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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1971
Page
5
The First Christian Church at Bellmire Home hosted a Sunday service on May 9 in which corsages were presented to the youngest and oldest mothers present. Nettie Potts, who turns 61 on May 27, was the youngest. Cora Williams, aged 97 on July 27, was the oldest resident.
The Mary Circle of the United Methodist Church met May 18 at Dr. Wilkins home with 15 members present. Mrs. Kur led the business session and $83.40 was raised from the rum mage sale. Nina Posey Georgia Evans and Allan Wilkins sang a special hymn I Need the Every Hour. Mrs. Leon Partridge gave the devotional. The lesson Church Life was taught by Mrs. Herbert Roberts. The gathering closed with the Lord’s Prayer.
Mrs Ellia Byers of Plainview Texas and a group including Mr and Mrs Billie White with children from Dallas Mr Lee Walls of Wichita Falls Mrs Opel Baker of Nocona Texas Mr and Mrs Bryan Bess Mr and Mrs J R Baker Mr and Mrs Royce Baker and Mrs Sam McEuen all of Bowie were visiting in the home of Mr and Mrs Mord Baker.
Robert Riley Lynch 70 of Oklahoma City died there May 15. Services were May 17 at Ow ens-Brumley Chapel with burial in Elmwood Cemetery. Born January 5 1901 in Alvord he lived in Bowie until 1920. Survived by brothers Joe and Oda Lynch Oklahoma City and sister Mrs Opla Wetsel Irving.
Services for Ernest Glen Sneed were held Sunday May 16 at 2 00 PM in Owens Brumley Chapel. He died May 14 at Dallas Veterans Hospital. He was born July 7 1917 in Roswell Oklahoma and lived in Bowie. He is survived by daughter Peggy Sneed, mother Mary Sneed, brothers A L and R L, and sisters Seaman Mae Bryant and Lillian Bell.
Rites were held at 2 30 PM Monday May 17 at the First Baptist Church in Alvord for William Alvin Speed with Rev. E W Kaylor officiating. Burial followed at Elmwood Cemetery under Owens Brumley Funeral Home direction. Speed, who lived in Alvord since 1942, died at his home. He once ran a local grocery and is survived by his wife and one son Lester of Alvord, two daughters Mrs R M Akers of Temple and Mrs E W Bollinger of Fort Worth, two sisters Mrs Robert Hubbard of Louisville Kentucky and Mrs Laura Robertson of Fort Worth, and four grandchildren.
Mrs. Lee Hodges and Mrs. Roy Patterson hosted a coffee and cake event for 20 teachers at the junior high school in honor of Teachers Day. The VFW Auxiliary plans to serve teachers in the North South and East Ward next.
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