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Audrey Payne

Audrey Payne

Jan 18, 2014

Funeral services are scheduled for 11:00 A.M., Friday, January 24, 2014 at LaGrone Funeral Chapel for Audrey Jewell Gamble Payne, age 98, of Roswell, who passed away on January 18, 2014. Interment will follow at South Park Cemetery. Doug Austin of West Country Club Road Church will officiate. Audrey was born on January 22, 1915 to Jesse and Bessie...

Darrell Dixon

Darrell Dixon

Jan 17, 2014

DIXON, DARRELLDarrell Levi Dixon passed away on Friday, January 17, 2014. Services will be held at 10:00 A.M., on Tuesday, January 21, 2014 at LaGrone Funeral Chapel. Interment will follow at South Park Cemetery. He will lie in state on Monday, January 20, 2014. Darrell, age 58, was born on September 30, 1955 in Peoria, Illinois to James Levi...

Gary Russell

Gary Russell

Jan 16, 2014

Graveside services are scheduled for 2:00 P.M.. on Friday, January 24, 2014 at South Park Cemetery for Gary Wayne Russell, age 54, of Roswell who passed away on January 16, 2014. Rev. Troy Grant of Berrendo Baptist Church will officiate. Gary Wayne Russell was born in Roswell, Nm on March 5, 1959 to JB and Martha Pearlene Russell. He...

Samuel Romero

Samuel Romero

Jan 13, 2014

ROMERO, SAMUELO Lord My God, I cried out to You, and You healed me. Psalms 30:2. On January 13, 2014, God took our dearest Sam home. Samuel Romero passed away at his home after a long illness at the age of 47. A rosary will be recited at 6:30p.m., Friday, January 17, 2014 at LaGrone Funeral Chapel. A mass...

Steven Johnson

Steven Johnson

Jan 12, 2014

JOHNSON, STEVEN GREGG, Stever, 64, passed away on Sunday, January 12, 2014. Stever had degenerative disc disease. For the last seven months, he experienced a great deal with the long standing chronic pain and subsequent surgeries. Stever was born on April 27, 1949 in Lubbock, TX to Auvie and Sara Johnson and was the eldest son. His nickname was...

Acell Young

Acell Young

Jan 11, 2014

YOUNG, ACELLFuneral services is scheduled for 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, January 21, 2014 at LaGrone Funeral Chapel for Acell Young, age 87, of Roswell who passed away on January 11, 2014. Acell was born December 1, 1926 in Natchitoches, Louisiana to Charles Young and Christy Scarbough. They have preceded him in death. Acell married Sheila Dixon on August 20, 1989...

Kimberly Villenueuve

Kimberly Villenueuve

Jan 5, 2014

VILLENEUVE, KIM BELYEU A memorial service is scheduled for 2:00 p.m., Friday, January 10, 2014 at Grace Community Church for Kim Belyeu Villeneuve, age 44, of Roswell who passed away on January 5, 2014. Pastor Rick Hale of Grace Community Church will officiate. Kim was born September 3, 1969 in Lovington, New Mexico to Kenneth R. Belyeu and Zona...

Tommy Britt

Tommy Britt

Jan 3, 2014

BRITT, TOMMY J. A Funeral service is scheduled for 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, January 8, 2014 at LaGrone Funeral Chapel for Tommy J. Britt age 73, of Dexter who passed away on January 3, 2014. Rev. Richard Smith with Bethel Baptist Church and Mathew Skariah will officiate. Military Honors will be provided by the Roswell Veterans Honor Guard. Tommy was...

Dell Vick

Dell Vick

Dec 29, 2013

A Memorial service is scheduled for 10:30 A.M., Saturday, January 4, 2014 at First United Methodist Church for Dell Vick, age 95, of Roswell, who passed away on December 29, 2013 at her residence. Rev. Dr. Doug Mills will officiate. Dell was born on November 29, 1918 in Ada, Oklahoma to Clarence and Nettie Turner. She worked at lived...

Kevin Avery

Kevin Avery

Dec 28, 2013

Funeral Services are scheduled for 2:00 P.M., on Friday, January 3, 2014 at LaGrone Funeral Chapel for Kevin S. Kevo Avery, age 37, of Roswell, who passed away on December 28, 2013. Jeffery Story will officiate. Kevin was born On December 30, 1975 in Okinawa, Japan to Lars Avery and Yolanda Story, who survive him. He came to Roswell...

