Longtime Hale Resident Dies
Mrs. J. M. Brazele 88 a Hale County resident died Monday at her Plainview area home after a long illness. Services at 2 p.m. today at First Baptist Church Plainview with Dr. Tim Trammell officiating. Burial in Plainview cemetery. Survived by son Jimmie Brazele and daughter Mrs. W P Sherrod both of Plainview plus three grandchildren and two great grandchildren. The Sherrod home is 1001 Nassau St. in Plainview.
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Plainview
J. M. Brazele
Hale County
First Baptist Church
Tim Trammell
Plainview Cemetery
Brazele
Mount Vernon
W. P. Sherrod
Sherrod
Nassau St
Woman Dies in One Car Crash West of Big Spring
Mrs. Geraldine Ray 22 of Andrews was killed when her car overturned on Highway 76 about nine miles west of Big Spring. Her husband and two children survived with minor injuries. She had moved to Andrews six months earlier from Graham. Survivors include her parents in Graham, a Graham sister, and a Fort Worth brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrews
Geraldine Ray
Big Spring
Highway 76
Jack White
Singleton Funeral Home
Mres
R. K. Hoffman
Graham
Yvonne Whitney
Earl Rittenbury
Fort Worth
Youngblood Rites Slated for Clovis Resident
Services for Alfred Youngblood 81 longtime House Community resident will be held at 2 p.m. in C V Steed Memorial Chapel with Rev Harvey Hudnall officiating. Burial in Mission Garden of Memories follows graveside Masonic rites by Melrose Lodge. Survivors include three brothers and six sisters across California New Mexico Arizona and Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clovis
Alfred Youngblood
C. V
Calif
Bill
D. T. Youngblood
Nora Hornsby
S. H. Stephens
Elmar Youngblood
Ed Ashcraft
Delta
Colo
Ruby V. Hardcastle
Phoenix
Ariz
Reva Farmer
House
N. M. Masonic
Melrose Masonic Lodge
Ernest Lee Rites In Snyder
Services for Ernest Lee 56 longtime Snyder resident will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Colonial Hill Baptist Church with Rev. Miller Robinson officiating. Burial in Snyder Cemetery under Bolger Funeral Home direction. Lee died Sunday night in the Veterans Hospital Big Spring after a long illness. Survivors include wife and two sons Larry and Lanny both of the home and daughter Rita. Pallbearers named J T Stephens Charlie May Jimmy Dyess D Lockhart Alvis Lockhart Jess Lockhart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Stephens
Charlie May
Jimmy Dyess
D. Lockhart
Alvis Lockhart
Jess Lockhart
Otto Zedlitz of Tahoka Dies
Tahoka resident since 1949 Otto Zedlitz died at 4 p.m. Monday in the Veterans Hospital Roswell services set for 3 p.m. Wednesday at Tahoka Church of Christ with Ralph Beistle officiating burial in Tahoka Cemetery under White Funeral Home. He was a World War I veteran and retired farmer survived by wife five daughters three sons two brothers five sisters and 14 grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tahoka
Otto Zedlitz
Veterans’ Hospital
Rie Spring
Tahoka Church
Opal Pearce
Seminole
Florence Perceson
Janis Hicks
Dumas
Dor Ann Zedlitz
Patsy Zedlitz
Fred
Aaron
el Paso
J. V
Alamogordo
N. M
John
Danny
Roswell
Paul King
Ratha Lang
Flora Green
Mary Walston
Gause
Tex
Lenora T Dixon
Post
Floydada Boy Struck By Car
Five year old Billy Marquis son of Mr and Mrs Billy Marquis of Floydada was struck by a car as he ran into the street near his home around 315 pm Monday. He was taken to Peoples Hospital and later moved to Methodist Hospital in Lubbock in serious condition in the ICU. Police Chief Bill Taylor investigated the accident and said the boy and his sister were walking on the sidewalk two blocks from home when he ran into the street into a car driven by Mrs Nita Sparks Welborn of Floydada on U S
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floydada
Billy Marquis
Peoples Hospital
Methodist Hospital
Lubbock
Bill Taylor
Billy
Nita Sparks Welborn
U.S
Obituaries and incidents from Lubbock area briefs
Services for Freddie Sipes 15 of 1811 S Brown in Epworth Methodist Church. Burial at City of Lubbock Cemetery. Mrs Tommy L Stidger 29 of 5611 44th St funeral at 2 p m 25th Street Baptist Church. Burial Resthaven Memorial Park. Effie Fay Smith 76 of 3602 Ave E rites in Dodge City Kan burial Maple Grove Cemetery. Local arrangements by Sanders Funeral Home. Devotional at First Christian Church followed by prayer and fellowship. John H Nance 82 died in Benton Ark he is father of Mrs Hoyle Bowles. Three people injured in two car crash at 50th St and Hartford Ave. Billy Joe Gipson 21 in serious condition after two car crash that killed Charles Edward Gipson. Faye Flake 36 in critical condition after three vehicle pileup near Lubbock. Charles Edward Gipson funeral pending in Corsicana. Fire at Carroll Sammann home caused heavy kitchen damage from overheated grease.
