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Newspaper
Brownfield News
Location
Brownfield, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1972
Page
3
Darrell and Mrs. Lewis gain help from Terry County neighbors to strip cotton amid sand and dust. A host of workers led by local volunteers labored to finish the harvest, with the community sharing thanks and holiday goodwill for the season.
Mrs Decia Wootten 87 longtime Slaton resident died December 1 at Garza Memorial Hospital in Post after a lengthy illness. Graveside rites December 2 at Englewood Cemetery Slaton. memorial services at First Baptist Church Slaton. Hudman Funeral Home Post in charge. Survived by daughter Mrs Bryan Williams Post two sisters Albuquerque and grandson and great grandson.
Mrs. W. P. Hurd 80, mother of Howard Hurd of Brownefield, died December 2 in Amarillo. Funeral at Vera United Methodist Church with Rev. J. Lenol Hester officiating. Burial in Vera Cemetery. Survivors include son Joe Roy Hurd of Houston and daughters Mrs. Ralph Loken and others. Burial directed by Ellistone Archer Funeral Home in Seymour.
Collier, a Lamb County native and Army veteran, is named service manager of General Telephone in Texarkana after years with the company. He and his family will live at 1212 EF and he has coached Little League teams, worked with United Fund, and is active in Masonic and Baptist groups.
L V Alexander 76 died at his home in the Johnson community after weeks of illness. Funeral services were held Wednesday at First Baptist Church with Rev Pat Cummins officiating. Burial followed at Terry County Memorial Cemetery. He is survived by his wife Jewel Cate two children two stepsons two sisters a brother twelve grandchildren and two great grandchildren. He had lived in Lubbock before moving to Brownfield in 1940. Born in Erath County he was married in Clovis New Mexico in 1938.
The Texas Youth Conference held its annual fall Officer's Workshop November 18 and 19 at Hideaway in the Pines Bastrop. Jay Gibson state vice president of public relations says the two day meeting trained local Youth Conference officers in leadership skills.
Funeral services for Fred Robertson were held Monday at the First United Methodist Church in Crosbyton with Rev. Henry Salley officiating. Burial followed in Crosbyton Cemetery with Masonic graveside rites conducted by King Funeral Home. Robertson lived in the Robertson Community named for his father and worked on local ranches before managing grain elevators in nearby towns. He was a past master of the Lorenzo Masonic Lodge No. 1144.
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