Elderly Farmer Dies After Apparent Racial Threat
Perry Smaw an 81 year old Black farmer died six days after his tongue was cut out in what authorities call a warning to protesters. He lapsed into a coma Tuesday and died Friday in Greensboro Alabama with his family at his bedside. Deputy David Holloway said the attack aimed to silence him after he spoke against civil rights picketing at local stores.
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Greensboro
Ala
UPD
An &i
Perry Smaw
Smaw
Hale
David Holloway
Marie Cadell
Tulacaloosa
Infant Edward Lane Cook Dies in Dallas Hospital
Infant Edward Lane Cook one month old son of Mr and Mrs James E Cook of 1529 29th Place died at 3 15 am Friday in Children's Hospital Dallas after a two week illness from a heart condition Funeral services are set for Monday at Sanders Memorial Chapel with Dr E Harold Henderson officiating Burial will be in Resthaven Memorial Park under Sanders Funeral Home direction Survivors include the parents a sister Kelly DeAnn and grandparents Mr and Mrs Arlie Hare of 2408 Auburn Vida Cook of 1529 29th Place and VAT Conk of 2607 Cornell
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Edward Lane Cook
James E. Cook
Children’s Hospital
Dallas
Sanders Memorial Chapel
E. Harold Henderson
Barrial
Resthaven Memorial Park
Sanders Funeral Home
Kelly DeAnn
Arlie Hare
Auburn
Vida Cook
Cornell
Lovington widow Mary Elizabeth Boss dies after heart attack
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Boss 79 of Lovington died Thursday at Lea General Hospital after a heart attack. Special services pending at Smith-Yardrow Funeral Home. Survived by four sons Roy Lovington Tommy La Mesa Herschel Roxmond Calif Curtis unknown. daughter Lena Lewis Arizona. sister Mattie Baker Quanah Texas. 9 grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren. Curtis Boss reportedly in Texas seeking work. Born August 4 1887 in Arkansas.
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Leroy
Lavington
Tommy
la Mesa
N. M. Herschel
Roxamond
Calif
Curtis
Lena Lewis
Arizona
Mattie Baker
Quanah
Tex
John E Woodward Services In Snyder
Special services are set for 2 50 pm today for John Earl Woodward 75 a Snyder County resident since 1938 who died in a local hospital Thursday Virgil Mott pastor of Bethel Baptist Church will officiate at rites in the Bell Seale Chapel Burial will be in Snyder Cemetery Woodward was a retired farmer Survivors include his wife three daughters one son two sisters a brother 12 grandchildren and two great grandchildren
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Snyder
John Earl Woodward
Scurry County
Loccal Hospital
Virgil Mott
Bethel Baptist Church
Wall
Bell-Seale Chapel
A. B. Lightfoot
First Baptist Church
Snyder Cemetery
Woodward
Claude H. Pyle dies. funeral set in Plainview
Claude H. Pyle 5A dies Thursday morning in a local hospital. Services are at 10 am today at the Plainview Church of Christ with Minister Floyd Moore officiating. The body will go to Elmore City Oklahoma for burial Sunday. He lived in Plainview since 1942 after farming in Elmore. Survived by wife four sons one daughter three sisters two brothers and 10 grandchildren.
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Plainview
Claude H. Pyle
Floyd Moore
Ynd
Beech
Church of Christ
Wood-Dunning Funeral Home
Elmore City
Okla
Pyle
Elmore
City of
Massey Rites Planned in Levelland and Plainview
Mrs Sally Bell Massey 74 died Wednesday at her home Funeral services set for 10 a m at Parks Drive Baptist Church Levelland with Rev Clayton Pennington and Rev Jerry Terry officiating Burial will be in Resthaven Memorial Park Lubbock She had lived in Levelland seven years before moving to Plainview a month ago Survivors include three daughters five sons two brothers and two sisters
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Plainview
Sally Bell Massey
Parks Drive Baptist Church
Levelland
Clayton Pennington
Brownfield Baptist Church
Jerry Terry
Lubbock
Resthaven Memorial Park
Massey
Rites Today for Former City Woman Patton
Funeral services for Mrs. Bertha Eubank Patton 66 of 2118 67th St. longtime Lubbock resident will be held at the First Presbyterian Church with Rev. Andrew A Jumy er officiating. Burial in Resthaven Memorial Park. She died Friday in Bristol Hospital Dallas after a yearlong illness. Born Jan 1 1899 in Brown County Texas she was married to Dr. Leroy Thompson Patton in 1927. Survived by two sons Joseph and Bruce, a brother Rev Bransford Eubank and three sisters Miss Miabel and Miss Ladia Eubanks. Pallbearers listed.
