Obituaries from Lovington and West Texas
Obituaries report Jo seph Warren Barber age 67 found dead at home in Lovington with services pending at Smith Rogers. Also notes O B Greaves 62 of Lamesa funeral 2 p m Monday at North 14th Street Church of Christ with burial in Lames Memorial Park. Other notices include Louis Lorimer 72 in Omaha and Fred Neal 72 of Turkey with services planned, plus Louis Millard Ratliff 69 of Littlefield and other survivors and memorials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O.B. Greaves
North 14Th Street Church of Christ
Larry Marshall
Vernon
Lames Memorial Park
Greaves
Medical Arts Hospital
Lamesa Sire
Coleman
North 4Th Street Church of Christ
Mrs Morris White Deer to Be Buried in Claude Cemetery
Mrs Morris White Deer 61 former teacher at Ralls and O Donnell will be laid to rest at Claude Cemetery. Funeral arrangements handled by Carmichael Whalley Funeral Home of Pamyi with burial following at the Claude cemetery after her death at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Deer
John T. Morris
Ralls and
O'Donnell
Pan Uxlay
First United Methodist Church
Claude Cemetery
Carmichael Whalley
Pamyi
Morris
Lillie Phillips Dies. Longtime Texas Educator
Lillie Phillips of Abilene aged 54 dies after a career as a teacher in O'Donnell and Claude schools. A Claude native and University of Texas graduate, she had lived in Seagraves and other Texas locales and was involved with community education projects. Funeral plans were pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friday Niight
Claude
Mor Tie
University of Texas
Een Seagraves
O'Donnell
Lillie Shrum Balis
Abilene
The Greatest Gift Love Faith and Hope
A devotional verse by Julien Cryer highlighting faith hope and love as core virtues. The poem cites First Corinthians 13 13 and urges reliance on divine love to ease life and improve relations with others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Julien Cryer
Annie Norris 81 Services Held In Tulia
Annie Norris 81 longtime Tulia resident died Friday night in a Tulia nursing home. Funeral services were held today at Wallace Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Gerald Tidwell officiating. Burial followed at Rose Hill Cemetery. She was born in Sala doc and moved to Tulia in 1925. Survivors include son George Bozeman of Canyon three daughters Peggy Stewart Hazel Cox and Lorene Walker all of Tulia two brothers Obra L Kuykendall Amarillo and Joy Kuykendall Albuquerque NM two sisters Pearl Lotinsen Panhandle and Mamie Bell Irving TX 27 great grandchildren and 9 grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulia
Annie Lou Norris
Wallace Funeral Home
Gerald Tidwell
First Baptist Church
Rose Hill Cemetery
Tulsa
Norris
Saladoc
Ound
First Baptist Church of
George Bozeman
Canyon
Peggy Stewart
Hazel Cox
Lorene Walker
Tulin
Obra L., Kuykendall
Amarillo
Joy Kuykendall
Albuquerque
Uwe
Pearl Lotinsen
Panhandle
Mamie Bell
Irving
Mrs Kate Thomas 87 Shallowater resident dies at Ray's Hospital
Kate Thomas 87 of Shallowater died Saturday at Ray’s Hospitality Home after a lengthy illness. A Shallowater resident for 58 years moving from Parker County she belonged to First Baptist Church. Survived by two brothers Raymond and Sam J both of Shallowater and two sisters Mrs Ord Vincent Dublin and Mrs C J McConnell Dublin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Thomas
Shallowater
Franklin-Bartley
Miss Thomas
Ray
Parkers County
First Baptist Church
Shallowwater
Raymond
Sam J
Shllowater
Ord Vincent
C.J. McConnell
Dublin
Obituary Briefs For Granville Lee Boone and Others
Obituary briefs list several services and burials across Texas and New Mexico. Granville Lee Boone 47 died after arrival at a Medical Center Hospital with services in Odes and Sunset Memorial Gardens. Paul Chavez Jr. 25 to be buried in Fort Sumner New Mexico after his parachute accident. Mrs Tressie Harmon 62 of Midland to be buried Resthaven after 2 p.m. service. FE Price Havins 86 of Rotan to be laid to rest at Dowell Cemetery. Willis Henderson Jr. 64 of Spur to be buried Spur Cemetery after 2 p.m. service. Alexander W Russell 72 Hobbs to be buried Memory Gardens after First Christian Church rites. Mrs AL OB Taff Sr. 82 former Lubbock resident to be buried City of Lubbock Cemetery after 1 a.m. Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granville Lee
Boone
Hubbard-Kelly
Funeral Home Chapel
Odes
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Medical Center Hospital
Paul Chavez Jr
Baylor Ave
Julian Mortuary Chapel
Fort Sumner
N.M
Chavez
Lubbock
FE. P
Havins
Weathersbee Chapel
Rotan
Dowell
Justin
Willis R. Henderson Jr
Bethel Baptist Church
Spur
Campbell Funeral Homie
Henderson
Alexander W Russell
Hobbs
First Christian Church
Burndo
Memory Gardens
Griffin Funeral Home
Russell
AL Ob.taff Sr
Bud Robinson
Lys Sith St
Sopam
Church In Christ
Childress
City of Lubbock
Sanders Funeral Home
POWs Plan Convention in Las Vegas Aims for Political Activity
