The following people with area connections died in February, based on obituaries submitted to the CNJ: • Alexander, Brandon Palady, 19, Ovilla, Texas, Feb. 14 • Baros, Manuel “Mandy,” 62, Clovis, Feb. 3 • Brown, Jeffrey J., 57, Punta Gorda, Fla., Feb. 3 • Brownlee, Billy Dene, 73, Portales, Feb. 4 • Burch, Darrel Wayne, 63, Lubbock, Feb. 22 • Capps, Elrie, 94, Portales, Feb. 5 • Chavez, Rosa, 74, Clovis, Feb. 1 • Clary, Naomi, 83, Portales, Feb. 2 • Coffman, Viva H., 88, Clovis, Feb. 4 • Collins, Clarine, 92, Clovis, Feb. 14 • Crenshaw, Bill, 90, Taiban, Feb. 9 • Deen, Janie Lou, 84, Roswell, Feb. 22 • Derrick, Billy Lloyd, 62, Portales, Feb. 5 • Escamilla, Tomas “Red,” 73, Portales, Feb. 4 • Fails, Randolph Warren “Randy,” 80, Odessa, Texas, Feb. 22 • Fallwell, Margie L. Mars, 81, Clovis, Feb. 14 • Ford, Earl A., 78, Clovis, Feb. 14 • Garcia, Edward M., 52, Albuquerque, Feb. 13 • Gay, Jimmy V., 75, Farwell, Feb. 16 • Gray, Billie S., 48, Portales, Feb. 27 • Greene, Laura E., 51, Muleshoe, Feb. 20 • Hailey, LaVerne E., 72, Clovis, Feb. 18 • Hamilton-Martin, Donna Jean Wood, 50, Las Cruces, Feb. 17 • Hammit, Dixie Guylene, 71, Midland, Texas, Feb. 9 • Hancock, Charles S., 63, Clovis, Feb. 24 • Harrison, Bill H., 76, Clovis, Feb. 13 • Hernandez, Isabel, 88, Portales, Feb. 14 • Hodges, Herbert, 77, Rockdale, Texas, Feb. 4 • Hough, Susie, 96, Clovis, Feb. 26 • Johnson, Edith M., 85, Friona, Feb. 18 • Johnson, Flossie Bowen, 97, Clovis, Feb. 14 • Jones, Mary Aurora, 100, Bethal, Feb. 9 • Kennedy, Rex P., 76, Lubbock, Feb. 19 • Landrum, Margaret, 85, Clovis, Feb. 19 • Lantz-Casados, Darla M., 48, Los Alamos, Feb. 27 • Leary, Leonard, 66, Portales, Feb. 27 • Lovelace, Ann, 82, Farwell, Feb. 17 • McCoy, Roma E., 92, Broken Arrow, Okla., Feb. 23 • McCready, Edwin Deryl, 91, Clovis, Feb. 20 • McDorman, Louise, 92, Clovis, Feb. 10 • McKinley, Christina, 96, Roswell, Feb. 14 • Modersohn, Helen Geane, 71, Clovis, Feb. 16 • Montoya, Tommy, 59, Portales, Feb. 25 • Overton, Marie, 78, Capitan, Feb. 27 • Owens, Michael, 58, Clovis, Feb. 21 • Peters Jr., J.D, 87, Lubbock, Feb. 5 • Ralston, Lois Marie, 75, Amarillo, Feb. 1 • Richardson, Wanda Mae, 72, Tehachapi, Calif., Feb. 4 • Scarborough, Dorothy Bernice, 83, Prescott, Ariz., Feb. 18 • Sena, George J. Jr., 39, Fort Sumner, Feb. 3 • Soderberg, Wilver, 93, Carlsbad, Feb. 23 • Steele, Virginia Vinson Morris, 88, Friona, Feb. 22 • Triplett, Jennie Lee, 87, Fort Sumner, Feb. 17 • Trujillo, Eduardo B., 90, De Baca County, Feb. 15 • Vinassa, Viola “Vi,” 68, Norfork, Ark., Feb. 20 • Vincent, Myrtle Ioleen, 76, Seminole, Texas, Feb. 11 • Walker, Ray Lee “House,” 58, Portales, Feb. 10 • Williams, Bill R., 79, Clovis, Feb. 10 • Williams, Willie Fern, 95, Portales, Feb. 20 • Wilson, Ollie Margrette, 92, Portales, Feb. 16 • Wood, Carl Dan, 92, Ropesville, Texas, Feb. 16 • Wood, Patricia “Pat,” 81, Amarillo, Feb. 6 By the numbers • Youngest 19 • Oldest 100 • Total 63 • Average age 75