Hatch Daily Digest Monday, October 12, 2026
Ty's Take
Nancy Carol Coates was 84 when she passed, and Thomas Ocie Williams is gone too, which means the Mesilla Valley lost two more people who knew this country before most of us got here. You don't get obits in the paper without someone noticing, without family making sure the name gets printed right. In a town like Hatch, that matters. These are the people who watched the chile industry change, who remember when things worked different, who had stories nobody wrote down. The funerals and the flowers and the settling of estates, that's how a place stays connected to itself. That's the real news.
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Las Cruces Bulletin
Nancy Carol Coates, 84, of Vado, NM, died August 26, 2026, at Mountain View Hospital in Las Cruces from cancer complications. She was born in Kansas City, MO and spent her later years ranching near Red Rock, NM with her husband Timothy, while remaining active in The Church of Jesus Christ of...
Thomas Ocie Williams, 78, passed away June 22, 2026, in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The playwright and actor performed with Agatha's A Taste of Mystery in Atlanta from 1988 to 2005 and was known for his distinctive sense of humor. His wife, Barbara Louis Williams, will host a Celebration of Life for...
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