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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 18, 1963

Page

3

Ropesville Gin Operator Dies In Lake Accident

Wilburn Chambers 49 manager and co owner of Farm Center Gin and Elevator at Ropesville drowned in a boating accident on Lake Kickapoo near Wichita Falls. His body was recovered eight hours later. Funeral Friday at Ropesville First Methodist Church with burial in Resthaven Memorial Park Lubbock.

Wilburn Chambers Ropesville Ropesville First Methodist Church Chambers Lake Kickapoo Wichita Falls Lltoyd Mayhew First Methodist Church Brownfield Ollie Apple Jesse Young

Strength from God Verse Devotional

A devotional note highlights divine strength from Philippians 4 13 and Romans 8 31 2 40 Isaiah urging believers to rely on faith in Christ for courage and endurance during big tasks. It emphasizes using the righteous verses to empower daily effort and task completion.

Hale Rites Set For Mrs. Guynes

Mrs Mary Guynes 76 of Plainview died Wednesday after a long illness in her home Funeral services were at 2 PM in the Primitive Baptist Church Elders Jimmy Bass Littlefield and Luther Porter Paducah officiated Burial followed in Plainview Cemetery under Wood Dunning Funeral Home direction She had lived in Plainview since 1922 born in Garden County Georgia and was a charter member of the Plainview Primitive Baptist Church Survivors include three sons five daughters three sisters twenty six grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren

Plainview Mary Guynes Primitive Baptist Church Jimmy Bass Littlefield Luther Porter Paducah Plainview Cemetery Wood- Dunning Funeral Home Guynes Kaufman County Cannon Visor Chula Vista Calif Emory Felty Amarillo Lola Thomas Forney Mary Hodo Sentinel Okla Susan Clark Canyon

Rites Planned for Oscar F. King in Denver City

Oscar Franklin King 63 of Denver City died at home Tuesday night. Services set for Friday at 10 a.m. in First Baptist Church Denver City with Rev. Loren White officiating. Burial in Anson. Survivors include wife two daughters Irene Flood Fort Stockton and Mary Lois Tapp El Cajon California four sisters Annie Christian Modes to California Stella Lantrap Anson Mary Glaze and Opal Barker Abilene two brothers J L King Hawley and Odis King Pecos and two grandchildren. Pallbearers named A M Allen Harold Hasselman Clayton Moore Carroll Sullivan L H Butler and Chester McCutcheon.

Denver City Oscar Franklin King First Baptist Church Loren White Anson Singleton Funeral Home King Yoakum County Johnson County Irene Flood Fort Stockton Mary Lois Tapp el Cajon Calif Annie Christian Modesto Stella Lantrap Mary Glaze Opal Barker Abilene J. L. King Hawley Odis King Pecos

Wreck Victim's Rites Are Today

Seagraves Special Services for Curtis L. Schmitz 60 are set for 10 a.m. at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Sligo Community. Burial follows at Bailey County Memorial Park Mureshoe. Schmitz an exterminator in Yoakum County for 12 years moved there in 1941 from Muleshoe. He is survived by his wife two sons his father two brothers two sisters five grandchildren and a great grandchild.

Seagraves Schmidtz Yoakum County Muleshoe

Bender Services Set Here Friday

Funeral services for Joseph C. Bender 52 of Shallowater are scheduled for Friday at 10 a.m. in Rix Funeral Chapel with Rev. James D. Taylor of Reese AFB officiating. Burial will follow at Resthaven Memorial Park. Bender, a VA retiree who died Tuesday at Reese Air Force Base Hospital, lived in the Lubbock area since 1951 after moving from Waco. He served in the U.S. Army and retired in 1957 from the VA. Survivors include his wife Genia a brother James of Redondo Beach California two sisters Naomi Cook Torrance California and Rosa May Roberts of Waco. Pallbearers named are D. E. Visage Melvin Visage T. R. Bumpass Ball Carr Ralph Howard Luon Riggs J. D. Woods and Bill Howard.