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Freddie Sipes
S. Brown
Epworth Methodist Church
Keith Wiseman
City of Lubbock
Rix Funeral Home
Sipes
St. Mary's Hospital
Tommy L. Stidger
44Th St
25Th Street Baptist Church
Bert J. Homer
Clifton Igo
Second Baptist Church
Lamesa
Resthaven Memorial Park
Henderson-Wilson
Effie - Fay Smith
Ave. E
Dodge City
Kan
Maple Grove Cemetery
John H. Nance
Benton, Ark
Hoyle Bowles
23Rd St
St. Louis
San Francisco
Billy Joe Gipson
Methodist Hospital
Charles Edward Gipson
Martins Mill
Joe Torres
Johnny Torres
Ramona Torres
Faye Flake
Levelland
Lubbock
Charley Henry Messick Jr
West Texas
Calhoun Funeral Home
Corsicana
Gipson
Idalou
FM Road
U. S. Hwy
Lucy Boykin Funeral Slated in Littlefield
Funeral services for Lucy Boykin 68 a Littlefield resident since 1955 will be at 4 p m today at Hammons Funeral Home Chapel minister Bob Wear Crescent Park Church of Christ. Burial in Spring Town Cemetery graveside services at 1 p m Wednesday Survivors include three nephews Gene Bartley Littlefield Frank Bartley Levelland and J H Bartley Midland.
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Littlefield
Lucy Boykin
Hammons Funeral Home
Bob Wear
Crescent Park
Three Viet Nam War Casualties Identified
The Army identified three service members killed in Viet Nam while aiding government forces. William R. Hamlin, Spec. 5, of Seattle, Wash., died December 8. Capt. Wayne H. Kidd, of Nutter Fort, W. Va., died December 11. Capt. John J. King, of Sebring, Fla., died December 12.
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Washington
UPI
Viet Nam
Spec
William R. Hamlin
James D. Hamlin
Seattle
Wash
Heidemarie E. Hamlin
Wayne H. Kidd
Joye L. Kidd
Nutter Fort
W. Va
John J. King
Alice King
Sebring, Fla
Boy suffers fractures and possible head injury in crash
A collision at Hwy 70 and Virginia Street left a boy with fractures and a possible head injury. Responders reported injuries and secured the scene for evaluation.
Retired Lynn County farmer James D Carter dies
James Dennis Carter, 67, a retired Lynn County farmer, died of a heart attack at his Tahoka home. Services set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church Tahoka with Rev. J. B. Vickery and others officiating. burial at Tohoka Cemetery. Survived by wife, two daughters, two sons, two sisters, his mother, five brothers, 13 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.
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James Dennis Carter
Lynn County
First Baptist Church
J.B. Vickery
Lubbock
Lamesa
James. Efird
Tohoka Cemetery
White Funeral Home
Carter
Cleburne
Tahoka
The
Baptist Church
M. E. Sales
Post
Herb Gripper
Amarillo
Virgil. P. Tahoka
James D
Seattle
Wash
Myrtle Calloway
Fort Worth
L. C. Johnson
Viola Carter
Bill
Ballinger
Abl
George
Fred
Tom
Ed Stone
Carl Stone
Horace Daniel
J. W. Chesser
Glen Mathis
Bishop Mathis
David Yandell
J. W. Owens
Mrs. Browns Rites Planned in Clovis Service
Funeral services for Mrs. Bessie Anna Mettles Brown 77 of Clovis will be held at 3 p m at the Church of Christ on 10th and Pile Street with B E Bowman officiating. Burial follows at Mission Garden of Memories Cemetery. Survivors include Clyde Brown husband three sons Walter E Nettles Claude Brown Jr and Harold W Brown and four daughters among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clovis
Bessie Anna Mettles Brown
10Th and Pile Street Church of Christ
B. E. Bowcom
Mission Garden of Memories Cemetery
C. W. Steed
Brown
J.C. Penney
Clyde Brown
Walter E. Nettles
Tucson
Ariz
Claude Brown Jr
Temple
Tex
Harold W. Brown
Topeka
Kan
May Kelley
Albuquerque
Jewel Phillips
Greeley
Cole
Travis Jenkins
Lometa
Calif
Bill Curry
Mesa
Pug Curry
Groesbeck
Leo Martin Brown Funeral Conducted
Leo Martin Brown 57 of Ira died Sunday after a heart attack at Cogdell Memorial Hospital. His funeral was held Monday at Hubbard Kelley Funeral Home Odessa with burial at Sunset Memorial Garden. Survivors include sisters Mrs. Thomas B. Hale Ira and Mrs. John B. Weisz Odessa and brother L. O. Brown Odessa.
