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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1972
Page
9
City sanitation strike stalls services as talks fail over wage boosts and job protections. Mayor Turner and City Manager McCullough push resumed operations with new hiring while pickets plan to protest. workers insist on wage increases and protections, warning of temporary layoffs and reassignments.
On a Detroit swing, Shriver said McGovern and Eagleton agreed it was best for the vice presidency that Eagleton step down because of his medical history. He later retracted some statements and stressed the personal nature of the decision. He avoided discussing busing, noting a desegregation case pending in Cincinnati. He also met unemployed workers and Detroit's mayor Gribbs.
Damon Ralph Crawford 43 died Monday in Medical Center Hospital after a long illness. Services set for 10 a.m. Thursday at Wise Funeral Chapel in Bonham with burial at Art Ridge Cemetery. Survivors include his wife two sons Dickie and Danny at home a daughter Mrs Melvin Riddle of Odessa and one grandchild. Local arrangements by Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home. Crawford native of Oklahoma City had lived in Odessa since 1957 and was a former Lubbock resident.
Funeral arrangements announced for Mrs Raymond Hinshaw 65 at Gish Funeral Home Chapel Frederick Oklahoma with Rev Floyd Haddick officiating Burial planned at Frederick cemetery She died after a long illness Tuesday in Plainview Central General Hospital She was a native of Frederick moved to a farm near there in 198 earlier Survivors include her husband two brothers Wilson Murr and Peerless Murr both of Frederick Oklahoma and two sisters Opal Sawyer of Banos California and Mia Page of Los Angeles California
The annual Farmers Committee Tex Williams student speaker event will be held Sunday at Sunset School of Preaching near Lorenzo, with a 7 30 p m start and an 11 p m gathering at Smith Church of Christ. Williams will discuss the churchs role in evangelism per Mrs W C Crone secretary.
Buel L. Graham of Kress is found dead at about 4 p.m. Monday, with justice of the peace citing natural causes. Services are at 2240 pm today at Kress First United Methodist Church, with Rev. James Patterson officiating, burial in Plainview Memorial Park. Graham, a Gatesville native and 26-year Kress resident, was a retired farmer, married to Georgia Chitwood in 1932. Surviving are his wife, a son Jim Graham of Lubbock, two brothers Granville of Killeen and Riley of Waxahachie, and one grandson.
Mareux Daniel Adair 87 died after a lengthy illness in Roberts Memorial Nursing Home. Services at Singleton Funeral Chapel with Rev. James Price officiating. Burial in Morton Memorial Cemetery. Native of Woodberry he lived in Cochran County 44 years and was a retired farmer. Survived by three sisters and a niece.
Midland Texas obituary notice for Mrs. C Porter Bristol 63 who died Tuesday in Midland Memorial Hospital. Visitation at Elix Funeral Home Chapel at 8 p m today mass at St Ann s Catholic Church at 10 a m Thursday burial in Beathaven Memorial Park. Native of New Iberia Louisiana she moved to Odessa from Houston in 1988 and was survived by her son Bill and two brothers and two grandchildren.
Coy Edgar Whitehorn 54 died at 1 am Tuesday at Amarillo St. Anthony's Hospital from a heart attack. Services set for 10 am Thursday at Gililand Funeral Home Rose Chapel. Officiating pastors are Rev HL V Fields and Rev Clarence Powell. Burial arrangements pending. Survived by wife a daughter Lara two sons Eddie Joe Ricky, a sister Elsie Stanfield of Lubbock and Elva Seif of Turkey, a brother Rev of Arlington and one grandchild.
A friend recounts a mother’s illness and supposed cure. He says God took her home last week, removing all suffering. The quote reflects belief in healing and eternal rest amid medical uncertainty and religious faith.
Services for Mrs Aliie Mac Slaughter 63 are at 2 p.m. today at Wood-Dunning Colonial Chapel with Rev Dan Caxe officiating. Burial in Plainview Cemetery. She died Monday night in a Lubbock hospital after a long illness. Survivors include two sons Jamie Slaughter of Houston Teddy Slaughter Plainview a daughter Mrs Kulen Warren of Lubbock two brothers Roy Post of Ralls Jessie Post of Amarillo eight grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
Dr Charles Wall 85 of 125 Ave 11 Lubbock died after a lengthy illness. Funeral in James B Totten Son Chapel with R L Wall officiating. Burial in New Electra Cemetery. Native of Callahan County he lived in Lubbock 25 years. Chiropractor graduate 1922 began practice in Lubbock. Survived by two stepsons Elmo Hanks and Cecil Hanks both of Electra and six step grandchildren and ten step great grandchildren.
Bruce M Tharp 74 died Sunday after an auto accident near Hale Center. Funeral at 2 pm today at First United Methodist Church with Rev J Elton Wyatt and Rev Carol Green, burial Hale Center Cemetery. Survivors include wife two sons four brothers two sisters and additional relatives.
