Doyce "Tarzan" F. Easterling

Doyce F. "Tarzan" Easterling, 93, of Valverde Street, Carlsbad, NM, passed away Tuesday, January 21, 2014 at Carlsbad Medical Center. Visitation will be 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM, Friday, January 24, 2014 at Denton-Wood Funeral Home. Funeral services are scheduled for Saturday, January 25, 2014, 10:00 AM, at Denton-Wood Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor David Prell officiating. Interment will follow in Sunset Gardens Memorial Park, Carlsbad, New Mexico. Denton-Wood Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Doyce F. "Tarzan" Easterling was born April 16, 1920 in Bomartin, Texas to Donald and Ida (Author) Easterling. He graduated from high school in Rule, Texas. Tarzan married Bernelda Modean Tidrow on August 19, 1945. He moved to Carlsbad to begin work at the potash mines. Tarzan worked for US Potash and later Duval for many years. He then worked in several other mines in Utah, Colorado and Wyoming before retiring and returning to Carlsbad. Tarzan was an avid hunter and fisherman. He was a life long member of the B.P.O. Elks Lodge # 1558. He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, B. Modean Easterling; granddaughter, Tammy Dawn Patton; sister, Evelyn Pitman; brothers: Doyle Easterling and Kenneth Ray Easterling. Survivors are son, Danny G. Easterling and wife, Ginny of Carlsbad, NM; daughters: Kathy J. Callaghan of Carlsbad, NM, Pamela Ann Mohr and husband, Jeff of Hilham, TN, Christy J. Pool and husband, Randy of Logan, KS, Kim D. Easterling of Hilham, TN; grandchildren: Cindy Easterling, Ronnie Easterling and wife, Jan, Rebecca M. Pennison and husband, Travis, Robert Curfman and wife, Cathy, Sheri Taylor and husband, Kevin, Julie A. Dobias and husband, Terry, Amanda M. Greene; 12 great-grandchildren; sisters: Margie Dunlap, Runiz Atkinson and numerous nieces, nephews and extended family. Pallbearers will be Travis Pennison, Terry Dobias, Ronnie Easterling, Cyndi Easterling, Danny Easterling and Robert Curfman. Memorial contributions may be made to American Diabetes Association, 2625 Pennsylvania NE, # 225, Albuquerque, NM 87110. Condolences may be expressed at dentonwood.com.