Bronze tribute to vets crafted by lost wax casting
Army Chief Due Gift Here describes the lost wax casting process used to create a bronze tribute. Leftwich prepared the original model in wax, then sent it to a foundry for the first mold. A rubber mold is made in parts, hot wax fills the mold, and after cooling a near perfect pattern emerges.
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Leftwich
Fort Davis
Odessa
Monahans Sandhills State Park
Andrews
Fort Worth Children’s Art Museum
Holloman Air Force Base
New Mexico
Lubbock
LOC
Services for W J Sawyer and Castulo Lara
Services for W J Sawyer 92 of 2610 22nd St are set today at Franklin with burial at Resthaven Memorial Park. Also scheduled are services for Castulo Lara 70 a former Lubbock resident at St Josephs Catholic Church with Rev Aidan Donald officiating. burial details follow.
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Castulo Lara
Lubbock
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Aidan Donald
Services for Mrs. Alta Sandlin Set in Lubbock
Services for Mrs. Alta Sandlin of Rt. 6 Lubbock will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the Rix Funeral Home Chapel with burial at Resthaven Memorial Park. She died about 9:15 a.m. Wednesday in Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital after a long residence in the county since 1901. Survivors include a daughter Mrs. Joe Dewey of Denver and two sons L. H. Sandlin of Lubbock and J. B. Sandlin of Fresno along with several sisters.
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Alta Sandlin
Rt. 6
Lubbock
Rix Funeral Home
Johnny Wilson
First United Methodist Church of Earth
C. T. Jackson
Cooper United Methodist Church
Woodrow
Resthaven Memorial Park
Sandlin
Lubbock County
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
Por Kaufman
Lubbybock County
King
Joe Dewey
Denver
Colo
L. H. Sandlin
WR Lubbock
J. B. Sandlin
Fresno
Calif
Joe Baldridge Sr
R. I. Tubbs
S. E. Conner
Stephenville
G. H. Conner
Itero
Seagraves Man Melvin Francis Dies After Illness
Melvin Lee Francis age 21 of Seagraves died at Brownfield Hospital after a three month battle with leukemia. He was a 1967 Seagraves football team member reaching the state semi finals and worked at Swift Meat Co. in Lubbock. Services are pending at Webb Funeral Home. Survivors include a son Ron and daughter Ava, parents Mr and Mrs SM Francis, two brothers James and Jimmy, a sister Clara Francis, grandparents Alonzo Wilson Cynic Francis and Tom Wilson.
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Seagraves
Melvin Lee Francis
Brownfield Hospital
Webt Funeral Home
Francis
Seagraves High School
Swift Meat Co
Lubbock
Services Today For Mrs Bazar Bazar O'Donnell
Mrs Effie Sue Bazar 70 died Tuesday in Lubbock following an extended illness A native of Corsicana she moved to this area in 1941 Funeral at 2 p m in First Baptist Church with Rev Cletus Caswell and Rev Oral Bowman officiating Burial in O'Donnell Cemetery under White Funeral Home of Tohoka Survivors include three daughters four brothers eight grandchildren and nine great grandchildren
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O'Donnell
Effie Sue Bazar
First Baptist Church
Cletus Caswell
Brownfield
Oral Bowman
D. K. King
Fort Wort
Eddie Smith
Lubbock
WJ. Boney
Edinburg
J. D. Putman
Odus Putman
Stanford
C. A. Putman
Baytown
A. T. Putman
Fort Worth
R P Hinson Funeral Today At Slaton
Funeral services for R. P. Hinson 66 a Slaton resident will be held at 4 p m today at the Evangelical Methodist Church with Rev Linam Prentice officiating Burial will be in Englewood Cemetery under England Funeral Home of Slaton He died about 8 19 pm Tuesday in Mercy Hospital following a lengthy illness He was retired from trucking Survivors include his wife Mel Verne four brothers Monroe J B Elmer of Levelland and Ernest of Snyder and a sister Mrs Mattie Lee Gartmane of Houston
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Slaton
R. P
Hinson
Evangelical Methodist Church
Linam Prentice
Baris
Englewood Cemetery
Mel Verne
Monroe
J. B
Elmer
Levelland
Ernest
Snyder
Mattie Lee Gartmane
Houston
Ruzicka Rites Pending Here
Mrs Fannie Ruvicka dies after a two month illness at St Mary of the Plains Hospital in Lubbock. She moved to Morton in 1946 from Abbott and leaves two sons, three daughters, one sister, and 18 grandchildren with four great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements by Sinseton Funeral Home in Morton.
