Oscar A. Elliott – The Rev. Oscar A. Elliott, 78, passed from this life Dec. 10, 1998, after a long illness. He was born Sept. 8, 1920, in Mountain Parke, Okla., to Alvin Johnson and Beulah Mae Elliott. He spent the early years of life in West Texas. He graduated from Wellington (Texas) High School with the Class of 1935. On Aug. 10, 1940, in Clovis, N.M., he married Florence Mavis Parker. To this union five children were born.
As a successful business man in the early '40s, he and his older brother established a Massey-Ferguson dealership and Elliott's Welding Shop in Cortez, Colo. In 1949 he received his student and private pilot's license. In 1953, he was ordained as an Assembly of God minister in the New Mexico District.
Shortly after this, he moved his family to Aztec to pioneer and he established the First Assembly of God Church in Aztec. He pastored this church for 25 years. During his pastorate, he used various ways to promote the gospel through street services, radio programs, and jail and nursing home services. In the early '60s, he established a Bible School for the Navajos in the old Post Office building. He was instrumental in founding the Carson Faith Assembly with Charlie Brown, in addition to Native American Missions in Kirtland and Fruitland.
He was a gifted guitarist and was known for the song, "When He Reached Down His Hand for Me." In 1961, he purchased the Angel Peak Cattle Ranch and he held it until 1966 when he began a Livestock Auction for the local farmer, known as Co-op Sales Ring, earning his Colonel degree in auctioneering in 1975. It was during 1974 that he donated services, staff, and sale barn to raise funds for the Good Samaritan Nursing Home. As a friend to the oilfield workers in his church and community, he developed a keen insight into the working program. He bought swabbing units and established Ponderosa Oilfield Services, which established his identity with the oilfield workers. During 1979 he was employed as the San Juan County Jail as a jailer. He was a master mechanic who had a love for antique cars.
He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Florence of Aztec; one son and daughter-in-law, A.J. and Kay of Farmington; three daughters and one son-in-law, Mavis and Dale Hockett of Farmington, Wanda Taylor of Tyler, Texas, and Helen Shepard of Aztec; two sisters, Ollie Albin of Brenham, Texas, and Verdie Rea Cerniway of Lacy, Wash.; one sister-in-law, Sue Elliott of Cortez; 10 grandchildren, Casey Elliott, Tonda Harris, Michael Hockett, Teri Hudson, Brenda Tuttle, Siegenliede Bixler, Cyd Shepard, Darrell W. Elliott, Kenny Rhoades and Terry Rhoades; and 17 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, A.J. and Beulah Elliott; three brothers, Elmer, Dick and Melvin Elliott; one son, Oscar Darrell Elliott; and one son-in-law, the Rev. T.J. Taylor Jr.
Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 13, at La Quey Funeral Home in Farmington. Services will be held at the First Assembly of God, 311 Ruins Road in Aztec at 10 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 14, 1998. Officiating ministers will be Jasper Weaver, Aaron Parker and Randy Joslin. Aztec Cemetery will be his final earthly resting place. Pallbearers include Casey Elliott, Darrell W. Elliott, Duane Bixler, Kenny Rhoades, Dale Hockett and Michael Hockett.
Oscar A. Elliott – The Rev. Oscar A. Elliott, 78, passed from this life Dec. 10, 1998, after a long illness. He was born Sept. 8, 1920, in Mountain Parke, Okla., to Alvin Johnson and Beulah Mae Elliott. He spent the early years of life in West Texas. He graduated from Wellington (Texas) High School with the Class of 1935. On Aug. 10, 1940, in Clovis, N.M., he married Florence Mavis Parker. To this union five children were born.
As a successful business man in the early '40s, he and his older brother established a Massey-Ferguson dealership and Elliott's Welding Shop in Cortez, Colo. In 1949 he received his student and private pilot's license. In 1953, he was ordained as an Assembly of God minister in the New Mexico District.
Shortly after this, he moved his family to Aztec to pioneer and he established the First Assembly of God Church in Aztec. He pastored this church for 25 years. During his pastorate, he used various ways to promote the gospel through street services, radio programs, and jail and nursing home services. In the early '60s, he established a Bible School for the Navajos in the old Post Office building. He was instrumental in founding the Carson Faith Assembly with Charlie Brown, in addition to Native American Missions in Kirtland and Fruitland.
He was a gifted guitarist and was known for the song, "When He Reached Down His Hand for Me." In 1961, he purchased the Angel Peak Cattle Ranch and he held it until 1966 when he began a Livestock Auction for the local farmer, known as Co-op Sales Ring, earning his Colonel degree in auctioneering in 1975. It was during 1974 that he donated services, staff, and sale barn to raise funds for the Good Samaritan Nursing Home. As a friend to the oilfield workers in his church and community, he developed a keen insight into the working program. He bought swabbing units and established Ponderosa Oilfield Services, which established his identity with the oilfield workers. During 1979 he was employed as the San Juan County Jail as a jailer. He was a master mechanic who had a love for antique cars.
He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Florence of Aztec; one son and daughter-in-law, A.J. and Kay of Farmington; three daughters and one son-in-law, Mavis and Dale Hockett of Farmington, Wanda Taylor of Tyler, Texas, and Helen Shepard of Aztec; two sisters, Ollie Albin of Brenham, Texas, and Verdie Rea Cerniway of Lacy, Wash.; one sister-in-law, Sue Elliott of Cortez; 10 grandchildren, Casey Elliott, Tonda Harris, Michael Hockett, Teri Hudson, Brenda Tuttle, Siegenliede Bixler, Cyd Shepard, Darrell W. Elliott, Kenny Rhoades and Terry Rhoades; and 17 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, A.J. and Beulah Elliott; three brothers, Elmer, Dick and Melvin Elliott; one son, Oscar Darrell Elliott; and one son-in-law, the Rev. T.J. Taylor Jr.
Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 13, at La Quey Funeral Home in Farmington. Services will be held at the First Assembly of God, 311 Ruins Road in Aztec at 10 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 14, 1998. Officiating ministers will be Jasper Weaver, Aaron Parker and Randy Joslin. Aztec Cemetery will be his final earthly resting place. Pallbearers include Casey Elliott, Darrell W. Elliott, Duane Bixler, Kenny Rhoades, Dale Hockett and Michael Hockett.
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