George Moreau

George was born November 25th 1955 to Roy George and Mabel Allie Moreau and died May 23, 2025. George's family moved to Artesia from Greenfield NM when he was just 1 year old. He went to school in Artesia and graduated in 1973. After graduation he went to work for Mack Chase Incorporated and spent the next 44 years working in the oilfield until retiring in November 2017. He married Frances Horner on May 5* 1989. She survives him at the family home.

He took up golf in 1981 at the age of 26, George won the club championship just 4 years later in 1985. He also won the 1985 National Long Driving Championship in Amarillo TX by smacking a golf ball 388 yards using a wooden Ben Hogan driver.

George loved to hunt and thoroughly enjoyed all the trips to the NX Bar Ranch in Wyoming he got to go on with the Chase family. Another great passion was fishing. He taught Frances how to fish, and she immediately started catching more fish than him. They had a yearly bet on who would catch the most fish. They have a lake home at Sumner Lake and would go there nearly every weekend to fish or just relax. They loved taking the Grandkids to the lake to fish or drag behind the boat. George and Grandson Charles fished a lot together.

He also liked to play poker and had a Monday night game for nearly 20 years in his man cave where they would cook first usually Elk or Deer meat, then play cards till 9:00. Then he sent everyone home because work started at 5:30 the next morning.

George loved to hunt arrowheads and had quite a collection of them. Sister Sharon and George used to go on weekly excursions to explore the country side and he was with her when she found her first arrowhead.

George was also responsible for starting a Wednesday night bible study group that had members from Clark Memorial Methodist Church and Hope United Methodist church and also the House of Restoration Church. He was a lifetime member of Clark Memorial and was Chairman of the Board.

George is survived by his wife, Frances, son Jarrod Moreau and wife Tabatha and their three children, Jamey Kennemur, Emilee Kennemur, and Charles Moreau, daughter Christen Kalisek and husband PJ and their son Nikolai, brothers Dale Moreau & wife, Vickie, Jimmy Moreau, Randy Johnson and wife Betty, sisters Pat Lowenstein and husband Larry, Mary Kay McCollum and husband Randy, and Sharon Squier and husband Larry, sister-in-law Mary Alice Johnson, brother-in-laws Billy Horner and wife Pam and Aaron Horner and wife Sandra. He is also survived by numerous nieces and nephews. George always said "when you are kin to the Troublefields, Johnsons, Moreaus and Horners you have lots of kinfolks HA HA! "

George is predeceased in death by his parents Roy and Mabel Moreau, brothers Wes Johnson and Joe Johnson, sister-in-law Pam Moreau, nephew Johnny Johnson, and great nephews Eric Cook and Liam Taylor.

Pallbearers will be John Hutcheson (Hutch), Louis Fulton, Marty Posey, Lynn Berry, Darin Chandler, Mark Byers. Honorary pallbearers are Sonny Hope, Baron Chandler, Stan McKee, Rudy Garcia, Terry Goodman, Ricky Hammond, George Morris, Bil Wier, Jerry Mathews and all his nieces and nephews.

The family would like to thank J & J Homecare, especially Justin, Nichole & Trey, for all the care and support they gave George during the past 7 months.

Services are scheduled for 10 am Thursday, May 29, 2025 at First Methodist Church.  Burial will follow the services at Hagerman Cemetery, Hagerman, New Mexico.  Visitation will be at Terpening & Son Mortuary on Wednesday from 2 to 6 pm.

Donations can be made to the Bill Horner Memorial Scholarship Fund c/o the Greater Artesia Foundation, PO Box 1344, Artesia, NM 88211, Paws & Claws Humane Society, PO Box 807, Artesia, NM 88211, or a charity of your choice.