Obituary and community notes from Comanche County region
Obituaries document Hazel L. Gunn 71 of Kingsbury died Nov 29. Buried Dec 1 at Guadalupe Valley Memorial Park. survivors include her husband B F Gunn and six daughters. Another obituary covers Arnold B Boswell 49 of Gorman, buried in De Leon. he was a disabled veteran with a Fort Worth connection. A third notice reports Claudia Ada Clark 82 of Comanche County passing away Nov 28. details include survivors and burial at Mercer Gap Cemetery. The column also covers a Dec 1 Sunday School Christmas dinner in Soda Springs with 28 attendees. Paul Luker and Jerome Ray hosted, slides from Japan shown, Lakers and Rays recently relocated to Soda Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel L. Gunn
Kingsbury
Seguin
Locke Doan
Comanche
Goetz
Guadalupe Valley Memorial Park
B. F. Gunn
Robert Gunn
San Antonio
Caroline Allgood
Brownwood
Locke Mae Vaughn
Arlena Masch
Houston
Elda Stephens
Vada Sledge
Fort Worth
Alverne Cotham
Port Arthur
Paul Lukers
Jerome Rays
Soda Springs
Nannie Little
First United Methodist Church
Laker
Paul Luker
Japan
Dallas
Lakers
Rays
Justin
Elmer Holden
Jake Sledge
Z. Pate
W. A. Flannery
Guy Perdue
Elton McCullough
Tom Brown
John Fenimore
Fletcher Nesbitt
Pete Walls
Jess Watsons
John Simpson
Monselle O’brien
The
Rays and
Lukers
Proctor Resident Alva Rackley Dies at 73
Alva Cecil Rackley of Proctor died Thursday night November 29 in a Dublin hospital. Services were held December 2 at the Proctor Baptist Church with Rev. Robert Wagener officiating. Born July 16, 1900 in Comyn, he was a retired farmer and carpenter. He married Mamie Dingler in October 1931 and lived in the Dublin-Proctor area. Survived by his wife, daughter Gertrude Huspead of Kodiak Alaska, two brothers Fred Rackley of Proctor and Ulmer Rackley of Dublin, a sister Mrs. Mittie Budick of Smiley, and three granddaughters. Pallbearers were Carl Stevens Kenneth Stevens Burt Beaty Paul Hornburg Otis Dansbee and J. C. Hyatt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold Bb. Boswell
Gorman
First Baptist Church
de Leon
Billy Spencer
Mr. Boswell
Fort Worth
Dava Boswell
David Wayne Boswell
Alva Cecil Rackley
Proctor
Dublin
Proctor Baptist Church
Robert Wagener
Mr. Rackley
Comyn
Mamie Dingler
Gertrude Huspead
Kodiak
Alaska
Fred Rackley
Ulmer Rackley
Mittie Budick
Smiley
Carl Stevens
Kenneth Stevens
Burt Beaty
Paul Hornburg
Otis Dansbee
J. C. Hyatt
Eliza Franklin Blackwell obituary notices deceased rancher
Elise Franklin Blackwell, 88, of Blanket died at 9:25 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 27, at a Brownwood nursing home. Services were 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29, at Na bers Funeral Home in De Leon. Burial in De Leon Cemetery. Born Oct. 16, 1885, in Columbus, Tennessee. Survived by wife Lela and nieces and nephews including T. W. Blackwell of Farly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elise Franklin Blackwell
Blanket
Brownwood
Nabers
de Leon
Ollie Cantwell
George Hughes
Mr. Blackwell
Columbus
Tenn
Church of Christ
Lela Blackwell
T. W. Blackwell
Farly
Tragic Car Fire Claims Monahan Teen on I 20
Ste ven E. Bingham 18 of Monahans died in a 1968 Ford fire after gasoline cans in the trunk ignited during a crash on Interstate 20 six and a half miles east of Colorado City at 5 55 a.m. He was en route to celebrate his grandparents golden wedding anniversary. He is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs Morris Bingham and siblings. Services were held in Monahans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steven E. Bingham
Monahans
J. K. Binghams
Comanche
Bingham
Colorado City
Morris Bingham
Donald
Lonnie
Pamala
Vera Lee
Mrs Aranda Killed in One Car Crash Near Gustine
Connie N. Aranda 38 of Rt. 1 Gustine died at Comanche Community Hospital at 7 05 a m Tuesday December 4 from a one car accident. Patrolman Joe Wylie said the crash occurred about 5 a m on a county road 1 9 miles south of Gustine when the car left the road and struck a culvert. Mr Aranda was uninjured. Services for Mrs Aranda were pending at Comanche Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connie N. Aranda
Rt. 1
Gustine
Comanche Community Hospital
Joe Wylie
Social security medical insurance trust fund growth noted
The report shows the medical insurance trust fund rising from about $306 million in mid 1968 to roughly $732 billion in mid 1969, indicating rapid expansion and funding strength for the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Social Security
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs. Gunn
A. B. Boswell
Mrs. Clark
Claudia Ada Clark
Comanche County
Brownwood Hospital
Comanche Funeral Home
Mercer Gap Cemetery
Raymond Lane
Oliver Hall
Norman Zschiesche
Layton Rogers
Roy Williams
Clark
Francis F. Clark
Lewis Beaird
Austin
Golda Boyd
A. C. Rackley
E. F. Blackwell
Great Britain
Steven Bingham
North Austin
Comanche, Texas
Hal
Taste Wright
Franks
T-Bone
Morton
Borden
Shurfresh
Tonka Toys
Reg
Family Scott
Oscar Meyer
del Monte Tuna
del Monte
Avery
Thriftee Food Store
North
Aranda
Gore Bros
Bill Gore
Joe Gore
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