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Monroe, Earl Edgar

Monroe, Earl Edgar

Male 1918 - 2002  (84 years)

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  • Name Monroe, Earl Edgar 
    Born 13 Mar 1918  Oplin, Callahan County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 8 Oct 2002  Mission Arch Care Center - Roswell, Chaves County, New Mexico, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Lawn Haven Memorial Gardens Cemetery - Clovis, Curry County, New Mexico, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Findagrave.com Memorial #104637552
    Person ID I11810  Coursey-Sansing Tree
    Last Modified 17 Nov 2020 

    Father Monroe, Joe Edgar,   b. 14 Jun 1891, Callahan County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jul 1973, Clovis, Curry County, New Mexico, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Mother McKinley, Neely Eva,   b. 6 Apr 1899, Callahan County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jun 1972, Clovis, Curry County, New Mexico, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Married 23 Dec 1914  Callahan County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F4778  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Crim, Johnnie,   b. 17 Sep 1925, Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Sep 2006, Clovis, Curry County, New Mexico, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Children 
     1. Monroe, Jo Marie
     2. Monroe, Alton
    Last Modified 17 Nov 2020 
    Family ID F4784  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 

    • Obituary


       


      Mr. Earl Monroe, 84, of Clovis, a cowboy, died Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2002, at Mission Arch Care Center in Roswell.
      He was born march 13, 1918, in Oplin, Texas, to Joe and Neely McKinley Monroe.
      He moved to the Melrose area with his parents in 1929. When he was in the fifth grade he went to work as a ranch hand for George P. Baxter. He quit the cowboy life for awhile and moved to Melrose where he was the deputy sheriff. He worked in several area feed lots and roped in feed yard ropings, earning saddles, trophies and belt buckles, family members said. Mr. Monroe loved being a cowboy: "The days are still long and cold in winter and long and hot in summer but there is much satisfaction in ranch life and cowboying for a living," family members remember him saying. He worked cattle on wheat until he was 79. He worked cattle on wheat until he was 79.
      He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Buel and Jim Monroe; and a sister, Lola Burke.
      He is survived by his wife, Johnnie Monroe of Clovis; a daughter, Jo Marie Shields of Portales; a step-daughter, Cheryl King of Albuquerque; a son, Alton Monroe of Clovis; a brother, Troy Monroe of Melrose, a sister, Exalee Smith of Melrose; five grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
      Rev. Dick Ross will officiate the services.
      Burial will be at Lawn Haven Memorial Gardens in Clovis.
      Pallbearers will be Fred Bufkin, Sylvester Mayfield, Bob Tabb, Ray Montague, Jackie Roberts and H. B. Mardis.
      Arrangements are by Steed-Todd Funeral Home in Clovis.

      Published in the Clovis News Journal on Friday, October 11, 2002.