Obituaries

Sammy Franklin

Mar 2, 2013

Sammy D. Franklin Heckard, 40, of Hobbs, passed away Saturday, March 2, 2013 in Hobbs. Funeral services will be 2:00 PM, Friday, March 8, 2013 at Pleasant Green Baptist Church with Pastor Barry, officiating. Interment will follow in Prairie Haven Memorial Church. Visitation will be Thursday, 3:00 8:00 PM at Griffin Funeral Home. Mr. Franklin was born on November...

Margarita Rios

Feb 26, 2013

Margarita Rios, 79, of Hobbs, passed away, Tuesday, February 26, 2013 in Hobbs. Ms. Rios was born on March 5, 1933 in El Pueblito, Mexico. Cremation will take place at a later date. Griffin Funeral Home is in charge of services.

Cemetery Prairie Haven Cemetery 2201 E. Stanolind Rd. Hobbs, NM  88240

Juanita Cook

Feb 18, 2013

Juanita Cook was born to Wortham and Mary Carroll on August 31, 1927, in Valera, Texas. She married Gaines Cook on July 14, 1946. In 1956 Juanita and Gaines moved to Hobbs, New Mexico, and later owned and operated Hobbs Anchor and Road Boring Services for many years. Juanita loved music and played the piano by ear. When she...

Gary Lawson

Feb 14, 2013

Gary W. Lawson 55, of Hobbs passed away February 14, 2013 in Hobbs. Gary was born July 12, 1957 in Colorado City, TX to Laddie C. and Dorothy J. Goodin Lawson. Memorial services will be held 2:00 p.m. Monday, February 18, 2013 in the Griffin Funeral Home Chapel. Gary married Cindy Smith on June 25, 1977 in Big Spring,...

Beaulah Hukins

Feb 10, 2013

Beaulah Hukins, 79, of Hobbs, passed away, Sunday, February 10, 2013 in Hobbs. Graveside services will be held at 3:30 PM, Friday, February 15, 2013 in Prairie Haven Memorial Park. Mrs. Hukins was born on July 16, 1933 in Whiteville, Louisiana. Services are under the direction of Griffin Funeral Home.

Cemetery Prarie Haven Memorial Park 2201...

James Shults

Feb 2, 2013

James F. Shults, 79, of Hobbs, passed away Saturday, February 2, 2013 in San Angelo, Texas. Funeral services will be 2:00 PM, Saturday, February 9, 2013 at Immanuel Baptist Church with Pastor David Downs, officiating. Interment will follow in Memory Gardens Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:008:00 PM, Friday the 10th at Griffin Funeral Home. Mr. Shults...

Tommie Hamilton

Jan 28, 2013

Tommie Lee Hamilton, a longtime resident of Hobbs, New Mexico was born on January 23, 1922 in Calvert, Texas to Tom Hamilton and Lu Berta Ware. He was raised in Burkburnett, Texas thirteen miles from Wichita Falls, Texas. He moved to Hobbs in 1945 after three years of service in the U.S. Army. Tommie Lee departed this life peacefully...

Stephen Demoss

Jan 27, 2013

Stephen Paul deMoss, 33, of Hobbs, passed away, Sunday, January 27, 2013 in Hobbs. Funeral services will be held, 10:00 AM, Thursday, January 31, 2013 at Griffin Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Memory Gardens Cemetery. Mr. deMoss was born on November 15, 1979 in Hobbs, NM to Randy and Carolyn deMoss. He grew up in Hobbs and was...

W. Wayt

Jan 23, 2013

W. Bert Wayt, 93, of Hobbs, passed away Wednesday, January 23, 2013 in Lubbock, Texas. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM, Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at First Presbyterian Church with Pastor Harold Armstrong, officiating. Military Honors will be provided by Fort Bliss Honor Guard. Mr. Wayt was born on November 26, 1919 in Sac City, Iowa...

Mildred Weaver

Jan 22, 2013

Mildred Weaver, 82, of Hobbs passed away Tuesday, January 22, 2013 in Hobbs. Funeral services will be 10:00 AM, Friday, January 25, 2013 at Temple Baptist Church with the Reverend LaVoid Ford, officiating. Interment will follow in Prairie Haven Memorial Park. Visitation will be Thursday 4:00 8:00 PM at Griffin Funeral Home. Mrs. Weaver was born on December 19,...

