Long-time Eddy County farmer and rancher Jim Ogden passed.

Long-time Eddy County farmer and rancher Jim Ogden passed away last evening. Jim leaves a legacy of leadership in agriculture as the father of past New Mexico Cattle Growers’ president Alisa Ogden and of Craig Ogden, New Mexico Farm & Livestock Bureau vice president. Jim was a Marine and severed with honor in the Pacific theater in World War II. We were visiting one time and he had just returned from Hawaii, he told the memorial there stated that the his unit of Marines took only a few weeks to take the island of Tewia. He said he thought they were there for three months taking that island. I admired and cherished Jim's council and support. Services will be Saturday, October 31, 2015 at 2:30 p.m. at the Presbyterian Church, 309 W Shaw St, Carlsbad, NM 88220. Cards may be sent to the Jim Ogden Family P.O. Box 94 Loving, NM 88256 Please keep the Ogden family in your thoughts and prayers.