Rose Nellie Berry 77 of Center Hospital dies at 2 p m in Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home Chapel burial in Odessa Cemetery she moved from Tohoka in 1927 was a Trinity Baptist member and leaves two sisters eight grandchildren and eight great grandchildren Floydada report notes Susan Pearl Martin 89 dies in Floydada Nursing Home services in Flamet First Baptist Church burial in Flomot Cemetery survivors include four sons three daughters a sister and a brother with many grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Mrs. R H Ellis aged 90 of 1909 dies after a lengthy illness at Holiday House Nursing Home. Born in Brentwood she moved in 1893 to Catwall i and later Lubrock area. She was a member of Pioneer Park Church of Christ. Survivors include a daughter Mrs Leeroy Fisher two sons A and O P with addresses on 104 jan St and 2708 38th St seven grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. Services are pending at Resthaven Singleton Wilson Funeral Home.
In a Wichita Falls court the Leroy Lafoon murder trial unfolded with testimony from Mrs. Doris Garrett about April incidents linked to the beating death of Edith Shores and the disappearance of DeAnn Cloninger. Garrett described a muddy car return, a dead dog, and alleged plans to “heat them to death with the dog” as part of statements tied to the defendants including Lafoon and associates.
Funeral services are planned for 2 pm today at Resthaven Funeral Home Chapel for Mrs. Laila Viola Peeler 87 of Tulane died after 6 30 am Monday at Colonial Nursing Home Burial will be at Lamesa Cemetery She lived in Lashden a year after moving from Lamesa in 1910 from Seminole where she taught school Survived by two sons W Peeler of Muleshoe and Pam Peeler of Olathe Kan three daughters Laelton Hilton of Tulane Donald Fellows of Hammond Indiana and Lowell Cora of Paurd sister Lattice McMullan of Midland 24 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren
Hubert M. Fields 71 of 2016 21st St will lie in Resthaven Memorial Park after services at Resthaven Singleton Wilson Chapel. The First United Methodist Church officiates with burial by Reathaven Singleton Wilson Funeral Home. Fields died after an extended illness at St Mary of the Plains Hospital. He lived in Brown County and moved to Lubbock in 1938, worked at Hannah Pope Dry Goods, owned a grocery in Shallowater, retired 1965. Survivors include his wife and daughter Roxann. Pallbearers named.
Double services for Clyde Moore and his wife will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the First United Methodist Church of Kress with Raymond Dyess, pastor, officiating. Burial follows in Kress Cemetery under Wood-Dunning Funeral Home of Plainview. Mrs. Moore, 61, died Monday night. Moore, 69, died about an hour later at a neighbor’s home. Survivors include a son John Ed Moore of Las Cruces New Mexico, a daughter Peggy Strider of Tokyo Japan, a brother Lester Wood of Portland Oregon, and five grandchildren among three sisters and a brother.
John Frank Hickman 93 died about 1 10 am Tuesday at Deal Smith County Hospital Hereford. Services set for 4 pm today at First Christian Church Hereford with Rev Eugene Brink officiating. Burial in West Park Cemetery under Parsons Ellis Funeral Home Friona. Hickman born Breckenridge moved to Hereford in 192 from Wichita Falls. He was a retired farmer rancher with extensive holdings and was a church member. Survived by son Robert Hickman Hereford stepson Randall Vaughn Atlanta Ga and three granddaughters.
Services for Mrs. H. V. Williams 58 of Afton are set for 4 p.m. at Afton Baptist Church with ministers from Dickens and Plainview officiating. Burial will be in Dickens Seigler Funeral Home in Matador. She died Tuesday morning at the MD Nursing Home in Spur after a lengthy illness. A native of Dickens County she had lived there all her life. Survivors include two daughters Mrs. Jimmy Watson of Virginia Beach Virginia and Mrs. David Keith of Lingo, two sisters, Mrs. Saley of Lubbock and Mrs. Ruth Cool, and six grandchildren.
Henry Burton, 66, longtime Lubbock County resident and native of Dodd City, dies at home. Services at 10 a.m. in the W. W. Rig Funeral Chapel with B. C. Stapleton and Gary Fallis officiating. Burial in Idalou. Survivors include wife, two sons Bobby of Clovis and J. D. of Idalou, three daughters Mrs. Louse Dunmar, Norma Powers, and Mrs. Judy Stephenson, a brother Ri of Glenrose, four sisters, and 10 grandchildren with two great grandchildren. Pallbearers: Les Derstick, Bill Baldree, Benny Arnold, Burl Rose, Frank Blakely, Inez Ybarea.
Odessa, Special: Mrs. Alma Crossland 70 of Harlingen freed on $5,000 bond after being charged with shooting her former husband Jack Lee Clark. Services for Mrs. Crossland, sister of Katherine Clark, will be in Harlingen with Mullenax Funeral Home. Surviving are her husband Lynn Crossland of Buffalo, two sisters Mrs. John D. Hazie of Midland and Mrs. Bufford Allen of Houston, and other relatives.
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