Obituaries

Beatrice Trevino

Feb 8, 2016

Beatrice C. Trevino, 86, of Hobbs, passed away Monday, February 8, 2016 in Hobbs. Funeral Mass will be held at 2:00 PM, Wednesday, February 10, 2016 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church with Father Ruben Romero as Celebrant. Interment will follow in Prairie Haven Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 2:00-8:00 PM at Griffin Funeral Home. Beatrice was...

Clinton Lewis

Feb 7, 2016

Clinton Lewis, 81, of Hobbs, passed away Sunday, February 7, 2016 in Hobbs. Funeral services will be 2:00 PM, Friday, February 12, 2016 at Prairie Haven Memorial Park Chapel with Pastor Benny Greenlee, officiating. Interment will follow in Prairie Haven Memorial Park. Visitation will be Thursday from 1:00-7:00 PM at Griffin Funeral Home. Clinton was born on May 15,...

Betty Gourley

Jan 30, 2016

Service Graveside Prairie Haven Memorial Park 2201 E. Stanolind Rd. Hobbs, NM  88240 Monday, February 1, 2016 3:00 pm Cemetery Prairie Haven Memorial Park 2201 E. Stanolind Rd. Hobbs, NM  88240

Ned Jackson

Jan 28, 2016

Ned R. Jackson, 59, passed away, Thursday, January 28, 2016 in Hobbs. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM on Friday, February 4, 2016 at Griffin Funeral Home. Ned was born on December 2, 1956 in Quanah, Texas to Fred and Floyd Jackson. He was preceded in death by his parents and 3 sisters. Ned leaves to mourn,...

John Vine, Jr.

Jan 28, 2016

John "Babo" Vine, Jr., 43 of Hobbs, passed away Thursday, January 28, 2016 in Hobbs. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM, Tuesday, February 2, 2016 at Prairie Haven Memorial Park Chapel. Interment will follow in Prairie Haven Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 4:00-8:00 PM, Monday the 1st at Griffin Funeral Home. John was born on March...

Jaycie Crenshaw

Jan 28, 2016

Graveside services will be held for Jaycie Michele Crenshaw at 3:00 PM, Thursday, February 4, 2016 in Babyland, Prairie Haven Memorial Park. Jaycie passed away Thursday, January 28, 2016 in Lubbock, Texas. Survivors include her parents, Lynda Villalobos and Lance Crenshaw; sisters, Brisia and Leyla Villalobos; grandparents, Adela and Rafael Ramirez, Bennet and Diane Macik and Chuck Stroud and...

Don Brewer

Jan 5, 2016

Don Roy Brewer, 70 of Hobbs, NM, passed away, Tuesday, January 5, 2016 in the comfort of his home. Don was born on September 22, 1945 in De Kalb, Texas. He attended Hobbs High School and participated in the Navy Reserve. He graduated Hobbs High School in 1964. Don served his country in the United States Navy from 1963...

Margarita Moreno

Jan 2, 2016

Margarita Moreno, 70, of Hobbs, passed away, Saturday, January 2, 2016 in Lubbock, Texas. Funeral services will be 11:00 AM, Friday, January 8, 2016 at Jefferson Street Church of Christ with Pastor Hermano Marin, officiating. Interment will follow in Prairie Haven Memorial Park. A Prayer service will be held at 7:00 PM, Thursday the 7th at Griffin Funeral Home....

Marvin Scarber

Dec 31, 2015

Marvin Scarber, 74, of Hobbs, passed away Thursday, December 31, 2015. A Memorial Service will be held at 1:00 PM, Friday, January 8, 2016 at Griffin Funeral Home. Marvin was born on July 29, 1941 in Decatur, TX to Luther and Dortha Scarber. He married Shirley Kovar on July 25, 1980 in Hobbs and they celebrated over 31 wonderful...

Rita Olivarez

Dec 30, 2015

Rita N. Olivarez passed away peacefully at Lubbock UHM Hospital on December 30, 2015. Rita was born on November 9, 1935 in Ojinaga, Mexico to Eleno and Magdalena Jacobo. She was a homemaker and very active in her Catholic faith. Rita was a member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church; she was a Eucharistic Minister and a Guadalupana. Rita...

