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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 08, 1960

Page

3

Mrs J E Poteet Dies In Matador Rites Set Friday

Mrs J E Poteet aged 61 died in a Spur rest home. Services are set for Friday at 2 30 PM at First Methodist Church Matador with Rev B Vaughn officiating. Burial in East Mound Cemetery under Eudy Seale Funeral Home. Survivors: two daughters C C Ingram Crosbyton and T R Jones McAdoo son Calvin Floydada, 14 grandchildren, 25 great grandchildren.

Matador J. E. Poteet Mot Jey County Spur Rest First Methodist

Rites Pending for Mrs Ayers

Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Ayers aged 80 of 202 S8th St are pending at Sanders Funeral. A Lub bock resident for 15 years she died at 9 30 pm Wednesday at Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital. Survivors include five daughters and two brothers with 29 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren.

Sarah Ayers S8th St Sanders Funeral Home Ayers Lubbock Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital Shallowater Luke Klafka Weldon Putman Leslie Lewis Slaton

J L Booe Funeral Set At Seminole

James Jam Booe nine died in his sleep at home in Seminole. Funeral services are at 2 p m Friday at South Seminole Baptist Church with ministers Sam Malone and Florence officiating. Burial follows in Seminole Cemetery under Singleton Funeral Home supervision. Survivors include wife two sons five daughters grandchildren and great grandchildren. Booe moved to Seminole years ago from Lamesa.

James Jam Booe South Seminole Baptist Church Booe Lamesa A. L C. J. Booe P. J. Stanley A. C. Stanley Clyde Jones Arvil Fincher Seminole Marvin McAnally Andrews Sam Malone Florence Wll Seminole Cemetery Singleton Funeral Home

Boatman Funeral Set At Bovina

Ervin Boatman 52 retired farmer of Bovina died Tuesday night in Palmer County Community Hospital. Funeral services are at 2 30 p m in the First Baptist Church Bovina with Rev Fergusson officiating. Burial will be in Bovina Cemetery. Survivors include his wife Pearl his parents Luther and Mrs Boatman a sister Eula Newton and three grandchildren.

Friona Ervin Boatman Bovina Palmer County First Baptist Church Ferguson Clathorn Funeral Home Boatman Oklahoma Pearl Boatman Luther Boatman Eula Newton

Rites Today For Retired Grocer Dunbar of Clovis

Funeral services for D. W. Dunbar 85 a former Clovis grocer who died Tuesday will be held at 2 p m in the Charles V Steed Funeral Home chapel Rev Jimmy Bass will officiate Burial will follow in Mission Garden of Memories Cemetery of Slovis Dunbar a Clovis resident for 40 years owned a grocery store prior to retirement Survivors include his wife a daughter a son and three grandchildren

Clovis D. W. Dunbar Charles V. Steed Jimmy Bass Mission Garden of Memories Slovis Dunbar

Funeral services set for Mrs Lena Nell Brown

Mrs Lena Nell Brown 67 died Wednesday at her El Paso home. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home. She was mother of Mrs Cecil H White of 2016 1st St and had lived in El Paso five years after former stays in Carrizozo New Mexico and Burkburnett. Survivors include her husband John Brown a Lubbock daughter L D Jones of La Puente California a granddaughter Jacqueline Jones also of La Puente two brothers T C Rose Longview and Howard S Rose Seymour and three sisters Mrs C M Kelley Burkburnett Mrs A F Lemmon Houston and Mrs HH Choate Longview.

Lena Nell Brown el Paso Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home Cecil H. White Brown Carrizozo N. M Burkburnett John Brown Lubbock L. D. Jones la Puente Calif Jacqueline Jones T. C. Rose Longview Howard S. Rose Seymour C. M. Kelley Burkharnett A. F. Lemmon Houston HH. E. Choate

Longtime Hobbs Resident Dies in Hobbs

Margaret Shaw 49 a nurse at Leal General Hospital died unexpectedly at her Hobbs home. Funeral services will be Friday at 2 30 p.m. in Rock Chapel Baptist Church with Rev Bill T Carter officiating. She is survived by husband four daughters two sons two brothers and two sisters. Burial at Prairie Haven Cemetery under Griffin Funeral Home direction.

HOBBS Margaret Shaw Leal General Hospital Rock Chapel Baptist Church Bill T. Carter Shaw R. Shoemate Lovington Im. Logene Pollard Roswell Carl Henline Vermillion Ohio Katherine Norris Raymond New Melvin’ Shaw Prairie Haven Cemetery Sriffin Funeral Home

Wichita Falls Rancher Wayne Hammon Dies at 67

Wayne H. Hammon 67 a Texas oilman and Hereford rancher died at his Wichita Falls home. Born in Brown County he pioneered oil production in the EMA field and launched a large purebred Hereford herd near Wichita Falls with a Yakima Washington ranch. Survived by wife two daughters and other relatives. funeral planned in Andrews and Cushing. Automobile commuter traffic in the San Francisco Bay Area has increased 50 percent over five years.

