HOBBS NEWS SUN

Name Birth Death Last Residence Last Benefit
STOY W ADDISON  24 Jul 1944 03 Oct 2001 (V) 88260 (Lovington, Lea, NM) 


Stoy W. Addison 

LOVINGTON -- Services for Stoy W. Addison of Lovington will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday,
 Oct. 6, at First Baptist Church in Lovington. The Rev. Harry Pittam will officiate. 

Services are under the direction of Bethany Funeral Home. 

Burial will follow at Prairie Haven Cemetery. 

He will lie in state from 9 a.m.-9 p.m. on today at the funeral home. 

Mr. Addison, 57, died on Wednesday, Oct. 3, in his home. He was born on July 24, 1944,
 in Kermit, Texas. He married Jimmy Sue Woods on May 24, 1962, in Juarez, Mexico. 

Mr. Addison grew up in Jal and graduated from Jal High School in 1962. He entered the 
U.S. Navy in 1963. He entered the enlisted commissioning program while he attended the
 University of New Mexico where he graduated in 1972. He served as the commanding officer 
of the USS Oakridge ARDM-1 in Kings Bay, Ga., as a part of the submarine service. He retired 
in 1986 as a lieutenant commander. 

During his military career, he received the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Navy 
Commendation Medal, Meritorious Unit Commendation, Good Conduct Medal, Sea 
Service Deployment Ribbon with two stars, National Defense Service Medal, Navy 
Achievement Medal, Navy Unit Commendation and Command Pin. In 1992, Mr. Addison 
and his family moved to Lovington. He operated a business, Video Stop, in Lovington 
and Eunice. 

He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Jal. 

Survivors include his wife of the home; one son, Stacy Wade Addison of Hobbs; one 
daughter, Karen Sue Connell of the home; his mother, Nell R. Robinson of Jal; one brother, 
Gary Addison of Fairfield, Calif.; and four grandchildren. 

He was preceded in death by his father.