Delia Jean Covington Mayes was born on May 8, 1928 in Floydada, Texas to Francis Milton Covington and Mattie Emma Hall-Covington. She was named for her paternal great-grandmother, Martha Adelia Clark. When she was one year old, she, parents, and older brother Bob moved to Daugherty, Texas. Several years later, two more brothers, Jack and Kent were born.
Benjamin (Ben) Rojo, 88, of Fort Stockton, Texas, was called to eternal rest on May 31, 2023.
Visitation was at Heritage Funeral Home in Fort Stockton, Texas on June 2, 2023, from 3-7 p.m.
Sue Katherine Phillips Prock, age 84, passed away at home in Richmond, Texas, holding hands with her children on Sunday, May 21, 2023
Sarah Lucia Swonke, 92, passed away peacefully on May 19, 2023 at Tomball Regional Medical Center with her sons by her side. Sarah was born in Fort Stockton, Texas, on Sept. 24, 1930, to Carlos and Lucia Urias. The oldest of five children, she grew up in Fort Stockton but spent time in Italy, Germany, and New Mexico before moving to Tomball in 1958.
Hector Estrada Ibarra, age 82 of Fort Stockton, Texas, passed away on May 11, 2023, at Pecos County Memorial Hospital in Fort Stockton from complications due to a hemorrhagic stroke.
Eloi “Eloy” P. Garcia, 75 of Fort Stockton, passed away on May 20, 2023, in his home surrounded by his family.
Visitation will be Thursday, May 25, 2023, from 12-7 p.m. at Heritage Funeral Home of the Big Bend, 301 N. Main Street in Fort Stockton. There will be a rosary recited Thursday, May 25, 2023, at 7 p.m., also at Heritage Funeral Home. Funeral mass will be Friday, May 26, 2023, at 10 a.m. at St Agnes Catholic Church, 4094 North Highway 18 in Fort Stockton. Interment to follow at Fort Stockton Catholic Cemetery.
Alberto Martinez Subia, 83 of Fort Stockton, passed away on May 18, 2023 in Lubbock, Texas.
Visitation will take place Wednesday, May 24, 2023, from 1-7 p.m., followed by rosary at 7 p.m. at the Heritage Funeral Home of the Big Bend, 301 N. Main Street in Fort Stockton. Funeral Services will take place Thursday, May 25, 2023 at 10 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, 403 S. Main Street in Fort Stockton. Burial will follow at St. Joseph’s Catholic Cemetery. Arrangements are by the Heritage Funeral Home of the Big Bend.
Katherine Majure Farned, born April 12, 1925, in Dixon Community, Neshoba County, Mississippi to Reuel and Marcie Gardner Majure, passed away May 12, 2023, in Denton, Texas at the age of 98. She married William Farned on May 27, 1946, in Union, Miss. and was preceded in death by her husband, parents, two brothers and sister.
The Vasquez Family is sad to announce the passing of Inez Vasquez, devoted daughter, loving mother, and dedicated sibling, aged 73, of Houston, Texas on Saturday, May 13, 2023.