Maxine Fortner

Dec 29, 2015

Maxine Fortner left this life to spend eternity in heaven with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on December 29, 2015. Maxine was born October 15, 1930 in Monticello, Arkansas to Simp Lee and Obie Mae Young. She married the love of her life Eugene (Buddy) Fortner on October 10, 1948. They later would move to Hobbs, NM to...

James Mcglothlin

Dec 21, 2015

James "Bo" McGlothlin, 61, of Hobbs, passed away December 21, 2015. A Memorial Service will be held at 1:00 PM, Saturday, January 9, 2016 at Griffin Funeral Home with Matt Ray, officiating. James was born on February 10, 1954 in Hobbs to Paul and Alice McGlothlin. He graduated from Hobbs High School in 1972. He worked as a painter....

Ruben Rios

Dec 14, 2015

Ruben G. Rios, 89, of Hobbs, passed away Monday, December 14, 2015. Mass of Christian Burial will be 2:00 PM, Tuesday, December 22, 2015 at St. Helena Catholic Church with Reverend Ricardo Bauza, celebrant. Interment with Military Honors will follow in Prairie Haven Memorial Park. A Rosary will be recited at 7:00 PM, Monday the 21st at Griffin Funeral...

Stephen Cates

Dec 11, 2015

Stephen "Gregg" Cates, 64, of Hobbs, passed away, December 11, 2015 in Lubbock, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM, Thursday, December 17, 2015 at Griffin Funeral Home with Pastor Anthony Brewer, officiating. Interment with military honors will follow in Memory Gardens Cemetery. The family will greet friends from 5:00-7:00 PM, Wednesday the 16th at Griffin Funeral...

George Bridges

Dec 10, 2015

George Bridges, 57, passed away Thursday, December 10, 2015 in Hobbs. Graveside services will be held on Monday, December 14, 2015, 11:00 AM (CST) in Loop Cemetery in Loop, Texas. Visitation will be held Sunday from 5:00-7:00 PM at Griffin Funeral Home. George was born on July 11, 1958 in Iraan, Texas to William "Bill" and Jocie "Jo" Bridges....

Macario Perez

Dec 6, 2015

Macario Perez, 73, of Hobbs, passed away Sunday, December 6, 2015. Mass of Christian Burial will be 1:00 PM, Friday, December 11, 2015 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church with Father Ruben Romero, Celebrant. Interment will follow in Prairie Haven Memorial Park. A Rosary will be recited at 6:00 PM. Thursday the 10th at Griffin Funeral Home. Macario...

Georgia Jordan

Dec 5, 2015

Georgia Jordan, 66, of Hobbs, passed away Saturday, December 5, 2015 in Lubbock, Texas. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 AM, CST on Saturday, December 12, 2015 in Monahans Memorial Cemetery in Monahans, Texas with Pastor Dale Shook, officiating. The family will greet friends on Friday from 5:00-6:30 pm at Griffin Funeral Home. Georgia was born on September...

Helen Cowger

Dec 5, 2015

Helen Louise Cowger, 75, of Hobbs, New Mexico, went to Heaven to be with our Lord and Savior on Saturday, December 5, 2015, after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer's. Helen was born on July 19, 1940 in Webster Springs, West Virginia, to Henry "Boots" and Mary Gallihue Hall. She grew up on Point Mountain and graduated from Webster Springs...

Sofia Astorga

Dec 2, 2015

Sofia Astorga, 45, of Hobbs, passed away, Wednesday, December 2, 2015. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 12:00 PM, Saturday, December 5, 2015 at St. Helena Catholic Church with Reverend Richard Bauza, Celebrant. Interment will follow in Prairie Haven Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 1:00-7:00 PM, Friday with a Rosary being recited at 6:00 PM at...

Louis Sosa, Sr.

Nov 25, 2015

Louis O. Sosa, Sr., 64, of Hobbs, passed away Wednesday, November 25 2015. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM, Friday, December 4, 2015 at Templo Alabanza with Pastor Ruben Llamos, officiating. Interment will follow in Prairie Haven Memorial Park. Visitation will be Thursday from 1:00-7:00 PM with a Prayer service at 6:00 PM at Griffin Funeral Home....