Returned American POWs from North Vietnam form Red River Valley Association and plan a national convention in Las Vegas this August. Col James H Kasler says the group is considering political activity with a general layout but no specifics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Ind
Las Vegas
Nev
James H. Kasler
Saturday Kasler
Indianapolis
North Vietnam
Red River Valley
Red River Valley Association
Alrready
Kasler
Militant Indians and Government Face Patchy Peace Pact
Wounded Knee South Dakota tensions persist as militants and federal officials clash over terms of a truce and disarmament plan. AIM leader Russell Means demands a signed Washington pact before disarming, while Frizzell notes no meeting until Indians accept settlement terms. Means plans to verify aid to Wounded Knee and asserts the pact as a step toward treaty rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wounded Knee
S.C
Nixon
Washington
Russell Means
American Indian Movement
ALM
U.S. Asst. Atty
Kent Frizzell
Means
White House
Frizzell
AIM
Richard R. Hellstren
U.S
Justice Department
Hellstren
United States
Sierra Club Meeting in Lubbock at Texas Tech University
The Sierra Club monthly meeting will be at 8 p.m. Wednesday in room 113 of the Plant Science Building at Texas Tech University. A film on the lower canyons of the Rio Grande will be shown followed by a discussion. Open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sierra Club
Lubbock
Plant Science
Texas Tech University
Rio Grande
Thieu Lays Wreath At Grave Of LBJ
South Vietnam President Thieu laid a wreath at Lyndon Johnsons grave near the LBJ ranch in Stonewall Texas and viewed the hill country he loved. He spoke with Mrs Johnson, bowed at the grave, and examined the redwood planter containing a living rose bush. He attended a luncheon then met with U.S. leaders about continued economic aid and military support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thieu
Lyndon Johnson
Nguyen van Thieu
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Stonewall
Tex
South Vietnam
Mrs. Johnson
U.S
Russia
China
North Vienam
Auto Mishap Near Hobbs Kills One
A 47 year old Artesia woman Margaret Ruth Hightower died when her car left a 20 foot embankment on state road 529 nine miles north of Hobbs Lea County New Mexico State Police said the vehicle tumbled end over end and she was dead on arrival at Hobbs Lea General Hospital Services for Hightower will be at 3 p m Monday in Artesia First Presbyterian Church with burial in Woodbine Cemetery Artesia under Terpening Paulin Mortuary The article notes her family including two sons a daughter a sister and two grandchildren and lists Portales Port Arthur Enid Oklahoma Newberg Oregon and Oklahoma City as places tied to relatives
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Hobbs
Margaret Ruth Hightower
Artesia N.M
Lea County
Hightower
New Mexico
Fire claims seven in one family in Maine
A predawn blaze in St George Maine killed seven members of the Newbert family. Adelbert Newbert and two sons escaped as investigators examined the two story home where fire consumed the structure, touching off a state fire marshal and trooper inquiry. The victims include William and Alice Newbert, Lawrence and Gloria Newbert, and three children Angel Larrabee Georgia Larrabee and Sammie Newbert. The fire reportedly began near a space heater and raged through every room. The town sits several miles north of Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. George
Maine
UPI
Adelbert Newbert
Ofis
Knox County Sheriff's Office
William Newbert
Alice
Lawrence Newbert
Gloria
Angel Larrabee
Georgia Larrabee
Sammie Newbert
Larrabee
St George
Edward Davis
Portland
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Joseph Barber
Lovington
Joseph Warren Barber
Barber
Running Water
First United Methodist Church of
Eddie J
Tucson
Ariz
Robert A
Charles H
Singapore
Susan Townsend
Rentonville
Ark
L.N
Lorry
Layfayette
Bonnie Jones
Bakersville
Calif
Ray Blakely
Smith-Rogers
O. B. Greaves
Lewis Larimer
Omaha
Neb
Lowis James Larimer
Faith United Presbyterian Church
Papillion
Richard Skelley
Hillcrest Cemetery
Kahler Mortuary
Papillon
Lorimer
Veterans Administration
Danville
Towa
Siberia
Ruth Bush
Richmond
Annetta Glynn
Hugh Lorimer
Fort Worth
Robert Lorimer
Englewood
Colo
Terry
Houston
University of Texas At Austin
Thomas Lester
Phillips
T. L. Leach
Myron Melton
Okla
Paul Beach
George Dashier
Vega
Imogene Bagwell
Don Bagwell
Fred Neal
Mer Seagrave
Webb
Seagraves
Lamesa
Joe Shrum
Turkey
Harry Grimes
Areajof Seagraves
J.C. Butcarpenter
Odessa
First Baptist
Dreamland Cemetery
Seigler
Neal
Justice of the Peace
Curtis Tunnell
Port Arthur
Iva
Fred
Frances Hulen
Margaret Perkins
Floydada
Joe
Paris
Bill
Ollie Wright
Hale Center
Louis M. Ratliff
Littlefield
Louis Millard Ratliff
Littlefield Hospital
A. J. Kennemer
Littlefield Memorial Park
Hammons
Anita Leigon
Colorado
Mamie James
Nora Harrison
Essie Bales
Edith Glover
Katie Steffey
Faye Wilkerson
Mrs. Morris
Lillie Phillips
The
Annie Norris
Raphael de la Colina
Mexico
Organization of American States
LBJ
Lady Bird
Louisiana
Lubbock Monument Works
Georgia
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