Albert in McAlester Hospital With Fever
House Majority Leader Carl Albert of Oklahoma is reported resting well in a McAlester hospital with a 104 degree fever. A nurse says he is suffering from influenza and exhaustion.
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Solon
Mcalester, Okla
Upl
Carl Albert
D-Okla
McAlester Hospital
The Shepherd Merrie Christmas in England
The piece presents a traditional Christmas vignette with biblical lines from Luke 2 11 and scenes of medieval dining among knights and ladies. It recalls music, feasting, and festive customs with references to roast delicacies and plum pudding.
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England
Former Terry Resident Sarah Bullard Dies in Abilene
Funeral services for Mrs. S. W. Bullard a former Terry County resident will be held at 2 30 p m today at Southside Church of Christ Brownfield with Joe Chisholm and Delbert Goins officiating. Burial follows in Brownfield Cemetery. She died at St Anns Hospital Abilene after a lengthy illness. Survivors include five sons four daughters a sister and a brother with numerous grandchildren great grandchildren and great great grandchildren.
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Brownfield
S. W
Sarah) Bullard
Abilene
Terry County
Southside Church of Christ
Joe Chisholm
The
Plains Church of Christ
Delbert Goins
L. D
Sheffield
Sam
Colonel Jim W. Britt Rites Held in Lamesa
Military funeral services are set for 3:30 p.m. Thursday at Down town Church of Christ in Lamesa for retired Air Force Colonel Jim W. Britt 49 killed in a Sunday traffic mishap near Topeka Kansas. Burial is in Lamesa Memorial Cemetery under Branon Philips Funeral Home. Survivors include Patsy wife, Jimmy son of Grand Prairie, parents Dan and Mrs. Britt Welch, sister Pat Fortenberry Capitan New Mexico, brothers J. D. Scottsdale Arizona and James E. Kermit.
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Lamesa
Church of Christ
Air Force
Jim W. Britt
Topeka
Kan
Wesley Mickey
Lamesa Memorial
Branon- Philips Funeral Home
Britt
Welch
Here
Patsy
Jimmy
Grand Prairie
Dan Britt
Pat Fortenberry
Capitan, N.M
J. D
Scottsdale
Ariz
James E
Kermit
Lamesa Man Charles Lawler Funeral Today
Charles Judson Lawler, 59, a Lamesa resident since 1924, died after a long illness. Funeral services are set for 2 30 p m at the North 14th Street Church of Christ with John D Gipson officiating. Burial will be in Lamesa Memorial Park. He operated a cabinet shop before illness. He was native to Callahan County. parents Oma Lena and C O Lawler. Survived by sisters LaVerne Kirtley Culley Oakes and M K Brooks, and brothers John S Q C Lawler and Ray D Lawler.
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Lamesa
Charles Judson Lawler
Big Spring
the Carpenter
North 14Th Street
Church of Christ
John D. Gipson
Lamesa Memorial Park
Branon-Philips Funeral Home
Lawler
Callahan County
Rites Planned for L. H. Moreland in Levelland
L. H. Moreland 75 of Levelland will be buried in Resthaven Cemetery Lubbock after services at Levelland First Baptist Church at 3 p.m. today with Rev. Franklin Swanner and Rev. Wayne Perry officiating. He died Monday in Methodist Hospital Lubbock. Surviving are wife Pearl two daughters four sons two brothers three sisters and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Pallbearers: Larry Moreland Gerald Moreland Buford Moore Jackie Weatherly Don Gresham Jerry Sitton.
