Obituaries from Roswell and area spark memories
Roswell residents Erma Gene Spuds Reames and Curtis Dean Caruth, both long associated with Roswell community life, die within days of each other. Anita Lucero and Gwendolyn Shields also pass away, with services planned in Roswell and at local churches as families note memories, prayers, and donations to First Baptist Church and local memorial funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reames
Erma Gene
Spuds’ Reames
Roswell
Memorial Medical Center
Springfield
Illinois
Spuds
Henry A
Gladys M. George Ashcraft
Edward S. Reames
Roswell Senior High School
Mountain Bell Telephone Company
First Baptist Church
Pioneers Telephone Jinglebob Club
Timothy
Pennsylvania Avenue
Lincoln Land Cremation Society
Curtis Dean Caruth
7Th Day Adventist Church
Ken Davis
Curtis
Clarence and
Carrie Caruth
Ames
Iowa
St. John's Catholic Church
Ernesto
South Park Cemetery
E. Hervey
Anita Lucero
Anderson- Bethany Funeral Home and Crematory
Guard charged in death of inmate at Rikers Island
New York judge says jail guard Carol Lackner falsified log entries and claimed checks on Jerome Murdough every half hour on Feb 14 15 though video showed no tours. Murdough a mentally ill ex Marine died in a 101 degree cell triggering a city task force and a $130 million plan. Lackner pleads not guilty and faces up to four years if convicted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Rikers Island
Carol Lackner
Jerome Murdough
Lackner
Bronx
Associated Press
Murdough
Con
Bill de Blasio
de Blasio
Department of Correction
Rikers
LaGuardia International Airport
Damond Carter
The
Alma Murdough
Alma Mur
Federal report says La Nina primary drought driver in California
The NOAA led study argues natural climate variation caused most of California’s three year drought, with man made warming considered to play only a minor role. Lead author Richard Seager notes model runs show warming could raise winter rain in parts, not reduce it. Critics say the study omits warming effects on water storage and heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
California
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Richard Seager
Columbia University
NOAA
Martin Hoerling
National Climatic Data Center
Kevin Trenberth
National Center For Atmospheric Research
Pacific
Hoerling
Seager
Three dead after vehicle kills bear and injures bystanders
In Florida's Big Cypress Reservation a bear crossing Snake Road was hit by a SUV driven by Caroline Billie. Three good Samaritans helping another motorist were struck by a second vehicle, killing Yoel Menendez, Ricoberto Llanes, and Alain Navarro. Eight others were injured, four transported to trauma centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Florida Everglades
Snake Road
Big Cypress
Alligator Alley
Fort Lauderdale
Naples
Gary Bitner
Associated Press
Caroline Billie
Billie
Gary McIinturff
Hollywood
Bitner
McInturff
Broward
Hendry
Seminole Police Department
Yoel Menendez
Ricoberto Llanes
Alain Navarro
Miami-Dade County
Broward Sheriff's Office
Jose Vega
Mario Cecilia
McIntorff
Carli Segelson
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
Broward County
Collier County
Ocala National Forest
Florida
Everglades
Bit
Also Mentioned on This Page
Telco Federal Credit Union
Credit Committee
Wilburn Ray Ashcraft
Lula Marie Ashcraft
Charlene May Ashcraft
Cassie Lee Lord
Pamela
Paul) Brown
Sandra
Mac
Titus
Scott
Jamie
Ollia May Snowden
Denver
Colorado
Harold W. Ashcraft
Grand Canyon
Marian Percy Caruth
Dwayne Caruth
Melody
Jeremy
Brittney
Colin
Dianne Wetterston
Cole
Lucy
Carroll Caruth
Clayton Caruth
Oklahoma
Anita
Paul M. Lucero
Samuel
Josefina Valdez
Encino
New Mexico
Richard Lucero
Virgil Lucero
Victoria Flores
Luciano
Carmen Valdez
Mike
Mary Sosa
Joe Valdez
Daniel Valdez
Lala Lucero
Maggie Valdez
David Andruz Lucero
Valerie Lucero
Eric Sosa
Angelica Sanchez
Robert Lucero
Lil Joe Castillo
Marcos Lucero
God
Gwendolyn June Shields
LaGrone Funeral Chapel
Immanuel Lutheran Church
N. Sycamore Ave
Daniel Praeuier
Robert Paul
R.J. Johnson
Anderson- Bethany Funeral Home & Crematory
Erma
Nyc
Dough
Department of Investigation
DOI
Harlem
Feds
Central Pacific Ocean
Trenberth
Ocean
Chaves County
S. Main St
Roswell, NM
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