Curtis Weldon Ware, owner of Billy's Pilot Cars in Lordsburg, New Mexico, died in his Lordsburg home January 20, 2017 of natural causes. He was 73.

He is survived by his daughter, Mary Elizabeth Hatfield of Rogers, Arkansas; son Curtis Weldon Ware II of Cassville, Missouri; sister Marjorie Janet Ware Wollard of Hardin, Missouri; brother J.C. Ware III and sister-in-law Julia Ware of Maryville, Missouri; sister Phyllis Ware Dannar and brother-in-law Curtis Dannar of Oregon, Missouri; grandchildren Chelsea Elizabeth Ware, Chaylea Grace Ware, Kobhe Easton Ware and Greycynn Kennadi Ware; and fianc+