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Morton
Fannie Ruvicka
Sinseton Funeral Home
Ruvicka
St. Mary of the Plains Hospital
Lubbock
West
Abbott
Joe Beseda
Roso Chandler
Mis
Frances Lewis
List Bees
San
Friona
Jerry
Carl Smythe Rites Arranged in Plainview
Carl C Smythe 60 died after a sudden illness at Central General Hospital. Services 2 p.m. Friday at a Plainview church with Rev Carlos McLeod officiating. Burial at Plainview Memorial Park. Survivors include wife Dessie a son Jerry two daughters ten sisters a brother and five grandchildren. He was a native of Throckmorton and longtime seed company warehouse fireman.
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Plainview
Carl Clayton Smythe
iPlans General Hospital
First Baptist Church
Carlos McLeod
Plainview Memorial Park
Wood-Dunning Funeral Home
Throckmorton
Smythe
Plaineview
Plaineview Seed Company
Dessie
Jerry
Plain Sew
Eason Moore
Bob Hardman
Lubbock
Ernest Culp
Yaanview
Hester Rigf Dumas
Ark
Hershel
Vieluriay
Rites Set Today For Mrs Conner In Jayton Texas
Funeral services for Myrtle Conner 83 will be at 2 30 p m today at First Assembly of God Jayton with Rev A D Stewart officiating Burial will be in Jayton Cemetery under Weathersbee Funeral Home supervision Survivors include three daughters and a son and a grandson The family moved to Texas in 1919 and had lived in Kent County since 1934
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Jayton
Myrtle Conner
Assembly of God
A.D. Stewart
Weathersbee Funeral
Conner
Littlefield
Robert
Kevin Simmons
Byrdstown
Tenn
Lee Simmons
Texas
Kent County
Littlefield Memorial Park
David Jackson
Woodrow
Sudan
Murdoch
Orville Baptist Church
Leslie L. Gatewood
Williams
Comanche
Hammons
Jerry Thompson
Californi
Church of Christ
Buster
California
Willard Cox
Lubbock
Mike White
Littlefield Hospital
Payne Funeral Home
Singapore
Amherst
UPI
Singa
Gatewood
Trashpore
Methodist Hospital
Salem
Ore
South Plains
Oregon
D. Alwis
Gary
Lee
Southeast
Robert Trotter
Ora King
Patricia
Asia
Oliver Simmons
San Antonio
Mr. Hood
Seletar
Morton
Mrs. Freddies
J. B
State
Diessel
Vernon
R. S
Sam D. Garner Services Slated
Sam D. Garner 75 of 2415 Auburn St. was found dead at noon Wednesday at his residence. Death due to natural causes per Justice of the Peace Waynel LeCroy. Services 4 p.m. Friday in W. W. Tax Chapel with burial in Peaceful Gardens Cemetery. Garner a retired carpenter moved here in 1954 from Tulsa. Survived by five sons Carroll of St. Charles Houston Calvin and David of Wichita Falls, a brother Robert of St. Louis, a sister Mrs. Ruth Holmes of Texarkana and 14 grandchildren.
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Sam D. Garner
Auburn St
Nout
Justice of the Peace
Waynel LeCroy
W. W
Burs
Peaceful Gardens
Garner
Tulsa
Roma
Carroll
St. Charles
Houston
Calvin
David
Wichita Falls
Robert
St. Louis, Mo
Ruth Holmes
Texarkana
Mrs Johnsons Services Set In Lubbock
Obituary for Mrs Cezer B Johnson 80 of Lubbock lists services at 2 p m today at Southside Church of Christ with Minister Herman Alexander officiating Memorial Park directed by Rix Funeral Directors. She died Wednesday morning at Golden Lage Nursing Home. Survivors include a daughter Edna Loyd of Lubbock a son Sam Krop of Audrey a sister Mrs Artie Wheeler a brother Pink Scott and 11 grandchildren plus nine great grandchildren. She had lived in Lubbock since 1956.
