Obituary for
Hugh "Nobe" Chumley

submitted by Edgle Dyer

                                   Services for Hugh "Nobe" Chumley, 77, of Wellman, will be held Thursday, 
                                   Dec. 22, in the First Assembly of God Church in Denver City with Rev. Ronnie
                                   Lunsford officiating.   Burial will be in Gaines County Cemetery in Seagraves
                                   under the direction of Ratliff Funeral Home of Seagraves.

                                   Mr. Chumley died Thursday, December 17, 2005, in Denver City.   He was born
                                   January 22, 1928, in O'Donnell to Jacob and Nallie Drewer Chumley.   He was
                                   married to Emma Baze Chumley for 32 years and was later married to Glenda Click
                                   on September 25, 1986, in Artesia, N.M.

                                   Mr. Chumley was a U.S.Army veteran with service in Germany during the Korean
                                   Conflict.   He was a member of the First Assembly of God Church.    He joined the
                                   Masonic Lodge in Andrews and later transferred to the Seagraves Lodge.

                                   Mr. Chumley was employed as a driller in the West Texas oil fields and also owned 
                                   a full service station in Denver City.   He had also been employed as a law enforcement
                                   officer in Andrews and Denver City, and by several funeral homes in Texas including
                                   Ratliff Funeral Homes in Seminole, Seagraves and Denver City as well as Gatesville
                                   and Odessa.

                                   He is survived by his wife and two sons: Gary Chumley and his wife, Kim, of Gatesville,
                                   and Mickey Click and his wife, Mary Jane, of Roswell, N.M.    He is also survived by
                                   four daughters: Sharon Lee and her husband, Sam of Maebank; Carol Rhoads and her
                                   husband, Vernon, of Lubbock; Angie Click of Irvine, Calif., and Jeana Richardson and
                                   her husband, Jerry, of Lubbock.    Mr. Chumley is also survived by one brother: Homer
                                   of Broken Arrow, Okla.; one sister: Nettie Bell Sword of Bakersfield, Calif., and by 
                                   ten grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.    He was preceded in death by one
                                   grandson, Callan Chumley, in 1984.

                                   Pallbearers will be grandsons and nephews.   In lieu of flowers, donations may be made
                                   to the Masonic Lodge of Seagraves.   There will be a visitation from 6:30 - 8 p.m., 
                                   Wednesday, Dec 21st, at the Ratliff Funeral Home Chapel in Seagraves.

                                    Brownfield News

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