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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 16, 1976

Page

5

Street Drama As EMS Calms Girl After City Crash

Jody Samples nine daughter of JoAnn Samples is taken from the scene of a car pedestrian crash at 35th Street and Raleigh Avenue to Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital. EMS technicians Richard Pope and Rick Sharp comfort her as the driver recalls the 8 50 p m impact. Jody listed in stable condition late Wednesday.

Jody Samples JoAnn Kimberly Drive Richard Pope Rick Sharp 35Th Street Raleigh Avenue Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital Jody Milton Adams James Swinney 27Th St 19Th Street Paul Strief 16Th St Strief

Graveside rites for Catherine Allman in Resthaven Park

Catherine Jean Allman 6 of Thrall died in a Lake Belton crash along with her stepfather Rev Ernest Dever 42 and stepsister Laurie Dever 10. Services for the trio were held in Belton with burial at Bellwood Memorial Park. Catherine was born in Lubbock in 1970 and survived by her mother Elizabeth Dever and several relatives.

Catherine Jean Allman Thrall Resthaven Memorial Park Ernest Dever Laurie Dever Belton Devers Bellwood Memorial Park Cessna Dever Lake Belton Gatesville Temple Maude Hitler Daniel Hanna Rt. 8 Lubbock Paducah Ina Winnona Grewell First Christian Church Steve Henton Garden of Memory Norris Feneral Grewell Indian Territory Oklo

Obituary notices from Texas towns include Warden Williams and Wilson items

Obituaries and funeral notices for John Thomas Warden of Lamesa and Oma Williams of Levelland were announced with service details. Warden’s rites are in Resthaven Chapel with burial at Resthaven Memorial Park and noted affiliations including Second Baptist Church and Mackenzie Masonry Lodge. Williams’s service is at George C. Price Funeral Chapel in Levelland with burial in City of Levelland Cemetery, listing survivors and church ties. Additional notices mention Mrs Na than Wilson of Post awaiting services and long residence in Garza County, with survivors listed.

Hale Center HHS Tom) Craddick First Baptist Carrol Green Parklawn Freeman Funeral Home Craddick High Plains Hospital Wn Am Lamar County al Iwne Francis Childers Hugo Crosbyton Willie Richard Bill Dunlap Texas Tech University Pam First United Methodist Church Johnnie William Creed Mulins Emma Church of Christ Ralls Bobby Rine First Baptist Church Ratts Cemetery Adams Funeral Home Dunlap Murphy Ranch Borden County Justice of the Peace M.M. Monk Dama Bennett Crosby, Childress Hastland Terry Scurry Emma Lodge Order of Astern Star New Mexico Texas Robertson Pitchfork Slaughter and Bridwell Texas State Guard National Guard Roy L Killeen Franklin Easter Plainview George Richardson LaPorte Wille Rath Butler Mastland Mars Lou New Victorian Leena Marie Brock Lockney Nancy McDuff Deer Laura Franks 22Nd St Lax Chapel Bob Utley Trinity Baptist Church Resthaven Memorial Park Rix Minneapolis Minn Randy Fontana Wis Donna Stuart Alton ED Perryman Haynesville Homer Perryman Murray Utah Fred Perryman Duncanville Johnny Mack Perryman Henderson Louw Martin Midland Doris Baccelli Dallas Lottye Bussy Minden Helen Orbie J. Garrett 28Th St Sanders Memorial Chapel P.H. Demetro First Foursquare Gospel Church Resthaven Garrett Wayne LeCroy Oakwood Methodist Church EARTH Elmer Francis Hall Sr Arth David Burum Parsons-Ellis-Singleton Funeral Home Hall South Plains Hospital Amherst Boyd County Phoenix Ariz Southern Pacific Railroad The Baptist Church Ida Mae Elmer Jr Frank Coquille Ore Dorothy Hammon Olton Mary Bailey Claude Bessie) Oglesby San Antonio City of Lubbock Sanders Funeral Home Oglesby Baptist Memorial Hospital Lubbock Eastern Star Pythian Sisters Harlandale Baptist Church Geneva van Pelt Thomas C Graham Wichita Falls William H Bastick Lovington Nym Beatrice Haeger Oklahoma City Okla Gladys Evans Ueonard Bon Dorman 43Rd St Resthaven-Singleton-Wilson Memorial Chapel Craig Wilcox Antioch Baptist Church Clifton Igo University Baptist Church San Angelo Salina Tenn Lamesa Second Baptist Church Texas Department of Highways and Public Transportation Mackenzie Masonry Lodge Cora Fred Cox el Campo Levelland Oma Williams George C. Price Prentis McGee Levelland Cemetery Williams Cook Memorial Hospital Fayetteville Ark Oklahoma POST Nathan S. C Frazier Wilson Mason Funeral Home Lawton William Vernon Milo Post and Fair Child Milo Deli Sims Houston

