Obituaries

Joe Vasquez

Aug 5, 2023

Services for Joe Vasquez will be Friday, August 11, 2023 at 10:00 AM, at St. Anthony Catholic Church, in Brownfield, Texas with interment to follow at the Brownfield Cemetery. Visitation will be Thursday, August 10, 2023 from 10:00 AM to 8 PM, at the Ratliff Funeral Home Chapel in Brownfield, Texas with a rosary at 6:30 PM.

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Donna Paula Hernandez

Jul 31, 2023

On Monday, July 31, 2023, Donna Hernandez, 49, of Lubbock, Texas, heard God whisper her name and as hard as it was to leave her loved ones behind, she took His hand.

Donna passed away peacefully at her residence in Lubbock, Texas surrounded by her husband, children and some family members.

Donna Paula Hernandez was...

Lanny Arthur Smith

Jul 30, 2023

On Sunday, July 30th, 2023, Lanny Smith, 85, of Plains, Texas, put on his cowboy hat and rode off into the West Texas sunrise to check cattle in Cowboy Heaven with Jesus for the very first time.

Lanny passed away at the Shinnery Oaks Community Nursing Facility in Denver City, Texas following a decades-long battle with Parkinson’s...

Danny Thomas Mcilwain

Jul 28, 2023

Danny Thomas McIlwain, 67

Funeral services for Danny Thomas McIlwain, will be held Monday, July 31, 2023, at the Wesleyan Grace Church at 10:30 am with Rev. Charlie Johnson officiating, with interment following in the Gaines County Cemetery in Seminole, Texas under the direction of Ratliff Funeral Home of Seminole.

Danny...

Efren Banuelos Fierro

Jul 27, 2023

Efren Banuelos Fierro, 58

Funeral services for Efren Banuelos Fierro, will be held Saturday, August 5, 2023, at St. James Catholic Church at 10:00 am with Father Jose de Dios Gonzalez officiating, with interment following in the Gaines County Cemetery in Seminole, Texas under the direction of Ratliff Funeral Homes of Seminole, Texas.

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Pedro F. Peters

Jul 7, 2023

Pedro F. Peters

January 26, 1949 – July 7, 2023

Funeral Services for Pedro F. Peters, age 74 of Seminole, TX will be held Tuesday, July 11, 2023, at 2:00pm at Sommerfeld Mennonite Church with Pastor Isaak Fehr officiating. Burial will follow at Gaines County Cemetery. All services are under the direction of Ratliff Funeral...

Jose J Franco

Jul 4, 2023

Jose Jesus Franco was born on January 28, 1942, to my grandparents, Jesus Jose and Maria Franco. He spent his childhood in San Sostenes, Ojinaga, and El Ancon, Chihuahua, Mexico. He did not have the priveledge to receive an education, so at an early age he began to work to help support his family. This work ethic that was...

Patricia Catherine Hinkle

Jul 3, 2023

Patricia Catherine Hinkle, 86 passed away peacefully and surrounded by family on Monday, July 3, in Coppell, Texas.

A memorial service will be held at First Baptist Church in Plains, Texas, at 2 p.m., July 8. Funeral arrangements are being handled by Ratliff Funeral Homes.

Pat was born on November 12, 1936, in Banbury, England...

Verna Lois Dickson

Jul 1, 2023

Amalia Franco

Jun 19, 2023

Amalia Franco passed away on June 19, 2023. Amalia Olivas-Madrid was born on February 14, 1945, to Manuel and Elvira. She spent her childhood in Tierras Nuevas, El Ancon, and Ojinaga, Chihuahua, Mexico. In her teenage years, she met, Jose Jesus Franco. They fell in love and became one in the year of 1966. As many immigrants do, they...

Baldemar Vasquez Munoz

Jun 14, 2023

Baldemar was born on April 24, 1954 in Zaragoza, Mexico, the son of Alfredo Muñoz and María De Los Ángeles Vásquez.

Baldemar entered eternal rest on June 14, 2023 at Yoakum County Hospital in Denver City, Texas.

Baldemar married Rosalba Carrillo Muñoz on November 6, 1978 in Mexico.

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Mary Jean Helton

Jun 13, 2023

Graveside Services for Mary Jean Helton 96, of Durant, Oklahoma, will be held at 11:00 A.M., Monday, June 19, 2023, at Terry County Cemetery, in Brownfield, Texas, officiated by Jimmy Stevens under the direction of Ratliff Funeral Home, Seminole, Texas.

Mary, passed away on Tuesday, June 13, 2023.

Mary was born...

Harrol Jerry Holley

Jun 10, 2023

Jerry Holley

Born February 9, 1947

Elk City, Oklahoma to Calvin and Viola Holley

Jerry met his Lord and savior on June 10, 2023

Aged 76 years.

Married the love of his life, Gail on August 7, 1982 in Plains Texas

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Leticia Anna Granado

Jun 2, 2023

Leticia Anna Granado was born on October 18, 1973 in Denver City, Texas.

Leticia Anna Granado passed away on June 2, 2023, in Plains, Texas.

A memorial service was held for Leticia at Templo Bautista Nueva Vision in Plains, Texas on June 8, 2023, at 11:00 am with Pastor Baldemar Gonzalez...

Susana R. Loewen

May 31, 2023

Funeral Services for Susana Loewen 92 will be held at 2:00 P.M., Saturday, June 3, 2023, at Gospel Mission Church in Seminole, Texas officiated by Pastor Peter Thiessen assisted by Johnny Martin under the direction of Ratliff Funeral Home, Seminole, Texas.

Susana passed away Wednesday, May 31, 2023.

Susana was born...

Fernando Soto

May 24, 2023

Funeral services for Fernando Soto, 77, of Seagraves, Texas will be held at 3:00 P.M. Friday, May 26, 2023 at Sendero/Pathway A/G in Seagraves, Texas with Pastor Junior Martinez officiating, interment following at the Gaines County Cemetery in Seagraves, Texas. Arrangements are under direction of Ratliff Funeral Home of Seagraves.

Fernando was born on September 27, 1945...

Mac Ray Bradley

May 6, 2023

Mac Ray Bradley, 88, of Denver City, Texas went home to his Lord and Savior on Saturday May 6, 2023. Mac was born on July 21, 1934 to Floyd and Elizabeth Bradley.

On March 25, 1955, he married Glenda Marshall in Leonard, Texas. They shared 68 years of marriage together. Mac was a...

Jorge Mata

May 2, 2023

Jorge Mata, 36, of Denver City, Texas, passed away peacefully in his home on May 2nd of 2023. Jorge was born on December 19, 1986 to Luis and Maria Mata in Levelland, Texas. He is survived by his parents, his son Julian Mata, Sister Nancy Tercero and family, Brother Jose Luis Mata Jr and family. As well as numerous...

Sabino Anselmo Mendias

Apr 15, 2023

Funeral services for Sabino A. Mendias 71, will be held at 10:00 A.M. Wednesday,

April 19, 2023, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Father Eduardo Teo officiating.

Interment will follow in the Plains Cemetery under the direction of Ratliff Funeral Home of Denver City, Texas.

Visitation and...

Osvaldo Benavente

Apr 6, 2023

Funeral services for Osvaldo Benavente Jr., 9, will be held at 10:00 A.M. Friday, April 14, 2023, at Vercelli Center with

Father Heriberto Mercado officiating and Father Eduardo Teo assisting.

Interment will follow in the Denver City Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Ratliff Funeral Home of Denver...