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Remembering the musical life of Mark Thomas Pollock
Mark Pollock By JOHN PAUL SCHWARTZ November 13 claimed its second famous musician in the Trans Pecos. In 2011, it was the beloved musician Doyle Bramhall, a childhood musician friend of Mark Pollock....
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Prieto
Maria Prieto Maria Baeza Prieto, 101, of Marfa passed away Wednesday, November 11, 2015 in Clint, Texas where she had been living with her granddaughter Cecy Rodriguez and husband Rene. Rosary will be...
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Peña
Elvira Peña Elvira Grado Peña, 93, of Redford passed away Friday, November 13, 2015 at Big Bend Regional Medical Center in Alpine. She was born in Redford on March 25, 1922 to the late Fransisco and...
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Arispe
Ezequiela Arispe Ezequiela Muñiz Arispe, 68, entered into Eternal Life on November 3, 2015. Rosary will be at 7pm Friday, November 20 with Father Jovino Antonio Martinez Ceballos officiating at Our...
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Rodriguez
Benita Rodriguez Benita H. Rodriguez, 80, of Presidio passed from this life on Friday, November 20, 2015 at Medical Center Hospital in Odessa. She was born in Ojinaga, Chihuahua, Mexico on March 21,...
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Macias
Benjamin Macias Jr. Benjamin Macias Jr., 87, of Alpine, passed away Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at Saint Teresa Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in El Paso. Rosary will be recited at 10am with Mass...
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Texas craft beer pioneer passes away
Steve Anderson Steve Anderson, Brewmaster at Big Bend Brewing Co., passed away Wednesday, November 25, 2015 at his home in Alpine after a valiant fight against cancer. Big Bend Brewing Company lost our...
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Venegas
Manuel Venegas Manuel Garcia Venegas, 86, of Marfa, passed away at Big Bend Regional Medical Center on Sunday, November 29, 2015. Rosary and Mass of Christian Burial begin at 10am today, Thursday,...
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Robinson
Tom Robinson Thomas Max “Tom” Robison of Fort Davis passed away Thursday, November 26, 2015, surrounded by his loving family. He was born May 22, 1939 in San Angelo to L. Miller Robison and Eda...
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Natividad
Francisco Natividad Francisco Natividad, “Franco” as many of us knew him, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, November 29, 2015. A graveside service will be held Friday, December 4 at 11am. He was born...
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Lynn earned two national championships with Sully volleyball teams
Billie Lynn Billie Hemler Lynn, 86, of Carlsbad, New Mexico, who coached Sul Ross State University volleyball teams to back-to-back national championships in the early 1970s, passed away Thursday,...
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Webster
Matilda Webster Matilda Elvira Webster, 91, of Fort Davis passed away at Arbor House in Temple, Texas on Thursday, January 21, 2016. Mrs. Webster was born in Fort Davis on March 15, 1924 to Marcelo and...
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Longtime former Marfa resident May Tupper Quick passed away January 25, 2016 in New Braunfels, Texas. May was born August 3, 1922 in San Antonio to Margaret Wright Tupper and Clifton H. Tupper Sr. She...
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Morales
Ben Morales Benjamin G. Morales of Marfa passed away peacefully on January 20, 2016 surrounded by his loving family. He was 79. Born in Ruidosa, Texas on February 1, 1936, Benjamin was the son of Luis...
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Lucido
Father Lucido In an interview on his 65th birthday in 2007, Father John Joseph Lucido said of the future: “I can’t see myself doing anything else but fading off into the sunset as a Catholic priest,...
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Bruce Grove Lippincott of Alpine died peacefully January 17, 2016. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania March 29, 1924. He graduated from Cornell University in 1948. Bruce was a renowned tenor...
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Estrada
Adan Estrada Adan Estrada, 56, of Valentine, passed away in Valentine on January 11, 2016. He was born in Fabens on July 27, 1959. He was a lifelong resident and high school graduate of Valentine....
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A mentor brings music to life
Billy and Wendy at Billy’s last concert and perhaps his last public performance, Joe’s Café, St. Louis, Missouri, June 25, 2015. The concert is available to view on YouTube: Billy Faier 1. By WENDY...
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Marathon banjo player part of America’s 1960s folk scene
Billy Faier Long-time West Texas resident and five-string banjo legend Billy Faier succumbed to lung cancer last Friday, January 29, 2016. Billy was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1930 before spending...
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Bain
Richard James Bain Sr. Richard James Bain Sr. of San Angelo and formerly of Alpine passed away Thursday, January 28, 2016. Born November 25, 1936, Richard’s greatest passions were serving Jesus and...
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