Eddy Co. NM - OBITS:  J. P. Clapp

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Submitted by:  patti pennington <patti_p_99@yahoo.com>
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The following excerpts were taken from page 14 - The Artesia
(NM) Daily Press - January 9, 2000

CLAPP
Graveside services are January 10 at Woodbine Cemetery for
J.P. Clapp of Lakeview Christian Home in Carlsbad, NM.  Clapp, 94,
died on January 8 at Lakeview.  He was born on November 21, 1905, 
near Belton, Texas, to John Boston Clapp and Susie (Jones) Clapp.
He married his first wife, Anna, in 1957 in Roswell, NM.  She
preceded him in death in 1978.  He married Ruby Madron in 1987
in Seminole, Texas.  She preceded him in death on August 22, 1991.
Clapp moved to Artesia in 1959 from Weed, NM.  He was raised in
Tennessee.  He is survived by a brother, E.L. Clapp of 
Farmington, NM; sister-in-law Pat Clapp of California; and
numerous nieces and nephews.  (Photo shown of Clapp)