The following excerpts were taken from page 8 - The Artesia
(NM) Daily Press - September 14, 1999
KARR
Closed casket services are scheduled Thursday, September 16, 
for ELSIE "NANA" KARR of 93 E. Compress Road.  KARR, 82, died 
September 13 at the Artesia Good Samaritan Center.  Burial
will be at Twin Oaks Memorial Park in Artesia.  She was born
May 20, 1917, in Jacksboro, TX, to Earl Weaton Brisco and 
Jackie Marie (Hill) Brisco.  She married S.G. Karr in Deming,
NM, on September 20, 1948.  She was a member of First Baptist
Church in Artesia.  Survivors include her husband of the family
home; sons Sam Karr and Tony Karr of Artesia and Ranger Karr of
Williams, AZ; daughters Jo Ann Brisco of Midland, TX, Mickey
Casey of Las Cruces, NM, and Janis Karr of El Paso, TX; brother
Buck Brisco of Canutillo, TX; sisters Lucille Hutchinson, 
Roberta Williams, Alma Doiser and Delma Mae Smith, all of Texas.
She was preceded in death by her parents, a grandchild, and a 
sister, Pearl A. Foster.
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The following excerpts were taken from page 8 - The Artesia
(NM) Daily Press - January 26, 2000
KELLY
Services are scheduled for January 27, at First Christian Church
in Artesia, for Jewell Kelly of Odessa, Texas.  Kelly, 92,
died January 24 at Medical Center Hospital in Odessa.  Burial 
will follow at Twin Oaks Memorial Park with Eastern Star Graveside
Rites.  Whe was born March 20, 1907, near Weed, NM.  She married
Nathan T. Kelly Jr. on March 25, 1929, in Artesia.  He preceded
her in death in 1977.  She was a member of First Christian Church
for over 70 years and was an active member of Eastern Star until
1998.  Survivors include son Stephen Kelly of Lake Jackson, Texas;
daughters Barbara Walker of Albuquerque, NM, and Norma Jean Sanders
of Odessa; 13 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and two great-
great-grandchildren.  She was preceded in death by her husband Nate
in 1977, granddaughter Cinda in 1992; and a great-great-granddaughter
Sabra in 1999.
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The following excerpts were taken from page 8 - The Artesia
(NM) Daily Press - November 9, 1999
KINNIBRUGH
Graveside services are scheduled November 10, at Woodbine
Cemetery for Joan Bernice Kinnibrugh of R224 N. 13th Street.
Kinnibrugh, 66, died November 8 at Artesia General Hospital.
She was born June 16, 1933, in Ringland, Okla., to Horace
Greely Buchanan and Norma Ruby Morgan Buchanan.  She married
Orthell Kinnibrugh on March 11, 1950, in Carlsbad, NM.  She
was a baptist.  Survivors include her husband of the family 
home; sons Randy Kinnibrugh, Arvin Kinnibrugh and Tracy
Kinnibrugh, all of Artesia; daughters Debra Sallee and Becky
Crockett, both of Artesia; brothers Bruce Buchanan of Hobbs, NM
and Richard Buchanan of Denver, Colo.; 12 grandchildren, and
eight great-grandchildren.  She was preceded in death by her
parents; son, Ernie Ray Kinnibrugh; sister, Betty Jane Buchanan;
and brothers, H.G. Buchanan, Cameron Oliver Buchanan and
Jackie Doyle Buchanan.
