Obituaries
Lawrence Deborde
Apr 25, 2014
A graveside service is scheduled for Wednesday, April 30, 2014 at South Park Cemetery at 11:00 AM for Lawrence Dean Pete DeBorde, 86, who passed away on Friday, April 25, 2014 at Casa Maria Health Care Center. Father Charlie Martinez will officiate. Pete was born March 1, 1928 to William Andrew Deborde and Ruth Chewning DeBorde in Roswell, NM....
Sue Melton
Apr 24, 2014
A graveside service is scheduled for Monday, April 28, 2014 at Neatherlin Family Cemetery at the Ranch in Pinon, NM at 11:00 A.M. for Sue Johnson Melton, 57, who passed away on Thursday, April 24, 2014 at her home. John Hinze and Lester Stone will officiate. Sue was born on December 6, 1956 to Oliver H. Johnson and Wilmoth...
Thomas Baker
Apr 20, 2014
TW Cotton Baker, age 94, peacefully passed away at home in Roswell on April 20, 2014. TW was born in Prescott, Arkansas, on November 5, 1919 to William T. and Georgia Baker. As a very young boy he moved to Hagerman, New Mexico, and resided in South East New Mexico until his death. After the attack on Pearl Harbor...
Jose Frescas
Apr 19, 2014
A rosary is scheduled for 7 pm, Tuesday, April 22, 2014 at Ballard Chapel for Jose Frescas, 62, who passed away Saturday, April 19, 2014 at his home in Roswell. Mass is scheduled for 10 am, Wednesday, April 23, 2014 at St. Peters Catholic Church with Father Martin Cornejo will be officiating. Burial will follow at South Park Cemetery....

Cresencio Mendez
Apr 17, 2014
A rosary will be recited on Sunday, April 20, 2014 at Ballard Funeral Home Chapel at 7:00 P.M. for Cresencio Mendez, 80, who passed away on Thursday, April 17, 2014 at his home. Funeral mass will be celebrated by Father Abel Olivas of St. Johns Catholic Church on Monday, April 21, 2014 at Ave Maria Center at 10:00 A.M.,...

Ronald Hill
Apr 12, 2014
A gathering of family and friends for a Celebration of Life is scheduled from 11:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M., Thursday, April 17, 2014 at Ballard Funeral Home for Ronald Eugene Hill, 71, who passed away Saturday, April 12, 2014 at home surrounded by his loved ones. Ronald was born November 24, 1942 in Amarillo, TX to Oliver Hill and...

Mildred Reeves
Apr 11, 2014
Graveside services are scheduled for 10 am, Saturday, April 19, 2014 at South Park Cemetery for Mildred Lucille Reeves, 97, who passed away Friday, April 11, 2014 in Alamogordo, NM. Lyman Graham will be officiating. A visitation is scheduled for 3 pm to 7 pm, Friday, April 18, 2014 at Ballard Funeral Home. Mildred was born in Justin, TX...
Bryan Chippeaux
Apr 10, 2014
Bryan Chip Bailey Chippeaux passed away on Thursday, April 10, 2014. He was born March 28, 1930, in West Leisenring, PA, to Bailey and Helen Chippeaux. He was preceded in death by his wife of 51 years, Jackie Liston Chippeaux, in August 2002. Chip proudly served in the United States Air Force until his honorable discharge in 1952. He...