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Cezer B. Johnson
Lubbock
Southside
Church of Christ
Herman Alexander
Resthaven Memorial Park
Rix
Johnson
Goldenlage Nursing Home
Lind Goodwin
Roaring
Edna Loyd
a|Springs
Sam Krop
Audrey
Brister-Lawson
Artie Wheeler
Home Chapel
Lamesa
Pink Scott
Meridian
Goodwin
Meridian Geriatrics Center
Jess Jenkins
Mrs. Goodwin's Funeral Today
Meridian special edition notes the funeral service for Mrs. Goodwin held today with local mourners and community members paying respects. Details on location and time are presented in concise obituary fashion.
Retrospection Poem by Julien C
A reflective verse praising enduring faith gratitude and life’s blessings. The speaker thanks God for health independence hope and love while recalling long years of achievement and kindness from friends and family.
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Julien C
Larmer Rites Slated Today
Services for E R Larmer 85 father of William F Larmer of Lubbock will be at 2 pm today at Polytechnic Baptist Church Fort Worth with Dr Woodson Arms of Dallas officiating Greenwood Funeral Home handles arrangements Larmer died Tuesday at Hart Medical Center after injuries from a January automobile accident Survivors include his wife another son Jack B Larmer seven grandchildren and one great grandchild
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Fort Worth
E. R. Larmer
William F. Larmer
St. Lubbock
Polytechnic Baptist Church
Woodson
Arms of
Dallas
Greenwood Funeral Home
Larmer
Hart Medical Center
Sulphur
Okla
Lubbock
Jack B. Larmer
Rites Planned for Mrs Jesse L Tucker in Gordon
Services for Mrs Jesse L Alma Tucker 72 longtime Gordon resident will be held Friday at First Baptist Church Gordon with Rev Ronnie Armstrong officiating Burial is set at New Gordon Edwards Funeral Home Strawn She died after a sudden heart attack at 745 am Wednesday at her Gordon home She was born in Palo Pinto County She is survived by her husband a son Thurman Tucker of Oklahoma City six grandchildren and two great grandchildren
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Jesse L
Alma) Tucker
Bill Dennis
39Th St
First Baptist Church
Thurman
Tucker
Oklahoma City
Dughter
Edwin Hunter
Pains
Ernest Cuwford
Sapulpa
Okla
William Rumback
Long Beach
Calif
J V. Lovington
Myrtle H. Logsdon
Whitier
Lakeside
Hockley County
Denton
Mangum
Levelland
Lubbock
Smith Funeral Home Memorial Chapel
Don Murray
Parkview Assembly of God
Morris
Sheets
Trinity Church
City of Levelland
Logsdon
Annie Allen
Cathryn Farmer
Odessa
Ray Spinks
Grapevine
iHomer Huggins
Brownwood
Fred Huggins
Dallas
James Robards Rites Planned for 87 in Bovina
James W Robards 87 of Bovina died at Lubbock University Convalescent Center. Rites set for 2 20 p m Friday at Church of Christ with Cecil Bunch. burial Friona Frional Claborn Funeral Home. Survives include eight daughters and two sons. siblings and many grandchildren listed.
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Rovina
James W. Robards
Dovis
Church of Christ
Cecil Bunch
Frional
Claborn Funeral Home
Friona
Robards
Ovina
Lubbock
University Convalescent
Irene Wiley
Mesquite
Jessie Gamer
Cooper
Lamesa Couple Killed in Two-Car Wreck Rites Planned
Services for Horatio Hardage 67 and his wife Emily 68 of Lamesa set for Friday at the Church of the Nazarene with Rev J R Smith and J B Hudson officiating. Interments at Branon Cemetery and Lamesa Memorial Park will be directed by Branon Funeral Home. The couple died Tuesday after a collision on U S 180 west of Lamesa. driver Avalino Ortiz 58 of El Paso was injured and listed in satisfactory condition. The Hardages had lived in Lamesa for years and leave multiple children and siblings.