Felicita Zaragoza

Jan 22, 2013

Felicita Zaragoza, 85, of Hobbs, passed away Tuesday, January 22, 2013 in Hobbs. Mass of Christian Burial will be 2:00 PM, Thursday, January 24, 2013 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church with Father Ruben Romero as celebrant. Interment will follow in Prairie Haven Memorial Park. Rosary will be recited at 6:00 PM, Wednesday at Griffin Funeral Home. Mrs....

Ethel Rogers

Jan 20, 2013

Ethel Irene Rogers, 94, of Hobbs, passed away Sunday, January 20, 2013 in Hobbs. Funeral services will be 2:00 PM, Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at Griffin Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Memory Gardens. Mrs. Rogers was born on June 9, 1918 in Wyoming to Walter and Mabel Rice Carroll. She came to Lea County in the early 50s...

Vernon Pape

Jan 19, 2013

Vernon Allen Pape, Sr., 83, of Hobbs, passed away Saturday, January 19, 2013 in Hobbs. Funeral services will be 10:00 AM, Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at First United Methodist Church with the Reverend Darren Skinner, officiating. Interment will follow in Prairie Haven Memorial Park. Military honors will be provided by Fort Bliss Honor Guard. Visitation will be Tuesday from...

Donald Gladden

Jan 18, 2013

Donald Gladden, 82, of Hobbs, formerly of Eunice, passed away Friday, January 18, 2013 in Lubbock, Texas. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 AM, Monday, January, 21, 2013 in Brunson Cemetery in Eunice, NM. A Memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM, Monday, January 21st at First United Methodist Church in Hobbs with the Reverend Darren Skinner,...

Lemuel Mcdaniel

Jan 18, 2013

Lemuel McDaniel, 85, of Hobbs, passed away Friday, January 18, 2013 in Lubbock, Texas. Funeral services will be 2:00 PM, Monday, January 21, 2013 at Highland Baptist Church with Pastor Guy Coupe, officiating. Interment will follow in Prairie Haven Cemetery. Visitation will be 4:008:00 PM, Sunday at Griffin Funeral Home. Mr. McDaniel was born in Fox City, Oklahoma on...

Vivian Hayes

Jan 13, 2013

Mrs. Vivian Hayes, 86, of Hobbs, passed away, Sunday, January 13, 2013 in Hobbs. Funeral services will be held 1:00 PM, Friday, January 18, 2013 at Ebenezer Baptist Church with the Reverend Joe Willie Cook officiating. Interment will follow in Prairie Haven Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Thursday the 17th from 5:00 7:00 PM at Griffin Funeral...

Earl Smith

Jan 7, 2013

Earl Smith, 77, of Hobbs, passed away, Monday, January 7, 2013 in Hobbs. A Memorial Service will be held 2:00 PM, Thursday, January 10, 2013 at Little Zion Baptist Church with Pastor Winford Gipson, officiating. Mr. Smith was born on July 13, 1935 in Marland, Texas to Lawrence and Frankie Smith. He was a professional ceramic tile layer. Mr....

Angela Deleon

Dec 31, 2012

Angela Marie DeLeon, 30, of Hobbs, passed away Monday, December 31, 2012. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 AM, Saturday, January 5, 2013 at St. Helena Catholic Church with Father Juan Carlos as celebrant. Interment will follow in Prairie Haven Cemetery. Rosary will be recited at 7:00 PM, Friday, January 4th at Griffin Funeral Home. Angela was born...

Bernabe Perez

Dec 30, 2012

Bernabe Guadalupe Perez, 60, of Hobbs, passed away, Sunday, December 30, 2012 in Lubbock, Texas. Mass of Catholic Burial will be 2 PM, Thursday, January 3, 2013 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church with Father Ruben Romero as celebrant. Interment will follow in Prairie Haven Memorial Park. A rosary will be recited 6 PM, Wednesday, January 2nd at...

Willard White

Dec 25, 2012

Willard White, Sr., 84, of Hobbs, passed away December 25, 2012, in Lubbock, Texas. Funeral Services will be 1:00 pm, Friday, January 4, 2013 at Ebenezer Baptist Church with the Reverend John Joiner officiating. Interment will follow in Prairie Haven Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm, Thursday, January 3rd at Griffin Funeral...