Teri Ann Pelton

Teri Ann Pelton, 60, of Farris Street, Carlsbad, New Mexico, passed away Tuesday, July 2, 2013 at Carlsbad Medical Center. Funeral services are scheduled for Saturday, July 6, 2013, 10:00 AM, at Denton-Wood Funeral Home Chapel with Rick McKean officiating. Interment will follow in Sunset Gardens Memorial Park, Carlsbad, NM. Denton-Wood Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Teri Ann Pelton was born on August 5, 1952, in Pecos, Texas to Clyde and Vivian (Shoup) Pelton. She moved to Carlsbad as a young girl with her family and graduated from Carlsbad High School in 1970. Teri Ann received her bachelors of science in Agri-business from NMSU in 1974. She rode and showed horses all of her life. Teri Ann also trained show dogs. She was an accomplished jeweler, specializing in southwestern style jewelry and owned Southwest Native Designs. Teri Ann was a member of 4H as a young woman and later Carlsbad Horseman Association, American Quarter Horse Association, NM Horse Shows Association, American Kennel Club and Alpha Zeta. She was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Thomas Alan Pelton, Sr.; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pelton and Mr. and Mrs. Homer Shoup; uncles, Earl Pelton and Elmer Pelton. Survivors are her sister, Tami Moffatt and husband, John of Carlsbad, NM; sister-in-law, Rosa Pelton of Carlsbad, NM; aunts: Helen Pelton of Carlsbad, NM and Mary Pelton of Pittsburgh, KS; nieces and nephews: Matthew Cooksey and wife, Brandy of Carlsbad, NM, Thomas Alan Pelton, Jr. of Carlsbad, NM, Robert Allen Pelton of San Angelo, Texas, Raymond Albert Pelton and wife, V'Lesha of Midland, Texas, Trista Wright and husband, Shane of Carlsbad, NM, Brandon W. Moffatt of Grand Prairie, Texas; 2 great nephews; 3 great nieces; special friends: Robbin Spoon, Paula King-Hunt, Karen Dickman; and numerous cousins Pallbearers will be John Dickman, Matthew Cooksey, Tom Pelton, Raymond Pelton, Robert Pelton, John Moffatt, Sam Cooksey and Kevin McIlwee. Memorial contributions may be made to Noah's Ark Animal Shelter, 5217 Buena Vista Dr., Carlsbad, NM 88220 or to Living Desert State Park, P.O. Box 100, Carlsbad, NM 88221 or to Carlsbad Community Foundation, 116 S. Canyon St., Carlsbad, NM 88220 Condolences may be expressed at dentonwood.com.