Services:  Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012 at Terpening & Sons Mortuary in Artesia, New Mexico

Obituary:

Raymond Thomas Bledsoe passed away Friday, Jan. 27, 2012, at Willow Care Nursing Home, Willow Springs, Mo.

Raymond, son of the late Tommy and Dreta Bledsoe, was born on March 27, 1935, in Greenfield, New Mexico.

He and Barbara Hicks were married on August 13, 1959, in Sweetwater, Texas. To this union three sons were born John Todd, Jason Ted and Nolan Ray.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Tommy and Dreta Bledsoe; and two sisters, Wanda Lee Bledsoe and Carolyn Sue Bledsoe.

Raymond is survived by three sons, Todd and Sandy Bledsoe, Cabool, Ted and Venita Bledsoe, Dover, DE and Nolan Bledsoe, Amarillo, Texas; two granddaughters, Allie Bledsoe, Cabool, and Shelby Bledsoe, Dover, DE; two grandsons, Sayer and Sage Bledsoe, Amarillo, Texas; three brothers, Don and Betty Bledsoe, Arlington, TX; Tommy and Georgia, Artesia, NM; and Ross and Val Bledsoe, Artesia, NM; and two sisters, Dot Ford, Truth or Consequences, NM, and Peggy and Bill Hefner, Kermit, TX; two aunts, Lela Pearl Waggoner, Roswell, NM, and Margaret Williams, Carlsbad, NM; and many nieces and nephews