Roland Boswell

Roland Boswell, 61, passed away on Monday, September 9, 2024. Celebration of Life Service will be held Monday, September 16, 2024, at 1 pm at Martin Luther King, Jr. Seventh-Day Adventist Church. Interment will follow at Resthaven Memorial Park under the direction of Griffin Mortuary. Visitations will be held Sunday, september 15, 2024 from 3pm to 5pm at Griffin Mortuary. Roland was born on January 25,1963 in Lincoln, Nebraska to Ronald and Betty Boswell. Roland finished high school at Coronado high school where he played football. He later went on to play football for Western New Mexico University in Silver City, New Mexico and moved on in his football career at Texas Tech University under Spike Dykes.

 Roland was a member of MLK Seventh-Day Adventist Church where he was a member of the Pathfinders and also a member of the choir.

 Roland enjoyed old historic cars, and he was a member of the Nifty Fifties classic car club for many years. Roland was quick to “supe” up an engine. Roland also was a talented artist and musician. He mastered everything that he took ownership of. He never met a stranger. He dreamed big and was still dreaming big and had big ideas all the way to the end. He was always larger than life.

 Roland was the owner and proprietor of a security business in which he hired family and friends to work.

 Roland is preceded in death by his father Roland Boswell, his mother Betty Boswell.

 Roland leaves to cherish his memory, his daughter Jackie Gaona, his son Justin Mendez, his sisters Jacqueline Brown, Alicia Boswell, and Racquel Evans, his grandchildren Aubrey Gaona and Arie Gaona, his niece Delaney Williams, his nephews Danny Davis, Jr., Trenton Brown, and Sergio Kelly, and a host of other relatives and friends.