Obituary Briefs for Local Residents

Obituary notices detail Woodrow Keen aged 68 of Amarillo and formerly Plainview with services at Wood-Dunnin Chapel in Plainview and burial at Plainview Memorial Park. Also listed are Curt Glenn of Plainview with services at Ninth and Columbia Street Church of Christ and burial at Plainview Memorial Park. Nora Sims age 73 of Lubbock unknown address with services at Mt Gilead Baptist and burial at City of Lubbock Cemetery.

Woodrow Keen Amarillo Plainview Wood-Dunnin Planview Memorial Park Wood-Dunning Funeral Home Curt Glenn Ninth Columbia Street of Christ In Nora Sims Duniper Ave Mt. Gilead Baptist Church City of Lubbock South Plains Funeral Home

Burglaries Dominate City Crime Under Police Investigation

Police reported burglaries topping crime activity with multiple incidents across Lubbock. The heaviest losses included $2,000 in a central restaurant burglary, a $1,700 home burglary, and $8,000 in missing trading stamps recovered from a local suspect.

Lubbock East Lubbock Johnny Payne F. Cornell Sr

Red Tape Suggested As Cause Of Death

Michigan couple claims bureaucratic delays killed Andrew Murphy a Chicago infant with a deformed spine. They had hoped to adopt him July 23 but social workers halted plans, saying the family could not handle another disabled child. The boy died while a life support appeal awaited a state hearing.

Detroit API Andrew Murphy Chicago Michigan Richard Janice Cady Gladwin Mich Stacie Andrew

Fair Skies To Rule On Plains

Dry air will keep cold nights and mild days across the South Plains through Friday with mostly sunny skies. Expect near ten hours of sunshine and breezy west winds 10 to 15 mph. Southeastern Texas sees fog and rain, while the rest of the state remains clear with decreasing clouds expected.

South Plains Texas A del Rio Mineral Wells Lone Star State

Executive assistant to Texas Tech medical dean in stable condition

W B Harris Jr of 4502 15th St suffered an apparent heart attack and remained in stable condition late Wednesday at Methodist Hospital. The Presbyterian Medical Center at 230 Cedar St will close for Christmas-New Year holidays and reopen Jan 3 per a hospital spokesman.

W.B. Harris Jr 15Th St Texas Tech University School of Medicine Methodist Hospital Presbyterian Medical Center Cedar St

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Catherine Allman Marvin A. Black Friona Marvin A Black C. H. Murphy Charles Broadhurst Garden of Memories Clovis N.M Marsons-Ellis Funeral Home Black Palmer County Aneriona Donald Shipley Arvel Lee Roger Carlsbad Sam Campbell Myrtle Milligan Jessie Pecos Tom Craddick G.E. Dickerson Norman Edward Dickerson Ave Hin Lubbock Crosbyton Church of Christ Loyd Hall Dickerson Elizabeth Walker White Oak Ola Dickerson James Charles Brown Charlotte Milton William Camp Twila Walker Bremerton Wash Orbie J. Garrett Ina Grewell Cah Charles D. Grewell Ina C. Norton Quanah Eugenia V. Mickley Carnegie Joyce Best Pasco William Drake Tulsa Elmer Hall Bessie Oglesby Otto Schilling East Englewood Schilling Mercy Hospital Slaton Area Brenham Hlf. Schilling Slaton Mary Erdman Hereford John T. Warden John Thomas Warden Mrs Mrs. Wilson Glenn Texas Instruments Patty Warden 61St St Sandra Wolfe Western Drive Noe Rodriguez Reese Village Gary Rinner 14Th Mack Owers Brownfield Hwy Tom Smith Lorene Crockett Lois Jones Alco c Funiat Home Broadway
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