Funeral services for Larry Combs, 71, of Portales will be held at 10:00 AM, Fri., Dec. 3, 2021 in the Wheeler Mortuary Chapel with Rev. Hadley Howe officiating.  Burial will follow in the Portales Cemetery with Scott Lara, Mando Montano, Ryan Schmidt, Paul Guss, Alan Galassini and Monte Lancaster serving as pallbearers.  Kelly Galassini along with all of the Combs Properties Employees will serve as honorary pallbearers.  Those desiring to make memorial contributions may send...

Memorial services for Shirlene Rogers, 82, of Portales, will be announced at a later time. Shirlene Yvonne Rogers was born Nov. 3, 1939 in Porterville, CA to the home of Willomae Edith (Saunders) and Andrew Clyde Hillis and died on Nov. 29, 2021 at her home.  The family was living in Clovis by the time she was a teenager, and she attended junior high and high school there.  On Feb. 20, 1955 at the age of 15, she was married to John Fair.  The couple had four children...

A memorial service for Harvey Wanda Stephenson will be held at 10:30 AM, Thurs, Dec. 2, 2021 at Calvary Baptist Church with Rev. Wesley McAfee officiating.  Those desiring to make memorial contributions may send them to the Calvary Baptist Church food ministry. Harvey Wanda Stephenson passed peacefully Nov. 26, 2021at the age of 74.  Wanda was born July 30, 1947 to Harvey and Olga Hill in Houston, TX.  When Wanda was 13, her family moved to Portales, NM.  Wanda was well...

Funeral services for Clayburn Pinkston, 42, of Levelland, TX will be at 2:00 PM, Tues., Nov. 30, 2021 at the Dora Gymnasium with James Love officiating.  Burial will follow in the Causey Cemetery with Newt Skinner, Pete Boyd, Kasey Vaughan, Shon Knox, Timber Roberts, Troy Gardner, Robby Newberry and Shane Lee serving as pallbearers.  Lawrence Sours, Paul Sours, Drew Sours, Doug Sours, Jimmy Widner and Harvey Widner will serve as honorary pallbearers. Charles Clayburn Pinkston,...

Memorial services for Marilyn Aguirri, 63, formerly of Portales will be held at 2:00 PM, Thurs., Dec. 2, 2021 at the Trinity Assembly of God Church in Portales with Pastor Kelly Fulfer officiating.  Interment of her cremains will follow in the Portales Cemetery with her grandsons, Bryan Couch, Jr., Agustin Jimenez, Jayven Couch Cruz Jimenez, Ricky Mata and Ayden Couch serving as honorary pallbearers.  Visitation will be on Tues., Nov. 30, 2021 at Wheeler Mortuary from 8 AM until 8...

The Rosary for Francisco A. Chavez Baca, 80, of Portales will be recited at 9:00 A.M., Wed., Dec. 1, 2021 at St. Helen Catholic Church.  The Mass of the Resurrection will be celebrated at 10:00 A.M. by Fr. Francisco Carbajal.  Burial will follow in the Portales Cemetery with Manuel A. Flores, Macario Quintana, Indalecio Cano, Efrain Quezada, Larry Marquez, Angel Camacho, Antonio Salas and Samuel Solis serving as pallbearers. Francisco Antonio Chavez Baca was born Feb. 17, 1941 in...

A memorial service for Jennifer Foster, 47, of Portales will be announced at a later time. Jennifer Gayle Foster was born Feb. 2, 1974 in Kennewick, WA to Carolyn Louise Foster, and died at her home early on the morning of Nov. 24, 2021.  Her early years were spent in the Tri Cities area of Washington state.  Jennifer graduated from high school in Pilot Rock, OR in 1992.  Over the next several years she moved several times in the northwestern part of the U.S.  She...

Bobby Eugene Wood, known to everyone as Bob, was born December 22, 1931 in Lubbock, Texas to the home of Vera (Morgan) and George Washington Wood. He passed peacefully from this world to a better place on November 22, 2021 in Clovis, NM. During the years from 1934 to 1938, Bob and family lived in the small communites of Floyd, NM and then Dora, NM where he started school in 1937. They moved to various places in Texas during the war years and afterwards headed to Portales, NM in 1944 joining...

The Rosary for Francisco Javier Ramirez, 71, of Portales will be recited at 9:00 AM, Mon., Nov. 29, 2021 at St. Helen Catholic Church.  The Mass of the Resurrection will follow at 10:00 AM.  Burial will be in the Portales Cemetery with Juan Ramirez, Chuy Ramirez, Juan Diaz, Junior Ramirez, Jose Diaz and Jose Alvarado serving as pallbearers. Francisco Javier Ramirez was born Oct. 22, 1950 in Tijuana, Mexico to the home of Maria Cruz Guevarra Santiago and Jose Ramirez Madrid and...

Donald Bruce Crume was born Mar. 22, 1942 in Roswell, NM to the home of Capitola (Lunsford) and Joe Allen Crume and died early on the morning of Nov. 21, 2021 in Portales.  Mr. Crume grew up in Farwell, TX where he finished high school.  While he was in high school, he worked as a projectionist at the Farwell theater, as well as helping his dad at his lumber yard.  After finishing high school, he went on to attend ENMU as an art major.  While studying there, he met Judy...