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Newspaper
Brownfield News
Location
Brownfield, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 2007
Page
2
LaDonna Click reports bicycle safety guidance from Sargent Rusty Cavett for family riders. Key tips include properly fitting helmets pads, pre ride safety checks on chains brakes and air pressure, use of lights and reflectors, riding with a partner, obeying stop signs, staying on trails, and engraving a personal ID number on the bicycle in case of theft.
Obituary notes memorial service for 84 year old Thomas Alvin Hicks Jr of Brownfield at 2 on Wednesday June 27 at Brownfield Church of Christ with officiants Bob Reynolds Derek McNamara and Marcelino Banda. Burial in Brownfield Cemetery. He died June 24 at home. Born November 12 1922 in Monday to Thomas Alvin Hicks and Bessie Darden Hicks. He was raised by his aunt and uncle L R Pounds after mother died. He moved to Brownfield as an infant and graduated Brownfield High 1940. WWII Army Air Corps veteran who participated in D Day. He started Brownfield Seed Delinting and Plainview Seed Delinting for over 50 years. Survived by wife Bobbie a son Thomas A Hicks III a daughter Linda Hardy and husband Tommy six grandchildren and three great grandchildren two sisters. Memorials to NM Christian Children’s Home Lubbock Christian University Joe Arrington Cancer Research or Brownfield Church of Christ Building Fund. Online condolences at BrownfieldFuneralHome.com.
Van Garner of Midland died at home on Friday June 22 at age 53. Born August 29, 1953 in Brownfield, he attended San Angelo State University and owned Red Line Express Trucking in Midland. Survived by two sons Val and Chris, both of Panama City Beach Florida, two sisters Valdine Garner and Jan Newton, one grandson Leland Garner, and one brother Tommy Garner. Memorial services set for June 28 at Terry County Memorial Cemetery officiated by Rev. Ken Horn.
CASA of the South Plains announces a 4800 grant from the Lubbock Area Foundation to recruit and train volunteers as Guardian Ad Litem for abused and neglected children. The nonprofit seeks volunteers and donations to aid 140 unassigned cases, noting CASA saves local taxpayers millions and citing rising child abuse figures. Call 806-763-2272 for info.
A July 14 charity cycling event, Tour de Nowhere, will raise funds for Cal Farley’s Girlstown, Levelland volunteer Fire Department, and Caprock Cycling Events. Registration opens at 7:00 a.m. and the race begins at 8:00 a.m. at Levelland Armory. The program serves girls aged 12 to 18 from up to 500 miles away, providing housing, medical care, and education toward independent adulthood. For details, visit caprockcycling.org or calfarley.org, or contact Mary Shields at (806) 322-2635.
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