Don Hudson
Apr 3, 2014
Longtime Roswell resident Don Hudson has gone home to Jesus. He passed peacefully in his home on Thursday, April 3, 2014, on his 84th birthday. Don is survived by his wife, Betty June, children Larry, Yvonne and Jamie, four grandchildren and nine greatgrandchildren. Arrangements have been entrusted to Ballard Funeral Home and Crematory. An online registry can be accessed...
Jack Aldrich
Apr 1, 2014
Jack Hoover Aldrich, age 93, passed away peacefully on April 1, 2014, with family by his side. Jack served in the New Mexico National Guard, 200th Coast Artillery AA, with which he was deployed to the Philippines. There he fought in the Battle of Bataan, endured the infamous Death March, and suffered the filth, starvation, disease, and brutality of...
Robert Tellez
Mar 31, 2014
A rosary is scheduled for 7 pm, Thursday, April 3, 2014 at Ballard Funeral Home Chapel for Robert Frank Tellez, 70, who passed away Monday, March 31, 2014 in Roswell. Roswell Veterans Honor Guard will conduct military services. Robert was born February 11, 1944 in Roswell, NM to Frank Tellez and Lala Arias Tellez. Both preceded him in death....
James Lawrence
Mar 28, 2014
Funeral services are scheduled for 11 am, Monday, March 31, 2014 at Ballard Funeral Home for James C. Lawrence, 81, of Roswell who passed away on Friday, March 28, 2014. Raymond Flores, elder of the Rio Pecos Spanishspeaking congregation of Jehovahs Witnesses will officiate with interment to follow at South Park Cemetery. James was born on December 8, 1931...
Felicita Barreras
Mar 26, 2014
A rosary is scheduled for 7 pm, Monday, March 31, 2014 at Ballard Funeral Home for Felicita Barreras, 90, who passed away on Wednesday, March 26, 2014 surrounded by her loved ones. A funeral mass is scheduled for 1 pm, Tuesday, April 1, 2014 at St. Peters Catholic Church with Father Charlie Martinez officiating. Burial will follow at South...

Arthur Mcquiddy
Mar 25, 2014
Graveside services will be held Friday, April 11 at 3:30pm at South Park Cemetery for Arthur Robert McQuiddy, age 95 who died March 25th at Pecos Valley Rehabilitation Hospital, of heart failure. Reverend Dale Plummer of St. Andrews Episcopal Church will officiate. Born August 22, 1918 in Sedalia, Missouri, Mr. McQuiddy, the son of Jesse Harris and Helen Nicholson...

Iris Parnell
Mar 23, 2014
Mrs. Fern Parnell, 99, passed away Sunday, March 23, 2014 at her home in Ruidoso, NM with all her children gathered around her. She was born in Foster, Oklahoma on July 22, 1914 to Mr. Jess Taylor and Dovie Mae Perkins Taylor. Fern has now gone to meet her husband, S. J. Parnell who passed away in 1989. I...
Jimmy Patterson
Mar 23, 2014
A memorial service is scheduled for 3 pm, Friday, March 28, 2014 at Ballard Chapel for Jimmy Lee Patterson, 53, who passed away Sunday, March 23, 2014 in Lubbock, TX. Rev. Randy Nolen of Westminster Presbyterian Church will officiate. Family will gather before the services at 2 pm, at Ballard Funeral Home. Jimmy was born July 9, 1960 in...
Facundo Carrillo
Mar 23, 2014
Cooney went to be with our Lord Jesus Christ, Sunday, March 23, 2014. He passed away at home surrounded by his family. Cooney was born December 8, 1942 in Roswell, NM to Ervin Carrillo and Rosa Leyba Carrillo. His family consisted of six brothers, four sisters, three stepsisters and one stepbrother. At a very early age he followed in...
Troy James
Mar 20, 2014
Graveside services are scheduled at South Park Cemetery on Monday, March 24, 2014 at 11:00 A.M. for Troy James, age 90, of Roswell, who passed away on March 20, 2014 at Mission Arch Nursing Home. Reverend Jim Bignell will officiate. Roswell Veterans Honor Guard will conduct military graveside services. Troy was born on December 8, 1923 in Kirkland, Texas...
Delores Cribbs
Mar 20, 2014
Funeral services are scheduled for Saturday, March 29, 2014 at 3:00 P.M. at Ballard Funeral Home Chapel, Pastor Butch Neal will officiate, for Delores DG Cribbs, 61, who was born August 22, 1952 at Fort Bragg Army Hospital in Fayetteville, NC, to Johnny Gamboa and Louise Carter Gamboa. DG never stopped moving through her life until complications from kidney...
Kenneth Jay
Mar 19, 2014
A graveside service is set for 9:00 am, Saturday, March 22, 2014 at South Park Cemetery for Ken Jay who went with our Lord on Wednesday, March 19, 2014. Dr. Doug Mills of First United Methodist Church will officiate. Ken was born on January 30, 1958 in Roswell, NM to M.L. and Letha Jay. His father preceded him in...
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