Obituary

Charles "Chuck" Strain Obituary A memorial service for Chuck Strain, 74, of Portales will be announced shortly. Charles Neal Strain, known to virtually everyone as Chuck, was born Dec. 31, 1951, in Olton, TX to the home of Bee (Smith) and Harry Strain, and passed from...

Clara Maples Obituary Memorial services for Clara Mae Maples, 84, of Portales will be announced at a later time. Clara Mae Maples was born Dec. 31, 1941, in Hot Springs, NM to the home of Flora Bell (Clapp) and Charlie David Lewis, and passed from this life on Mar....

Ernest Wall, Jr. Obituary Memorial services for Ernest Wall, 95, of Portales will be held on April 6, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. at Calvary Baptist Church in Portales, New Mexico with Rev. Wesley McAfee and Dickie Wall officiating.  Honorary pallbearers will be Ian Pierce,...

Wanda Pettus Obituary Funeral Services for Wanda Pettus, formerly of Portales will be held at 10:00 AM, Mon., April 6, 2026 at the First United Methodist Church in Portales with Rev. James Heredia and Rev. Damon Stalvey officiating.  Burial will be in the Portales...

Kelly McClary Obituary Funeral services for Kelly McClary, 64, of Portales, will be held at 10:00 AM, Sat., April 4, 2026, in the Wheeler Mortuary Chapel with Jimmy Rowlett and Steve Fleischman officiating. Burial will follow in the Portales Cemetery with Jose...

Nancy Ward Obituary Funeral services for Nancy Ward, 84, of Elida, will be held at 10:00 AM, Thurs., Mar. 26, 2026 at the First Baptist Church of Elida with Rev. Herb Gage officiating, assisted by Rev. Cheston Fair.  Burial will follow in the Kenna Cemetery with Jesse...

Verna Briney Obituary Memorial services for Verna (Powell) Briney, 62, will be held at 10:00 AM, Fri., Mar. 27, 2026 in the Wheeler Mortuary Chapel, with Michael Terry officiating. Verna Briney was born Oct. 9, 1963 in Snyder, TX to the home of Vernell (Gilmore) and...

Aflredo Chavez Obituary The Rosary for Alfred “Fred” Chavez, 92 of Portales will be recited at 9:00 AM, Wed., Mar. 25, 2026, at St. Helen Catholic Church, and a Communion Service will follow at 10:00 AM with Deacon Paul Benoit officiating.  Burial will follow in the...

Amanda Knowles-Ashford Obituary Memorial services for Amanda LeAnn Knowles-Ashford, of Farwell, TX, will be held at 2:00 PM, Fri., Mar. 13, 2026, at the Floyd Baptist Church with Rev. Rick Wilcher officiating assisted by Rev. Wayne Boydston. Greg Ray, David...