Obituaries
Lupe Olin
Nov 13, 2021
Lupe Ortiz Olin, 77 of Lubbock passed away Saturday, November 13, 2021. She was born August 12, 1944 to S.L. and Victoria (Davila) Ortiz in Edroy, Texas. Lupe married William Olin on December 11, 1971 at The Church of the Nazarene in Abernathy. She was a loving wife, mother, sister and daughter. She will be deeply missed. Those left to...
Sis Adams
Nov 12, 2021
Oreta Fern "Sis" Foreman Adams was born to the late Tillie Louise Taack Foreman and Walter Fletcher Foreman on Monday, the 7th day of December 1925. Sis was born at home on the family farm that her parents purchased in 1918 east of Idalou. Sis played basketball for the Idalou Wildcats, and she graduated from Idalou High School. She then...
Christina Smallwood
Nov 11, 2021
Christina Helga Smallwood passed from this life November 11, 2021. She entered this life October 22, 1969; born to Tom P. Smallwood, Jr. and Waltraud "Angel" Schulz, in Berlin, Germany. Christina played the French-horn in high school, graduating from Coronado. Instead of buying Christmas and birthday cards for her son, he will forever cherish that these cards were hand-made, with...
C Graham
Nov 11, 2021
C L Graham passed away on Thursday, November 11, 2021. He was born on January 29, 1941 in Lubbock, Texas. He was the son of Duncan and Bertie (Vernon) Graham. He graduated from Wayland Baptist University. C L retired from the Lubbock Police Department after serving over 25 years. He served in the patrol and detective divisions. He was awarded...
Verna Fox
Nov 11, 2021
Verna Louise Fox, 72 of Lubbock passed away Thursday, November 11, 2021. She was born February 27, 1949, to James Willard and Evalyn Elizabeth (Pape) Reese in Memphis, Texas. Verna graduated from Coronado High School and immediately enrolled in LVN school. Although she had already began her candy striping and working as an aide at an early age of 11....
Gloria Williams
Nov 10, 2021
Gloria Jean Williams passed away on Wednesday, November 10, 2021. She was born in Lamesa, Texas on January 26, 1941, to the late Roy and Katherine (Cobb) Line. Gloria was raised in O'Donnell and Tahoka and graduated from O'Donnell High School. She married Robert Williams in 1963, he preceded her in death in 1998. She worked as a beautician in...
Dean Wyman
Nov 10, 2021
Dean Wesley Wyman received his last set of wings on the day of our Lord, 10 November 2021. He was born in Houston, TX on 6 July 1956. Dean proudly served as a member of the 3rd Special Forces Group spending three tours in Haiti as a SF medic (commonly referred to as a "Green Beret") eagerly assisting the Haitians...
Catherine Barham
Nov 9, 2021
Betty Catherine Barham, 87, of Lubbock, formerly of Tahoka, passed away Tuesday morning, November 9, 2021. She was born on March 20, 1934, in Wellman, Terry County, Texas to the late James Thomason and Alice (Hill) Thomason. She married Bill Barham in Brownfield on December 13, 1960. Mr. Barham preceded her in death in August 1999. Catherine grew up in...
Leah Love
Nov 9, 2021
Leah Dodson Love went to be with the Lord on November 9, 2021, at the age of 72, in the presence of her loving family. She was a long-time resident of Hobbs, New Mexico, and had lived in Lubbock, Texas, since 2008. She was born on January 15, 1949, in Sweetwater, Texas; the second of five children to Dearl C....
Diana Hernandez
Nov 8, 2021
Diana Hernandez, 59, departed from this life on November 7, 2021, with the angels of Heaven to be with God our Father. With sad hearts but joyful spirits we say our goodbyes to our beautiful wife, mother, little sister knowing that she is with her mom and dad in an amazing reunion. Diana was born December 10, 1961, to Jesus...
