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Newspaper

Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 16, 1973

Page

4

Obituaries for Sonya Bromley and Don L. Brown

Sunday services were planned for Sonya Bromley of Plainview a former Daily Herald editor and hospital volunteer who died after a lengthy illness. Also reported were funeral plans for Don L. Brown a Bosque County native and Amherst area resident who died at his Lubbock home. survivors and church affiliations listed.

Don L. Brown 6Th Street Resthaven-Singleton-Wilson Brown Bosque County Lubbock Amherst Church of Christ Martha Karl Robinson Ave. R

Plainview News Editor Bryant Dies in Tornado

Services for David Chesterfield Bryant Plainview Daily Herald news editor and tornado victim will be held at 2 p m Tuesday at First Baptist Church with Dr Carlos McLeod officiating Burial will follow at Parklawn Memorial Gardens under Lemons Funeral Home Bryant died after storm injuries at Central Plains General Hospital He was born October 3 1942 in Shreveport Louisiana moved to Plainview in 1959 and was a Plainview High School 1961 graduate later attending the University of Houston.

Plainview David Chesterfield Bryant Plainview Daily Herald First Baptist Church Carlos McLeod Parklawn Memorial Gardens Lemons Funeral Home Bryant Central Plains General Hospital Shreveport Louisiana Plainview High School University of Houston The Houston

Fambro Rites Held in Central Church of Christ

T E Fambro 50 of Rt 2 Hayboy will be at 2 p m Tuesday in Central Church of Christ. Burial at Rose Hill Cemetery under Wallace Funeral Home direction. Died Saturday night at M D Anderson Hospital Houston. Born Snyder he was a farmer World War II veteran. Survived by wife Nancy King Dee a son Tommy Lynn and a daughter Cathey at home two brothers and three sisters.

Talta Travis Eldon Central Church Chris Fambro Nancy King Dee Tulsa Tommy Lynn Cathey Hugh Happy Carl Stanton Ralph Bates Agnes Wright Tulia Hazel Fields San Luis Abisbo Calif

Mrs. Fuller rites set in Seminole and Aspermont

Funeral services for Mrs Bootsie Marie Fuller 38 of Seminole are planned at 1 30 p m in Seminole with a second service at 3 30 p m Tuesday in Aspermont First Baptist Church Burial will be in Aspermont Cemetery with McCoy Funeral Home in charge She died Saturday night in Memorial Hospital Seminole She was a native of Thickmorton Texas and had lived in Seminole five years She married Edwin F Fuller Jr in 1968 and is survived by two daughters her mother sister and four brothers

Bootsie Marie Fuller Seminole Singleton Funeral Home Chimes Orville Rogers First Baptist Church Bobby Howard Eight Street Baptist Church Aspermont Rev. Rogers Hal Upchurch McCoy Funeral Home Fuller Memorial Hospital Thrickmorton Tex Stanton R. D. Skluting J. B. McCustion Odessa Wayne McCustion Irving

Mrs L Jones Heralded by Sudden Illness in Lubbock

Mrs L Jones age 83 of 714 29th Street died at Highland Hospital after a sudden illness. A Tennessee native and 42 year Lubbock resident since 1931 she was a member of Southside Church of Christ. Survivors include husband L B Jones Jr son daughter Mrs Culver Hill brother H F Clabhorn five grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are handled by San ers Funeral Home.

L.B. Jones 29Th Street Saners Funeral 22Nd Street H.F. Clabhorn Cisco

Memorial and funeral services for two Texas residents

John Henry Price of Plainview died Saturday in Central Plains General Hospital. Services set for 4 p m in Lemons Memorial Chapel Plainview with Rev Tommy Beck officiating. Burial in Lockney Cemetery. Survivors include wife daughter and sons with multiple grandchildren. Paul C Sams of Petersburg dies. services at 10 a m Tuesday at First United Methodist Cemetery Lubbock under six Funeral Directors. Sams was a Mason Shriner and longtime manager for Higginbotham Bartlett Lumber Co in Petersburg. Survivors include wife daughter brother and three grandchildren. Body to remain at Rix Funeral Directors. casket to be closed at services.