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Lamesa
Horatio Hardage
Emily
Here
U.S. 180
Church of the Nazarene
J. R. Smith
J. B. Hudson
Pecos
Hardage
Brnon
Vernon
South Plains
Glenn Hibbens
A. C Gauntt
Fort Worth
Beulah Koffman
Riverside Calif
Barbara Brown
Kingsville
Effie Cunningham
Pineville
Katie Graham
Blanchard
Okla
A Hardage
Mrs. Williams Rites Pending After Sundown Auto Crash
Mrs. Finn Mae Williams 66 died at South Plains Hospital after a one day stay. Services pending at George Price Funeral Home Levelland. She was a Wood County native who lived in Sundown two years, moving from Morton. Survivors include a daughter and six brothers and three sisters. Two Lubbock residents were injured in the crash on Quirt Avenue in Sundown.
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Finn Mae Williams
South Plains Hospital
George Price
Levelland
Wood County
Williams
Sundown
Morton
Lubbock
Speedy Lindsey
Fred Fore
al Carter
W. S
H. B
T. G. Carter
Sun- Quirt Avenue
Down
J. N. Carter
Lufkin
Hattie Fleming
Norman W. G. Carter
Tonico
Ill
Gean Fleming
L. C. Beech
Kearney
A. J
Methodist Hospital
Richards
Ike Shults
Denver City
Georgel
Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Theodore Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln
Chota
Tenn
South Dakota
E C Pettigrew Services Friday in Justiceburg
Earnest Claud Pettigrew, 82, retired farmer and Justiceburg resident since 1922, died Wednesday in West Texas Hospital Lubbock. Funeral at Justiceburg Baptist Church with Rev. A T Nixon and Rev A C Hardin officiating. Burial in Ter race Cemetery. Survivors include his wife Alta Witherspoon Pettigrew, three sons E C Jr Borger Hern Slaton Tom Brownfield, four daughters Gladys Morgan Slaton Geneva Crowley Wellington Ran Evelyn Raca Plainview and Bessie Hale Greenville, a sister Wesley Gottwell Del Rio, 18 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren.
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Post
Earnest Claud Pettigrew
Justiceburg
West Texas Hospital
Lubbock
Justiceburg Baptist Church
A. T. Nixon
A. C. Hardin
Terrace Cemetery
Hadran Funeral Home
Pettigrew
Kimble County
Alta Witherspoon
Maverick
Channing
E. C. Jr
Borger
Hern
Slaton
Tom
Brownfield
Gladys Morgan
Geneva Crowley
Wellington Ran
Mrs Beechly rites planned in Abilene for 86 year old
Mrs Georgia Beechly 86 of Ralls and formerly Abilene will be buried in Elmwood Cemetery after services at Elliott Funeral Home Chapel of Memories in Abilene with Archie Scarbrough officiating. She died in Fort Worth after a brief illness. Survivors include five daughters, three sons, two brothers, one sister, and many grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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Abilene
Georgia Beechly
Ralls
Elliott Funeral Home
Archie Scarbrough
Elmwood Cemetery
Beechly
Fort Worth
Verna Goen
Spur
Laura Bachman
Addie Chandler
Ruth Cliro
Lubbock
Rachel Estes
Ventura
Calif
Arnir McKinney
Big Spring
J. L
Oran
Earl Boling
Ireland
Tex
Robert Boling
Canyon
Mrs. Ett: Ifaver
Mortons special service for Payne and Logsdon rites
Funeral services for F Z Payne Sr and Mrs Myrtle Logsdon set in Texas towns with burial in Resthaven Mausoleum and Levelland City Cemetery. Attendees include relatives such as Wed Jr, Edwin Hunter, Annie Allen, Cathryn Farmer, CR Logsdon, and many siblings, with honors from local churches and Masons. Families relocate from Mangum and Levelland to Lubbock area.
