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Newspaper
Bronte Enterprise
Location
Bronte, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1966
Page
6
Surprise pounding for Clarence Minton and his family by Blackwell Baptist Church members after Wednesday night prayer services. Community friends attended as cookies coffee and punch were served. Nearby families visited over the weekend with the Mintons.
Funeral services for Spurgeon Penn Smith 67 were held at Blackwell First Baptist Church with Rev. Clarence Minton and Rev. Kay Corley officiating. Burial followed in Blackwell cemetery. Smith, a rural mail carrier for 45 years, died at Simmons Hospital in Sweetwater after a Friday illness. He was born November 18, 1899 in Ballinger and moved to Blackwell in 1906. He married Thelma Harris in 1922. Survivors include his wife, a son Clarence of Sweetwater, two sisters, a brother, and two grandchildren.
The First Baptist Women’s Missionary Union and Central Baptist Women’s Missionary Auxiliary held a joint meeting at Central Baptist Church. Mrs. Harry Morris led the opening prayer and First Baptist ladies gave the devotional and sang. A two scene skit Christmas in the Heart was presented by Central Baptist members Mary Walker Claude Beaver Eula Holman and Dick Cooper. Christmas carols closed the program and refreshments followed.
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