Individual Details
Dora Lou Lackey
(24 Jun 1922 - 21 Jun 1998)
(Ref: CARLSBAD CURRENT-ARGUS, Carlsbad, Eddy County, New Mexico, reads as follows:
DORA YARBRO
LOVING--Memorial service for Dora Lou Yarbro, 75, of Moss Point, Miss., will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the First United Methodist Church in Loving with Rev. Carol Grebing of Hillcrest United Methodist Church officiating. Cremation has taken place and inurnment of cremains will follow at Sunset Gardens Memorial Park.
Mrs. Yarbro died Sunday, June 21, 1998, at Moss Point.
West Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
She was born in Carlsbad on June 24, 1922 to Ward Kerr and Zelda Nymeyer Lackey. She attended grade school in Loving and graduated from Carlsbad High School in 1940.
She married A.R. "Dempsey" Yarbro in 1949. She was the first teller for Loving State Bank. She also worked as a clerk for Star Pharmacy for many years. Later she was employed with and retired from the Eddy County Clerk's office.
Mrs. Yarbro moved to the Mississippi Gulf coast in 1991 to be near her daughter and family.
Survivors include sons, Charles E. Yarbro of Moses Lake, Wash. and F. Ernest Yarbro of Cloudcroft; daughter, Kaydene Stanley of Ocean Springs, Miss.; eight grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
DORA YARBRO
LOVING--Memorial service for Dora Lou Yarbro, 75, of Moss Point, Miss., will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the First United Methodist Church in Loving with Rev. Carol Grebing of Hillcrest United Methodist Church officiating. Cremation has taken place and inurnment of cremains will follow at Sunset Gardens Memorial Park.
Mrs. Yarbro died Sunday, June 21, 1998, at Moss Point.
West Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
She was born in Carlsbad on June 24, 1922 to Ward Kerr and Zelda Nymeyer Lackey. She attended grade school in Loving and graduated from Carlsbad High School in 1940.
She married A.R. "Dempsey" Yarbro in 1949. She was the first teller for Loving State Bank. She also worked as a clerk for Star Pharmacy for many years. Later she was employed with and retired from the Eddy County Clerk's office.
Mrs. Yarbro moved to the Mississippi Gulf coast in 1991 to be near her daughter and family.
Survivors include sons, Charles E. Yarbro of Moses Lake, Wash. and F. Ernest Yarbro of Cloudcroft; daughter, Kaydene Stanley of Ocean Springs, Miss.; eight grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
Events
| Birth | 24 Jun 1922 | Carlsbad, Eddy County, New Mexico | |||
| Census (family) | 22 Apr 1940 | Carlsbad, Eddy County, New Mexico - Chester Ernest Riggs |  |  | |
| Marriage | 1949 | Arvil Ray "Dempsey" Yarbro | |||
| Residence (family) | 1 Jan 1996 | Carlsbad, Eddy County, New Mexico - Arvil Ray "Dempsey" Yarbro | | | |
| Death | 21 Jun 1998 | Moss Point, Jackson County, Mississippi | | | |
| Burial | Sunset Gardens Cemetery, Carlsbad, Eddy County, New Mexico | |
Families
| Spouse | Chester Ernest Riggs (1921 - 1951) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Roger Ernest "Ernie" Yarbro (1945 - 2016) |
| Spouse | Arvil Ray "Dempsey" Yarbro (1928 - 2008) |
| Child | Living |
Notes
Census (family)
Chester Riggs Head Male 19 New Mexico - Laboratory helper, potash mineDora Lou Riggs Wife Female 17 New Mexico
Residence (family)
Arvil R YarbroEvent Type: Residence
Event Date: from 1 Jan 1996 to 1 Jan 1998
Event Place: Carlsbad, Eddy, New Mexico, United States
Event Place (Original): Carlsbad, New Mexico, United States
Phone Number: 5058875344
Previous Residence: Carlsbad, NM
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D L Yarbro
Event Type: Residence
Event Date: from 1 Jan 1996 to 1 Jan 1998
Event Place: Carlsbad, Eddy, New Mexico, United States
Event Place (Original): Carlsbad, New Mexico, United States
Phone Number: 5058875344
Previous Residence: Carlsbad, NM
Death
Dora Lou YarbroGiven Name: Dora Lou
Surname: Yarbro
State: New Mexico
Last Place of Residence: Harrison, Mississippi
Previous Residence Postal Code: 39532
Age: 76
Birth Date: 27 Jun 1922
Death Date: 21 Jun 1998
Endnotes
1. United States Census, 1940 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMRC-CH7.
2. United States Public Records, 1970-2009 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJJC-58ZS.
3. United States Public Records, 1970-2009 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJJC-58ZD.
4. United States Social Security Death Index https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JG9Z-GN1.
5. Find a Grave Memorial 91155196.