Obituary of Socorro Medina

Funeral services for Socorro Medina, 92, of Lovington will be held on Wednesday, January 20, 2021 at 10:00 am at St. Thomas Catholic Church with Father Samuel Ameh officiating. Burial will follow at Lovington Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Kirby-Ratliff Funeral Home. Socorro was born June 26, 1928 in Lanier, TX. to Martin and Apolonia (Solis) Hernandez and passed away on January 14, 2021 in Lovington. She was a very generous person and contributed a lot of her time to charities, such as the Church groups and choir groups. She loved going out to the nursing home with the church groups to play games and give out prizes. Socorro liked gardening and traveling she had a great sense of humor. She was very involved in the Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, four brothers and five sisters. Surviving her is one son: Daniel Medina and wife Rosemary of San Angel, TX; three daughters: Gloria and husband Jim Trujillo of Lovington, Celia and husband Pablo Gonzalez of Denver City, TX., and Ida and husband Gilbert Garcia of Hobbs; eight grandchildren, eighteen great-grandchildren and numerous great-great-grandchildren. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, January 19, 2021 from 1:00 pm until 7:00 pm with a rosary at 6:00 pm. at the funeral home. Masks must be worn. Condolences may be sent to wwwkirbysmithrogers.com.