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The following excerpts were taken from page 8 - The Artesia
(NM) Daily Press - October 21, 1999
KINTZ
A blessing service will be on October 23, at Bacha Funeral
Home in Greensburg, Penn.,for former longtime Lake Arthur, NM
resident Loretta (Parrish) Kintz of Greensburg.  Kintz, 92, died
on October 20 in the St. Anne Home in Greensburg.  A funeral 
mass will follow at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church in 
Greensburg.  Interment will follow the service, at Greensburg
Catholic Cemetery, Hempfield Township, Pennsylvania.  Kintz was
born on November 21, 1906, in Floresville, Tex., to Jesse and
Theresa Hayden Parrish.  She was a former member of St. Anthony
Catholic Church in Artesia and Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in
Lake Arthur.  She was preceded in death by her parents; husband
John G. Kintz in 1992; daughter Theresa Filliat; and brothers
Ivan, Theodore, Oswald, Chester and Anthony Parrish.  She is 
survived by sons John A. Kintz, wife Katherine, of Enid, Okla.,
and Dr. J. Joseph Kintz, wife Dr. Linda Kintz, of Eugene, Ore.;
daughters Jacqueline Manemann of Alexandria, La., and Mrs. Charles
(Jeanette) Galbach of Greensburg; brother Clarence A. Parrish of
Boerne, Texas; 17 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.
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The following excerpts were taken from Page 6A - The Carlsbad
(NM) Current Argus - February 5, 2000
KITE
Graveside services will be held today for Betty Grace Kite, 64, of
Truth or Consequences and formerly of Carlsbad, at Cedar Grove
Cemetery southeast of Mountainair, NM.  She died February 2 in
Truth or Consequences.  Harris-Hanlon Mortuary of Mountainair is
in charge of arrangements.  She was born July 17, 1935, in
Carlsbad to John T. and Delaney Fuson Grady Sr.  She had been a
member of Order of Eastern Star, Assembly of God Church and was
a school bus driver in Mountainair.  Survivors include daughters,
Susan Brazil and Kathy Anglin of Mountainair, Regina Anglin of
Cuchillo, Lois Casey of Carlsbad, and Boyd Mims of Sumter, S.C.;
brothers, Kenneth Grady of Alamorgordo and John Grady of Calif.;
15 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
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The following excerpts were taken from Page 6A - The Carlsbad
(NM) Current Argus - January 7, 2000
KNIGHT
A memorial service is scheduled for W.M. "Bill" Knight, 70, on
January 8, at West Funeral Home Chapel.  Cremation will take place.
Knight died January 5, at Odessa Medical Center, Odessa, Texas.
He was born on January 1, 1930, in Brady, Texas, to Jim and Mayme
Stapleton Knight.  He was raised and educated in Odessa for most
of his childhood.  He married Allie McGuire on August 3, 1949, in
Odessa, Texas.  He was drafted into the Marine Corps in 1952 and
served two years in Korea.  He was a member of the VFW No. 8703 in
Carlsbad.  He was preceded in death by a sister, Evelyn Cree.
Survivors include his wife, Allie Knight of the family home; son,
Perry Knight of Green River, Wyo.; daughters, Audrey Knight of
San Angelo, Texas, and Carol Knight of Carlsbad; sister, Shirley
Jester of Waller, Texas; half-sisters, Helen Reid and Betty Johnson
of Brownwood, Texas; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
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The following excerpts were taken from page 10 - The Artesia
(NM) Daily Press - November 19, 1999
KUETTNER
Services are November 22, at Fort Mitchell National Cemetery
in Eufaula, Ala., for Howard D. Kuettner of Georgetown, Ga.
Kuettner, 81, died on November 17 at Lakeview Community Hospital
in Eufaula.  He was born on July 5, 1918, in Comfort, Tex., to
Lydia Drees and Max Kuettner.  He was a US Army veteral of WWII.
He fought in the Battle of the Bulge and received the Purple
Heart and the Bronze Star.  He lived in Artesia from 1960 to 1980.
He is survived by his wife, Maxine Kuettner of Georgetown, Ga.;
daughter Lydelle Morris of Georgetown; sons Howard Drees Kuettner, Jr.
of Athens, Ala., and Paul Richard Kuettner of Buena Vista, Va.;
sister Easter Burton of Colorado Springs, Colo.; eight grand-
children and 11 great-grandchildren.
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