The Pecos County Commissioners Court approved the 2022 budget at its Aug. 16 meeting.

The proposed total tax rate is 0.777 per $100 valuation compared to the 2021 rate of 0.7074. The general fund rate is 0.0654; road and bridge is 0.0123; and debt service is 0.00.

Pecos County is anticipating a higher tax rate to bring in approximately the same amount of money last year, due to a decrease in value, according to Pecos County Judge Joe Shuster.

Micaela B. De Rodriguez

Micaela B. De Rodriguez left us to be with Our Lord Jesus Christ on Aug. 14, 2021. She was born on Feb. 10, 1939, in Mexico to Santos Bernal and Manuela Perales.

Micaela was preceded in death by her husband Jose Rodriguez; her father Santos Bernal; her mother Manuela Perales; her daughters Maria Elena, and Griselda; her son Chonito.

Verna Upshaw left us to be with Our Lord Jesus Christ on Aug. 14, 2021. She was born on June 23, 1923, in Rotan, Texas, to Rey Vaughn Kingsfield and Elizabeth Rives.

Verna was preceded in death by her husband Eugene Upshaw; her father Rey Vaughn Kingsfield; her mother Elizabeth Rives; her sisters Neva Phillips and Lanelle Fillingim; and her grandson Bryan Slawson.

Juanita Delgado, 69, left us to be with Our Lord Jesus Christ on Aug. 9, 2021. She was born on June 12, 1952, in Fort Stockton, Texas, to Nicholas Cruz and Guadalupe Cruz, and raised by Alonzo Martinez and Andrea Martinez.

Juanita was preceded in death by her husband Jose Luis Delgado, Sr.; her father Nicolas Cruz; and her mother Guadalupe Ruiz.