Obituaries
Luther Calvin Gammill
Apr 9, 2001
Luther Calvin Gammill, 76 a lifelong Fort Sumner, NM resident died Monday, April 9, 2001 at St. Joseph Hospital in Albuquerque. Calvin was born March 8, 1925 in Turkey, Texas to the home of Silas Luther Gammill and the former Icie Carrie Ellen Pickel. He made his home in Fort Sumner at the age of nine. Calvin attended Fort Sumner...
Wesley Jay Barnes
Mar 30, 2001
Wesley Jay Barnes, 76 a resident of Vaughn, NM since 1976 died Friday, March 30, 2001 at his home following a courageous battle with cancer. Wesley was born January 21, 1925 in San Diego, CA to the home of Arthur Harry Barnes and Elise Elizabeth (Penny) Barnes. He was reared and attended school in San Diego. Wesley served 21 years...
Amelia Gauna Romo
Mar 29, 2001
Amelia Isabel Romo, 68 a longtime Vaughn, NM educator died suddenly Thursday, March 29, 2001 at Presbyterian Hospital in Albuquerque. Amelia was born November 5, 1932 in Vaughn, NM to the home of Procopio and Macedonia (Trujillo) Gauna. Amelia was Sister Rose Anita in the order of St. Joseph Convent at Framingham, MA for five years including two years teaching...
Aurora Gonzales
Mar 28, 2001
Aurora “Mamo” Gonzales, 88 a longtime Fort Sumner resident died Wednesday, March 28, 2001 in the De Baca General Hospital following an extended illness. Mrs. Gonzales was born November 22, 1912 at La Tuzas, near Vaughn, NM to the home of Jose Reyes Madrid and the former Dolores Troncosa. She was reared and attended school at Vaughn. Aurora married Rumaldo...
Annie Spitz Lopez
Mar 25, 2001
Annie Lopez, 87 a longtime Fort Sumner resident died Sunday, March 25, 2001 in the De Baca General Hospital following a sudden illness. Annie was born February 16, 1914 in Northeastern De Baca County to the home of Florencio William Spitz and the former Tecla Swabecher. She was reared in De Baca County where she attended schools at La Lande...
Argie Mitchell
Feb 28, 2001
Argie Mitchell, 77, of Taiban, NM died Wednesday, February 28, 2001 at Plains Regional Medical Center following an illness. Argie was born April 11, 1923 at House, NM to the home of William Young Mitchell and Cora Pearl Nelson. She was reared at House and was a member of House Methodist Church. She loved embroidery and playing cards. She also...
Rickey D. Cones
Feb 25, 2001
Rickey D. Cones, 46 of Fort Sumner, NM died Sunday, February 25, 2001 in a motorcycle accident in the Fort Sumner valley. Rickey was born April 1, 1954 in Fort Sumner to the home of Clarence E. Cones and Velma Louise McGuffin. He was reared and attended school at Fort Sumner, graduating in 1972. While attending school he worked at...
Weldon Monroe Longbotham
Feb 13, 2001
Weldon Monroe Longbotham, age 79, of Modesto, California died Tuesday, February 13, 2001 following an extended illness. Mr. Longbotham was born December 13, 1921 in Hermleigh, Texas to the home of Victor and Tressie Kemp Longbotham. He was reared and graduated from school at Hermleigh. He continued his education at Texas A&M in College Station, TX where he received his...
James Allen Perry
Feb 8, 2001
James Allen “Jim” Perry, age 85, died Thursday, February 8, 2001 in a Wheeler, Texas nursing home. He was born on September 4, 1915 in Craft, Texas and was raised in Fort Sumner, NM where his father was a blacksmith for several years. Mr. Perry was an all around star athlete at Fort Sumner High School in the mid 30’s...
Josefina Garcia Nieto
Jan 24, 2001
Josefina G. Nieto, 72 of Fort Sumner, NM died Wednesday, January 24, 2001 at St. Vincent Hospital in Santa Fe following a short illness. Josefina was born April 8, 1928 in Puerto De Luna to the home of Ezequiel Garcia and the former Victoriana Angel. She was reared and attended school at Puerto De Luna. Josefina married Flavio Nieto on...
