Obituaries for Doylee Ferguson and Virgil Looper
Funeral services for Doylee Ferguson of Dawson County were held at First Baptist Church with burial in Lamesa Memorial Park. He died after a heart attack at Medical Arts Hospital aged 61, survived by a son, a daughter, a brother, and five grandchildren. Virgil Scott Looper, formerly of Lamesa, died at Overland Park Kansas at 68. burial followed at Branon Funeral Chapel with services led by Rev. Abe Hester and Rev. Cecil Foster. He was a retired trucker, native of Cleburne, and survived by a daughter, two sisters, a brother, and six grandchildren.
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Dawson County
Doylee Ferguson
First Baptist Church
Jerry Parkaple
Allen Hahn
Church of Christ
Lamesa Memorial Park
Branon Funeral Home
Ferguson
Medical Arts Hospital
Sparenberg
Runnels County
Virgil Scott Looper
Lamesa
Branon Funeral
Abe Hester
Second Baptist Church
Cecil Foster
Northside Baptist Church
Mr. Looper
Overland Park
Kansas
Cleburne
Vernon Looper
San Antonio
James Gibson
Overland Park, Kansas
Velma Gilley
St Louis
Thelma Boyd
St. Clair
Memorial Rites Set for Melvin Ratliff of Lamesa
Funeral services for Melvin Ratliff 58 long time Dawson County resident are scheduled for 2 p m Friday at Branon Funeral Home Chapel with burial in O Donnell Cemetery Ratliff died Tuesday in John Sealy Hospital Galveston He lived in Lamesa 26 years and O Donnell 30 years He was a farmer and trucker and a lifelong Baptist Church member Survivors include wife Georgia three sons Joe Reed Ronnie Ratliff and Donnie Ratliff all of Lamesa one daughter Juanita Weatherford Roswell NM one sister Opal Richardson Tucumcari NM two brothers Vernon Ratliff Weatherford and Clyde Ratliff Cuba NM and 15 grandchildren.
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Dawson County
Melvin Ratliff
Branon Funeral Home
O'Donnell
Ratliff
John Sealy Hospital
Galveston
Lamesa
Georgia
Joe Reed
Ronnie Ratliff
Donnie Ratliff
Juanita Weatherford
Roswell
N_M
Opal Richardson
Tucumcari
Vernon Ratliff
Weatherford
Clyde Ratliff
Cuba
N.M
Evening Lions honor Little League players with Coaches All American Game tickets
The Lamesa Evening Lion's Club presented the Co-op Little League team and managers with tickets to the Coaches All American Game this Saturday in Lubbock. The gesture recognizes them as the season's top Little League performers.
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Evening Lions
Lamesa
Evening Lion’s Club
Lubbock
Rush To Attend State Meetings In Texas Hospital Group
Ruben E. Rush administrator of Medical Arts Hospital and elected chairman-elect of the Central Permian Basin Division of the Texas Hospital Association will attend annual planning meetings in Austin on June 21 22 He will also participate in orientation programs for new officials and help plan education projects for the coming year Ralph Chalfant administrator of General Hospital Iraan Bush will serve as chairman-elect until May 1974 and sit on the THA House of Delegates They will coordinate between the association and member hospitals across fifteen counties Loving Winkler Ector Midland Glasscock Ward Crane Upton Reagan Reeves Pecos Terrell Andrews Martin and Howard counties are in the division)
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Ruben E. Rush
Medical Arts Hospital
Central Permian Basin
Texas Hospital Association
Austin
Rush
Ralph Chalfant
General Hospital
Iraan
Bush
THA House of Delegates
Counties
Loving, Winkler, Ector, Midland
Glasscock, Ward, Crane, Upton, Regan, Reeves, Pecos
Terrell, Andrews, Martin and
Howard
Clothing Course Underway For High School Girls
A special class in clothing construction for high school girls is underway taught by Mrs Glenadine Holman. The homemaking session runs daily 1 30 to 4 p m through June 29 and the class began Monday. Beginning July 2 the instructor will lead a separate adult course July 2 to July 6 focusing on men’s clothing construction.
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Glenadine Holman
Judy McBrayer
Jana Tyler
Gloria Wellington
Janet Reynolds
Darragh Land
Cindy Gibson
Holman
Local Teacher Joins Summer Vocational Certification Program
A Lamesa educator, B A Burchard of 111 N 24th St, participates with 150 others in SWTSU summer classes from June 4 to July 10 for vocational industrial certification. The program, Texas Education Agency approved, offers emergency one-year certificates and a path to provisional certification after completing six courses and a government course.
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Lamesa
Southwest Texas State University
B.A. Burchard
24Th St
Burchard
Lamesa High School
Southwest Texas
Texas
Texas Education Agency
Hospital Admission and Discharge List Saturday
In the hospital Saturday admissions include Mrs Herbert Wilcox Gerald Leon Cantrell Sus an Coffman. Dismissals list Fred Henderson William Gentry Mrs Jack Felts Mrs Ben Kunkel Mrs Jackie Merrill and baby boy Mrs Santiago Moralez Mrs D E Butchee Mrs Dow Davis R L Price Mr Jewel Mason Antonio Enriquez. Surgical includes Boyd Bradford Gerald Leon Cantrell Earl Clark Mrs Calvin Smith. Monday admissions list Bobby Furlow Mrs David Lee Mrs J A Britt CG Painter Mrs Clinton White Antonio Enriquez Mrs Domingo Zamarripas Mrs Santiago Moralez Mrs D E Butchee Mrs Lela Fern Neville Mrs Tom Tyler Susan Coffman Mrs Edward Villereal. Tuesday admissions include Danny Paris James Tomlison Mrs Dow Davis Mrs Andalaiso Quintero.
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Fred Henderson
William Gentry
Jack Felts
Ben Kunkel
Jackie Merrill
Santiago Moralez
D.E. Butchee
Dow Davis
R.L. Price
Jewel Mason
Antonio Enriquez
Bobby Furlow
David Lee
J.A. Britt
CG. Painter
Clinton White
Breakfast Menu at Center Hosts by Mrs Allen
The event offers homemade biscuits with sides and extras. Mrs Juanita Allen serves as hostess. All are invited and transportation to the Center is available by calling beforehand.
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Juanita Allen
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Perfecta Ramos
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Closeup
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Charles F. Bratcher
South First
Jcpenney
Mrs. Herbert Wilcox
Gerald Leon Cantrell
Susan Coffman
Surgical Boyd Bradford
Earl Clark
Calvin Smith
Surgical
John Paul Sisk
Danny Paris
James Tomlison
Andalaiso Quintero
Zenith B&w
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Houston Ave
Senior Citizens Center
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