Gaylon Moore
Nov 8, 2021
Wallace Gaylon "Tex" Moore, 81, of Lubbock passed away Monday, November 8, 2021. He was born on March 17, 1940, in Ben Franklin, Texas to Murel Wallace Moore and Dell Bernice Gentry. Gaylon attended Lubbock High School, and shortly after that entered the United States Navy. He was a veteran of the Vietnam War. Gaylon went on to become a...
Joe Patterson
Nov 8, 2021
Joe Charles Patterson, a lifelong resident of Tahoka, passed away Monday, November 8, 2021, at the age of 82. He was born in Slaton, Texas, on September 2, 1939, to Jim and Ruby (Gribble) Patterson. He graduated from Tahoka High School in 1957. He married Marlene Fitts on February 28, 1964, in Grassland, TX. Joe was a lifelong member of...
Shannon Lesly
Nov 7, 2021
Shannon Rene Harlan Lesly, passed away peacefully in her home in Lubbock, Texas on November 7, 2021, following a 12-year battle with cancer. Shannon moved from Dallas to Lubbock to attend Texas Tech University and made Lubbock her home. She worked for years as a buyer for United Supermarkets and for R. C. Taylor Distributing. She loved these jobs and...
Joann Haught
Nov 7, 2021
JoAnn Haught, 82, of Lubbock passed away on Sunday, November 7, 2021. She was born February 24, 1939 in Maud, Texas to Lewis and Syble Ree Ouida (Burris) Penny. JoAnn married Aurbrey Haught on February 27, 1955 and was a dedicated wife for 57 years until his passing in 2012. She loved to sew and was a caregiver throughout her...
Troy Layman
Nov 6, 2021
Troy Sam Layman, 76, of Lubbock passed away on Saturday, November 6, 2021. He was born December 7, 1944 in Littlefield to Donald and Mamie (Vaughn) Layman. Troy married Shirley Whitaker on April 22, 1988 in Lubbock. He worked for Thrifty Nickel newspaper for 25 years as the sales manager and later worked for Gene Messer for the past 9...
Philip Hopkins
Nov 6, 2021
Philip Malcolm Hopkins, 69, of Lubbock passed away Saturday, November 6, 2021. He was born July 31, 1952 in Bakersfield California to Alfred A., Jr, and Iola Iva (Malcolm) Hopkins. In 1962, his mother moved the family back to her hometown of Lubbock, Texas as the result of a divorce. Phil and his mother moved around through the years living...
Jonathan Stroud
Nov 3, 2021
Jonathan Shane Stroud, 40, of Lubbock passed away on Wednesday, November 3, 2021. He was born in Lubbock on April 14, 1981 to Timothy and Patricia (Conway) Stroud. Shane grew up in this area and graduated from Coronado High School in 1999. He was a quick-witted person with a great sense of humor who enjoyed spending time with his family...
S.M. Cunningham
Nov 3, 2021
S. M. Cunningham of Lubbock passed away on Wednesday, November 3, 2021, at the age of 83. He was born August 25, 1938, in Estacado, Texas to Sylven McConnico and Iva Lee (Powell) Cunningham. S. M. graduated from Lubbock High School in 1957. He married Barbara Woods on January 30, 1959. He worked for many years as a self-employed carpet...
Lisa Fillingim
Nov 2, 2021
Lisa Gay Fillingim, 63, of Tahoka passed away Tuesday, November 2, 2021. She was born October 23, 1958, to Joe Robert and Fernova Charlene (Balch) Fillingim in Lubbock. Lisa loved animals, especially her cats and dogs and enjoyed spending time with her family. Christmas was her favorite holiday, she loved everything about it. From Santa Clause to holiday goodies, Lisa...
Gina Hornbeck
Nov 2, 2021
Gina Gruben Hornbeck of Lubbock passed from this life on Tuesday, November2, 2021. She was born in Seminole, Texas on October 6, 1957. Gina graduated from Tatum, NM High School in 1976 . After graduation, Gina worked at many jobs: waitress, communication operator for the NMSP, Pharmacy Tech before attending Amarillo Community College and graduated with an Associates Degree in...