Funeral Planned For H. J. Bice
Funeral services for Hulett J. Bice 69 of 4703 th St will be held at 10 a m Friday at Resthaven Singleton-Wilson Funeral Home with Dr Dudley Brain officiating Assisting will be Nate Cooper Pete Reagus Burial will be in Resthaven Memorial Park Bice a resident of Lubbock since 1968 died about 145 pm Wednesday at St Marys Hospital after a lengthy illness He was a retired real estate broker Survivors include a daughter Mrs Lynn Ly of Lubbock a sister Mrs Lree Benson of Las Vegas Nev and three
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hulett J. Bice
Resthaven
Singleton Wilsonuneral
Dudley Brain
First Christian Church
Nate Cooper
Monterey Church of Christ
Pete Reagus
Resthaven Memorial
Ark Rice
Lubbock
St. Mary's Hospital
Lynn Ly
Lree Benson
Las Vegas
Nev
Sidberry Infant Services Today
Funeral services for Kenneth Sidberry infant son of T Sat and Mrs Staten McLean Sidberry will be at 2 30 p m today at St Luke s Baptist Church with Rev A L Jones officiating Burial will be in Peaceful Gardens Cemetery under Jamison Funeral Home direction The child died at home Saturday Justice of the Peace Wayne LeCroy ruled death natural Causes Sgt Sidberry is stationed in Vietnam Survivors include one sister LaTanaya Skief Sidberry and grandparents Isiah Skief Sr and William Sidberry plus great grandparents Richard Skief of 2611 Hickory St Jacksonville N C and other relatives
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Sidberry
T. Sat
Staten McLean Sidberry
St. Luke's
A. L. Jones
Peaceful Gardens
Jamison Funeral Home
Justice of the Peace
Wayne LeCroy
Sgt
Sidberry
Vietnam
U. S. Air Force
LaTanaya Skief Sidberry
Isiah Skief Sr
28Th St
Apt. B
William Sidberry
Jacksonville
N.C
Richard Skief
Hickory St
Funeral Pending for G. L. Davis
G. L. Davis 65 husband of former New Home resident Billie June Baich died Wednesday in a Galveston hospital after a long illness. Services are pending in Galveston. He lived there and worked at Kane Boiler Works. Survivors include his wife two daughters Patricia and Nettie and two grandchildren.
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NEW Home
G. L. Davis
New Hom
Galveston
Davis
Billie June Baich
Kane
Paticia
The
Home
Nettie
New York
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22Nd St
Franklin
Bartley Funeral Home
Sawyer
Peaceful Gardens Memorial Park
Sanders Funeral Home
Lara
Scottsbluff
Neb
Selma Lock
George C. Price
Lack
Norberto Diaz
Avalanche - Journal
Felix Owens
Rt. 2
Robert (. Wright
South Plains Trial Laws Association
Embers
50Th Street
Avenue Q
Wright
Mike Worley
Association
Kyle Kenneth Kingery
Roaring Springs
Roaring Springs First Baost
Seizler Funeral Home
Matador
Kingery
Lay Grange
Maines Brothers
Hodges Community Center
1St Street
University Avenue
Irma Luni
Ist
June Galvan
Baylor St
Ward
50Th
Boston Avenue
Louis Benton
Red Cross
ABC
Ave
Tony Nicholas
Leven Fletcher
Olton
Sheila Turner
Retha Turner
Redbud Ave
E. 24Th Street
W. C. Westmoreland
Loc Friday
Bazar
R. P. Hinson
Ruzicka
Carl C. Smythe
Mrs. Conner
Robert Simmons
L. L. Gatewood
Mrs. Johnson
Mrs. Goodwin
Western Airlines
Ontario, Calif
James Robards
Ron Spears
Nettie Knight
Tucson
Ariz
Pearl Clevinger
Newport Beach
Maggie Coffey
Santa Cruz
Davie Anderson
Oklahoma
Houston Beaubien
Difs
Dan Shrrows
Adyquerque Tribune
E. C. Pettigrew
Mrs
F. Z. Payne
H. J. Bice
Sidberry Infant's
Piesthamen
19Th St. Lubbock, Texas
G. L Davis
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