Rix Joseph C. Bender Shallowater Veterans Administration Reese Air Force Base James D. Taylor Reese Afb Resthaven Memorial Park Lubbock Bender Waco U.S. Army Genia James Redondo Beach Calf Naomi Cook Torrance Calif Rosa May Roberts D. E. Visage Melvin Visage T. R. Bumpass Ball Carr Ralph Howard Luon Riggs J. D. Woods Bill Howard

Services Set Today For Mrs Eva Drake

Funeral rites for Mrs Eva Drake, long time Lubbock resident, will be held at 2 p.m. at the Sanders Funeral Home Chapel officiated by Dr Ben De Johnson with Rev EL Bynum assisting. Burial follows in City of Lubbock Cemetery under Sanders Funeral Home direction. Mrs Drake died Tuesday in Charleston Arkansas and is survived by a daughter, a son, and nine grandchildren.

Eva Drake QC. Holley 56Th St Sanders Funeral Home Ben de Johnson EL. Bynum City of Lubbock Cemetery Drake Charleston Ark Lubbock

Mrs. Patterson Rites Held at Abernathy Church

Funeral services for Mrs. R. C. Patterson 72 were set for 4 p m today at First Nazarene Church in Abernathy with Rev. James Roberson and Rev. Corbie Grimes officiating. Burial followed in Abernathy Cemetery directed by Chambers Funeral Home. survivors include husband four sons four daughters and several siblings.

Lorenzo Man Samuel Kvatt Sechrist Dies in Lubbock

Samuel Kvatt Sechrist, 74, longtime Lorenzo resident and former farmer, died on arrival at Methodist Hospital in Lubbock Wednesday. Services were planned at Carter Funeral Home in Ralls. He moved to the South Plains in 1924 from Erath County. Survivors include his wife Annie four sons and three daughters, two brothers, two sisters, and 27 grandchildren with 9 great grandchildren.

Lorenzo Samuel Kvatt Sechrist Methodist Hospital Lubbock Carter Funeral Home Ralls Sechrist South Plains Erath County Annie J. L Spur Aaron Guy David Lockney S. EF. O'Rear QO. L. McElroy L. G. Caudle J. W Wheeler D. C Stephenville G. R. Brown George Setzer Stephen Ville

Mrs Seastrunk services Friday in Seminole

Mrs Hallie May Seastrunk 85 died Wednesday night at Seminole Memorial Hospital. Services set for 2 p.m. Friday at the Met Church in Carbon with burial in Carbon Cemetery. Survivors include two sons Scott Abilene and Sam Ray Odessa a daughter Mrs Payne Seminole a sister Mrs Curtis San Antonio four grandchildren and four great grandchildren.

Scott Abilene Sam Ray Odessa Payne Seminole Curtis San Antonio Jia A

Funeral services held for Francis Stanley Visage

Funeral services were held at 10 30 a.m. in the Carter Funeral Home Chapel for Francis Stanley Visage 74 who died Monday in Fort Worth The Rev Gene Hawkins will officiate Burial followed in Lockney Cemetery Visage a native of McGregor and a retired farmer he moved from Lockney 24 years ago.

Lockney Carter Funeral Home Francis Stanley Visage Fort Worth Gene Hawkins Lockney First Baptist Church Lockney Cemetery McGregor Visage Ueber Pius Verteres Tex Lewis Caicanimie Assiadneatim Amen Camanail ERRNO

Malone Services Slated At Tulsa

Funeral services for Thomas Murley Malone 81 retired farmer will be at 3 30 p m today in the First Methodist Church Tulia Rev H B Coggin officiating Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery under Wallace Funeral Home direction Malone died at 1230 p m Wednesday at his home after a long illness He was born in Birmingham Alabama and moved to Swisher County in 1915 Survivors include his wife two sons Hayden and Jim both of Tulia two daughters Lucille Chancey Amarillo and Pansy Mitchell Hereford two brothers Al Malone Carlsbad and Lash Malone Los Angeles nine grandchildren and 12 great

Tulia Thomas Murley Malone First Methodist H.B. Coggin Rose Hill Cemetery Wallace Hayden Jim Lucille Chancey Amarillo Pansy Mitchell Hereford al Malone Carlsbad Lash Malone Los Angeles

