Gene Carroll Mathis
Dec 11, 2024
Gene Carroll Mathis, 89, of Lubbock was born September 16, 1935 in Slaton, TX to Edward Ross Mathis & Susan Lanora (Rudd) Mathis. Â He graduated from Amarillo High School. Â He married Shirley Jean Grace September 19, 1992 in Lubbock. Â Gene was a brilliant web designer and designed websites for Texas Tech and other businesses. He enjoyed riding motorcycles and...
Mabel "Memaw" Lucille Lollis
Dec 8, 2024
Mabel "Memaw" Lucille Lollis, 94, of Lubbock was born July 24, 1930 in Joplin, Missouri to William Edwin Cook & Millie Rushing Cook. Â She was a nurses aide and a nanny for years. Â She married R.V. Lollis April 15, 1946 in Ardmore, OK. Â He passed away February 12, 2011 after 65 years of marriage. Mabel was known as the...
James Roy Gray "Papa"
Dec 6, 2024
James Roy Gray "Papa", 82, of Wolfforth was born March 10, 1942 in Lubbock to Raymond Laphonzo Gray & Mineola Jones- Gray. Â He married Margaret Guevara on June 12, 1987 in Reno, Nevada. Â He retired from being an electrical technician in 2004. Â He enjoyed woodwork and refurbishing furniture. His family & friends commented "There isn't anything Papa can't fix!!" Â ...
Kathleen Maud Buckner
Dec 6, 2024
Kathleen Maud Buckner, 98, of Lubbock was born October 16, 1925 in Publow, England which is a village in Somersat, England. Â Her parents were Charles Hoddinott & Florance Duckett-Hoddinott. Â Kathleen was a nurse during the war in England. Â She married Ewell B. Buckner September 12, 1945 in Publow, England. Â He passed away December 21, 1999. Â She was a member...
Casper Lea Mason
Dec 2, 2024
Casper Lea Mason, 45, of Lubbock was born February 7, 1979, in Lubbock to Roger Dale Mason & Betty Kay Shrimpton-Mason. Â He worked as a CNA at a nursing home in Owensville, Missouri for over 23 years before moving to Lubbock. Â He then was a technician at SERVPRO for 5 years. Casper enjoyed his fire balls but mostly he...
Earnie Lee Manley
Dec 1, 2024
Earnest "Earnie" Lee Manley, 70, of Lubbock was born March 7, 1954 in Matador, TX to Tom Manley and Ardith Nadean Gray. Â He graduated from Lubbock High School. Â He worked as a cotton module mechanic, being the first to build a cotton module truck that was ever on the road. Â He married June Boyd after courting her for 6...
Blake Layne Dickson
Nov 23, 2024
Blake Layne Dickson, 28, of Wolfforth was born July 4, 1996 to Jeff and Mahriah Dickson. Â He was home schooled and graduated High School in 2014. Â Blake volunteered at Grace Campus, the Food Bank, Lubbock Impact, and at Lubbock Meals on Wheels. Â He enjoyed camping, hiking, and fishing. Â He was a member of Freeway Bible Chapel. Â He loved his...
Bentley Herman Page, Jr.
Nov 21, 2024
Bentley Herman Page, Jr., 79, of Lubbock was born November 7, 1945 in Lubbock, Texas to Bentley Herman Page, Sr. and Mildred Bradley Page. He graduated from Slaton High School and received a bachelor's degree in marketing from Texas Tech University. Â Bentley was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force fighting for our freedom during the Vietnam war. Â He...
Linda Nelson
Nov 7, 2024
Linda Carol Nelson, 75, of Lubbock was born November 25, 1948 in Lubbock to Chester Paul McGee, Sr. and Alice Jane (McGee) Mandrell. Â Linda was a clerk at the Lubbock County Clerks office and was a cashier for Furrs Cafeteria for many years. Â She married Charles Nelson October 18, 1969 in Lubbock. Â She enjoyed cooking, cake decorating, and was...
Ted Lee Muncy
Oct 27, 2024
Ted Lee Muncy, 78, of Wolfforth was born February 16, 1946 in Tyler, TX to Delbert Creighton Muncy & Betty Ruth (Adams) Muncy. Â He graduated from Seminole High School and went on and got a Bachelors degree at Kilgore Junior College. Â He joined the United States Navy for a short while due to epilepsy. Â He was a paramedic and...
