Obituaries

Aug 8, 2014

Dr. Gerald (Jerry) Marshall Hampton passed away on Friday, August 8th, 2014 at the age 74 while vacationing in Sedona, Arizona. Jerry was born on January 11, 1940 in Swansea, South Carolina, son of Geraldine and Avery Hampton, brother to Fran and raised by his beloved grandmother, Dora Redmond. Jerry attended Riverside Military Academy boarding school in Gainesville, Georgia and...

Aug 7, 2014

Aug 5, 2014

Aug 4, 2014

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our beloved Mother, Grandmother, and Great-Grandmother, Josephine (Josie) Balizan. She is now at home with our Heavenly Father. Josie passed away on August 4, 2014 at the University of Arizona Medical Center, Tucson, AZ. She was 86. Josie was born on September 23, 1927 in Mesa, AZ to Francisco...

Aug 4, 2014

Aug 4, 2014

Robert Joe Wood passed away on Monday, August 4, 2014 due to the effects of lung cancer. He was born Dec 21, 1926 in Breckenridge, TX. to Lem Case Wood and Zelpha Demarice Daniels Wood. On February 4, 1946 he married Martha Loneta Hammon and they were married for 66 years until her death on their 66th anniversary in 2012....

Aug 3, 2014

Eduardo P. Chavez "Pops" was called to be a servant of the Lord on Sunday, August 3, 2014. Eduardo was 73 years of age and passed away peacefully at his home in Hatch, New Mexico. Eduardo was born on March 10, 1941 in Quemado, New Mexico, to parents, Candelario and Teresita Chavez. Eduardo had two brothers, Aristeo and Lorenzo, and...

Aug 2, 2014

Carl W. Cook, Jr., passed away peacefully into the arms of his Lord August 2, 2014 in Las Cruces after a long and courageous battle with cancer. He was born December 20, 1932 in Lubbock, Texas to Donna (Albright) Cook and Carl W. Cook, Sr. Carl married Shirley (Sammons) Cook whom he met in Reno, Nevada while serving with the...

Jul 30, 2014

Al passed away July 30, 2014. His battle with cancer is over. The struggle was long and difficult but he did not lose the battle. Instead he lived all his days with determination, vigor and humor. He survived with cancer for many years, always with a hope and a promise of yet another fishing trip. Al was born Raymond Allison...

Jul 30, 2014

Jul 30, 2014

Melanie went home to be our Angel in the sky at Mountain View Regional Medical Center, surrounded by her loving family, on July 30th, 2014. Melanie was born December 22nd, 1956 in Morocco Africa at the Nouasseur Air Force Base, to the late William S. Gilliss and Rosemary Ann Mathes Gilliss. Melanie graduated from Mayfield High School in 1975. She...

Jul 28, 2014

Maggie Okema (Barnett) Jenkins, aka (Kim) Born April 2, 1954 at the Masonite Hospital in Laurel MS The seventh daughter of Guy Barnett and Mattie Lee Barnett, Maggie grew up in the city of Heidelberg, Mississippi, where she attended South Side High School and she attended Heidelberg High School where she graduated in 1972. Maggie attended and was baptized at...

Jul 26, 2014

Jul 24, 2014

Barry Victor Snyder went to the great beyond on Thursday, 7/24/14, at the age of 71. He died from an aggressive form of cancer that was diagnosed only four months prior to his death. At the time of his death, he was at home under the care of Mesilla Valley Hospice, with his wife of 21 years, Paula, at his...

Jul 22, 2014

Rudolph (Rudy) G. Gamboa passed away at the age of 89 on July 22, 2014 at Good Samaritan Society - Las Cruces Village. He was born in Mesilla, New Mexico on February 25, 1925 to Alfredo P. Gamboa and Annie Gholson Gamboa. He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Lucinda (Chavez) Gamboa and his sons Alfred (Donna), Ronnie...

Jul 21, 2014

Jul 21, 2014

Carl C. Lindemann, 32, passed away Monday, July 21st, 2014 at home after a long battle with diabetes. He was born July 7th, 1982 in Albuquerque, NM and spent most of his life in Las Cruces, NM. He graduated from Las Cruces High School in 2001 and attended NMSU. After taking a break from his studies he enrolled at Collins...

Jul 21, 2014

Harriet "Mimi" Marie Cognasi, 76, of Las Cruces passed away on Monday, July 21, 2014 at home. Mimi was born October 23, 1937 in Muskogee, Oklahoma to Sherman A. Adamson and Bluie Adamson Starr. She married to John Peter Cognasi in Florence Arizona in1955, Mimi went back to High school in her thirties and Graduated at Alhambra High School in...

Jul 21, 2014

Jul 19, 2014

Doris Helen Boone Russell, 93, of Frisco, Texas went to meet our Lord on July 19, 2014. She passed away at The Medical Center, McKinney, Texas. She was born July 4th, 1921 in Higden, Arkansas, to James and Aimie Boone. She was the oldest of five children. After graduation she went to work for the Army Air Corp, where she...