Genie Lyons

Genie Lyons

Dec 28, 2013

LYONS, GENIE Genie was born on December 22, 1946 in Addington, Oklahoma. Then on December 28, 2013, God called her home in Lubbock, Texas after a courage battle with cancer. A celebration of her life will be held on Friday, January 10, 2014 at 2:00 P.M. at Westminster Presbyterian Church. Both of her parents have preceded her in death....

Catharine Barnhill

Catharine Barnhill

Dec 26, 2013

Catharine Wright Barnhill, age 88, passed away peacefully in Roswell, New Mexico on December 26th, 2013, surrounded by loved ones. She was born on April 17th, 1925, in El Paso, Texas, to Horace and Martha Wright. She was a veteran of the United States Coast Guard where she served as a pharmacy technician during World War II for twenty...

Sandra Martin

Sandra Martin

Dec 23, 2013

MARTIN, SANDRA SUE of Roswell passed away on December 23, 2013 at ENMMC from heart failure she was 70 years young. She was born in McKinney Texas September 19, 1943 to William Bill and Nellie Ramey. The family moved to Roswell in 1946 and Sandra attended Roswell High School. She married Jerry J Martin of Roswell April 9, 1962....

Helen Dennis

Helen Dennis

Dec 21, 2013

DENNIS, HELEN On Saturday, December 21, 2013, our beautiful mother Helen Dennis went to dance with the angels. A memorial graveside service is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. on Friday, December 27, 2013 at South Park Cemetery. Jeremy Dennis will officiate. Born on October 8, 1932 in Earth Texas, her parents brought her to Roswell around 1937 in a covered...

Merrill Longwill

Merrill Longwill

Dec 20, 2013

Merrill William Longwill of Roswell and Hondo passed away December 20, 2013. He was born to Theodore J. and Florence Williamson Longwill on August 29, 1918 in Des Moines, NM. He was preceded in death by his wife, Helen Miller Longwill in 2009, his parents, 3 sisters, Edna, Evelyn and Lila and 1 brother, Harold. Merrill attended Des Moines...

Yolanda Stone

Yolanda Stone

Dec 20, 2013

STONE, YOLANDAFuneral services are scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, December 24, 2013 at Roswell Gospel Assembly Church for Yolanda Stone, age 77, who passed away on December 20, 2013. Interment will follow at South Park Cemetery. Pastor Raul Garcia will officiate. She will lay in state on Sunday, December 22, 2013 from 1pm7pm and Monday, December 23, 2013...

Eunice Edwards

Eunice Edwards

Dec 20, 2013

No services are scheduled for Eunice Edwards, age 82, of Roswell who passed away on December 20, 2013. Eunice was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma to Marion and Ima Webb on February 16, 1931. She moved to Roswell in 1941, at the age of 10 years old. She married James Edwards on February 5, 1976. He survives her. She is...

Judy Harris

Judy Harris

Dec 18, 2013

Memorial services are scheduled for 11:00 a.m., Jan. 6, 2014 at the First Presbyterian Church in Roswell 400 W 3rd St. for Judy Harris, age 67, who passed away December 18, 2013. Rev. Kent Leydens will officiate. Judy was born in Roswell, N.M. on December 1, 1946, the eldest child of Lawrence and Marion Harris. After graduating from Roswell...

Willie Moore

Willie Moore

Dec 12, 2013

Willie O. Moore, Jr., age 89, passed away on December 12, 2013. He will be laid to rest at Santa Fe National Cemetery. Willie Oliver Moore, JR. was born in Cisco, Texas on March 20, 1924 to Willie Oliver Moore Sr. and Nellie Virginia Notgrass. He served in the Army during WWII, and was decorated with the Bronze Star...

Evelyn Key

Evelyn Key

Dec 10, 2013

Funeral services are scheduled for Saturday, December 14, 2013, 11:00 AM at La Grone Funeral Chapel for Evelyn Bunkie Deck Key, age 85, of Boot Ranch, Yeso, New Mexico, who passed away December 10, 2013, at her ranch home. Floyd Goodloe will officiate. Burial will follow at South Park Cemetery. Bunkie was born in Roswell, New Mexico, May 15,...