Recent Obituaries

Durwood Avery

Nov 3, 2014

Durwood Dean Avery, 85, of Marathon, Texas passed away Monday, November 3, 2014 at Odessa Medical Center. Funeral Services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Friday, November 7, 2014 at the First United Methodist Church in Marathon. Military burial service will follow at the Marathon cemetery. Reverend Richard Zimmer will officiate. Alpine Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of...

Abigail Salgado

Oct 19, 2014

Abigail Aranda Salgado, 87, passed away October 19, 2014 at her home in Marfa. She was born on June 8, 1927 to Don Manuel and Juliana Garcia Aranda in Imperial, Texas. She was raised in La Mula, Chihuahua, Mexico and it was there that she married Tomas Salgado on June 2, 1945. The couple and their three oldest daughters...

Corina Ceniceros

Oct 15, 2014

Corina Colomo Ceniceros, 86, longtime resident of Marfa, Texas passed away at Odessa Medical Center on Wednesday, October 15, 2014. Rosary and Mass services were held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, October 18, 2014 at St. Marys Catholic Church in Marfa. Burial service followed at the Merced cemetery. Alpine Memorial Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Corina was born...

Elsa Dominguez

Oct 9, 2014

Remembering Elsa: Daughter, Sister, Wife, Mother, Educator, and Friend. Elsa I. Dominguez was born on September 19, 1957, in Marfa, Texas to Ruperto RC and Corina Ceniceros. She attended St. Marys Catholic School and Marfa High School. After graduating from Sul Ross State University with a Bachelor of Arts in English and a minor in Spanish in 1978, she...

Jose Gallego

Oct 9, 2014

Jose Rodela Gallego, 88, former resident of Alpine, passed away Thursday, October 9, 2014 at the Andrews Hospital in Andrews, Texas. Rosary service will be held at 7 p.m., Monday, October 13, 2014 at Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church in Alpine, Texas. Mass of the Resurrection will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Tuesday, October 14, at Our Lady...

Thomas Hawkins

Oct 5, 2014

T.M. Buddy Hawkins was born September 8, 1921 in Tyler, Texas to Lillie Stevens Hawkins and H.W. Hawkins. His youth was mostly spent in Nacogdoches where he was an outstanding athlete, being named All Sate in football. He attended Schreiner Institute on an athletic scholarship where he again excelled in sports. He served in the United Sates Army as...

Roy Melvin

Sep 17, 2014

Roy Clell Melvin, 60, of Marfa, passed away Wednesday, September 17, 2014 at his residence. Visitation will be held at Geeslin Chapel in Alpine, Texas, Sunday, September 21, 2014 from 6 to 8 p.m. Graveside service will be held at Hillcrest cemetery in Fort Davis, Texas Monday, September 22, 2014 at 11 a.m. Pastor Jose Cordero will officiate. Alpine...

Francisco Borunda

Sep 17, 2014

Francisco Pancho Borunda, 63 of Marfa, passed away Wednesday, September 17, 2014 at his residence. A Celebration of Life will be held at Borundas Bar Grill, at 113 S. Russell St. in Marfa, Texas at 5 p.m on Thursday, September 25, 2014. Alpine Memorial Funeral Home was entrusted with his services. Pancho was born in Marfa on January 14,...

Sam Esqueda

Sep 2, 2014

Service Memorial Service Holy Cross Anglican Church 908 Fighting Buck Ave. Alpine, TX  79830 Thursday, September 11, 2014 10 a.m. Burial Fort Bliss National Cemetery 5200 Fred Wilson Ave. El Paso, TX  79906 Friday, September 12, 2014 1 p.m.

Mary Hinojos

Aug 25, 2014

Mary Ida Hinojos La Negra was granted her angel wings on August 25, 2014, her final days were surrounded by family and friends that have touched her throughout her memorable life. Rosary service will be held at 7 p.m., Friday August 29, 2014 at Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, 406 S. 6th St., in Alpine, Texas and Mass...

