Man Charged in Davis Death Freed on Bond
R A Slim Weber of For Stockton posted $10 000 bond and was released from Brewster County jail July 20 after being charged with murder in the July 18 shooting death of J T Davis Jr in Alpine Texas The case will go before the Brewster County Grand Jury on Aug 12 Sheriff Carl Williams said Weber was arrested at the Davis home after the shooting and questioned two others Ray McKinney and Gary Mantz The victim Davis a Brewster County native was shot in front of his Mosley Lane home as his son J T Davis III reported the incident The two men were said to have driven up in a pickup and an argument occurred before the fatal shot Mrs Davis a local teacher and Barbara were away in Sonora at the time of the shooting.
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R.A
Slim) Weber
Stockton
J.T
Jiggs) Davis Jr
Brewster County
George Jones
Weber
Felix McGaughy
Davis
Mosley Lane
Alpine
Carl Williams
J.T. Davis III
Alpine Dispatcher
Ray McKinney
Gary Mantz
Williams
Coenros
Ouse
Barbara
Sonora
Pink Phelps Rites Held at First Christian Church
Pink Phelps 78 former Brewster County tax collector died after a long illness. Services were held July 20 at First Christian Church with Rev. Jim tymes officiating. Burial in Elm Grove Cemetery. Survivors include his wife Mary of Socorro New Mexico, three daughters, a sister, eight grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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Pink Phelps
Brewster County
Brewster Memorial Hospital
First Christian Church
Jim Tymes
Elm Grove Cemetery
Geeslin
Fred Williams
Phelps
Alpine
Mary
Socorro
N. M
My Lovelace
Atlanta
LaVerne Dixon
la Puente
Calif
Onetha Ball
N.M
Gardner Champ
Phoenix
Artz
Robbery at C.G. Morrison Store in Alpine
Burglars broke a north rear door panel to rob the C.G. Morrison retail store on Holland Avenue Alpine. Merchandise valued at 800 to 1000 dollars missing including 500 dollars worth of records men’s clothing blankets and other items. A 100 dollar reward is offered by the Morrison Co. Deputy Sheriff George Jones leads the investigation.
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C.G. Morrison
Holland Avenue
Alpine
Ray Morrison
the Morrison Co
George Jones
Angelo JR Visit Highlights Alpine Campaign
Ernest Angelo Jr. of Midland, Republican state senate candidate, campaigned in Alpine this week and attended a Lions Club meeting Tuesday as a guest of Jimmy Jacobsen.
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Ernest Angelo Jr
Midland
Alpine
Lions Club
Jimmy Jacobsen
W John Newell Undergoes Surgery in Houston Hospital
Local item reports W John Newell underwent surgery Tuesday morning at Methodist Hospital Houston. Dr Michael E DeBakey performed the operation and Newell is reported to be recuperating in the intensive care ward as of yesterday morning.
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W. John Newell
Methodist Hospital
Houston
Michael E. DeBakey
Newell
LeDuc Rites Today At Fort Bliss Chapel
Funeral services for Ronald LeDuc 41 will be held at 10 a.m. today Thursday July 25 in the Fort Bliss Chapel with burial in the National Cemetery Paso. He was dead on arrival at Brewster Memorial Hospital Alpine at 2 p.m. Sunday July 21 apparently of a heart attack. A World War II and Korean War veteran, he retired from the Army in 1966 as a master sergeant. He married Charlene Brandon Bailey in 1965 who grew up in Fort Davis and worked for six years at a Marfa bank.
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Ronald. LeDuc
Fort Bliss
Wit
National Cemetery
Paso
Mr. LeDuc
Brewster Memorial Hospital
Alpine
Army
Charlene Brandon Bailey
Fort Davis
Marfa Bank
For Sale Notices Include Appliances and Pups
For sale by Sunday items include a Coldspot refrigerator priced at $45 and a hide-a-bed couch for $30. Contact Kay Matthews at TE7-4454 between 4 and 8 p.m. August 25 2011. Also advertised are six-week-old registered male Irish Letter pups with information via TE7-4936.
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Kay Matthews
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Alpine Public Schools
McMorries
Texas
LeDuc
Ewickin
Fashion Manor
Ztor
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