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Published: 24 February 2017 24 February 2017

Raymond Bishop rsRaymond Darrell Bishop, 66, passed away peacefully in his home on February 22, 2017.

Darrell was born on November 24, 1950 to Raymond and Nellie(Lewis) Bishop in Rosebud, TX.

He was a farmer from birth and began farming with his dad in Deming, NM in 1952.

He graduated from Deming High School in 1968 and attended New Mexico State University where he received a Bachelor's of Science in Agronomy in 1972.

He returned to Deming and continued farming with his father and later went to work for the City of Deming in 1988 where he retired as the Superintendent for the Water and Waste-Water Department in 2012.

He married his best friend Peggy in 1989 and they raised their 3 children together. He loved and supported his children through 4-H, Deming Football Boosters and Deming Saddle Club.

He was a life-long member of the First Baptist Church of Deming.

He is survived by his wife Peggy, children Keith, Shawn (Kim) and Karen (Trey), grandchildren Ashley, Caleb and Trenten and brothers Cecil, John and Stan and many family and friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents and grandparents.

Services will be Saturday February 25, 2017 at 10:00 AM at Baca's Funeral Chapel. Burial will follow at Mountain View Cemetery, Deming, NM.

In lieu of flowers please make donations to the New Mexico Boy's Ranch or the New Mexico Baptist Children's Home.