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Wanda Roach, 76, of Clovis, NM, died on Thursday, October 14, 2010, at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis. Memorial services will be held at 5:00 PM Saturday, October 16, 2010, at The Chapel, 1500 Thornton with Chris Mullennix officiating. Cremation has taken place. Wanda was born May 21, 1934, in Hobbs, NM, to Ernest C. and Lorene Deason Bennett. She received her BA degree from Eastern New Mexico University and married Odis Roach June 5, 1954 in Hobbs, NM. Her hobbies include hunting, boating, fishing, four-wheeling, motorcycling, traveling, camping, and outdoor cooking. She taught the sunday school preschool class at First Baptist Church and Sandia Baptist Church in Clovis. Wanda is survived by her husband, Odis; one son, Audie (Dori) Roach of Clovis, NM, and two grandchildren, April Kayleen Phipps and Misty Dawn English. She was preceded by her parents, E. C. and Lorene Bennett; one sister, Helen, and one son, Caylon. Family request memorial contributions be sent to the Baptist Children's Home, 2200 S Ave I, Portales, NM 88130. Arrangements are by Muffley Funeral Home, Inc., 575-762-4435,
Published by Clovis News Journal and the Portales News-Tribune on Oct. 15, 2010.
United States Social Security Death Index; familysearch.org [2]
Find A Grave Memorial #77798196 [3] Burial: Lawn Haven Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Clovis, Curry County, New Mexico; Plot: Christus, Lot
1940 Census; Election Precinct 18 New Hobbs, Lea, New Mexico; familysearch.org [4]
1950 Census; Lea, Lea, New Mexico; familysearch.org [5]
U.S., Index to Public Records, 1994-2019 (1981-2020); ancestry.com [6]
Ancestry Trees; Wanda Alice Bennett Roach [7]
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