John Simpson Funeral Rites Held Saturday
Funeral services for John T. Simpson 59 of Wills Point were held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Grand Sa line Funeral Home Chapel with an Army Chaplain officiating. Burial followed at Woodside Cemetery with full military honors. Simpson, a retired U S Army Captain and Korean War and World War II veteran, died Thursday at Carswell Air Force Base in Fort Worth after a lengthy illness. Survivors include his wife Linda, two daughters Johnnie Linn Miller and Tommie Sue Scott, his father John A. Simpson, three brothers Curtis Clyde and Ralph, and five grandchildren.
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John T. Simpson
Wills Point
Grand Saline Funeral Home
Tom Pesnell
Ciating
Woodside Cemetery
Mr. Simpson
Carswell Air Force Base
Fort Worth
Linda Simpson
Johnnie Linn Miller
Garland
Tommie Sue Scott
Dallas
John A. Simpson
South Carolina
Curtis Simpson
North Carolina
Clyde Simpson
Ralph Simpson
Kansas
Funeral Service for Mrs Elizabeth Cooper Williams
Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth Cooper Williams 94 Ventura California were held at 2 p m at First Baptist Grand Saline with Rev. Glen Stovall officiating She was born in Shelby County lived in Grand Saline 1906 1908 moved to Dallas until 1954 then to Ventura Survivors include son Marvin M Williams of Ventura a niece and several cousins Pallbearers named A D Roberts W D Hunt Woody Joslin Floyd Pitts Walter Lucas and Howard Martin.
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Elizabeth Cooper Williams
Ventura
Calif
First Baptist Church
Grand Saline
Glen Stovall
Woodside Cemetery
Marvin M. Williams
W. D. Hunt
K. W. Hewitt
Howard Lucas
John Lucas
A. DD. Roberts
Woody Joslin
Floyd Pitts
Walter Lucas
Howard Martin
Locals Visit Highlights Weekend Social
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Taylor of Vier visited Mr. and Mrs. Bill IR. Grier Sunday for a convivial family gathering.
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Jim Taylor
Vier
Bill IR. Grier
Hospital Visiting Hours and Dismissals list
The notice lists visiting hours 10 to 11 a.m. 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 8 p.m. for The Hospital. Names appearing include Glyn Mabery Yvonne Talburt W D Foster Pearl Land Pearl Taylor Hazel Koonee Ethel Renfrow M J Spears and Edgar Wright. Dismissals include Cheryl Clark Luther Green John Anderson Nona Attaway Athena Erwin Patricia Blackwell Clara Barnhart Gereva White Donna McFarland Corinne Loven Anna Brown Willie Joslin Rena Nichols Vickie Goggans.
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Glyn Mabery
Yvonne Talburt
W. D. Foster
Pearl Land
Pearl Taylor
Hazel Koonee
Ethel Renfrow
M. J. Spears
Edgar Wright
Cheryl Clark
Luther Green
John Anderson
Nona Attaway
Athena Erwin
Patricia Blackwell
Clara Barnhart
Gereva White
Donna McFarland
Corinne Loven
Anna Brown
Willie Joslin
Rena Nichols
Vickie Goggans
Production Credit Association Elects Officers in Tyler
PCA stockholders from Henderson Rains Smith Van Zandt and Wood counties gather in Tyler at the Rose Garden Center for the PCA annual meeting and officer elections. W R Reed notes 40th anniversary charter date while Jack H Barton addresses about farmer and rancher economics. A barbecue lunch follows.
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Production Credit Association
Tyler
Rose Garden Center
W .R. Reed
Tyler Pca
PCA
Jack H. Barton
Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of Houston
Barton
BE. B. Barton
H. L. Miracle
Wills Point
Michael and
Sandra Brown
Henderson
Rains
Smith, van Zandt
Wood
Association
Reed
Funeral Service for C. J. Koonee 74 Held Thursday
Funeral services for C. J. Koonee 74 were held Thursday at 2 PM in the Bartley Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Glen Stovall officiating. Interment followed at Woodside Cemetery. Koonee died Tuesday night in Corby-Germany Hospital after a lengthy illness. A lifelong resident born in Grand Saline August 8 1899 she belonged to the Christian Church and the Rebekah Lodge. Survived by husband Claude J. Koonee of Grand Saline two sons Quinton Koonee of East Cajon California and Billy Koonee of Grand Saline.
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C. J. Koonee
Bartley Funeral Home
Glen Stovall
Woodside Cemetery
Grand Saline
The
Christian Church
Rebekah Lodge
Claude J. Koonce
Quinton Koonce
E. Cajon
Calif
Billy Koonce
Obituary Note for Mrs Koonee and Family
Mrs Koonee leaves two daughters in Denver Colorado and Mrs Si Parish another daughter. Surviving grandchildren include seven. Pallbearers listed are Hubert Koonee Grady Bates Kenneth Berry Arlee LaPrade Jerry Koonee and Herbert Clower.
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Si Parish
Denver
Colo
Elsie Hern Faber
Sherman
Hubert Koonee
Grady Bates
Kenneth Berry
Arlee LaPrade
Jerry Koonee
Herbert Clower
Dear Sir I Enclose Five Fifty For One Year Sun
A reader from Thoreau New Mexico writes Trudy Alexander Box 23 to Grand Saline Sun praising the paper and noting a former name Trudy Mc Kenzie while sending a five dollar fifty cent subscription payment and asking friends to see the letter.
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The
Grand Saline Sun
Trudy McKenzie
Trudy Alexander Box
Thoreau, New Mexico
Rifle Aim Elevates Barrel Over Target Line
Roland Amundsen discovered the South Pole. A historical note contrasts rifle aiming geometry with exploration milestone.
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Roland Amundsen
South Pole
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John Simpson
Mrs. Williams
Ing
Dee. 11
Mrs. Koonee
Main & Frank Streets
Bibletime Book Store
Grand Saline Floral
Hammack
Milam’s Used Cars
Rash & Ritchie Feed
West Side Oil Co
Brookshires
City Pharmacy
G.S. Howe. & Appl
Heddins Chev
Buick
Mistletoe Shoe Shop
Richey-Lee Motors
K. Walens Dept
Saline Butane Co
Carpenter's Dairy Bar
Darby’s Dept. Store
Custom Made
Koonce & Neal Mobil
Saline Lumber Co
Dee
Main
Catfish
Buzz
Admiral Console
Admiral Portable
Zenith Chromacolor
Zenith
Admiral Black and White
RCA
CAR
Walters
N. Main
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