Hobbs Rites Set For Mrs Jarvis

Rites planned for 2 p m Friday at First Methodist Church Hobbs for Mrs Leta Johnson Jarvis 85 of Lubbock who died in a Hobbs hospital Tuesday night The Rev H L McAlester will officiate Burial in Prairie Haven Cemetery under Griffin Funeral Home Survivors include five daughters Mrs A W Martin Mrs Frank Carter Mrs Gladys Sikes Mrs Alice Gracey Mrs Jane Horseman a son M D Johnson 19 grandchildren 37 great grandchildren

Hobbs First Methodist Leta Johnson Jarvis Lubbock H. L. McAlester Prairie Haven Griffin Funeral Home Frank Carter Gladys Sikes Santa Rosa Calif Alice Gracey el Centro Jane Horseman Chula Vista San Rafael

Sterling Royals Rites Held in Abernathy Church

Funeral services for Sterling W. Royal 60 who died Wednesday in West Texas Hospital Lubbock will be at 2 p m today at Abernathy Church of Christ with minister Clyde Free Iman officiating Burial will follow in Abernathy Cemetery under Cham bers Funeral Home direction Royal a Montague County native was a retired farmer who moved to Abernathy in 1925 Survivors include his wife a daughter Mrs J B Raster of Lubbock two sons S W Jr of Abernathy and Ross of Lubbock his parents Mr and Mrs W G Royal of Abernathy a sister Mrs C C Shipman and three grandchildren

Abernathy Sterling W. Royal West Texas Hospital Lubbock J. B. Raster S. W. Jr Ross W. G. ‘Royal C. C. Shipman

Swanson Rites Slated For Saturday In Rix Chapel

Funeral services for A Glenn Swanson 73 of Fort Worth Roswell Abilene and Lubbock area will be 10 a m Saturday in Rix Chapel here with the Rev George Faison of Grace Presbyterian Church officiating Burial will be in Memorial Park under direction of Rix Swanson a resident here 21 years died Monday in the Veterans Administration Hospital in Houston He was a native of Kansas moved to Oklahoma with his family in 1894 a OU graduate and member of the universitys second law class with an LLB Swanson practiced law in Muskogee Tulsa and Okmulgee Since the late 1920s he was an independent oil operator, lived in several Texas and Oklahoma cities He was a member of the Presbyterian Church Lubbock CC Beta Theta Pi Masonic Lodge Shrine Elks and the Abilene Club He is survived by stepdaughters Jeanne Elaine McKim Glasgow Ky Gloria Lou Grossen Houston three brothers R D Swanson Muskogee W E Swanson Tahlequah T M Swanson Tulsa a sister Maud Young and four grandchildren.

Franklin Bartley Chambers John T. Patterson Wolfforth O. E. Patterson Olton Justice of the Peace Joe Fields Archer City South Plains Tee Lake Ropesville First Methodist Church The Elks Lodge Lubbock Buford Chambers J. W. Chambers Slaton M. H. Chambers Oklahoma City Howard Doidge Ben Parker Poteet Elgin Parker San Antonio Richard Arant Myles L. Collins Ross Latham C. R. Johnson Glen Braden Bud Rucker FE. M. Grandstaff W. L. Beaty M. M. Collins Jack Payne Jack Hamilton J. T. Patterson Clay Barger A. Glenn Swanson Oklahoma Rix Chapel George IT. Faison Grace Presbyterian Church Resthaven Memorial Park Rix Funeral Home Swanson Vetrans’ Administration Houston Kansas University of Oklahoma Muskogee Tulsa Okmulgee Fort Worth Roswell Abilenel Presbyterian Church Beta Theta Pl Masonic Lodge Shrine Abilene Club Abilene Jeanne Elaine McKim Glasgow Gloria Lou Grossen R. D. Swanson W. E. Swanson Tahlequah Okla T. M. Swanson Maud Young

Athlete's Foot Germ How to Kill It in 3 Days

A brief ad style note claims a method to kill athlete's foot germ in three days. The message mentions symptoms like itch and burning and suggests a drug store sale today.

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