Hopkins Funeral Held in Marathon for 96 Year Old Pioneer
William Allen Hopkins 96, longtime Marathon resident from a pioneer Texas family, died Monday at his son's home in San Antonio. Funeral services were held Wednesday at the Marathon Church of Christ and at the Fort Davis and Alpine churches, with interment under Akers and Livingston Funeral Homes. Survivors include sons W A Jr Del Rio J M Aubrey San Antonio A A Hopkins California and daughters Mrs. Taloyd Wade and Mrs. W T Burnham Sr Marathon plus numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. Out-of-town relatives attended from San Antonio Del Rio Carlsbad N M Ballinger and others. The community noted a memorial by Hopkins families Lloyd Wade family W T Burnham family and Baptist Missionary Society.
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Bertie Jones Pastes Shock Marathon Incident Report
Friends were shocked Thursday when word came to Marathon of the pasting of Mrs Bertie Jones in Las Vegas Nevada.
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Bertie Hovis Jones
Bertie Jones
Las Vegas
Nevada
Weekend Social Highlights From Regional Personal Notes
Mr Travis Roberts spent the past week with Mr Tom Park of Dallas. Mr and Mrs D W Collins hosted friends on a Rio Grande fishing trip over the weekend. Mr and Mrs Hal Sansom left for a trip to Houston. Mr Francis Rooney has been in El Paso tending court. Mr and Mrs W G Gutta spent the weekend on the river. Mr and Mrs Floyd Wallace were in Fort Hancock visiting Mr and Mrs Barefield. Mrs Helen Evans of San Jose left for home after visiting Mrs Roy Stillwell. Billy Morris of Sonora has been visiting Bill Burnham. Mrs Marshall Roberts returned home from Marfa.
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Tom Park
Dallas
China
India
Mexico
Rio Grande
D. W. Collins
Hal Sansom
Houston
Francis Rooney
el Paso
W. G. Gutta
Floyd Wallace
Fort Hancock
Barefield
Helen Evans
San Jose
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Roy Stillwell
Billy Morris
Sonora
Bill Burnham
Marshall Roberts
Marfa
Gratitude From Friends of Aunt Bertie in Bereavement
Helma Chambers thanks many friends for floral offerings, fellowship, and calls during the hour of grief, noting appreciation for those who assisted and offered support in the family's time of loss.
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Highway fatalities blamed on alcohol and speed
More than a quarter of all highway deaths are attributed to alcohol and speed or both. These are treated as serious violations in all states, yet reports show more deaths from these causes than penalties imposed on offending drivers.
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