Wichita Falls Tex Wayne H. Hammon Brown County Dallas Wichita Fallas Hammon Ema Wichita County Hammon Canyon Hammon-Ellenbergler Hammond-Vogtsberger Hammond-Bend San Francisco Bay Area

Services Held For Lubbock Man's Kin

Funeral services were held in Ardmore for Claude Hines 65 a pioneer resident and uncle of Dan Fenley of Lubbock The death occurred Sunday leaving a wife and a sister both of Ardmore Fenley attended the services of the insurance company owner.

Ardmore Okla Claude Hines Dan Fenley 28Th St Lubbock Fenley Hines

Samuel Adams Tea Party Signal Highlighted

Boston historian notes Samuel Adams as a leader who reportedly gave the signal to dump tea into the harbor. The report also mentions India discovering sand lime stone and soda ash as essential glassmaking materials.

Samuel Adams Boston India

Christmas Loneliness and Faith in a Mourning Season

A verse titled Christmas Loneliness by Julien C. Hyer reflects on mourning during Christmas. The writer recalls past shared joys, faces the ache of absence, and prays for grace to endure the holiday apart from a loved one who remains near in memory.

Job Julien C, Hyer

Thomas C Beard Services Held For Dies In Tahoka

Funeral services for Mrs. Maddie Gray, about 70, of Coushatta Louisiana were held at Mount Zion Baptist Church in Coushatta. Burial followed in Coushatta Cemetery. She died at 7 am in a Shreveport hospital after a long illness. Ira J. Gray of Coushatta is among the survivors, with five brothers and a sister listed in Lubbock Tulsa and Friona and Shreveport addresses.

Maddie Gray Coushatta Mount Zion Baptist Church

B F Campbell Funeral Today

Funeral services for B F Campbell 78 of Lubbock begin at 2 pm in First Church of the Nazarene. Campbell died at his home Wednesday at 7 15 am. Interment follows in Lubbock City Cemetery with McDonald Funeral Home directing. He was a former Lindsey Theatre employee and had lived in Lubbock 16 years. He is survived by his wife four daughters two sons two brothers one sister 19 113 acres in the Arkansas State Parks system.

Pam First Church of the Nazarene B. F. Campbell 4Th St Casey Grimes Gaylor Bartlett Berean Baptist Church Milton Poole First Navarene Chih City of Lubbock McDonald Funeral Home Campbell Lindsey Theatre Dublin Tex Lubbock Willie Locke Seminole Wayne Ashley 19Th St Ned Bennett Cleoa Bostick Wallace Snyder Paul 37Th St Loyd

Beard Trayton Beard dies after heart attack at 57

Thomas Trayton Beard a longtime Lynn County resident farmer died at 2 15 pm Wednesday in a local hospital. Services Friday at Sweet Street Baptist Church with Rev Ray Cunningham and Rev Joe Webb officiating. Burial in Tohoka Cemetery directed by Stanley Funeral Home. He was married to Hattie Garrett in 1969 at Lovington and served as deacon at Sweet Street Baptist Church. Survivors include wife two daughters a son one stepson two sisters and a brother. Burial arrangements pending at Rix Funeral Home London.

Tahora Thomas Trayton Beard Lynn County Sweet Street Baptist Church Ray Cunningham Lovington Joe Webb Will of Tielate Tohoka Stanley Funeral Home Beard Hattie Garrett J.C. Dyer Tahoka Jay Petty Lubbock Elnwyne Beard Tyler W. G. Garrett Olton Starks Wagley Plains Gorse W. Conner J. M. Haley Post Adent of Tie John Brownticlay Golf Foundation Ing Rix Funeral Home London van Nuys Calif James Merl Big Delta Camilla Conner Long Beach Preston James Delphia Stahl

Rites Pending For Hockley Couple's Son

The 71 day old son of Mr and Mrs R B Jackson of Levelland died at 1245 Wednesday in Children’s Clinic Lubbock Funeral arrangements are pending at George Price Funeral Home Survivors include two brothers Jimmy Tim and Joel of Levelland and paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Gene Barton of Levelland.

Levelland R. B. Jackson Jon Jackson Children’s Clinic Lubbock George Price Jimmy Tim Joel Gene Barton

Also Mentioned on This Page

Mrs. Ayers J. L. Booe United States Yakima Wash Myrtle Hazel Wright James T. Leeing Richard R. Darner Permian General Hospital Hare J.C. Mash Fairley Cushing Zion Wright Mash Ben Curley Lake Charles Lee Murphy Ellis Ringold Kansas Lubbock Man’s Kin W McDonald Xae Thomas C. Beard Arkansas State Parks George Conner Hockley Penney Penney's Monterey Center Gary Chambray Orion Penney Panels University Deska
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