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Levelland
L. H. Moreland
Levelland First Baptist Church
Franklin Swanner
Plainview
Wayne. O. .Perry
Ropes First Baptist Church
Resthaven Cemetery
Lubbock
George Price
Moreland
Methodist Hospital
Pearl
Buford Moore
Ropesville
Tommy Peterson
Plains
Buck
Clifford
Huron
Oj. D
Reece
Douglas
Mansfield
Carrie - Wingiar
Hubert Rawden
Irving
Dan Sitton
Larry Moreland
Gerald Moreland
Buford Lee Moore
Jackie Weatherly
Don Gresham
Jerry Sitton
John H Stephens Rites Held Today In Mt Olive Church
Funeral services for John H. Stephens 82 of Lubbock will be conducted at 2 p m today at Mt Olive Baptist Church with Rev J B Whitten and Rev Dewey Morgan officiating. A native of Ladonia and retired farmer he died Sunday at West Texas Hospital after five days hospitalization. He lived in Lubbock twelve years after moving from Lamesa. Surviving include his wife a son Dr H L Stephens Holdenville Okla three daughters Mrs Ebert Peach Mrs A L Thomas and Mrs Leonard Bauer two sisters Mrs Bud Northcutt and Mrs Lake Simpson a brother J N McFarland ten grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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John H. Stephens
E. Queens
Mt. Olive Baptist Church
J. B. Whitten
Dewey Morgan
Zuni Park Baptist Church
City of Lubbock
Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home
Stephens
Lubbock
Former Clerk Grace Moore Rites Pending
Mrs. Grace Moore 65 former Lubbock County clerk is found dead at her home on Monday. Peace Justice George H. McCleskey conducts the inquest after police were summoned when she did not answer a neighbor. Moore had recently returned from a hospital and was widow of Louie F. Moore, also a former county clerk who died in office in April 1960.
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Grace Moore
28Th St
Lubbock
Sanders Funeral Home
Death notice for Burl Ezell Springfield 54
Graveside services for Burl Ezell Springfield who was found dead in an abandoned lumber yard vat will be held at Peaceful Gardens Memorial Park. The inquest ruled death natural. survivors include two sons two daughters and two brothers. He was 54 and lived at 1216 Ave G Springfield.
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Burl Ezell
Springfield
Ave. G
Peaceful Gardens Memorial Park
Windell Taylor
Arnett- Benson Baptist Church
Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home
Peace Justice
F. R. Land
Land
Rodric Springfield
Cornell St
Jerry Lynn Springfield
E. Tulane St
Virginia Balaski
Troy
N.Y
Roberta Lou Miller
Lubbock
Mary Darlene Springfield
Tulane St
Jim Springfield
Phoenix
Ariz
Roy Springfield
Comedian Paul Gilbert Joins Cat Ballou Cast
Hollywood sources report comedian Paul Gilbert has been added to the cast of Columbia Pictures film Cat Ballou. The announcement comes as production progresses with Gilbert joining stars in the Western comedy.
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Hollywood
UPI
Paul Gilbert
Columbia
Cat Ballou
Rites Planned for Tom V Rankin at Lockney Church
Special services for Tom Volney Rankin Jr. 41 will be held at 2 30 p m Wednesday at Main Street Church of Christ Lockney with Dr Ben Holland and Bob Glover officiating Burial falls to Cart e r Funeral Home Rankin died at 950 a m Monday in Northwest Texas Hospital Amarillo after a three year illness He was born in Lockney and farmed the Lone Star Community until 1959 He was a member of Broadway Church of Christ Lubbock He leaves a widow Doris a daughter Cindy two sons Tommy and Teddy and his mother Mrs Tom Rankin Sr
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Lockney
Tom Volney Rankins Jr
Main Street
Church of Christ
Ben Holland
Austin
Bob Glover
Main Street Church of Christ
James Carter
First Methodist Church of
Lockney Cemetery
Car‘iter Funeral Home
Jack Price
Lubibock
Rankin
Northwest Texas Hospital
Amarillo
Lone Star
Broadway
Lubbock
Doris
Clovis Man William H Spaulding Rites Planned
William H. Pete Spaulding 68 a Clovis resident since 1931 will be at 2 p m Wednesday in C V Steed Memorial Chapel Paul Scott pastor of Central Baptist Church Burial will be in Lawn Haven Memorial Park He died Monday morning at home He was a former hardware store operator a member of Clovis Masonic Lodge and a World War I veteran Survivors include a son Littleton California a sister Mrs Carrie Allen Hobbs New Mexico and no
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Clovis
William H
Pete) Spaulding
C. V. Steed Memorial
Paul Scott
Central Baptist Church
Lawn Haven Memorial Park
Spaulding
Reyes Funeral Set In Tahoka
Valentin Reyes 53 a Lynn County resident since 1945 died about 430 am Sunday at his Tahoka home after months of illness. Services 10 am Wednesday at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church officiated by Rev Daniel O'Sullivan. Burial Tahoka Cemetery. Survivors: wife three daughters Martina Jessie and Mrs Domingo Chappa three sons Cecelia Domingo Tomas and four grandchildren.
