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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1971
Page
3
Mrs. Burnett bought a Kennedy family plate at 99 cents. The plate shows the Kennedys at a door in garden greenery with a red blur on the image. Experts say the smear is baked on and cannot be removed by detergents.
Igor Stravinsky known as the Einstein of musical art and a defining 20th century composer died on Tuesday at his Fifth Avenue home. He was 88, with contemporaries calling him the greatest and most influential figure in modern music.
Russian-born composer Igor Stravinsky, famed for The Rite of Spring, died in Beverly Hills after years of ill health. He fled Paris after 1913 protests, later became a French and then American citizen, and remained prolific into his eighties. Russian Orthodox funeral planned in Venice with burial in San Michele.
Services for Mrs. Alice Sowers 96 of Littlefield will be at 4 p.m. today in Hammons Funeral Chapel with Cecil Tune officiating. Burial will be in Anton Cemetery. She died about 10:45 a.m. Tuesday at Knight’s Rest home. Survivors include brother C. B. Marshall Wichita Kansas and two sisters Mrs. J C Grace Anton and Mrs Dora Duncan Houston.
McADOO special services planned for W I Moore at 2 30 p m Thursday at First Baptist Church. Officiants include Rev Jim Ransom Rev James Vickery and Rev Jack Welch of Lubbock. Burial by King Funeral Home Crosbyton. Moore a Garland County Ark native who moved to McAdoo in 1928 was a church deacon. Survivors include wife Emly Lee daughter Mrs Sam Brown son W H Moore two sisters Mrs Dora Caldwell Mrs Nancy Burgess brother Joe five grandchildren and a great grandchild.
Charles A. Dehn was installed as exalted ruler of the Lubbock Elks Lodge Tuesday night. Other officers include Douglas B. Davis esquire lecturing knight Leon A Hedgepeth leading knight Richard P. Landry loyal knight Earl Pettister Ed Byers inner guard Jay Hagan Chaplain Ron Svihovec esquire Frank D. Watts treasurer Thomas J. Womack secretary. Don Heath appointed five year trustee and Jim Fitzpatrick one year trustee.
Services for DeWitt C. Fyffe 82 of Floydada will be at 10 30 a m today at the First Christian Church with Rev DeWayne Grimes officiating Burial will be in Floydada Cemetery under Moore Rose Funeral Home direction Fyffe a Floydada resident since 1916 died about 1 30 p m Monday in Fort Worth He was a retired businessman He leaves three sons Clinton DeWinn and Barry and six daughters Mrs A V Stewart Mrs Bill Shurbet Mrs J D Moore Mrs Bonnie Cavin Mrs Inis Batman and Mrs James Borrows.
Mrs Elizabeth Morrow 89 will be buried in Sudan Cemetery after funeral at Sudan Church of Christ at 2 30 p m with minister Mike White and Willard Cox of Lubbock. Singleton Ellis Funeral Home of Muleshoe directs. Survivors include two sons Hale Moffitt and B Moffat one daughter Mrs R E Allen two sisters two brothers and four grandchildren
Jim Stephens 67 dies after brief illness in Wichita Falls General Hospital. Funeral at First Baptist Church Paducah officiated by Rev Robert Beck with burial at Garden of Memories Cemetery. He lived in Paducah, later Roswell New Mexico, worked for a school system, returned to Paducah five months ago. Survived by Frances two sons James and Bill a brother Vernon three sisters and five grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements for 61 year old Fred Shaw of Lubbock are pending at McCarty Funeral Home in Littlefield. Shaw’s body was moved from Sedberry Funeral Home in Lubbock after being found at his home Monday. Justice of the Peace F H Bolen ruled the death due to asphyxiation caused by a gas heater burning at maximum flame and soot darkening the walls.
Services for John Winfield Walters 58 of Amherst will be at 2 p.m. today at Hammons Funeral Chapel with Rev. Glenn Willson officiating. Burial is in Littlefield Memorial Park. Walters died about 10:10 p.m. Monday at Methodist Hospital in Lubbock after a lingering illness. He is survived by two daughters Mrs. Bob Atwood of Hurst and Mrs. Roy Worthington of Fort Worth a mother Mrs. George Walters of Fort Worth four brothers Cart Howard Travis and Truett all of Fort Worth four sisters Mrs C L Taylor Mrs L R Beaver both of Fort Worth Mrs Ruth Raborn of Gad Prairie and Mrs Leroy Boger of Ohio and five others.
Mrs George M Blackwell 8 6 of 1507 Ave U died about 2 10 p m Tuesday at St Mary of the Plains Hospital She belonged to St Hilda Gaily at St Pauls Episcopal Church and the Lubbock Cerebral Palsy Treatment Center Survivors include three sons Bay Ed and George Jr Seaboard Denver Colo one brother R H Stewart St Petersburg Fla two sisters Mrs James Wilson Oviedo Fla and Mrs Anne D Barrett Los Angeles Calif six grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Marvin Thomas 71 of Roosevelt community near Slaton died at Mercy Hospital after a brief illness. Funeral arrangements with England Funeral. A Parker County native who moved here in the 1920s, he farmed until retirement. Survived by Edna his wife a daughter Maxine Searsy of Kress three brothers Jess Eph Harvey and a sister Maud Richards and two grandsons.
