The Western Heritage Museum & Lea County Cowboy Hall of Fame is a museum near Hobbs, New Mexico. It features exhibits depicting the history of the Llano Estacado region of eastern New Mexico and northwestern Texas. Opened in January 2006, the museum is housed in a building on the campus of New Mexico Junior College.
Lea County Cowboy Hall of Fame The Cowboy Hall of Fame is presented annually to up to four individuals. Up to three individuals can be selected by the following criteria:
They have roots in Lea County They were exceptional in their rodeo career They made significant contributions to Lea County in ranching
A fourth inductee can be selected by the Board of Directors using their own criteria.
Hall of Fame Inductees
1978 Clyde Browning John Easley Pello Etcheverry Jake McClure Henry Record George Weir Dow Wood
1979 Tom Bingham Troy Fort Mary S. Hooper Earl Kornegay Dessie Sawyer Andrew Coke Taylor
1980 Daniel C. Berry George Causey Robert Florence Love Warren Snyder Will Terry
1981 Samantha Anderson Marrion Ruben Bess John Davidson Graham Richard David Lee
1982 Jimmie Baum Cooper Alfred Green Rushing Adam Zimmerman
1983 Roy Dale Cooper John Simeon Eaves Claudie A. Fort
1984 Allen Clinton Heard Amos Dee Jones James Lewis Reed
1985 Bob Beverly John Merchant Bill Zimmerman
1986 W.A. Anderson Daisy Clayton Nellie Taylor
1987 Millard Eidson Rubert Madera
1988 Gene Price Olin Young
1989 Clay McGonagill Bert Weir
1991 Edith Davis Fanning Buddy Melton Medlin
1992 Dale "Tuffy" Cooper Willim S. "Colonel" Williams
1993 M.R. "Russ" Anderson J.W. "Uncle Jim" Owens
1994 Charles Walter Fairweather Matthew Hawkins Medlin
1995 Fern Sawyer William Robert Bilbrey
1996 W.D. "Jiggs" Dinwiddle Tom Pearson
1997 John Lusk U.D. "Ulysses" Sawyer
1998 Betty Gayle Cooper Ratliff Tom Linebery
1999 Ella Belle Holeman John Pearson
2000 Herchel R. "Gravy" Field John Byron Fort
2001 Homer Ingle
2002 Bill Lee Virgil Linam Giles Lee
2003 Tom Bess Suzanne Jones
2004 Punch Jones Marvin Powell
2005 Sanford Bilberry R.D. Sims
2006 Bob Eidson
2007 Becky Jo Doom Richard D. Lee Larry F. Wooten Kenny Smith
2008 Bill Brininstool Roy "Buddy" Fort
2009 Sam Bruton Faye Linam
2010 Scharbauer Eidson Bill Smith
2011 Kress Jones Charlie Daymon Hardin
2012 Gene Cessnun Walter "Lee" Greebon William Daniel "Dub" McWhorter
2013 Charles William "C.W." Kinsolving Evelyn Muriel Terry McNeill Hugh "Rack" Ward
2015 Guy Allen Dorthy Bess Jimmie Torn Cooper Carl E. Sams
2016 Bert Madera Phil Smith Sr. Charlcia Taylor
2017 Bennet Jackson Caudill Jerry B. Clayton Mathias Willhoit
2018 Charlie Butler "C.B." Cochran Herbert Neil Love
2019 Albert "Suckerod" Ozborn J.E. Teague
2020 V.M. Chambers Clara E. (Bradley) Fowler
2021 Daniel C. Berry III Tommy Charles Price
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External links Official website