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Services for Viola Tanner 84 died in Amherst rest home will be today at Hammons Funeral Home Chapel Littlefield burial in Littlefield Memorial Park Former Sudan area resident George Edgar Graham 72 died in Paducah hospital funeral today at Paducah Church of Christ burial in Garden of Memories Cemetery Roberson 46 died in Dallas services today First Methodist Church Petersburg burial Petersburg Cemetery Marion Franklin Taylor 65 died Houston funeral today Paducah First Baptist Church burial Garden of Memories Cemetery Elridge Phylow 61 found dead death by exposure two funeral details Jamison Funeral Home handling plus brief notes on Andrew Chism 72 and a Christmas puppet show at City Library and a kitchen fire at Willie Lockwood home, plus museum events and a YMCA fitness program and political dinner tickets in Austin.
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Viola Tanner
Amherst
Hammons
Littlefield
Littlefield Memorial Park
Sudan
George Edgar Graham
Paducah
Homer Roberson
Dallas
First Methodist Church of
Petersburg
Lemons Funeral Home
Plainview
Roberson
Eliridge Phylow
Hopesville Baptist Church
Crowell
Phylow
E. 37Th St
Justice of the Peace
Wayne LeCroy
Jamison Funeral Home
Walker Stanton Funeral Today in Lubbock
Funeral services for Walker Stanton age 60 who died Thursday on his ranch near Sisterdale will be held at 10 a.m. in W W Rix Chapel with Colin Quackenbush of Los Angeles and Branton Copeland of San Antonio officiating. Burial will follow in City of Lubbock Cemetery. Stanton came to Lubbock in 1921 founded Standard Milling Co in 1926 and worked there until 1967. He resided in Sisterdale about a year. He is survived by his wife Aylene a daughter Mrs Bob Perko two sons H W of San Francisco and Sam of Littlefield a sister Mrs Mary Alice Fehlerson a foster brother Wayne Prather and six grandchildren. The U S Army Corps of Engineers possesses civil as well as military functions.
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Walker Stanton
Sisterdale
W. W
Listerdale
Aylene
Bob Perko
23Rd St
H. W
San Francisco
Sam
Littlefield
Mary Alice Fehlerson
Wayne Prather
20Th St
Hearing Aid Ad Urges Free Home Test by Sonotone
A local Sonotone consultant offers a free hearing test in the privacy of the home. The ad touts modern in ear hearing aids such as the SONET and promises discreet wear and evaluation of actual loss.
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Sonotone
Bill Hood Rites Planned At City Church Today
Services for Bill J. Hood 43 a dirt and paving contractor who died Friday at Methodist Hospital will be at 4 30 p m today in the Memphis Street Church of Christ officiated by N E Rhodes and Rev Francis Wilson Burial will be in City of Lubbock Cemetery Henderson Funeral Directors Hood lived in Lubbock 25 years owned and operated Bill Hood Dirt and Paving Contractors and had run the business about 20 years He left a wife Kay three daughters a stepson a stepdaughter his parents three sisters two brothers and five pallbearers named.
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Bill J. Hood
Methodist Hospital
Memphis Street Church of Christ
N. E. Rhodes
Francis Wilson
Trinity Baptist Church
City of Lubbock
Henderson Funeral Directors
Rhodes
Louisville Drive
Hood
Lubbock
Bill Hood
Kay
Dick Ramon
Bill Murfee
Tom Griffin
H. R. Bundock
Ward Harold
Hightower Rites Planned Sunday
Ross Thomas Hightower 77 died Friday at Medical Arts Hospital from an apparent heart attack. Services set for Sunday at Northside Baptist Church with Rev. J. B. Chicks officiating. Burial in Jamesa Memorial Park. Branon-Philips Funeral Home in charge. He was born in Navarro County and lived near Patricia in Dawson County since 1924. Survived by Rosa daughter Ed Scott of Lovington, Earl of Lamesa, two sisters Mrs. Lloyd Flanery of Waco and Mrs. Joe Calvelery of Garden City, two brothers Ray and Carl of Garden City, and seven others.
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Ross Thomas Hightower
Medical Arts Hospital
Northside
Rosa
Ed Scott
Lovington
Earl
Lamesa
Lloyd Flanery
Waco
Joe Calvelery
Garden City
Ray
Carl
Man Dies After Second Heart Transplant in California
Darrell Hammarley, 56, the world’s first recipient of two transplanted hearts, died at Stanford Medical Center at 2:35 p.m. Friday following a stroke. The former airline pilot from San Jose had suffered a brain blood clot Thursday morning after his second transplant on November 21, hours after the first transplant failed.
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Stanford
Calif
Darrell Hammarley
Stanford Mediical Center
San Jose
Henry Kirkland Rites Scheduled at Southside Baptist Church
Services for Henry Earl Kirkland 63 of 3234 Jarvis are set for 2 30 p m today at Southside Baptist Church with Rev M D Durham officiating Burial will follow at Resthaven Memorial Park by Henderson Funeral Directors He died Thursday in the Veterans Administration Hospital Las Animas Colorado He was a retired farmer Surviving are a son a brother three sisters and two grandchildren
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Henry Earl Kirkland
Jarvis
Southside Baptist Church
M. D. Durham
Resthaven Memorial Park
Henderson Funeral
Kirkland
Veterans Administration Hospital
Las Animas
Colo
QO. L
Hubert
Houston
Willie Mae Perser
Shallowater
Callie Perser
Rosie Stewart
Lubbock
Bankhead Rites Scheduled at St Pauls Church
Private funeral and burial for actress Tallulah Bankhead will be held at 3 p.m. today at St Pauls Episcopal Church near Chestertown Maryland with the Rev Alfred Noble Reed officiating. Bankhead died Thursday in New York of pneumonia. The old St Pauls church near Fair Lee is six miles southwest of Chestertown on Maryland's Eastern Shore.
