Obituary of Christine Campbell Parker

Christine Campbell Parker March 05, 1915 - January 14, 2007 Funeral services for Christine Campbell Parker, 91, of Hobbs and formerly of Lovington, will be held Saturday, January 27, 2007, at 2:00 p.m. at First United Methodist Church in Lovington. Rev. Vergil Ichtertz will officiate. Burial will be at Lovington Cemetery. Kirby-Smith-Rogers Funeral Home is directing arrangements. Visitation is scheduled from 1:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. Thursday and from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Born March 5, 1915, at Jacksboro, Texas, she passed away January 14, 2007, at Lea Regional Hospital. She was married to the late Richard Clayton Campbell and the late Tom Parker. She graduated from Lovington High School in 1933. She lived and worked in Eddy County for many years, retiring from the Eddy County clerk's office in Carlsbad. Upon her retirement, she moved back to Lovington in the 1970s. Survivors include a son, Richard Collin Campbell and his wife Sharon, of Payson, Arizona; a brother and his wife, Kenneth and Gerri Chambers of Lovington; three grandchildren, Shelly Marsh Rice and her husband, Jimmie, of Lovington; Glynis Gragg and Clay Campbell; and great-grandchildren, Kyla Rice, Danniele and Chelsea Peters and Zack and Nathan Campbell. She was preceded in death by her parents, Collin Cole and Bessie Lee Chambers; her husbands, Richard Clayton Campbell and Tom Parker; a daughter, Gail Campbell Hopkins; a sister, Lessie Chambers Stone; and two brothers, Collin Chambers and Jasper Chambers. Memorials may be made to New Mexico Boys and Girls Ranches, Box 9, Belen, NM 87002-9001 or to Lea County Cowboy Hall of Fame, 5317 Lovington Highway, Hobbs, NM 88240.