Beckham Co. - Obit for Ralph Baxter Thanks to http://www.amarillonet.com/ for permission to upload their obits to the USGenWeb Archives. Copyright, http://www.amarillonet.com/ ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.org/copyright.htm ************************************************ Ralph Baxter CLOVIS, N.M. - Ralph Baxter, 79, died Thursday, Nov. 4, 1999. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Steed-Todd Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Ed Abla officiating. Burial will be in Lawn Haven Memorial Gardens with military honors by Cannon Air Force Base Honor Guard. Mr. Baxter was born in Elk City, Okla. He was a farmer and rancher in West Texas and eastern New Mexico and served with the Army during World War II. His son, Lonnie Howard Baxter, preceded him in death. Survivors include a son, Lonnie Ralph Baxter Jr. of Iceland; three daughters, Rebecca Lusk of Clovis, Sarah Jo Rodriquez of San Jose, Calif., and Thuridur Baxter of Iceland; a sister, Sally Galloway of Albuquerque; nine grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. The family will be at #31 Paseo Village in Clovis and suggests memorials be to New Mexico Boys Ranch.