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Chestertown
Tallulah Bankhead
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Miss Bankhead
New York
Old St. Paul's
Kent
Fair Lee
Maryland
Alfred Noble Reeding
Reeding
Brigadoon Captivates Tech Crowd in Two Day Run
Texas Tech Music Theater opened a two day run of Brigadoon by Lerner and Loewe drawing about 1,800 fans. The production features Richard Knox and Dana Gibson in leading roles with strong dance and chorus work, praised direction by Charles Lawrie and Suzanne Aker choreography.
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Texas Tech Music Theater
Lerner and Loewe
Tech
Charles Lawrie
Suzanne Aker
Richard Knox
Tommy
Dick Phillips
Jeff
Knox
Dana Gibson
Fiona
Kathleen Griffis
Jean
Kathy Killgore
Meg Brockie
Love
Rites Planned for Joe Nathan Chron Drowned at Big Bend
Funeral services set for 3 p.m. at Emma Church of Christ for Joe Nathan Chron 40 who drowned Thanksgiving Day in Boquillas Canyon Big Bend National Park. Ministers James Eubanks D C Lawrence and Douglas Lawler to officiate with burial at Balls Cemetery under Carter Funeral Home direction. Chron sponsor of Boy Scout trip with about 36 participants. He is survived by two sons a daughter his parents and several siblings.
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Chron
Emma Church of Christ
Berta Fay
Tony Joe
Kelly Brad
Deborah
Virgil ‘Chron
Ralls
W. Allen
FE. C
McGowan Rites Planned Today
Joseph Ross McGowan 58 died Thursday in a Lubbock hospital. Services at 3 p.m. today at First Methodist Church in Anton with Rev. Delton Fisher and Rev. Royce Womack officiating. Burial in Anton Cemetery. Survived by wife, son Fred of Dallas, three brothers Frank Anton Henry I Elk City and James California, three sisters Mildred Downs Anton Pearl Vineard Lawton and Lola Pullen Atlas, and two grandchildren.
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Anton
Joseph Ross McGowan
Lubbock
First Methodist Church
Delton Fisher
Royce Womack
Anton Cemetery
Hammons
Fred
Dallas
Frank
Henry I
Elk City
Okla
James
California
Mildred Downs
Pearl Vineard
Lawton
Lola Pullen
Atlas
Mrs. Ada Waltrip Rites Held at Fifth Street Baptist
Funeral services for Ada Alice Waltrip 91 will be held at 3 p m Sunday at Fifth Street Baptist Church Levelland with Rev W A Corley officiating Burial will be in City of Levelland Cemetery Smith Funeral Home in charge A Missouri native she lived 43 years in Hockley County and was a charter member of the local First Baptist Church Survivors include five daughters three sons 26 grandchildren 56 great grandchildren and six great great grandchildren
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Levelland
Ada Alice Waltrip
Methodist Hospital
Lubbock
Fifth Street Baptist Church
W. A. Corley
Levelland Cemetery
Smith Funeral Home
Waltrip
Missouri
Hockley County
First Baptist Church
T. C. Casey
Effie Guinn
Tahlequah
Okla
Roxie Curb
Abilene
Gladys Whitten
Oaksville
Colleen Sneed
Los Angeles
G. E
Ruidosa
John
Parker, Ariz
G. E. of
Rites Scheduled For Mrs Espy In Plainview
Graveside services for 77 year old Mrs Charles Espy former Plainview resident will be held at Plainview Cemetery with Rev Mark Williams officiating Burial by Lemons Funeral Home. She died Thursday in Yuma Arizona survived by daughter Lillie Daughtery of Yuma and brother Harmon Bavier of Okangain Arizona.
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Plainview
Charles Espy
Mark Williams
First United Methodist Church
Lemons Funeral Home
Missouri
Espy
C. H. Espy
California
Arizona
Yuma
Lillie Daughtery
Ariz
Harmon Bavier
Okangain, Ariz
Rites Pending for Arlis B. Cottle
Arlis B. Cottle 35 former Scurry County resident died Thursday at his Los Angeles home. A Hobbs native he moved to California in 1963. Survivors include father L. E. Cottle Snyder mother Maxine Samuelson Brady sister Lloyd Smith Oceanside brother Kenneth Cottle Columbus Mississippi. Services are pending Bell Seale Funeral Home.
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Snyder
Arlis B. Cottle
Scurry County
Los Angeles
Cottle
California
Hobbs
L. E. Cottle
Maxine Samuelson
Brady
Lloyd Smith
Oceanside
Calif
Kenneth Cottle
Columbus
Miss
Bell Seale Funeral Home
Former Lubbock Resident Claud Alls Dies at 88
Claud Alls aged 88, a cowboy in early West Texas settlement, died Friday at 12:15 a.m. in Hamlin Hospital after a short illness. He resided with his sister Mrs. Mabel Hall in Aspermont at the time of death, and previously lived in Lubbock with his late sister Mrs. Dora Ross. Services will be held at 2 p.m. today in Aspermont.
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Aspermont
Claud Alls
West Texas
Hamlin Hospital
Mabel Hall
Lubbock
Dora Ross
Brazil's President Seizes Powers and Closes Congress
President Artur da Costa e Silva declared a state of siege and closed Congress after military-backed moves to trial a congressman. He cited a revolutionary war and overrode the constitution, with security forces muzzling the press amid nationwide tensions.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Artur da Costa E Silva
Congress
Brazil
Marcio Moreira Alves
Costa E Silva
Joao Goulart
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