Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
The following people with area connections died in February, based on obituaries submitted to the CNJ:
• Alexander, Brandon Palady, 19, Ovilla, Texas, Feb. 14
• Baros, Manuel “Mandy,” 62, Clovis, Feb. 3
• Brown, Jeffrey J., 57, Punta Gorda, Fla., Feb. 3
• Brownlee, Billy Dene, 73, Portales, Feb. 4
• Burch, Darrel Wayne, 63, Lubbock, Feb. 22
• Capps, Elrie, 94, Portales, Feb. 5
• Chavez, Rosa, 74, Clovis, Feb. 1
• Clary, Naomi, 83, Portales, Feb. 2
• Coffman, Viva H., 88, Clovis, Feb. 4
• Collins, Clarine, 92, Clovis, Feb. 14
• Crenshaw, Bill, 90, Taiban, Feb. 9
• Deen, Janie Lou, 84, Roswell, Feb. 22
• Derrick, Billy Lloyd, 62, Portales, Feb. 5
• Escamilla, Tomas “Red,” 73, Portales, Feb. 4
• Fails, Randolph Warren “Randy,” 80, Odessa, Texas, Feb. 22
• Fallwell, Margie L. Mars, 81, Clovis, Feb. 14
• Ford, Earl A., 78, Clovis, Feb. 14
• Garcia, Edward M., 52, Albuquerque, Feb. 13
• Gay, Jimmy V., 75, Farwell, Feb. 16
• Gray, Billie S., 48, Portales, Feb. 27
• Greene, Laura E., 51, Muleshoe, Feb. 20
• Hailey, LaVerne E., 72, Clovis, Feb. 18
• Hamilton-Martin, Donna Jean Wood, 50, Las Cruces, Feb. 17
• Hammit, Dixie Guylene, 71, Midland, Texas, Feb. 9
• Hancock, Charles S., 63, Clovis, Feb. 24
• Harrison, Bill H., 76, Clovis, Feb. 13
• Hernandez, Isabel, 88, Portales, Feb. 14
• Hodges, Herbert, 77, Rockdale, Texas, Feb. 4
• Hough, Susie, 96, Clovis, Feb. 26
• Johnson, Edith M., 85, Friona, Feb. 18
• Johnson, Flossie Bowen, 97, Clovis, Feb. 14
• Jones, Mary Aurora, 100, Bethal, Feb. 9
• Kennedy, Rex P., 76, Lubbock, Feb. 19
• Landrum, Margaret, 85, Clovis, Feb. 19
• Lantz-Casados, Darla M., 48, Los Alamos, Feb. 27
• Leary, Leonard, 66, Portales, Feb. 27
• Lovelace, Ann, 82, Farwell, Feb. 17
• McCoy, Roma E., 92, Broken Arrow, Okla., Feb. 23
• McCready, Edwin Deryl, 91, Clovis, Feb. 20
• McDorman, Louise, 92, Clovis, Feb. 10
• McKinley, Christina, 96, Roswell, Feb. 14
• Modersohn, Helen Geane, 71, Clovis, Feb. 16
• Montoya, Tommy, 59, Portales, Feb. 25
• Overton, Marie, 78, Capitan, Feb. 27
• Owens, Michael, 58, Clovis, Feb. 21
• Peters Jr., J.D, 87, Lubbock, Feb. 5
• Ralston, Lois Marie, 75, Amarillo, Feb. 1
• Richardson, Wanda Mae, 72, Tehachapi, Calif., Feb. 4
• Scarborough, Dorothy Bernice, 83, Prescott, Ariz., Feb. 18
• Sena, George J. Jr., 39, Fort Sumner, Feb. 3
• Soderberg, Wilver, 93, Carlsbad, Feb. 23
• Steele, Virginia Vinson Morris, 88, Friona, Feb. 22
• Triplett, Jennie Lee, 87, Fort Sumner, Feb. 17
• Trujillo, Eduardo B., 90, De Baca County, Feb. 15
• Vinassa, Viola “Vi,” 68, Norfork, Ark., Feb. 20
• Vincent, Myrtle Ioleen, 76, Seminole, Texas, Feb. 11
• Walker, Ray Lee “House,” 58, Portales, Feb. 10
• Williams, Bill R., 79, Clovis, Feb. 10
• Williams, Willie Fern, 95, Portales, Feb. 20
• Wilson, Ollie Margrette, 92, Portales, Feb. 16
• Wood, Carl Dan, 92, Ropesville, Texas, Feb. 16
• Wood, Patricia “Pat,” 81, Amarillo, Feb. 6
By the numbers
• Youngest 19
• Oldest 100
• Total 63
• Average age 75