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Tahoka
Valentin Reyes
Lynn County
Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church
Daniel O'Sullivan
O'don‘nell
White Funeral Home
Domingo Chappa
Martina Reyes
Jessie Reyes
Cecelia
Brownfield
Domingo
Germany
Tomas
Dillard Rites Set Wednesday
Services for Troy E. Dillard 63 of Roaring Springs will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Roaring Springs Baptist Church with Richard Williams officiating. Burial in Roaring Springs Cemetery under Henderson-Wilson Funeral Home direction. Dillard died about 8 a.m. Monday at his son Hoyle Dillard's home. He worked eight years with the Lubbock Park and Recreation Department and retired in 1962. Surviving: wife Ora. six sons Hoyle James Wayne Hobert Hoyt and Lloyd. daughter Mrs Horace Franklin. eight sisters. two brothers. 21 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy E. Dillard
Roaring Springs
Roaring Springs Baptist Church
Richard Williams
Henderson-Wilson Funeral Home
Dillard
Hoyle Dillard
18Th St
Lubbock Park and Recreation
Ora
Hoyle
James
13Th St
Wayne
17Th St
Hobert
Hoyt
Colorado City
Lloyd
Clarksville
Horace Franklin
21St St
Flore Stockman
Ida
Mrs D A Pools Rites Set In Anton
Funeral services for Mrs. D A Pool 80 longtime Anton resident will be held at 2 30 p m today at First Baptist Church Anton with Rev Murrell Johns and Rev C C Edwards officiating Burial will be in Anton Cemetery She died Saturday evening in a Hurst hospital Survivors include four daughters Mrs Earl Edwards Hurst Mrs Florence Horton China Lake California Mrs Gladys Skeeters Oxnard Beach California and Mrs Ruth Horton Ganado Arizona
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Anton
D.A. Pool
Hurst
First Baptist Church
Murrell. Johns
Florence Horton
China Lake
Calif
Gladys Skeeters
Oxnard Beach
Ruth Horton
Ganado
Ariz
Mrs. Beavers Dies In Snyder
Mrs. J. C. Beavers 66 a Scurry County resident since 1921 died at her Snyder home Monday of an Arkansas birth. Funeral services will be at 2 30 p m Wednesday at East Side Church of Christ with Richard Williams of Big Spring officiating Don Browning assisting Burial will be in Snyder Cemetery under Bell Seale Funeral Home direction Survivors include husband father J N Lewis Snyder daughter Mrs Robert L Stevens on Richmond California sister Mrs Eva Ross Hope Arkansas five brothers Pete I V Harley Lewis Snyder Brice Lewis Midland and Charles Peaster and three grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder
J. C. Beavers
Scurry County
East Side Church of
J. N. Lewis
Robert L. Stevenson
Richmond
Calif
Eva Ross
Hope, Ark
Pete Lewis
I. V. Lewis
Harley Lewis
Brice Lewis
Midland
Charles
Peaster
Willie B Johnson services set today
Services for Willie B Johnson 53 of 4307 E 64th St will be at 2 30 pm today in St Luke Baptist Church with Rev A L Davis officiating Burial will be in Carver Heights Estate City of Lubbock Cemetery Ledberry Funeral Home directed Johnson died Thursday in Rustin Surviving are a sister Mrs Maggie Tatum 4307 E 64th St and a brother Samuel Johnson
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie B. Johnson
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Floydada Boy
Melvin Lisman
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Scudder Hall
First Christian Church
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Elois
50Th St
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LeAnne Womack
45Th St
Kathryn Sellers
40Th St
Franklin Bartley
Funeral Home Ambulance
Renee Carter
41St St
West Texas Hospital
Carroll Sammann
32Nd St
Lynn
Mrs. Brown
Leo Martin Brown
Julien C. Hyer
Brownfield Cemetery
Hockley
John Stephens
Mrs
Mrs. Moore
B. E. Springfield
Tom V. Rankin
Clovis Man
Reyes
D. A. Pool
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