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Bert M. Ballard (1900-1968) —
of Roswell, Chaves
County, N.M.
Born in Roswell, Chaves
County, N.M., November
7, 1900.
Funeral
director; mayor
of Roswell, N.M., 1955-60.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks;
Lions.
Died September
23, 1968 (age 67 years, 321
days).
Interment at South
Park Cemetery, Roswell, N.M.
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Thomas Felix Bolack (1918-1998) —
also known as Tom Bolack —
of Farmington, San Juan
County, N.M.
Born in Cowley
County, Kan., May 18,
1918.
Republican. Oil and gas
producer; owner, Albuquerque Dukes professional baseball
team; director, First State Bank,
Cuba, N.M.; director, Hidden Splendor Uranium
Co.; director, Western American Life
Insurance Co.; mayor
of Farmington, N.M., 1952-53; member of New
Mexico state house of representatives, 1956-58; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Mexico, 1957; Lieutenant
Governor of New Mexico, 1961-62; Governor of
New Mexico, 1962-63.
Methodist.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Elks;
Lions.
Died May 20,
1998 (age 80 years, 2
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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David Francis Cargo (1929-2013) —
also known as David F. Cargo; "Lonesome
Dave" —
of New Mexico; Lake Oswego, Clackamas
County, Ore.
Born in Dowagiac, Cass
County, Mich., January
13, 1929.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Mexico state house of representatives, 1963-67; Governor of
New Mexico, 1967-71; defeated, 1994; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Mexico, 1970, 1972; candidate for Oregon
state treasurer, 1984; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Mexico 3rd District, 1986.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Lions; Izaak
Walton League.
Died, from complications of a stroke,
in Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., July 5,
2013 (age 84 years, 173
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Mack Easley (1916-2006) —
of Hobbs, Lea
County, N.M.
Born in Akins, Sequoyah
County, Okla., October
14, 1916.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of New
Mexico state house of representatives, 1951-52, 1955-62; Speaker of
the New Mexico State House of Representatives, 1959-60; chair of
Lea County Democratic Party, 1955-64; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Mexico, 1960;
Lieutenant
Governor of New Mexico, 1963-64.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Lions.
Died March 1,
2006 (age 89 years, 138
days).
Interment at Santa
Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, N.M.
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Thomas Gayle Morris (1919-2016) —
also known as Tom Morris —
of New Mexico.
Born in Eastland
County, Tex., August
20, 1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of New
Mexico state house of representatives, 1953-58; U.S.
Representative from New Mexico at-large, 1959-69; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Mexico, 1960.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; American
Legion; Elks;
Lions.
Died in Amarillo, Potter
County, Tex., March 4,
2016 (age 96 years, 197
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Ernest Karl Neumann (1898-1959) —
also known as Ernest K. Neumann —
of Carlsbad, Eddy
County, N.M.
Born in Delavan, Tazewell
County, Ill., December
15, 1898.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
member of New
Mexico state house of representatives, 1927; New
Mexico state attorney general, 1931-35.
Quaker.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Elks;
Lions.
Died April
13, 1959 (age 60 years, 119
days).
Interment at Carlsbad
Cemetery, Carlsbad, N.M.
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