Jimmy "Jim" L. Estrada

Jimmy L. "Jim" Estrada, 57, of Crabb Street, Carlsbad, New Mexico, passed away Monday, July 2, 2012 at Carlsbad Medical Center. Visitation will be 3:00 PM - 7:30 PM, Friday, July 6, 2012 at Denton-Wood Funeral Home. Family will receive friends from 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM. A Vigil is scheduled for Friday, July 6, 2012, 7:30 PM at Denton-Wood Funeral Home Chapel, 1001 N. Canal Street, Carlsbad, NM, with Fr. Valentine Jankowski, OFM, Conv. officiating. Funeral services are scheduled for Saturday, July 7, 2012, 2:00 PM, at Denton-Wood Funeral Home Chapel with Mike Veilleux officiating. Interment will follow in Carlsbad Cemetery, Carlsbad, New Mexico. Denton-Wood Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Jimmy L. "Jim" Estrada was born April 25, 1955 in Artesia, NM to Guadalupe F. and Eva J. (Warner) Estrada. He was raised in Roswell, NM and graduated in 1973 from Goddard High School. He received his accounting degree from Eastern New Mexico University. He came to Carlsbad in 1975 where he was employed as a potash miner after which he began and successfully completed a career in law enforcement obtaining certifications in various fields before retiring in 2005. After retirement he obtained his Private Investigator License with BMB Protective Services, Inc. and also worked part-time at Denton-Wood Funeral Home. He was preceded in death by his grandparents and his father, Guadalupe Estrada. Survivors are his wife, Pearlene Estrada of Carlsbad, NM; children: Tim Estrada and wife, Danialle of Carlsbad, NM, Eva Joy Price of Sulfer Springs, Texas, Justin Estrada and wife, Christa of Carlsbad, NM, Michael Estrada of Albuquerque, NM; grandchildren: Kile, Mikalah, A.J., Mason, Josie, Laken, Mattney, Kilea, Nye, Jackson Wade and Jacie; mother, Eva Jane Estrada of Roswell, NM; sisters: Rachel Aguilar and husband, Larry of Carlsbad, NM; Virginia Cardona and husband, Robert of Roswell, NM; father and mother-in-law, Ray and Goldie Bradshaw of Carlsbad, NM; brother and sister-in-law, Eddie & Betsy Bradshaw of Keller, Texas; sister-in-law, Caroline Bradshaw of Carlsbad, NM; numerous aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins. Pallbearers will be Tim Estrada, Justin Estrada, Jamie Martinez, J.W. Bradshaw, Jacob Laird, Eddie Bradshaw, Sam Dorado, Michael Estrada and Wayland Bradshaw. Memorial contributions may be made to Shorthorn Little League, P.O. Box 3228, Carlsbad, NM 88220 Condolences may be expressed at dentonwood.com.