Bobbie Nadine Paynter

November 25, 1960 - January 3, 2021

1960 -2021 On Sunday, January 3, 2020, in Belen, NM, Bobbie Nadine Paynter, age 60, rode the wings of a dove to heaven. She was a loving daughter, sister, wife, mother and grandmother. Bobbie was born November 25, 1960 to Robert Vardy and Beverley Ann Yowell. She grew up in Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico. Bobbie moved from the Albuquerque area in 1970 when she was 10 years old to Los Chavez, NM, where as a young adult she finally settled back. Bobbie was a jack of all trades. She worked in many different service industries, such as hotel management, convenience, stores, trucking, storage facilities, and in her final years, home health care. Bobbie lived her life on her own terms, never backing down or giving in. She loved hard and fought fierce. Bobbie didn’t make friends, just adopted new family members. She maintained these relationships with her unconditional love, her total lack of judgement and her undying ability to forgive the wrongs done to her in life. Bobbie wasn’t rich, but what she had she shared. She gave of herself, and if you needed a ride, food, or were sick with not a friend in the world, there would be good ole Bobbie with her big heart and helping hand extended. If only we all could be so kind and benevolent, what a better place the world would be. You will be missed more than you will ever know. Now sister, fly high on the wings of doves, back to heaven where you belong. She is preceded in death by her parents, Robert Vardy and Ann Loranca; husband, Dale Cox; brother, Kirk Downing; brothers-in-law, Brian Orr and Grady Wimberly; daughter, Elena Portillo, and grandson, Brooklyn Vallejos. Bobbie is survived by her sister and brother-in-law, Donald and Georgia Miller of Portales, NM; sister, Patricia Wimberly of Belen, NM; long-time companion, Steven Paynter; heart sister, Bonnie Graham of Belen, NM; son and daughter-in-law, Lakyeemo and Missy Granger of Carlsbad, NM; and many grandchildren, nieces and nephews. There will be a memorial held for Bobbie at a later date when all her friends and family can gather in her honor. Please sign Bobbie’s online tribute at www.romerofuneralhomenm.com Romero Funeral Home, 609 N. Main St., Belen, NM