Local Obituaries for Families in Show Low, Snowflake, and Holbrook, AZ
Larry Veral Land
Dec 26, 2020
Larry Veral Land passed away Saturday, December 26, 2020, in Phoenix, Arizona after a long fight with Parkinson’s disease. He was 81 years old.
Larry was born on March 7, 1939 in Mesa, Arizona. He worked as an HVAC installer/repairman for most of his life and later in 1977 owned and ran his own business along-side his wife. He worked...
Cynthia Ann Johnson Paulson
Dec 25, 2020
Cynthia Ann Johnson (Paulson) of Show Low went to be with the Lord on the night of Dec. 25, 2020 in Show Low. She was 71.
She was born in Cadillac, Michigan on July 27, 1949 to Carl and Leah (Marchon) Johnson. The Johnson family moved to Arizona in the summer of 1959.
Cynthia graduated from Benson Union High School...
Charlotte Ann Wilda
Dec 24, 2020
Charlotte Ann Brotherton Wilda passed away with her children by her side on December 24, 2020. She was born to Charles Leslie and Alma Ruby (Parker) Brotherton in Wetumpka, Oklahoma.
Charlotte lived a fulfilling life as a mother, sister and friend. She loved old movies, painting, beading, making jewelry, and researching ancestry but, more than anything, she loved her...
Jerry Ann Hoover
Dec 24, 2020
Jerry Ann Hoover died on December 24th, 2020 in her home in Lakeside AZ. A resident of the White Mountain since 1968, Jerry Ann was born on December 22nd, 1940 to Horace and Euna Cook in Lamesa TX.
On April 22nd, 1960 she married the love of her life, Roy Hoover. They were blessed with two children and together they...
Lenard Hunt
Dec 22, 2020
William Lenard Hunt passed away on December 22, 2020. He was born on May 25, 1926 and was the first child of William Leonard and Ellen Webb. Two more sisters and another brother were soon added to the family. He spent his childhood in Snowflake where he said he always had fun.
Lenard's dad was away from home earning...
Johnny Clendon
Dec 18, 2020
On December 18, 2020, Johnny Clendon, 80, went home to be with the Lord and his wife, Mary Jane Clendon. Johnny was born on August 17, 1940 to Mason and Cora Opah Clendon in Canyon Day, Arizona.
Within his lifetime, Johnny worked for forestry, he was a butcher, he worked at the sawmill, he was a police officer, and...
James Joseph Dowd
Dec 18, 2020
James Joseph Dowd, passed away on December 18, 2020 at the proud age of 87.
Jim grew up in Bronx, NY and moved to Arizona in the 1950s. He took one look at the Catalina Mountains and said "this is where I belong". He fell in love and had 5 children. Jim worked for Shamrock Dairy, and then on to...
Alvino Hawkins, Sr.
Dec 17, 2020
Beloved husband, father, brother, uncle, and grandfather, Alvino Hawkins Sr. went home to the Lord in heaven, Thursday, December 17, 2020.
Alvino Hawkins Sr was born in Whiteriver on February 27, 1948 to Clarence and Florence Hawkins. In 1969, he enrolled for the relocation program. Prior to leaving for San Francisco, he enlisted in the U.S Army, serving in Vietnam...
Wilma Jean Storms
Dec 17, 2020
Wilma Jean Storms, known to all her friends as Jean, passed on to her maker. A victim of Covid-19, her system couldn’t take it. She was with her husband, Lew, as everyone knows as Lew in Haven; she went peacefully.
Jean couldn’t have children but inherited 3 when she married Lew; Eileen (Jay) Hanby, Jo Ann (Frank) Santell and Guy...
Ronald Gene Braswell
Dec 16, 2020
Ronald (Ronnie) Gene Braswell, of Show Low, AZ, passed away December 16, 2020 from complications of Covid Pneumonia. He was loving and devoted to his wife, Sandi, and son, Hunter.
Ronnie was born in Ft. Worth, TX on March 7, 1950, and graduated from O.D. Wyatt High School. He nurtured a love of horses and the western lifestyle from a...