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Bertha
Eubank Patton
67Th St
Lubbock
Tlacm
Presbyterian Church
Andrew A. Jumyer
Resthaven Memorial Park
Rix
Patton
Bristol Hospital
Dallas
Brown County
Tes
Bertha Eubank
Leroy Thompson Patton
Teas Tech
First Presbyvteran Church
Ciine
Texas Woman's University
Texas Tech
Tree Sisters
Miabel Funbank
Brownwood
Ladia Fubank
Woodrow DeBusk
Monroe DeBusk
Don Kittrell
David Hester
Elmer Wright
Charles Whitfield
Mrs Welcher Terry County Resident Dies
Mollie W. Welcher 87 a Terry County resident died at home after a two year illness. She came to the county in 1924 from Hoggs County. Services set for 2:40 pm Sunday at First Methodist Church with Rev. Allis Jo Cockrell. burial in Terry County Memorial Cemetery under Brownfield Funeral Home. Survivors include four sons Frank Chicago Clarence Wellman Jeff Memphis Tenn Carl Phoenix. two daughters Miss Johnnie Weber Littlefield and Mrs Slaughter Littlefield. one brother John Mindell Biz Spring. two sisters Miss Sue Cummings Wichita Kans and Mrs Carrie Guess Austin. ten grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren.
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Mollie W. Welcher
Terry County
Aim
Forur Sans
Frank
Chicago
Clarence
Wellman
Jeff
Memphis
Tenn
Carl
Phoenix
Johnnie Webher
C. Slaughter
Littlefield
John Mindell
Biz Spring
Mis Sue Cummings
Wichita Kans
Carrie Guess
Austin
Burial for Rep C J Brown Highlights Bipartisan Farewell
Blanchester Ohio pays final respects to Rep C J Brown a 27 year Republican congressman died Monday funeral in Grace Methodist Church drew nearly 200 attendees including Gov Rhodes minority leader Ford and 24 Ohio House colleagues with Ohio's two Democratic US senators in attendance Absent details of exact date and location except Ohio and Washington life spent in political service noted by Reverend Vedder Ed wards.
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Grace Methodist Church
Brown
John Vedder Eadwards
Washington
House
Gerald Ford
James A. Rhodes
Ohio
Frank Lausche
Stephen Young
Blackstone Hotel in Fort Worth to Close
The 22 story Blackstone Hotel in downtown Fort Worth will close on September 30. About 20 permanent guests were informed, and employees were notified. The structure is owned by National Life & Accident Insurance Co of Nashville.
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Blackstone Hotel
Fort Worth
Nation dies former Crosbyton fire chief and gin owner
Hugh Edward Nation 10 longtime Crosbyton resident and former chief of the Crosbyton Volunteer Fire Department died Friday at Crosbyton Hospital. He also served as manager and co owner of the West Texas Gin Company and held leadership roles in the Lions Club and American Legion. Services Sunday at First Baptist Church with Rev. Ernest Stewart Jr. and Rev. Richard Horn officiating. Burial in Crosbyton Cemetery under Carter Funeral Home. He is survived by his wife Johnie, daughter Mrs. Johnie Horn, two brothers, two sisters, three grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Pallbearers are listed.
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Crosbyton
Hugh Edward Nation
West Texas Gin Company
Volunteer Fireman's Association of Texas
American Legion Post
Nation
Crosbyton Lions Chubr
Mie Sonic Lodge
Crosbytton First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church
Ernest Stewart Jr
Richard Horn
Spur
Cine
Houston
Jane Hulen
Dallas
Lloyd Parkhill
Bill McBrayer
Clayton Weems
Don Anderson
Cleve Gallimore
Lassie Mitchell
Chester Huddleston
G. J. Parkhill Jr
Pioneer Airline Hostess Dies In Riding Mishap
Ellen Church Marshall 69 world’s first airline hostess died in a riding accident from a fall of a horse in Terre Haute Indiana. She died of a head injury at Union Hospital where she was administrator. Marshall recently received the Amelia Earhart Memorial Award for aviation service.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Ellen Church Marshall
Union Hospital
Marshall
Amelia Earhart
Leonard BB. Marshall
First National Bank of
French Hospital
San Francisco
Boeing Transport Co
United Airlines
Army Nurse Corps
Atr
Former Area Woman Killed In Accident
A 19 year old Irving housewife, Sandra Olas, was fatally shot near a swimming pool as she stood with her baby. Police say the bullet came from a pistol held by a 22 year old man diving at the same apartment complex. he claimed a jammed cartridge caused the discharge. Funeral plans are pending in Levelland.
