Deaths

• Jones Begay Sr.
• Wayne Dodson
• Virginia Cowdrey
• Thomas Tsosie

Jones Begay Sr.

PINEDALE — Funeral services for Jones Russell Begay Sr. of Pinedale will be 10 a.m., Wednesday, Sept. 26 at the Fort Wingate Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints church. Burial will be in Pinedale on family land.

Begay died Sept. 22, 2007 in Albuquerque. He was born May 19, 1923 in Pinedale into the Meadow People Clan for the Bitter Water People Clan.

Begay retired after 44 years of service for the Santa Fe Railroad. He was also a rancher, raising cattle, horses, sheep, and goats at the Fallen Timber ranch in Pinedale.

Survivors include wife, Alice Joe Begay of Sundance; sons, Jones R. Begay Jr. of Pinedale, Dennison, Joe, Ron and Stoney Joe, all of Sundance; daughters, Genevieve Begay, Janice Begay, Annie Davis, Elsie Begay, Dora Mamrobone, all of Pinedale; 41 grandchildren; 41 great-grandchildren; 1 great-great-grandchild.
Begay was preceded in death by wife, Mae ann Begay; sons, Frankie R. Begay, Lorenzo R. Begay; daughters, Geneva Whitemore, Marlene Joe Begay; grandson, Richard Billy; mother, Annie Hogan Begay.

Pallbearers will be Lathan Begay, Eric Miller, Norvell Yazzie, Ned Yazzie Jr., Neil Yazzie, Alexander Begay.

The family will receive relatives and friends at Pinedale Chapter House.

Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.

Wayne Dodson

VANDERWAGEN — Funeral services for Wayne Dodson, 57, of Vanderwagen will be 11 a.m. Sept. 26 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Burial will be in Rehoboth Cemetery.

Dodson died Sept. 20, 2007 in Gallup. He was born Jan. 16, 1950 in Kaibeto, Ariz., into the Many Goats People Clan for the Red Running into the Water People Clan.

He graduated from Page High School, attended vocational school in San Francisco and received a welding degree. He worked at Local #16 for 23 years. His hobbies included being with family, traveling, and being outdoors.

Survivors include Bernice Dodson of Vanderwagen; sons, Alan Dodson, Kevin Dodson, Derrick Dodson all of Las Cruces; daughter, Charlene Dodson of Las Cruces, Sherrill Dodson of Albuquerque; sisters, Elsie Dodson, Ella-Mae Dodson both of Salt Lake City; four grandchildren.

Dodson was preceded in death by his father, Carl Dodson; mother, Lena Dodson; brother, Jimmy Dodson; sister, Fannie Dodson; grandfather, Harry Sage; grandmother, Lucy Sage.

Pallbearers will be Derrick Dodson, Roland Lee, Del Lee, Justin Grey, Art Simmons and Ryan Joe.

The family will receive relatives and friends at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Gallup.

Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Virginia Cowdrey

LAS CRUCES — Funeral services for Virginia Lee Cowdrey, 99, of Las Cruces will be on Thursday, Sept. 27 at 2 p.m. at Daniel’s Family Guneral Home at 1100 Coal Ave. S.E. in Albuquerque. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Park after services.

Cowdrey died Sept. 23, 2007. She was born Oct. 8, 1917 in Swink, Colorado.

Survivors include sons, John Cowdrey of Las Cruces, Ron Cowdrey of Bosque Farms, N.M.; 15 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild.

Cowrey was preceded in death by husband, Fletcher Cowdrey; son, Robert Cowdrey; daughter, Martha Geer.

Thomas Tsosie

NAZLINI — Funeral services for Thomas Albert Tsosie, 66, will be 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 26 at the St. Michaels Catholic Mission, St. Michaels. Father Gilbert Schneider, OFM, will officiate. Burial will be in Community Cemetery, Kinlichee. Visitation will be one hour before services.

Tsosie died Sept. 22, 2007 in Albuquerque. He was born June 15, 1941 in Ganado into the Born of Bitter Water People Clan for the Big Water People Clan.

He attended Kinlichee Boarding School, Concho, Oklahoma Indian School and Chimawa Indian School.

Survivors include wife, Marie Rose Tsosie of Nazlini; sons, Benjamin Morgan of Fort Defiance, Norman Morgan of Nazhini; daughters, Priscilla Morgan of Kinlichee, Irene Begay, Christine Tsinnjinnie, LaVerne Tsosie, Marcella Tsosie all of Nazlini, Linda Tsosie of Sawmill, Ariz.; brothers, George Tsosie and John Tsosie, both of Kinlichee, Ariz.; sister, Irene Williams of Kinlichee; 27 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren.

Tsosie was preceded in death by parents, Charlie B. and Akebah Tsosie; brothers, Joe Tsosie, Kee Bernice Tsosie Sr., Lee Deiro Tsosie.

Pallbearers will be Steven Dale Jr., Larry Brown, Calvin Owens, Ronald Tsosie, Norman Morgan, Benjamin Morgan.

The family will receive relatives and friends at Kinlichee Chapter House.

Silver Creek Mortuary is in charge arrangements.