Maxine Ball
Dec 16, 2020
In loving memory of Maxine Ball, age 69, who went to be with the Lord on December 16, 2020 at Haven Health in Show Low, Arizona. She was born on March 3, 1951 in Whiteriver, Arizona.
Maxine was born to Jessie Mosby Ball and Dan Ball but raised by her two nephews, Ross and Rocky Moody. Maxine had one...
Jim Ramsay Bryant
Dec 15, 2020
Jim Ramsay Bryant passed away on December 15, 2020 at his home in Linden, AZ from natural causes.
Jim was born on March 23, 1926 to Roy Tenney Bryant and Ada (Ramsay) Bryant in Snowflake AZ, and was the second oldest of five children. His siblings are Louis, Ruby, Hazel and George, who he loved dearly. He was always so...
Keith Cy Altaha
Dec 14, 2020
Keith Cy Altaha, at the young age of 15, passed away unexpectedly on Monday December 14, 2020.
Keith was the son of Jonidean Hood and Eric Altaha. He is survived by his siblings Joniqua Altaha' Billie, Joy A., Justice A., Erias A., Dazzlyn Gonzales and Asa Watts. He is the grandson of Kayona & Chris Altaha, his maternal grandma, Jonadine...
Verona Gail Jarvis
Dec 11, 2020
Verona Gail Jarvis died in the very early morning hours of Friday, December 11, 2020, at her home in Snowflake, Arizona of natural causes. She was 80 years old. Verona was born on Monday, October 14, 1940, in Mount Airy, Surry County, North Carolina to her parents, the late Joseph Arnold and Delia Geneva (Hiatt) Sechrest.
Immediately following her...
Timothy Rayford
Dec 10, 2020
Timothy Rayford, age 47, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on December 10, 2020. Timmy was born July 16, 1973, in Showlow, Arizona to Willie Mae and Willie Davis Rayford.
Timmy accepted Jesus Christ as his personal savior at an early age in McNary, AZ. He was a member of Blooming Grove Missionary Baptist Church.
Timmy...
Alvin Gene Kelley
Dec 8, 2020
Alvin Gene Kelley, 77, of Show Low, Arizona, entered the loving arms of his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, unexpectedly on December 08, 2020 in Show Low, Arizona.
Due to the risk of spread of Covid-19, the family had a private visitation on December 9, 2020. A memorial celebration of his life will be held for friends and family at...
Lafe Edward "Eddie" Hall
Dec 7, 2020
Lafe Edward “Eddie” Hall passed away December 7, 2020 at his home in Show Low, surrounded by his loving and devoted family. This was not his first rodeo, but his last ride was a fight with cancer. He was 71.
Eddie was born, the oldest of 6 children on August 10, 1949 in McNary, Az to Lafe Hall Jr. and...
Francis Ambrose, Sr.
Dec 5, 2020
Francis Ambrose, Sr., 62, of Jeddito, AZ, passed away on Saturday, December 5, 2020.
Francis was born on January 28, 1958 in Ganado, AZ to Ben Ambrose and Virginia Joe. He grew up in Wide Ruins, AZ and has nine siblings: Maggie, Alta, Martha, Gladys, Margaret, Mary, Curtis, Benson and Leon. He graduated from Holbrook High School in 1977 and...
Don "Bud" Kay
Dec 5, 2020
Don P. “Bud” Kay died December 5, 2020 in Taylor, Arizona surrounded by his loved ones. He was 90 years old. Bud was born October 5, 1930 in Snowflake to Philemon and Anna Hansen Kay and was the youngest of 12 children.
After many years as a truck driver, he and Mary founded Kay Trucking, a company they were both...
Tamara Lea Aday
Dec 4, 2020
Tamara Lea Aday passed away on December 4, 2020. She was born on April 24, 1972 at the Phoenix Indian Medical Center in Phoenix, AZ to Steve and Lorena Aday. Tammy attended East Fork Lutheran Mission School and East Fork Lutheran High School graduating in 1989. Tammy attended the University of Arizona from 1989 to 1991.
Tammy was employed...