Demetria Segura
Jan 19, 2001
Demetria Segura, 77, a lifelong De Baca County resident died Friday, January 19, 2001 at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis, NM following an illness. Mrs. Segura was born May 3, 1923 at El Alamo in northern De Baca County to the home of Gomecindo Lopez and the former Alicia Baca. Her family moved into Fort Sumner during the construction...
Frank Douglas Snipes
Jan 18, 2001
Frank Douglas Snipes, 56, a longtime Albuquerque resident died Thursday, January 18, 2001 at his home. Doug was born October 3, 1944 in Fort Sumner to the home of Albert Snipes and the former Bonnie Louise Simmons. He was reared and attended schools at Albuquerque. Doug worked for many years at Firestone Tires in Albuquerque. He also owned and operated...
Antonio P. Sena
Jan 2, 2001
Antonio P. Sena, 75 of Santa Rosa, NM died Tuesday, January 2, 2001 in the Pecos Valley Care Center in Fort Sumner following an illness. Mr. Sena was born June 14, 1925 in Galisteo, NM to the home of Natavidad E. Sena and the former Sarah Pena. Antonio was reared at Galisteo and Stanley, NM where he attended and graduated...
Lawrence E. “Pinky May
Dec 12, 2000
Lawrence E. “Pinky” May, 71, of Clovis, NM died Tuesday, December 12, 2000 at Sunbridge High Plains Nursing Center following an illness. Mr. May was born April 2, 1929 in Wilson, Texas to the home of Walter Edwin May and the former Bess McCormick. He attended school at Wilson, TX and later attended and graduated from Hardin-Simmons University in 1952....
Linnie Beatice Goedeke Farr
Nov 28, 2000
Linnie Beatice Goedeke Farr, 87, a longtime Fort Sumner resident died Tuesday, November 28, 2000 at a Seymour, Texas Hospital following an illness. Linnie was born December 7, 1912 in Post, Texas to the home of William Goedeke Sr. and the former Lillie Mae Simmons. The Goedeke family made their home at Vaughn, NM where Mr. Goedeke owned an Automobile...
Mattie Cleverland Hurst
Nov 23, 2000
Mattie Cleverland Hurst, 90 a resident of Fort Sumner died Thursday, November 23, 2000 at her home following an illness. Mrs. Hurst was born February 5, 1910 in Frio, New Mexico to the home of James Archie Walker and the former Ida May Jenkins. She was reared and attended school at Frio. She married Jim M. Hurst on May 29,...
Jimmie D. Austin
Nov 12, 2000
Jimmie D. Austin, 86 a longtime Fort Sumner resident died Sunday, November 12, 2000 at Mission Arch Care Center in Roswell where he was recuperating from a broken hip suffered two weeks prior. Jimmie was born July 5, 1914 in Taiban, NM to the home of James Milton and Johnnie Leonard Austin. The family made their home in the Fort...
Jimmie D. Austin
Nov 12, 2000
Jimmie D. Austin, 86 a longtime Fort Sumner resident died Sunday, November 12, 2000 at Mission Arch Care Center in Roswell where he was recuperating from a broken hip suffered two weeks prior. Jimmie was born July 5, 1914 in Taiban, NM to the home of James Milton and Johnnie Leonard Austin. The family made their home in the Fort...
Jarrod Mike Barfield
Nov 9, 2000
Jarrod Mike Barfield, 22 a resident of Texico, NM died Thursday, November 9, 2000 in an automobile accident near Moriarty, NM. Jarrod was born January 23, 1978 in Fort Sumner to the home of James Knox III (J.K.) and Sherry Arlene (Cortese) Barfield. He was reared and attended school at Texico, graduating in 1996. He was manager for the football...
Owassa Alice Tingle Field
Nov 6, 2000
Owassa Alice Tingle Field was born in Yoakhum County, Plains, Texas on September 18, 1907 to the home of Dallas Burton and Stella Jane Henard Tingle. She passed away at the Retirement Ranch in Clovis, NM on November 6, 2000 at the age of 93. Owassa was a Christian woman with great faith, who loved her Lord, and taught young...
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