduled at 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, October 7, at First Baptist Church for James Austin Smith, of Artesia, New Mexico. Mr. Smith, 81, died Saturday, October 4, 2003 at Artesia Good Samaritan Center. Rev. Rick Sullivan will officiate at the services. Burial will follow at Twin Oaks Memorial Park with Military Graveside Honors. Pallbearers will be Tracy Clanton,...
Services are scheduled at 10:00AM Saturday, October 4, at Terpening Son Chapel for Bruce Mansell, 1406 S. 21st St., Artesia, New Mexico. Mr. Mansell, 22, died Wednesday, October 1, 2003 south of Artesia. Don Johnston will officiate at the services with burial at Woodbine Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Justin Mansell, Rodney Standard, James Hooten, Fred Urban, John Neel, Ben...
A loving, caring, and loyal friend, brother, and father has passed away. John August Nelson, Jr. died in his home in Lake Arthur, New Mexico on October 1, 2003. He was born on November 30, 1928 in a home outside of Lake Arthur, New Mexico. He was the eldest son of John August Nelson, Sr. and Bertha Ellen Mahan...
Services are scheduled at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, October 4, at Terpening Son Chapel for Wilma Cox of Artesia, New Mexico. Mrs. Cox, 96, died Wednesday, October 1, 2003 at Sunset Villa Care Center in Roswell, New Mexico. Rev. Tom Gunn will officiate at the services with burial at Woodbine Cemetery. Family members will serve as pallbearers. Mrs. Cox was...
Services are scheduled at 2:00 P.M. Wednesday at Hermosa Drive Church of Christ for Virgil Emmett Green, Artesia, New Mexico. Mr. Green, 70, died Monday, September 22, 2003 at his home. Michael Joiner will officiate at the services with burial at Woodbine Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Curtis Allen, Larry Combs, Jerry Dodd, Billy Snowden, Chava Flores, Jackie Clifton and...
Memorial services are scheduled at 3:00 P.M. Sunday, September 28, at Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints for Mildred Helen Bunce Lindsay Miller, 212 Bullock Avenue, Artesia, New Mexico. Mrs. Miller, 97, died Sunday, September 21, 2003 at Artesia General Hospital in Artesia, New Mexico. Burial has taken place at Evergreen Cemetery in Springville City, Utah. Mrs. Miller...
Services are scheduled at 9:30 A.M. Wednesday, September 24 at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church in Artesia, N.M. for longtime Artesia resident Mario Galindo, 310 E. Keith, Roswell, New Mexico. Mr. Galindo, 66, died Saturday, September 20, 2003 at his home. Father Paul Murtagh will officiate at the services with burial at Woodbine Cemetery. Pallbearers will be family...
Services are scheduled at 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, September 17, at Faith Baptist Church for Zachary Allen Herrera, 1803 Clayton Ave., Artesia, New Mexico. Zachary, 9, died Sunday, September 14, 2003, at his home. Rev. Michael Elliott will officiate at the services with burial at Woodbine Cemetery. Pallbearers will be John Gracia, Will Gonzalez, Bobby Trujillo, Ismael Bear Herrera, Jay...
Services are scheduled at 2:00 P.M. Thursday, September 18, at Hermosa Drive Baptist Church, for Earl Vincent Harrison, 3509 S. Haldeman Rd., Artesia, New Mexico. Mr. Harrison, 83, died Friday, September 12, 2003 in Anchorage, Alaska. Rev. Gavin Vaughan will officiate at the services with burial at Memory Lawn Memorial Park, Roswell, New Mexico. Pallbearers will be Steve A....
Graveside services are scheduled at 2:00 P.M. Monday, September 15, at Woodbine Cemetery for Medina Delores Scrimshire, 1402 Gilchrist Ave., Artesia, New Mexico. Mrs. Scrimshire, 56, died Friday, September 12, 2003 at Artesia Good Samaritan Center. J.T. Ross will officiate at the services. Mrs. Scrimshire was born December 25, 1946 in Artesia, New Mexico; the daughter of Tod Downs...