Notable Residents
- Baker Eldon "Red Dog" Duggins (February 28, 1925 - February 26, 2007) was an educator, coach, junior high school principal, and high school counselor for the Friona Independent School District from 1955 until his retirement in 1985. A native of Cordell, Oklahoma, Duggins was a United States Marine during World War II, having won the Purple Heart. He was named Friona's "Man of the Year" in 1964, when his high school girls basketball team won the state championship with a 35-0 record.
- Watson Whaley (December 3, 1909 - May 17, 2008) had until his death been the oldest living graduate of Friona High School, Class of 1929. A native of Hollene in Curry County, New Mexico, Whaley was a farmer and owned a construction company which did concrete work on grain elevators. He and his late wife, the former Alice Louise Wiley (1920–1982), were involved with the Girl Scouts of the USA and built the Girl Scout hut in Friona. He was survived by two daughters and is interred at Friona Cemetery.
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