All Obituaries

James Deason of Artesia, New Mexico passed away on Jan 24, 2021. His loved ones are composing his obituary, which you will be able to read here.

Garilyn Elizabeth (Tidwell) Devine, age 71, went to her heavenly home on January 18, 2021. Cremation has taken place under the direction of Terpening & Son Mortuary. A small service will take place at a later date. Garilyn was born August 11, 1949 in Artesia, NM to Merrell and Patricia Tidwell. She married her high school sweetheart Jimmy Frank Devine in 1969 and from this union came two children; Brandon Scott and Leslie Brooke. Garilyn worked for 22 years as a training tech at the Federal...

Graveside services are scheduled for 2:00 PM on Thursday, January 21, 2021 at Woodbine Cemetery. Buddy, age 76, passed away on Sunday, January 17, 2021 with loved ones by his side. Larry Roland will officiate the services. Buddy was born on September 10, 1944 in Carlsbad, NM to Claudius Galloway and Freda Jones. He graduated from Carlsbad High School in 1964. On November 20, 1964, he married Aleta "Sherry" Galloway. Buddy retired from the City of Carlsbad in 2009. He was a...

Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, January 20, at West Main Baptist Church for Preston Ray Kelley. Preston Ray Kelley of Artesia New Mexico passed away on Saturday, January 16th at the age of 79. After several months of declining health, Preston died peacefully and is now pain free. Pastor Jason Kraft will officiate at the services with burial to follow at Woodbine Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Josh Kelley, Matt Kelley, Paul Alvarez, Glenn Kaiser, Johnny Pacheco, Jason...

Margaret Helen (Applegate) Bellon, age 95, peacefully went to her heavenly home on January 16, 2021. Cremation has taken place under the direction of Terpening & Son Mortuary. A memorial service will be held at a later date in her beloved Sacramento Mountains. Margaret was born January 5, 1926, to Umbra Lindell (Blair) Applegate and John Cathcart Applegate, in Lohrville near their farm in Cedar Township, Calhoun County, Iowa. Her family farmed in Iowa and she graduated from high...

Kimberly Elaine Crockett, 61, of Artesia, New Mexico passed away on January 15, 2021 at Artesia General Hospital from heart complications. Kim was born May 17, 1959 in Artesia to Don and Janice Johnston. She was raised as a child in Christ, the daughter of rural Methodist minister. Kim’s father was an entrepreneur, in her high school years she held many jobs within his businesses. She spent her mornings before school, driving a truck for her dad delivering Golden Crust bread and...

IN OUR HEARTS We thought of you today but that is nothing new. We thought about you yesterday and days before that too. We think of you in silence we often speak your name. Now all we have are memories and your picture in a frame. Your memory is our keepsake with which we’ll never part. God has you in his keeping we will hold you in our hearts. Cecilia “Ceci” Ramirez passed away at St Vincent Hospital in Santa Fe, NM, on January 14, 2021, at the age of 45. Ceci was born...

Graveside services are scheduled for 2 pm Friday, January 15 at Woodbine Cemetery for Shirley Houserman-Meschino of Artesia, New Mexico. Mrs. Houserman-Meschino, 96, died on Wednesday, January 13, 2021, peacefully at home with her family. Visitation will be at Terpening & Son Mortuary from 10 am to noon on Friday. Shirley was born on June 13, 1924 in Rutland, Vermont; the daughter of Charles A. Brown and Harriet LeFebre Brown. On May 18, 1942 she was married to Keith Fred Houserman. He...

Harroll Dean Robinson, known to family and friends as Dean, went to be with the Lord on January 12, 2021 in Hobbs, New Mexico. Dean was born on July 1, 1924 in the family home of W.H. (Homer) and Leeta Robinson in Wake, Texas. Family graveside services are scheduled for 10:00 am, Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at Woodbine Cemetery, in Artesia, New Mexico. Growing up, Dean’s family lived in west Texas and eastern New Mexico, he attended school in Portales, New Mexico and he is a 1941...

Funeral services are scheduled for 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, January 12, 2021 at First Evangelical Presbyterian Church for Nila Marie Martin of Artesia, New Mexico. Mrs. Nila Martin, 86, danced her way into Jimmie's arms on January 6, 2021 in Hobbs, N.M. Daniel Phelps will officiate at the services with burial to follow at Woodbine Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Daniel Dixon, Larry Ivy, Landon Ivy, Lance Ivy, Bobby Snowden, and Kyle Snowden. Honorary Pallbears are Jimmy Dean Naylor, Robert...