Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Vickie Garcia Services: Have been held. Vickie Garcia, 76, of Albuquerque, died July 3, 2005, in Albuquerque. She was born on April 9, 1929, in Tecolotito. She lived in the Clovis, Portales, and Las Vegas areas. She owned and operated El Ranchito Allegre Cafe in Sena. She enjoyed visiting with friends at flea markets and casinos. The children in Las Vegas knew her as the “ice cream lady.” She was preceded in death by two brothers; three sisters; a granddaughter; and a stepdaughter. Survivors include her husband, Mike Gar... Full story
Vicente Gallegos Services: Have been held. Vicente Gallegos, 75, of Clovis, died Monday, July 4, 2005, at Laurel Plains Healthcare in Clovis. He was born on Jan. 16, 1930, in Clovis, to Estella Rivera and Margarito Gallegos. He married Stella Saiz of Anton Chico in 1952. He worked for the Senior Volunteer Program at Laurel Plains where he played dominoes and visited with residents. He was a life time member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church and a member of the American Legion Post 25. Family members said he loved...
Antonio Quintero Service: Have been held. Mr. Antonio C. Quintero, 87, died Saturday, July 2, 2005, at Heartland Continuing Care Center in Portales. He was born July 16, 1917, to Ramona and Pedro Quintero in Celaya, Gaunajuato, Mexico. He grew up in Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico, where he attended school. At an early age he began woodworking and working in construction in Mexico. He came to the United States in 1956 where he met and later married Micaela Cortez on July 27, 1958, in El Paso, Texas. They settled in Portales where... Full story
John Roy Services: Have been held. John L. Roy, 58, died Friday, July 1, 2005, at his home in Lubbock. Roy was born on March 1, 1947, in Paducah, Texas. He was raised in Carlsbad. He attended the Carlsbad public schools, Odessa Commercial College and NMSU, Carlsbad Branch. He married Jolene Smith Roy on June 18, 1967. He is a U.S. Army veteran. While living in Hobbs, he retired after 30 years of service to GTE. He went on to work for ENMR Telephone CO-OP in Clovis, followed by Valor Telecom in Brownfield, Texas, where he was...
Betty Stout Service: Have been held. Mrs. Betty Louise (Howard) Stout, 75, died Thursday, June 30, 2005, at Beehive Homes in Clovis. She was born May 5, 1930, in Clovis to Luther and Viola Howard. She married Billie Stout on Sept. 13, 1953, in Clovis and they lived in the Broadview-Grady community all their lives. She was an avid hobbiest who was always engaged in sewing, quilting, ceramics and painting. She was a member of the Grady Senior Citizens and the Grady Alpha Club. She is preceded in death by her parents. Survivors...
James Woods Service: Have been held. Lt. Colonel James Jerry Woods (Ret.), 48, died Sunday, June 26, 2005 in Doha, Qatar. He was born Dec. 2, 1956, in South Ruislip, England. He served in the Army for 21 years and wore the Parachutist Badge, Ranger Tab, Pathfinder Badge, Expert Infantryman’s Badge, and earned his Combat Infantryman’s Badge during Operation Just Cause in Panama. His top tier medals included the Legion of Merit, Defense Meritorious Service, Army Commendation and the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal. He ser...
Thomas McGregor Service: Have been held. He was born March 22, 1931, to Thomas Bernard and Viola Garrett McGregor, in Long Beach, Calif. He married Kathy Gwaltney July 14, 1957, at Cannon Air Force Base. He was a conductor for the AT&SF Railroad, owned race horses and farmed the family farm. He was a member of First Christian Church. He is preceded in death by his father. Survivors include his wife, Kathy McGregor of Clovis; two sons, Jay McGregor of Dallas, Shane McGregor (and wife, Liz Tafoya) of Clovis; mother, Viola...
Built in 1931, Hotel Clovis has been unoccupied for 22 years. (Staff photo: Sharna Johnson) Hotel Clovis still towers above the city, but after 22 years of dormancy and neglect, the nationally recognized historic site still has no tenant. The state recently pledged funds to assess the level of contaminants in the building, a first step toward determining what it will cost to clean up. “The state administration is very much into economic development ... and we are very p...
Members of a Parmer County church have raised concern over an application for a dairy permit in the Lariat area. The proposed dairy will be built on the south side of U.S. 70-84 on Parmer County Road DD. Concerns raised during a June 20 public hearing in Farwell included health issues, problems with flies and waste water retention, according to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, which conducted the hearing. “We hold meetings if there is significant interest among the residents concerning a possible dairy,” sai...
A proposed city ordinance that would put cold medicines and other drugs with pseudoephedrine behind the counter at local stores is being inspected and amended by a task force. The point of the ordinance, according to the district attorney, is to make it more difficult for methamphetamine manufacturers to obtain the key precursors for the drug, thereby cutting down on meth production in the community. Comprised of city commissioners, city administrators, police and the district attorney, the task force began work Monday. City... Full story
PORTALES — While Hillary Boerio of Portales was singing “Amazing Graze” at the downtown square, there were interviews being conducted for “The Amazing Race” CBS show at Big Valley Auto. The Portales Fire Department held a water cannon competition to go with the Christian music, water volleyball, balloons and snow cones as part of a celebration Monday held by the Roosevelt County Chamber of Commerce in conjunction with an Amarillo television newscast. “The Amazing Race” is a CBS reality show that has teams of two compete t...
Delma Wiley Services: Have been held. Delma Wiley, 79, of Clovis, died Thursday, July 7, 2005, at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis. She was born on April 8, 1926, in Buffalo, Texas, to David Sr. and Leona Caldwell. She married Earnest Wiley on Nov. 20, 1945. She worked as a cook, bus driver and assisted in private home care. She also owned and operated thrift stores in Clovis and Texico. She was a member of True Victory Church and First Church of God in Christ. She was a licensed missionary and the church mother at... Full story
One of mankind’s earliest inventions was agriculture. Growing their food rather than chasing it around or wandering in search of it enabled people to stay in one place. This stability allowed the development of other trappings of civilization: towns, trade, regional culture and government. But agriculture provided the foundation upon which all else was built. As adventurous people moved into and settled new lands, farmers were among the first to arrive. In the United States, the Homestead Act of 1862 encouraged people to s...
