Obituaries
Ada Carpenter
Mar 15, 2007
Mrs. Capenter passed away Thursday, March 15, at her home, she was born September 7, 1915 at Mill Creek, Oklahoma to Lula and Wallace Payne. She was an active member of the First Baptist Church of Ruidoso Downs from 1950 until 1973, she moved to Farmington in 1975 and lived there until moving back to Ruidoso Downs in 1997....
Monty Dumas
Mar 15, 2007
Mr. Dumas passed away Thursday, March 15, at his home, he was born January 18, 1945 at Lubbock, Texas to Consuelo and Edward Dumas. He served in the Army, he moved to Ruidoso in 2004 from California. He worked for Boeing Aircraft for 34 years retiring in 1999. He attended Calvary Chapel. He married Lydia Negrete on September 29,...
Steven Chavez
Mar 14, 2007
Mr. Chavez was born November 21, 1986 in Kileen, Texas to Novelda and Eddie Chavez and had lived all of his life in the Hondo Valley. He graduated from Hondo High School in 2005, he loved the outdoors, football and music. He joined the Marine Corp and was serving in Irag when he passed away March 14, 2007 at...
Orlando Beltran
Mar 14, 2007
Mr. Beltran passed away Wednesday, March 14, at his home in Carrizozo. He was born July 18, 1960 at Carrizozo and had lived there all of his life. He attended Santa Rita's Catholic Church in Carrizozo. He is survived by three sisters; Quirina Jaramillo, Mable Zamora and her husband Barney, and Frances Zamora and her husband Lee Roy all...
Mozelle Vinsant
Mar 6, 2007
She attended Silk Hope Elemantary and High School and Mars Hill Jr. College. She earned her nursing degree from North Carolina Baptist Hospital at Winston-Salem. She served as a Captain in the Army Nurse Corp during World War II working at Fort Bragg, Oliver General and Walter Reed and was stationed for a time in India. Upon return to...
James Biggs
Mar 5, 2007
He was a Detective for the Ruidoso Police Department and worked for the Department since October, 1988. He was one of the founders and a current board member for Lincoln County Crimestoppers. He also was a EMT for the Alto Ambulance and former manager of KRRR and KREE Radio Station in Ruidoso. He served as a Navy Seal during...
Sharon Williams
Feb 24, 2007
Sharon graduated from Carrizozo High School in 1957. Her father was Manuel Jones and he preceded her in death in 1984 and her mother was Edna Jones who also preceded her in death in 2004. She was also preceded in death by her husband Richard Williams in 2004. She had lived in Albuquerque since March, 2006. She is survived...
Paula Weathersby
Feb 15, 2007
Formerly Paula Renee Bentley, she was married to Rick Weathersby May 27, 1979 in Fort Worth, Texas. The couple lived in Lubbock, Texas before moving to Ruidoso in 2004. Paula worked for many years as an administrator at the Fort Worth State School in Fort Worth, the Moody State School in Galveston, and MHMR in Lubbock before retiring to...
Katherina Osborne
Feb 11, 2007
She was Co-chairman of Santa Helpers, founder of Christian Services of Lincoln County, she was past member of the Board of Directors for Ruidoso M.L.S. and was a licensed real estate agent for 10 years, she moved to Ruidoso from Amarillo in 1980. She married Rick Osborne on June 17, 1978 at Amarillo, Texas. Her passion was motorcycling and...
Ethel Craft
Feb 8, 2007
She moved to Ruidoso in 1979 from Albuquerque. She was a Den Mother for Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts, attended the J Bar J Church and was a homemaker. She married Charles Bud Craft on October 22, 1966 in Lubbock, Texas. She is survived by her husband; Charles Bud of Ruidoso; three sons, Randy Craft of Ruidoso, Darren B....