Ruben Cortez
Oct 22, 2024
Ruben Cortez, 62, of Wolfforth was born August 9, 1962 in Lubbock to Santos R. Cortez & Carmen (Zapata) Cortez. Â He graduated from Frenship High School in 1982. Â He was a painter, welder, & had many other skills. Â He formerly worked at UMC Health System. Â Ruben was a Catholic. Â He enjoyed fishing, playing pool, football squares, poker, and...
Myrtle Beavers Nead
Oct 21, 2024
Myrtle Beavers Nead, 86, of Matador and formerly of Plainview was born January 22, 1938 in Rio Hondo, Texas to Joseph Ross Beavers & Lola Estelle (Merrell) Beavers. Â She married Warde F. Nead in 1979. Â He passed away January 14, 1980. Â She moved to Matador June 29, 2005. Myrtle enjoyed collecting salt & pepper shakers & stuffed...
Albert Rodriguez
Oct 11, 2024
Albert Rodriguez 86, of San Marcos and formerly of Lubbock was born March 15, 1938 in Cuero, TX to Antonio and Evelyn (Cisneros) Rodriguez. Â He was raised in El Campo, Texas where he worked on the rice farms. Â Albert liked to dance and to enjoy life.
Albert went to be with the Lord Friday October 11, 2024...
Martin Rivera
Sep 25, 2024
Martin Rivera, 41, of Corpus Christi, Tx and formerly of Lubbock was born August 9, 1983 in Brownfield, Tx to Lucas & Petra (Gonzales) Rivera. He attended Ropesville High School. Â Martin enjoyed fishing and was very talented at it.
Martin went to be with the Lord Wednesday, September 25, 2024 in Corpus Christi, TX. Â His parents, his...
Brendon Matthew Dickson
Jul 23, 2024
Brendon Matthew Dickson, 23, of Wolfforth was born April 1, 2001 in Hobbs, NM. Â He graduated High School in 2019. Â Over the years Brendon volunteered for the Wolfforth Meals on Wheels, Grace Campus in Lubbock, and the Guyon Saunders Resource Center in Amarillo. He also worked for the family businesses, Aira Remodeling, Grandma Nettie's Pickles, and The Snack Shack....
Francisca Coronado Duarte Contreras
Jul 20, 2024
Francisca Coronado Duarte Contreras, 87, of Lubbock was born July 18, 1937 in Waco, TX to Jesus & Eudelia (Gonzalez) Coronado.  She married Santiago "Jimmy" Contreras April 2, 2007 in Lubbock.  He passed away November 22, 2015. Francisca was a great seamstress and would make her kids clothes or alter them. She could take a car apart and fix...
Raul Ricardo Cabrera
Jul 6, 2024
Raul Ricardo Cabrera, 68, of Brownfield was born August 8, 1955 to Eliazar Cabrera & Sofia Guttierrez-Cabrera. He repaired electronics and was a barber, He also repaired lawn mowers, mowed lawns, wood working, & working on cars. He married Virginia Romo Pena on July 5, 1980 in Lubbock. He also enjoyed studying the Bible of Jew literature. He also...
Bertha Dean Nettles
Jun 30, 2024
Bertha Dean Nettles, 82, of Lubbock, was born August 1, 1941 in Sipe Springs, TX to Edward Loyd Smith and Ora Mae Armstrong-Smith. Â She attended beauty school and also worked at a Gin, doing the bookkeeping & taxes. Â She married Ronnie M. Nettles June 6, 1958 in Lakeview, TX. He passed away August 5, 2014 after 56 years of...
Jacob "Jake" Paul Alonzo
Jun 23, 2024
Jacob "Jake" Paul Alonzo, 38, of Lubbock was born June 25, 1985 in Lubbock to Domingo E. Alonzo & Ramona C. (Contreras) Alonzo. Â He graduated from Frenship High School. Â He was a licensed plumber & owned Cobra Opps. Â His world was his wife: Lacy Wilson, his kids, & his family. Â He was a self-taught guitarist and enjoyed concerts, cooking,...
Jackie Jernigan
Jun 20, 2024
Jacqueline "Jackie" Yonna Jernigan, 69, of Lubbock was born December 3, 1954 in Los Angelos, CA to R.J. Matheny and Nelda Jean St Clair. She worked as a nurse's aide in nursing homes for several years. Jacqueline was raised by her mother & stepfather: Nelda Jean St.Clair-Blackmon & Stewart E. Blackmon. Â In her later years her stepmother: Charlotte Blackmon...
