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Houston Bradberry

Services: Graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Floyd Cemetery.

Houston Bradberry, 65, of Portales died Friday, Dec. 5, 2003, at Roosevelt General Hospital in Portales.

He was born Sept. 18, 1938, in Arp, Texas, to Elfreda “Peaches” and Seibert Bradberry.

Mr. Bradberry grew up in east Texas. For the majority of his life he lived in the Kilgore area where he worked in the oil fields. In about 1990 he moved to Portales to be near his mother. He had been in failing health for a number of years.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Robert McClellan, who died in 1985.

Survivors include his life partner, Julie Webb of Portales; two sons and daughters-in-law, Houston Shane and Tammy Bradberry of Omaha, Neb., and Toby D. and Marnie Bradberry of Lubbock, Texas; three grandchildren, Taylor Bradberry, Cameron Bradberry and Shane Bradberry.

Scott Reeves and Toby Bradberry will officiate at the services.

All friends will serve as honorary pallbearers.

Wheeler Mortuary of Portales will handle arrangements.