Vernon, Dean Curtis Sr

Birth Name Vernon, Dean Curtis Sr
Gender male
Age at Death 69 years, 11 months, 5 days

Narrative

Parents:
George Washington Vernon (1864 - 1940)
Maude Frances Adcock Britton (1900 - 1968)
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Burial Plot: Division P, Block 5, Row 2, Space 8.
Find A Grave Memorial# 14558278
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Dean C. Vernon, Sr., 69, died Friday, May 12, 2006, at his home in Carlsbad.

Mr. Vernon was born June 7, 1936, in Caney, Kan., to George W. and Maude Adcock Vernon. His family moved to Tucumcari in 1946, where he graduated from Tucumcari High School in 1955 and went to work for the State Highway Department.

Mr. Vernon married Patsy Johnston on Oct. 19, 1957, at the First Baptist Church in Tucumcari. Following their marriage the couple lived in Grants, then in Lubbock, Texas. In Lubbock, he worked as a milkman and for the Santa Fe Railroad. He attended the Lubbock Barber College, graduating in June of 1959 before moving to Carlsbad the following month.

Mr. Vernon worked for many years at the High School Barber Shop, then owned and operated the Carlsbad Barber Shop until July 2004. He was a member of Blodgett Street Baptist Church and the BPO Elks Chapter No. 1558.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a step-father, Orville Britton; three brothers, Frank, Ed, and Jesse; a sister, Martha Ross, and 14 half-brothers and sisters.

Survivors include his wife, Patsy Vernon; a son, Dean C. (wife Brigitte) Vernon Jr. of Carlsbad; two daughters, Kristie (Ed) Merkel of Carlsbad and Sonja (Randy) Chatfield of Carlsbad; a brother, Harold Vernon of Sierra Vista, Ariz.; a sister, Alpha Ross of Caney, Kan.; five granddaughters, Amber Willier, Stephanie Dobson, Deana Rogers, Joana Wells and Ashlyn Chatfield; five grandsons, Joseph Robinson, Bradley Davis, Brennan Davis, Lane Chatfield and Lanndan Chatfield and eight great-grandchildren.

Ed Merkel, Joseph Robinson, Randy CHATFIELD, Brian Dobson, Amber Willier, Deana Rogers and Raymond Wells served as pallbearers.

His grandchildren served as honorary pallbearers.

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 7 June 1936 Caney, Montgomery Co., Kansas, USA    
Death 12 May 2006 Carlsbad, Eddy Co., New Mexico, USA    
Burial   Carlsbad Cmtry., Carlsbad, Eddy Co., New Mexico, USA    

Families

Family of Vernon, Dean Curtis Sr and Johnston, Patsy Delores

Married Wife Johnston, Patsy Delores ( * 3 September 1939 + 24 May 2014 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage 19 October 1957 First Baptist Church, Tucumcari, Quay Co., New Mexico, USA    
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Vernon, Sonja J1969
  Attributes
Type Value Notes Sources
_UID E0D929C0A5CA8747AABDA5498C8297A67F34
 

Attributes

Type Value Notes Sources
_UID 620C0AB83070A549976B44BC6986463126A7
 

Pedigree

    1. Vernon, Dean Curtis Sr
      1. Johnston, Patsy Delores
        1. Vernon, Sonja J