Funeral services for Stanley Dement, 67, of Portales, will be at 2:00 PM, Tues., Aug. 20, 2019 at the Third and Kilgore Church of Christ with David Bennett officiating, assisted by Buddy Blue and Johnny Lieb.  Burial will follow in the Floyd Cemetery with Steven Dement, Richard Bollema, Chance Chenault, Shiloh Wyatt, Judah Wyatt, Randy McCasland, Buster Tucker and Mark Henze serving as pallbearers.  Joe Chandler and Buddy Blue along with his Sigma Nu Brothers and all other close...

Jerry Lee Aguirri A memorial service for Jerry Lee Aguirri will be held at 2:00 PM, on Friday, August 16, 2019, at Wheeler Mortuary Chapel. Burial will follow in the Portales Cemetery. Jerry Lee Aguirri was born on December 24, 1959 in Corpus Christi, TX to the home of Miriam Jolly (Nix) and Phillip N. Aguirri and departed this life on August 6, 2019 in Portales, NM.  Jerry grew up in Portales and was a very hard worker and really enjoyed road construction work. He loved to be...

Rupert Delbert Gamble Rupert Delbert Gamble passed away on July 30, 2019. He was a devout Christian and a loving husband, father, grandfather and friend. Rupert was born on August 14, 1920 in Remlap, Alabama to Cyrus Grady and Mary Jane Brown Gamble. He was raised on a farm on Pine Mountain and left the farm at the start of World War II. While in the Army Air Corps, Rupert met his future wife Dorothy Jane Beavans in Ft. Wayne, Indiana in 1943 and they married on October 6, 1945 after his...

Graveside services for Melvin Thompson, 87, of Portales, will be held at 10:00 AM, Thurs., Aug. 1, 2019 in the Floyd Cemetery with Lemon Dotson officiating, assisted by Steven Hardin.  Daniel Norrell, Tibor Kurunczi, Skyler Norrell, Weldon Thompson, Landon Payne and Gene Payne will serve as pallbearers.  Justin Buchanan has been named as an honorary pallbearer. Melvin Ray Thompson was born Mar. 5, 1932, in Portales to the home of Lillian Irene (Reese) and George Thomas Thompson,...

Funeral services for Derek G. Garcia, 24, of Portales, will be held at 10:30 AM, Sat., Aug. 3, 2019 at the Central Christian Church with Dr. David McFaden officiating, assisted by Rev. Mark McAfee.  Local pallbearers will be his father, Gregory Garcia, his brothers, Gabriel Garcia, Timothy Garcia, Aaron Garcia and Luke Garcia along with Zach Lorenz.  Quinten Carmichael has been named as an honorary pallbearer.  Burial will be at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San...

Graveside services for Frank Allison, 81, currently of Artesia, NM will be held at 10:00 AM, Wed., July 25, 2019 in the Inez Cemetery with Mickey Burkett officiating. Charles Franklin Allison, known to most of his family and friends as Frank, was born Dec. 21, 1937 in Portales.  He was one of a set of triplets born to Gladys Mildred (Breshears) and Carl Wright Allison, and died on July 25, 2019 in Artesia, NM where he had been living.  Frank was a lifelong member of the Church of...

Funeral services for Lila “Lou” Morgan, 80, of Portales, will be held at 2:00 PM, Mon., July 29, 2019 at the Calvary Baptist Church with Rev. Brad Morgan officiating.  Burial will follow in the Portales Cemetery with Dustin Morgan, Randall Thomas, Tyler Morgan, Jesse Morgan, Justin Morgan and Dustin Sisneros serving as pallbearers.  All other family members will be honorary pallbearers.  The family will receive guests at the funeral home on Friday evening from 6 to...

The Rosary for Dimas Tarango, 73, of Portales, will be recited at 1:00 PM, Fri., July 26, 2019 at St. Helen Catholic Church.  The Mass of the Resurrection will be celebrated by Fr. Francisco Carbajal at 2:00 PM.  Burial will follow in the Portales Cemetery with Agapito Tarango, Roy Tarango II, Luis Piedra, Briana Tarango, Cesar Chavez, Christa Tarango and Andy Gomez serving as pallbearers.  Ricky Ruiz, Tino Ruiz, Araceli Tarango, Esperanza Tarango, Ramon Tarango, Mari-Cruz...

Funeral services for Kim Nusser, 53, of Portales, will be at 10:00 AM, Fri., July 26, 2019 in the Wheeler Mortuary Chapel with Dr. David McFadden officiating.  Burial will follow in the Portales Cemetery with Clarence Gooch, Dusty Nusser, Melvin Nusser, Mike Terry, Jerry Faver and Glenn Johnson serving as pallbearers. Kimberly Diane Nusser, better known to family and friends as “Kim,” was born Sept. 9, 1965 in Chandler, AZ to the home of Linda L. (Hutchison) and Virgil...

Funeral services for Bob Burnworth, 75, of Portales, will be at 10:00 AM, Mon., July 22, 2019 at the First United Methodist Church in Portales, with Pastor Buddy Moore officiating.  Burial will follow in the Portales Cemetery with Scott Sharp, Ted Blair, Galacion Arce, Jr., Jonathan Sherman, Adam Burnworth  and Daun Medaris serving as pallbearers.  Jaime Sierra and Rich Burke have been named as honorary pallbearers. Robert W. Burnworth was born Mar. 13, 1944 in Roswell, NM to...