- Date Of Birth: August 18, 1931
- Date Of Death: April 23, 2014
- State: New Mexico
Abran “Abie” Ellis Parra, 82, a longtime Deming resident passed away Wednesday April 23, 2014 at Memorial Medical Center in Las Cruces.
“Abie”, as he was affectionately known, was born August 18, 1931 to Isabel Lara and Salvador Solis Parra in Dwyer, New Mexico. He attended Grant County Schools and was raised on the Y- (Nan) Ranch in the Mimbres Valley and served in the U. S. Army Veteran during the Korean Conflict.
On April 10, 1955 he married Marilyn Gonzalez in Garfield. They made their home in Deming and for 29 years he was employed by the New Mexico Highway department where he was an equipment inspector and later worked for the Deming Public Schools for 8 years. Abie was a communicant at St. Ann’s Catholic Church. He was avid cowboy and horseman and enjoyed hunting with his sons.
He is survived by wife, Marilyn G. Parra of the home; 4 sons, Abie Parra and wife Carol of Mimbres; Tom Parra and wife Melba and Sonny Parra and wife Judith of Deming and Anthony Parra and wife Jennifer of Las Cruces; brother, Salvador Jr. Parra and wife Betty of Bayard; sister, Ruth Parra of Albuquerque; 7 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Salvador and Isabel Parra.
