Eddy Co. NM - OBITS: Richard Ivan Galatian ************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. Submitted by: patti pennington ************************************************************ The following excerpts were taken from page 8 - The Artesia (NM) Daily Press - January 11, 2000 GALATIAN Graveside services will be January 14, at Woodbine Cemetery, for former Artesia resident Richard Ivan Galatian of Albany, Texas. Galatian, 90, died today at Bluebonnet Nursing Home in Albany. Funeral services will be conducted January 13, at Friendship Baptist Church in Albany. Galatian was born May 2, 1909, in Woodbine, Texas, the sixth and youngest child of Robert and Eva Howard Galatian. He married Margie Lindesmith on November 19, 1928. She preceded him in death in December 1955. He then married Addie Wallace Cogburn in 1957. In addition to his parents and first wife, he was preceded in death by his second wife. Survivors include son Richard Galatian, wife Barbara, of Houston, Texas; daughters Neva Chase, husband George, of Artesia, and Treva Patton of Portales; 10 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; 12 great- great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.