Plainview John Henry Price Lemons _Memorial Chapel Tommy Beck Trinity United Methodist Church Lockney S Stery Price Central Plains General Hospital Bethel Okla Plainview Innce Lockney Ladys Geraldine Newsome Hart Keith Price Ferris Petersburg Paul C. Sams Walted Lub ‘Bock Sams St. Mary's Hospital Lin Lubbock Higginbotham-Bartlett Vilola Marge Womack Dalhart Ted Memphis Myrtle Lee Ethridge Lemons Memorial Chapel Plainview Cemetery Ethridge

Obituary Briefs for Dororthy Marie Trauer and Others

Obituary notices list Dorothy Marie Trauer age 46 of Everton Missouri with service today at 2:00 PM in Rhea Lutheran Church and burial at Rhea Lutheran Cemetery under Paysons-Ellis Funeral Home. Also Mary Bonner 52 of Odessa with services Tuesday at Rix Funeral Home Chapel and burial Sunset Memorial Gardens, Irene Drewry 70 of Odessa with service today at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Chapel and burial Sunset Memorial Gardens, Myrtle Lee Ethridge 69 of Plainview with service today at Lemons Memorial Chapel and Plainview Cemetery, Jesse Benjamin Martin 57 of Lamesa with service today at Branon Funeral Home Chapel and burial Lamesa Memorial Park.

Dorothy Marie Trauer Friona Hea Lutheran Church Rhea Rhea Lutheran Cemetery Paysons- Eilis Funeral Bauer Vincent Hospital Monett Everton Irene Drewry Odessa I Am Hubbard-Kelly Sunset Memorial Gardens Branon Funeral Home Lamesa Jesse Benjamin Martin Lamesa Memorial Park Martin

Mason Graham services set in Lovington

Mason Graham 67 lifelong Lovington resident dies after long illness. Services 10 a.m. Tuesday at Smith Rogers Funeral Home Chapel with WH Stewart and the Rev Billy Beauchamp officiating. Burial in Lovington Cemetery. He was a longtime rancher and member of First Baptist Church. Survivors include Eleanor a brother J D Graham of Hobbs and three sisters Mary Lou Carson Ruth Graham of Lovington and Edna Pryor of Midland.

Lovington N.M Mason Graham Leal County Smith Rogers’ Funeral Home Y. WH. Stewart First Baptist Church Billy Beauchamp Burin Lovington Cemetery Graham Eleanor J.D. Graham Hobbs, N.M Mary Lou Carson Ruth Graham Edna Pryor Midland

Rites Held for Ebudiw Mendoza Perez and Mrs Flora Hitchcock

Funeral services for Ebudiw Mendoza Perez 44 of Otton and Mrs Flora L Hitchcock 87 of Hereford were announced. Perez died after a hospitalization in Lit Uefield Hospital with services at St Peters Catholic Church and burial at Ollenjday in Boxwell Brothers Ivy Cemetery. Hitchcock died Friday night at King’s Manor retirement home Hereford with services pending in Amarillo and burial at Liana Cemetery.

Ebudiw Mendoza Perez Otton Lit Uefield Hospital St. Peters Catholic Church Seditions Orton Ollenjday Boxwell Brothers Ivy Cemetery Chanel Parsons Funeral Home

Funeral services for Mrs Josephine Loke in Slaton

Mrs Josephine Loke 87 of 503 E 36th St Slaton will have a 10am Wednesday Mass at St Josephs Catholic Church with Msgr Peter Marsch and Fathers Fitzgerald officiating. Burial at Englewood Cemetery under Rix Funeral Directors. Rosaries tonight and Tuesday at 8 pm. Survivors include three daughters two sons a brother ten grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren. Pallbearers named.

Josephine Loke St. Joseph's Catholic Church Slaton Peter Marsch Pasty Mimes Fitzgerald the King Catholic Church Englewood Cemetery Rix Funeral W. W. Rix St Joseph

Services Set for E M McCauley 65 Snyder Texas

Funeral services for E M McCauley 65 of Snyder will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Bell-Swe Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev Virgil Moll of Bethel Baptist Church officiating and burial in Snyder Cemetery. McCauley died about 4 a.m. Sunday in Cogdell Memorial Hospital. Born in Shelby County he had lived in Scurry County.

E. M. McCauley Snyder Virgil iMoll Bethel Baptist I Church Snyder Cemetery Heroapiu Shelby County McCauley Scurry

The Shepherd MOM SICK A Nurse and Manager In One

A reader quotes a devotional scene showing a son worried for his mother who managed and nursed, asking the doctor to hurry to make her well as family love and duty weigh on her care.

Doc Julien C, Hyer

Tornado Claims Life of Three in Plainview Area

Lewellen child services are pending with Lemons Funeral Home for Kevin Lewellen three who was killed early Sunday when a tornado ripped through the Texas town. Kevin born in Plainview is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs Chris Lewellen both injured in the storm and hospitalized and by his grandparents Mr and Mrs A E Lewellen and Mr and Mrs J Q Long both of Plainview.

Plainview Lemons Funeral Home Kevin Lewellen Texas Kevin Chris Lewellen A. E. Lewellen J. Q. Long

Lillie May Robinson dies at 83 in Lamesa

Lamesa Mrs Lillie May Robinson 83 died Sunday at 4 08 pm in Medical Arts Hospital La mesa Services set for Tuesday 10 am at First Baptist Church La mesa Rev Ralph White and Rev Harold Stone to officiate Burial in Lamesa Cemetery Branon Funeral Home in charge She had lived in Lamesa for 67 years native of Menard County and a Baptist member for 65 years.