Funeral services for Mrs. Johnnie Virginia Merrell 73 of Quitaque will be held at 3 p.m. in Fremont First Baptist Church with Rev. Leo Cole and Dr. Neal Record officiating. Burial follows at Edgar Cemetery. She died Monday afternoon after a lengthy illness at her home nine miles southwest of Quitaque. Survivors include husband Warren three daughters and three sons two sisters a brother and many grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Curtis Taylor Miller 53 of Bovina died about 3 a m Tuesday at Palmer County Community Hospital Friona. Services at 2 30 p m today at First Baptist Church burial in Bovina Cemetery directed by Clabhorn Funeral Home Friona. Miller a Sweetwater Oklahoma native moved to Bovina 13 years ago from Portales where he served on the police force. He worked with farmers and ranchers in Bovina. Survivors include two sons Monty Ray of Montana and Lamon of Denver Colorado two daughters Mrs Joyce Brewer and Patsy, both of Denver, three sisters Mrs Marion Fulton of Newport Washington Mrs Louise Higgins of Lewis Colorado and Mrs Geneva Brown of California and two brothers O V of Borger and M A of Lubbock.
Services for Dolly Smith 46 of Dimmitt will be held at 3 p.m. today at the First Baptist Church with burial at Dim mitt Cemetery under Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home Amarillo guidance. Smith died about 7:30 p.m. Sunday at High Plains Baptist Hospital in Amarillo. Surviving are two daughters Jo Ann at home and Madelyn Holt of Lubbock, her mother Minnie Williams of Amarillo, a sister Madelyn Myers of Amarillo, and a brother Jack Williams of Longview.
Mrs. Lillie Mae Everett 87 longtime area resident died Tuesday at Garza Memorial Hospital after two days as patient. She married C. B. Everett on Oct 3 1897 in Meridian moved to this area in 1907 from Bosque County. Survivors include two daughters Mrs. Clarence George of Alexandria Louisiana and Mrs. W L Dick Wood of Post five grandchildren two great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren.
A note on preaching Romans 10 15 urging ministers and laymen to practice what they preach and to show by example that their methods are sound Julien C Hyer quotes urging action over mere words to meet the mill run test in daily life
Thomas Springer 79 brother of Mrs E F Smith of 2505 25th St will have services at 1130 a m today at Hollywood Memorial Park Hollywood Calif He died Friday in Hollywood He was an early pilot receiving his license in 1914 an instructor and test pilot for Glenn L Martin Co and flew for Western Air Express on the first mail routes He received a citation as an airmail pilot helped manufacture and tested the first plane for Dallas He was VP and GM of the Fl Segundo division of Douglas Aircraft at retirement Springer's flying record is in bronze at the Smithsonian Institution for his contribution to the industry
Services for Mrs Dana Payne 76 of Roaring Springs will be at 2 30 p m today at the Assembly of God with pastor Ben Dillard officiating Burial will be in Roaring Springs Cemetery under Seigler Funeral Home of Matador Survivors include two daughters Emily Queen of El Monte and Dimple Pittman of Odessa a brother Perry Reed of Mena Ark two sisters Rhodie Latrine of Del Rio and Trilby Anderson of Suprise Ariz 13 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren
Two prisoners shot Genesee County sheriffs deputies in a Flint dentist's office. Deputy Walker died at the scene and Deputy Abbott was wounded, later treated at Hurley Hospital. Prisoners Macklin and Chipman fled with weapons. a third prisoner Bailey alerted police. Police hunted them with help from southeast Michigan.
Services for Maria Alina Mancias 45 will be at St. Ann's Church with Rev. David Gecka officiating. Burial at Morton Memorial Cemetery. Mancias died in a two car crash five miles west of Lubbock on Texas 116. Surviving husband Maximo 44 and daughters Josie 9 Juanita 9 Elva 5. Juanita and Elva in serious condition. Josie in fair condition. Sister Sophella Salas Paso and brother Blasi Ortega California noted as survivors.
Funeral services for Eugene Sanders Smith 75 a Levelland resident and retired farmer are pending at George Price Funeral Home. He died about 3 40 p m Tuesday in South Plains Hospital He is survived by four sons Boyd and Glenn of Wilcox Arizona Ned of Dimmitt J H Chick of Levelland three brothers Guy Fort Worth Bob Milford Aubrey Cleburne Tom and F A both of Waxahachie three sisters Mrs Margaret Hickman Garland Mrs Ruth Compton Waxahachie and Mrs Eva Gilly Fort Worth and four grandchildren.
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