Robert Cisco
Feb 7, 2007
He worked for U.S. Forestry in the tree thinning program, lived most of his life at Mescalero and attended the Mescalero Reformed Church. He is survived by a daughter, Jasmine Beige Cisco; mother and step-father, Virginia and Carl Kazhe; 7 sisters, Carol Cisco, Donna Cisco, Kathy Cisco, Tina Michel, Sheila Michel, Kim Cedillo, and Karlene Tohey; two brothers, Ronald...
Audra Wright
Feb 2, 2007
She was born June 17, 1940 at Lovington, New Mexico. She moved to Lincoln County in 1988 from Hobbs. She had worked for 10 years at the Bonita Park Campground and was now a volunteer at the campground. She attended the Angus Church of the Nazarene. She married Eddie Wright on September 27, 1957 at Hobbs, New Mexico. She...
Robert Mccarty
Jan 29, 2007
He moved to Lincoln County 30 years ago. He worked for Lincoln Solid Waste as a driver. He attended Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Capitan. He married Bernadette Romero on November 28, 2005 in Las Vegas, Nevada. He is survived by his wife, Bernadette; a son, Jonathan McCarty and his wife, Monica; a step-son, William Paul Garza; eleven brothers...
Mary Jones
Jan 28, 2007
She was a passionate artist, very active with the Methodist Church in Perryton, Texas and has had a second home in Ruidoso since the early 1950's. She married Loyd Jones on November 8, 1941 at Konowa, Oklahoma. She is survived by her husband, Loyd; her children, Mary Beth Fowler of Capitan, Buddy Page Jones of Perry, Oklahoma and Loyd...
Daniel Latimer
Jan 28, 2007
He had lived most of his life in El Paso. He served in the Army during Vietnam and was a retired comupter techinician with Civil Service at Ft. Bliss. He married Yolanda Salas on August 10, 1991 in El Paso. He is survived by his wife Yolanda; his children, Amity Rose Latimer, Charlie Chavez, Isaac Chavez and Selena Chavez;...
Richard Dobrava
Jan 27, 2007
He was in the Navy and worked for the Ford Motor Company in St. Paul, Minnesota for 30 years. He moved to Lincoln County in 1998 from Alamogordo. He married Vicky K. Lewis on November 23, 1981 in Watertown, South Dakota. He is survived by his wife, Vicky; 8 children, Michael Allen DoBrava, Patrick John DoBrava, Maria Louise Jaworski,...
Phyllis Kittrell
Jan 25, 2007
Mrs. Kittrell passed away Thursday, Jan. 25, at her home. She was born June 1, 1934 in Huntington, West Virginia. She moved to Ruidoso 15 years ago from Albuquerque and was a local artist and a member of the Ruidoso Regional Council for the Arts. She married Kit Kittrell on June 13, 1954 at Seattle, Washington and attended the...
Olympia Robnett
Jan 25, 2007
Mrs. Robnett passed away Thursday, Jan. 25, at her home. She was born December 26, 1943 in Hondo to Aneda and Ermando Chavez. She lived in the Hondo Valley most of her life except when she lived in California from 1969 until 1974, she had worked for Wal-Mart for 16 years. She married Lyn Robnett on April 19, 1975...
Barbara Barnes
Jan 17, 2007
She was a school teacher in Ruidoso in the 1960's and was a substitute teach from 1988 until 2004. She moved to Ruidoso from El Paso in 1964. She married Richard Barnes on June 5, 1978 in Ruidoso. She is survived by her husband Richard; a son, alan C. Campbell; a daughter, Kathryn Reese; 4 grandchildren and 2 great...
Loraine Justice
Jan 15, 2007
She was born September 4, 1925 in Mountain Home, Arkansas where she grew up until moving to Levelland, Texas then to El Paso before moving Ruidoso in 1989. She was a member of the High Sierra Water Association and Owneroperator of Sierra Mattress Co. She was a loving mother to her children, Ron Vaughan, Baxter Vaughan and Kerry Lou...
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