Alfonso Joe Cruz, Jr., age 51, passed away on Tuesday, October 17, 2023, at Northwest Texas Hospital in Amarillo, Texas.

Memorial services will be held at 2:00 PM on Tuesday, November 28, 2023, at the First Baptist Church in Clayton, New Mexico with Pastor Hilario Perez, Officiating.

Alfonso Joe Cruz, Jr. was born on November 28, 1971, in Clayton, New Mexico to Alfonso Joe Cruz, Sr. and JoAnne (Watson) Cruz. A lifelong resident of Clayton, Alfonso went to school in Clayton and later worked for a company in Corpus Christy, Texas and worked at Diversified in Amarillo, Texas and worked in the pipeline industry as well as some other jobs. Alfonso was preceded in death by two nephews, Jace A. Martinez and Zachery J. DeHerrera.

SURVIVORS:

2 SONS: Jeremy Cruz and his wife Stephanie of Fritch, Texas and Ryan Cruz of Colorado.

1 DAUGHTER: Jamie Raines of Clayton, New Mexico.

3 GRANDCHILDREN: Including Aubrey Marquez and Ryan Bobby Cruz, Jr.

HIS PARENTS: Alfonso Joe Cruz, Sr. and JoAnne Cruz of Clayton, New Mexico.

1 BROTHER: Christopher Cruz of Wichita, Kansas.

3 SISTERS: Stephanie Cruz of Clayton, New Mexico, Marquita Martinez and her husband Carlos of Los Lunas, New Mexico and Denise Brossman of Kansas City, Kansas.