Lamesa Lillie May Robinson Medical Arts Hospital First Baptist Church of Ralph White Welch Baptist Church Harold Stone Westside Baptist Church Branon Funeral Home Menard County The Baptist Church

Orville Smith Littlefield services set in Texas

Orville Smith 68 of Littlefield dies after a long illness. Services will be at 2 p m in Hammons Funeral Home chapel with burial in Springlake Cemetery. He is survived by Roberta two sons Cecil Amarillo and Lester Mot hans four sisters and three brothers among many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Pallbearers named include Jerry Gonzales Cecil Baker and others.

Vera L. T. Smith Earth Bill Lubbock Estus Redding Calif Jerry Gonzales Cecil Baker Alvin!antics Augustine Perez Rex Fred Martinez

Stennis Plans Return To Work After Wounding

Senator John C. Stennis, wounded in an attempted robbery outside his Washington home, says he hopes to be back in full legislative swing before summer. The Mississippi Democrat spoke at Mississippi State University during a golden class reunion, then returned to Walter Reed Medical Center with his wife and Dr. Robert Muir.

Starkville Miss John C. Stennis Washington Stennis Mississippi State Senate Armed Services Walter S Reed Medical Center Wash Robert Muir U.S. Army Medical Corps Muir Providence Congress

Film Actress Minna Gombell Dies At 81

Hollywood mourns Minna Gombell, an actress with over 100 films, who died Saturday at age 81. Born in Baltimore she moved to the West Coast over four decades ago and was long associated with Fox studio. Her notable works include That Girl The Best Years of Our Lives and The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

Hollywood UPI Minna Gombell Baltimore Miss Gombell West Coast Fox! Studio Notre Dame

Oklahoma Gov. Hall Wins In Tech Chess Tourney

In Dallas Parkland Hospital reports Gov. David Hall recovering after stomach pains. The Texas Tech Chess Club event, sponsored by the Chess Club and U.S. Chess Federation, drew 22 competitors with Hall taking top honors and the highest unrated prize of 50 dollars.

Dallas UPI Oklahoma David Hail William Neil Texas Tech Tulsa Parkland Robert Settles Lab Robert Jenkins Houston Ed Hardy Assoc Ohio James Martin Hall Nell Settles Oklahoma City Jenkings

San Francisco Woman Stabbed Attacker Sought

Police hunt a man after Guey Yueh 27 was stabbed twice near her wrist and chest as Yoshika Tanaka 22 was attacked and stabbed multiple times. Witnesses chased a baby-faced man seen near Tanaka's door, authorities say. An artist sketch is circulated to aid in the investigation.

San Francisco UPI Mayame Guey Yueh Yueh Yoshika Tanaka Miss Tanaka

Hiker Rescued From Steep Face of Stone Mountain

Bob Gadd of Decatur was trapped on the north face of Stone Mountain near Confederate carving markings after slipping while attempting a descent. A Loganville volunteer lowered by rope to the climber and eight workers at the summit guided the rescue, bringing him to the top after about three hours.

Stone Mountain Ga (Ap Jann Sailors Park Public Relations Department Bob Gadd Decatur Offteleis Sid Gadd Skip Carlson Loganville Gadd Carlson

Juvenile Threatens Man With Loaded Derringer

A 14 year old boy threatened an adult and his son with a loaded pistol found in an alley. The adult disarmed him and turned the derringer over to police who checked if it was stolen. In a separate report a Lubbock man says three men attacked him and his wife in a local pool hall, fleeing with about $40,000.

Analley Lubbock

Stolen Engine Kills Worker in Kansas City

A stolen Santa Fe railroad engine collided with a second train, killing switch man Paul F. Basham, 46, of Kansas City Kansas. Basham reportedly jumped from the first engine into the path of a third train on an adjacent track. A 21 year old transient is held in connection with the theft and incident. authorities describe the situation as trespass leading to a fatal crash.

Kansas City, Kan UPL Santa Fe Paul F. ‘Basham Kansas City Kan H. L. Rogers

Tunnel Collapse Victims Freed In Madrid Subway Work

Rescue workers freed four trapped workmen after 32 hours in a Madrid subway tunnel as two others remained missing. Foreman Santiago Lajara do was found dead earlier. A 35 foot wide hole opened above the tunnel with four men rescued at the site and one with a broken leg later freed.

Madrid TPL Santiago Lajara Tescue Jhe Raul Celletino Drafdos Y — Construcciones Compay Angel Lopez Julian Gomez Francsco Garcia Vicente Accituno Pet Rescue Cers Tere

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