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Irving, Tex
Cap
Irving
Sandra Olas
Levelland
Justice of the Peace
George Price
Oelay
Flectra
Levelland High School
South Plains College
First Baptist Church In
Mehmet
Robert
Bob Crank
W. OS. Martin
Falmouth
Mass
Jack Driver
Morton
Doug Crank
George Tippie
Lacey Martin
Port Arthur
Elva T. Crank
Whitharral
Plainview Rites Set For Nixon
Funeral services for John W. Nixon, 48, Plainview area resident, set for 10 50 am at Trinity Methodist Church with Rev. James Price officiating. Burial in Plainview Memorial Park under Wood-Dunning Funeral Home supervision follows his death from self inflicted gunshot wounds Thursday, with a memorial tribute noting his service in World War II and leadership in the church. Pallbearers listed include James Wallace Davenport and others.
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Plainview
John W. Nixon
Jonetime
Trinity Methodist Church
James Price
Marshall Bhew
First Methodist Church
Baral Wilh
Memoria Park
Nixon
Justice of the Peace
Delbert Beaton
Abernathy
Morning Edition Subscription Rates Listed by Lubbock Avalanche Journal
The notice lists home delivery options for Morning Evening Sunday and combinations with prices per month, second class postage paid in Lubbock Texas, and various rate plans including 6 month 3 month and 1 month breaks for Morning Only Evening Only Sunday Only Morning Sunday and Morning Evening Sunday bundles.
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Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Sun
Avenue J
Lubbock
Texas
iMorn.Eve
Tea
Community Corner Notes and Personal Reflections
A fragmented devotional note by Juleen Ayer discusses seeking God, fearing estrangement from sin, and the feeling of a broken connection between heart and divine. The text references scripture and personal struggle with prayer, conscience, and open time for confession.
Rites Set For Orville Jones
Orville Jones longtime Hale Center farmer and community leader will be buried at Plainview Memorial Park after services at Hale Center Methodist Church. Officiating are Rev Woodrow Adcock and Rev Maul din. Jones died en route to a fishing trip after falling ill near the Mexico border. Surviving are his widow a daughter a stepson four brothers a sister and four grandchildren.
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Hale Center
Orval Jones
Hale Center Methodist Church
Woodrow Adcock
Mauldin
Plainview Memorial “Park
Hale Center Funeral ‘Home
Jones
Sugar Lake
Mexico
Hurst
Claude
Plainview
Virgil
Charlie Olton
P.E. Flake
Lubbock
Jay Cannon
Willie Dyer
Bill Clark
Ray Freeman
Alfred Ebeling
Wesley Davis
Hate Center
Frank Phariss
Amarile
Warne
Isaac Crume Rites Set Sunday in Clovis
Isaac Crume, 7, of 2109 Prince St Clovis, will be held Sunday at 2 p m in the United Pentecostal Church. Crume died at home Thursday. Pastor Jack Tedford will officiate. Burial will follow in Pleasant Hill Cemetery under Shemwood Mortuary guidance. Survivors include four sisters and three brothers.
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Clovis
Isaac Ao Craume
Prince St Chavis
United Pentecostal
Crume
Jack No
Tedford Wall
Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Shemwood Mortuary
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John E. Woodward
Mrs. Massey
Bertha Patton
Mrs. Patton
Mrs. Welcher
REP
C.J. Brown
Blanchester
Ohin
H. E. Nation
Lubbock Avalanche Journal Morning
Che Shepherd
Pris
God
Juleen
Ayer
Orville Jones
Isaac Crume
Monterey
Pencrest
Ana
Dacron
Nylon
Wismico
Dana
ALWA
Pugi
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