Deaths

• Marquita Mayes
• Loretta King Begay
• Eddie Garcia
• Leroy Jim

Marquita Mayes

GALLUP — Funeral services for Marquita Rochelle Mayes, 18, will be at 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 12, at St. Francis Catholic Church. Father Lalo will officiate. Visitation will be from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 11. Burial will be at Sunset Cemetery in Gallup.

Mayes died Saturday, Jan. 6 in Gallup. She was born on March 1, 1988 in Gallup.

Mayes was a 2006 graduate of Gallup High School. She planned to start cosmetology classes. She enjoyed being with family and friends, and she loved to shop for clothes.

Mayes is survived by her mother, Cherie King; father, Troy King Sr.; step-father, Joe Lockhart; brothers, Troy B. King Jr. and Gary King; grandmothers, Julia Mayes and Jimmie Carole Willis; grandfather, Lonnie Hodges.

Mayes was preceded in death by her grandfather, Carl Mayes Sr.; great-grandmother, Lillie Belle King.

Pallbearers will be Julian Mayes, Thomas Mayes Jr., Brandon Lopez, John Paradise, Dionne Esparza and Mandy Vargas.

The family will receive relatives and friends at the Gallup Elks Club following services.

Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.

Loretta King Begay

IYANBITO, N.M. — Funeral services for Loretta Caroline King Begay, 67, will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 13, at the Joshua Generation Church. Rev. Clyde Clark will officiate. Visitation will be from 3 to 4 p.m. Friday, Jan. 12. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Park.

King Begay was born into the Bitter Water People Clan and for the Towering House People Clan.

King Begay attended Iyanbito Day School. She completed a five-year program at Intermountain Indian School. She attended a retail management vocational school. She worked as a housing assistant technician in Carson City, Nev. and Denver, Colo. She was also a homemaker.

King Begay is survived by her husband, Nelson Luke Begay Sr. of Iyanbito; sons, Van Ernie Begay and Neson Luke Begay Jr. of Iyanbito; daughters, Doris J. Charley, Delphina J. Begay, Dorsilla J. Begay of Iyanbito and Dornelda J. Begay of Manuelito; brother, Leonard King of Iyanbito; sisters, Matilda Yazzie, Geraldine King, Eleanor Duffy of Iyanbito, Victoria Mitchell of Gallup, Evelyn King of Ft. Wingate; 27 grandchildren, five great-grandchildren.

King Begay was preceded in death by her parents, Woody and Delphine King; brother, Daniel K. Henry; sister, Lorraine Keevama.

Pallbearers will be Marvin K. Charley, Reginald Mitchell, Juluis Martin, Frederick Begay, Roderick Keevama and Vance King.

The family will receive relatives and friends at the Joshua Generation Church.

Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.

Eddie Garcia

HAYSTACK, N.M. — Funeral services for Eddie Gracia Jr., 32, will be at 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 12, at the Prewitt Assembly of God Church. Pastor Edward King will officiate. Burial will be at Grants City Cemetery.

Garcia died Saturday, Jan. 6, in Prewitt. He was born on April 16, 1974 in Gallup into the Mescalero Apache Clan and for the Meadow People Clan.

Garcia attended Baca Boarding School, Ft. Wingate Boarding School, Thoreau and Grants high schools. He worked in the construction industry. He enjoyed being with family.

Garcia is survived by his daughter, Brittony Dawn Lynn Garcia of Grants; father, Eddie Garcia Sr. of Prewitt; mother, Jennie L. Garcia of Haystack; brother, Marvin Lamone of Haystack; sisters, Genevieve Chee of Redrock, Geneva Garcia of Albuquerque, Treva Garcia of Tohatchi, Tanisha, Valencia and Vanessa Garcia, all of Prewitt.

Garcia was preceded in death by his brother, Reggie Garcia; grandparents, Mary M. Yazzie, Jimmy Yazzie and Helen Long.

Pallbearers will be Marvin Lamone, Darrell Yazzie, John Jones Platero, Larry Martinez, Ronald Sardo and Randy Sardo.

Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.

Leroy Jim

GRANTS — Funeral services for Leroy Jim Jr., 21, are pending and will be announced at a later date.

Jim died Tuesday, Jan. 9, in Grants. He was born Jan. 10, 1985 in Phoenix.

Compassion Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.