Eddy Co. NM - OBIT:  Tony Fernandez, Sr.

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The following excerpts were taken from page 8 - The Artesia
(NM) Daily Press - November 10, 1999

Obituaries

FERNANDEZ
Services are scheduled November 12 at Our Lady of Grace Catholic
Church in Artesia, for Tony Fernandez Sr. of 801 Champ Clark.
Fernandez, 79, died on November 9 at Artesia General Hospital.
Interment will follow at Twin Oaks Memorial Park.  He was born
on November 20, 1919, in Sombrerete, Zacatecas, Mexico, to
Ezequiel Flores and Nicolasa (Fernandez) Flores.  He married
Josephine Rascon on March 27, 1940, in Carlsbad, NM.  She
preceded him in death in September 1983.  He was a member of
Our Lady of Grace.  He is survived by sons Tony Fernandez Jr.,
Robert Fernandez, Pete Fernandez and Jerry Fernandez, all of
Artesia, and Johnny Fernandez of El Paso, Tex.; daughters
Mary Salmon, Terry Balencia, Amelia Rodriguez and Virginia
Vargas, all of Artesia, Mary Lou Hernandez of Lubbock, Tex., 
and Rosemary Florez of El Paso, Tex.; sisters Lilia Jiminez
of California, Avelina Papillon of Albuquerque, NM and Dora
Cota of Carlsbad; 45 grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, three grandchildren,
a son-in-law and a daughter-in-law.  (Photo shown)