Area Obituaries

Eugene ‘Gene’ Ethridge Nugent, 85, went home to our Lord and Savior Saturday, June 19, 2021, at his home in Sundown. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, June 25, at the First Baptist Church of Levelland, with Paton Parrish officiating. Interment will follow at Sundown Cemetery, under the direction of Krestridge Funeral Home.…

Funeral services for Maria Corrales Escobedo, 70, of Lubbock formerly of Sundown, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday June 24 at St. Michael’s Catholic Church with Father Jonathan Phillips officiating. Interment will follow in the City of Levelland Cemetery, under the direction of Head Duarte Funeral Home of Levelland. Visitation will be held from…

Graveside services for Elizabeth La Shonne Stafford White, 57, of Levelland, will be held at 2 P.m. Friday, June 25, in the City of Levelland Cemetery with pastor Ben Alexander and assisting pastor Alvin Childress officiating, under the direction of Head Duarte Funeral Home of Levelland. Visitation will be held from 9 a.m. until 9…

Alton ‘Pete’ Pettiet passed away on June 18, 2021, at the age of 87. Pete was born on March 18, 1934, in Shallowater to Clifford and Ruby Pettiet. He moved to Ropesville in 1942 and graduated from Ropes High School in 1951. He married his high school sweetheart, Charleen Armstrong, on June 6, 1954, at…

Funeral services for Guadalupe Martinez, 84, of Morton, were held at 11 a.m. Friday, June 18, in the Krestridge Funeral Home Chapel. Interment followed in the Memorial Gardens Cemetery, under the direction of Krestridge Funeral Home of Levelland. She passed away June 14, 2021.

Funeral services for Bobbie Crouch Christian, 88, of Morton, will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, June 21, at First Baptist Church of Morton. Interment will follow in the Morton Memorial Cemetery Johnny Evans officiating, under the direction of Head Duarte Funeral Home of Levelland. Visitation will be held from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.…

Funeral services for Gregorio ‘Greg’ Balboa, 23, of Levelland, will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, June 18, at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Levelland, with Fr. Jonathan Phillips officiating. Interment will follow in the City of Levelland Cemetery, under the direction of Head Duarte Funeral Home of Levelland. Visitation will be held Thursday, June…

Funeral services for Raymond Alvis ‘R.A.’ Stevens, 88, of Levelland, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, June 17, in the Krestridge Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow in the City of Levelland Cemetery, under the direction of Krestridge Funeral Home of Levelland. He passed away June 13, 2021, at his home. In lieu of…

John Ewerz, 72, of Levelland, passed away Thursday, June 10, 2021. Graveside services will be held Tuesday, June 15, in Englewood Cemetery in Slaton, under the direction of Englunds Funeral Service of Slaton. Memorial services will be held Tuesday, June 15, at Krestridge Funeral Home in Levelland under the direction of Krestridge Funeral Home. John…

Jonathan Michael Mullenix, 38, of Shallowater, went to Heaven Saturday, June 5, 2021, in Shreveport, Louisiana. He was born August 9, 1982, to Raymon Mullenix, Jr. and Darla Ann Nichols. Jon attended Littlefield ISD, Whitharral ISD and Frenship ISD. He married Leah Ann Esquibel February 25, 2000, and together they had two sons, Aiden and…

A memorial service for Charlene Thompson Turner, 74, of Lubbock, formerly of Levelland and San Angelo, will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday, June 16, at Krestridge Funeral Home. She passed away November 14, 2020.