Tomas Blanco

Aug 23, 2014

Tomas Lugo Blanco, 94, of Marfa, passed away at his residence on Saturday, August 23, 2014. Services will be held Friday, August 29, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. at the Church of Christ on the corner of N. Austin and W. Lincoln streets in Marfa. Military burial service will follow at the Merced cemetery. Pastor Jose Cordero will officiate. Alpine...

Hugh Howard

Aug 19, 2014

Hugh Espy Howard, 80, was born on March 1. 1934 in El Paso, Texas to the late Gay Howard and Ruth Espy Howard. His parents were lifelong residents of the Marfa community. He was the grandson to the late George A. and Ella Howard, who assisted in the establishment of Presidio County, and J.W. and Lola Espy, who helped...

Celestino Lopez

Jul 19, 2014

Celestino Lopez, 89, passed away at Pecos County Memorial Hospital in Fort Stockton, Texas on Saturday, July 19, 2014. Services will be held at St. Teresa Catholic Church in Presidio, Texas at 9:00 a.m., Wednesday, July 23, 2014. Burial will follow at the Desert Hills cemetery. Alpine Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Lopez was born...

Margie Dorris

Jun 24, 2014

Margie Fay Dorris, formerly of Alpine, died Tuesday June 24, 2014 in Pecos. She was born January 16, 1928, in Menard to the late Perry Johnson and Fay Jaynes. She was a retired housekeeping, laundry and dietary supervisor. She is survived by her sons, Michael Dorris of Balmorhea, David Dorris of Milton, N.H., and BillyJack Dorris of Van Horn....

Edwina Alvarez

Jun 21, 2014

Edwina Campos Alvarez, 74, of Fort Davis, Texas passed away at her residence on Saturday, June 21, 2014. Rosary service will be at 7 p.m. at Christ the King Catholic Church in Balmorhea, Texas on Tuesday, June 24, 2014. Mass of the Resurrection will be celebrated at 3 p.m., at Christ the King, Wednesday, June 25. Burial will follow...

Bonifacio Jaquez

Jun 13, 2014

Bonifacio Jaquez, 72, longtime resident of Alpine, passed away at his residence on Friday, June 13, 2014. Rosary service will be held at 10 a.m. at Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church on Wednesday, June 18, 2014. Mass of the Resurrection will follow after the rosary service. Burial will be at the Holy Angels cemetery. Alpine Memorial Funeral Home...

Billie Williams

May 19, 2014

Jeanne Williams, 87, passed away at her home in Alpine, Texas on May 19, 2014 surrounded by her family. She is now resting peacefully in the loving arms of her Heavenly Father after an eighteen year battle with cancer. Jeanne was born Billie Jeanne Starnes on September 14, 1926 in Elmer, Oklahoma to Howard K. and Eva Duncan Starnes....

Rolland Moore

May 15, 2014

Rolland Moore, 91, passed away on Thursday, May 15, 2014 in Alpine. He was born in Cambridge, Nebraska. He served as 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps and was stationed on Guam when WWII ended. He married Willabelle in 1943, and they have five children, David, Jane, Mary, Ann and Paul. They have 14 grandchildren and 16 greatgrandchildren....

Thomas Santry

May 15, 2014

Thomas Dennis Santry, 83, of Alpine, Texas, passed away Thursday, May 15, 2014, at Big Bend Regional Medical Center. Tom was born in Cleveland, Ohio on July 25, 1930 to Teresa Cecelia Hoban and Thomas Dennis Santry Sr. He married Vivian Frances Williams in 1959. The have 4 children. After graduating from Cathedral Latin High School in Cleveland, Tom...

Franklin Lackey

May 8, 2014

Franklin Brett Lackey, beloved husband, son, brother and father passed away on May 8, 2014 in San Angelo, Texas. Viewing will be held from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. and funeral service will begin at 10 a.m., Saturday, May 17, 2014 at the Geeslin Chapel, 209 West Sul Ross Ave. in Alpine, Texas. Burial service will follow in Presidio,...