My mother died one year ago tomorrow. My niece Carol — her primary caregiver and one of several grandchildren and great-grandchildren that my parents raised — and I went through mother’s modest possessions trying to decide who would want what. None of her six kids, 10 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren or six great-great-grandchildren is starving, so […]
Softball league seeking memorial
August 15, 2009
By Clarence Plank: Freedom New Mexico Brenda Depperman is working a softball memorial to honor her mother, Carol Depperman, who worked to start the Clovis women’s league years ago. Carol and few other women campaigned to get the softball league going back in the early 1970s in Clovis by talking to Guy Leeder about having […]
11-25 Births
November 23, 2007
McMath Kolten Ryan McMath was born Oct. 26, 2007, to Ryan and Nicole McMath of Clovis at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis. He weighed six pounds four ounces. He has one brother, Brennen, 21 months. Grandparents are Linda Pornak, Pat and Nancy Bishop, all of Clovis and Archie and Anne McMath, both of Portales. […]
June 4, 2006 Club Notes
June 3, 2006
The El Portal Chapter of NSDAR (National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution) met May 13 at Clovis High School. Chapter Regent Wanda Dunn presided over the business meeting. Special guest Sharon Mulrey of Albuquerque presented an informative program about Civil War-era dress. She modeled two dresses she had made, following instructions that […]
Couple on a mission: Rescue man’s best friend
October 3, 2005
By Tonya Garner A cacophony of barks greet Clovis residents Bob and Carol Baker as they enter the rear room of the Clovis Animal Shelter. A tour of the room with the Bakers reveals a dozen or so dogs separated by metal cages, temporary homes for lost, stray and unwanted canines of various temperaments, breeds […]
Sturgess, Patricia
February 14, 2005
Patricia Carol “Trisha” Sturgess, 45, of Clovis, died Thursday, Feb. 3, 2005, at Laural Ridge Healthcare Center. She was born Feb. 20, 1959, to Ronnie Carol and Rosa Lee Wood Dunham at Edwards Air Force Base in California. She was a waitress in Kissimee, Fla., and a member of the Women’s International Bowling Congress and […]
Hartley, Mary Carol
December 3, 2003
Mary Carol Hartley Services: Have been held. Mary Carol Hartley, 62, of Clovis, died Thursday, Oct. 16, 2003, at her home. She was born on Feb. 6, 1941, in Waco, Texas, to Laddie Earl and Mary Elizabeth McMillan Broadway. She married Teddy Lowe Hartley on May 25, 1962, in Waco, Texas. They moved to Clovis […]
Depperman, Carol
December 3, 2003
CAROL DEPPERMAN Services: Have been held. Carol Lavon Kemp Depperman, 68, of Clovis, died Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2003, at her home. She was born on Sept. 4, 1935, in Muleshoe to Walter A. and Grace Fish Kemp. Her family moved to Portales where she graduated from high school in 1953. She married Warren Bell Depperman […]
Community leader loses bout with cancer
October 16, 2003
By Gary Mitchell Those who knew her best invariably described Mary Carol Hartley as a brave, compassionate lady. Hartley, 62, died at her home Thursday after a 15-year on-and-off bout with cancer. Hartley’s husband, 9th Judicial District Judge Ted Hartley, choked back his emotions late Thursday. “It’s kind of a tough time, but the Good […]
Highfield, Carol
September 23, 2003
Carol Highfield Services: Have been held. Carol Smith Waggoner Highfield, 73, died Sunday, Aug. 31, 2003, at Greenbrier Nursing Home in Enid, Okla. Mrs. Highfield was born Oct. 16, 1929, in Pampa, Texas, to Elliott Nigh Smith and Lucy Beatrice Lynn Smith. She married Dorwin Waggoner in Perryton, Texas, on July 1947. He died Feb. […]
