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Roy B. “Shorty” Kirkes

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Roy B. “Shorty” Kirkes

Birth
Arkansas, USA
Death
14 Apr 1987 (aged 73)
Roswell, Chaves County, New Mexico, USA
Burial
Carlsbad, Eddy County, New Mexico, USA Add to Map
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CARLSBAD CURRENT-ARGUS
Carlsbad, Eddy County, New Mexico
April 14, 1987
KIRKES

Services are pending at Denton Funeral Home for Roy "Shorty" Kirkes, 73, 2408 Avenue B, who died Tuesday in Roswell's St. Mary's Hospital.

Born in Arkansas, he married Dorothy Miner in Dumas, Ark., in 1936. They came to Carlsbad in 1949 and lived here until they moved to Visalia, Calif., in 1955. They lived there and worked on a farm until Kirkes retired in 1980. They returned to Carlsbad in March 1980.

He was a member of the Southside Church of Christ.

Survivors, all of Carlsbad, include: his wife, Dorothy Kirkes; five brothers, Forrest, E.A. Jessie D., Bill and Charles Kirkes; and four sisters, Verna Green, Janice Underwood, Mary Nell Bradley and Bonnie Williams.

KIRKES

Services for Roy "Shorty" Kirkes, 73, 2408 Avenue B, are scheduled to be held Friday at 10 a.m. in the Denton Funeral Home Chapel. Dan Wright of the Southside Church of Christ will officiate. Burial is to follow in Sunset Gardens Memorial Park.

Kirkes died in a Roswell hospital on Tuesday.

Pallbearers are to be Rex Kirkes, Gary Kirkes, Randy Kirkes, Kirk Kirkes, Glen Kirkes and Bob Underwood.
CARLSBAD CURRENT-ARGUS
Carlsbad, Eddy County, New Mexico
April 14, 1987
KIRKES

Services are pending at Denton Funeral Home for Roy "Shorty" Kirkes, 73, 2408 Avenue B, who died Tuesday in Roswell's St. Mary's Hospital.

Born in Arkansas, he married Dorothy Miner in Dumas, Ark., in 1936. They came to Carlsbad in 1949 and lived here until they moved to Visalia, Calif., in 1955. They lived there and worked on a farm until Kirkes retired in 1980. They returned to Carlsbad in March 1980.

He was a member of the Southside Church of Christ.

Survivors, all of Carlsbad, include: his wife, Dorothy Kirkes; five brothers, Forrest, E.A. Jessie D., Bill and Charles Kirkes; and four sisters, Verna Green, Janice Underwood, Mary Nell Bradley and Bonnie Williams.

KIRKES

Services for Roy "Shorty" Kirkes, 73, 2408 Avenue B, are scheduled to be held Friday at 10 a.m. in the Denton Funeral Home Chapel. Dan Wright of the Southside Church of Christ will officiate. Burial is to follow in Sunset Gardens Memorial Park.

Kirkes died in a Roswell hospital on Tuesday.

Pallbearers are to be Rex Kirkes, Gary Kirkes, Randy Kirkes, Kirk Kirkes, Glen Kirkes and Bob Underwood.


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  • Created by: Betty
  • Added: May 14, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69821477/roy_b-kirkes: accessed ), memorial page for Roy B. “Shorty” Kirkes (8 Feb 1914–14 Apr 1987), Find a Grave Memorial ID 69821477, citing Sunset Gardens Cemetery, Carlsbad, Eddy County, New Mexico, USA; Maintained by Betty (contributor 47301610).