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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1966
Page
4
Mary Ann Tullis Funeral Service Held in Plainview
Plainview mourns Mary Ann Tullis a Plainview High School senior niece of Gien Tulls who died from a self inflicted gunshot near her home. Justice of the Peace J C Lewis ruled accidental death. Funeral services led by Dr Trammel and Dr Rov C McChems at Bats Church with burial at Plainview Memorial Park. Survived by parents a brother Rev Lee of Piginviess and three sisters Mrs Den Croons Mrs James Pickem and Mrs Remme Thompson and grandmother Elsie Keas Hobart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plainview
DM Nu
Mare Ann Tulle
Duretter
Gien Tulls
Smythe
Pinview
Justice of the Peace
J. C Lewis
Miss Tolls
Rev Lee
Piginviess
den Croons
James Pickem
Remme Thompson
Elsie Keas
Hobart My FY
Hadwig Tenburg Funeral Today
Funeral services for Hadwig Tenburg aged 73 are set for 1 a.m. at Brownfield Memorial Chapel with Rev. Ed Crow officiating. Burial will follow at Terry County Memorial Cemetery under Brownfield Funeral Home direction. Born July 1860 in Fayette County she died after arrival at Brownfield General Hospital. Survived by one sister Mrs. Cisra Schultz and two brothers Amie and Edmord Tenburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownfield
Hadwigard
Brownfield Memorial Chapel
Ed Crow
First Baptist Church
Terry County Memorial Cemetery
Cisra Schultz
Amie
Edmord Tenburg
Shir
Mrs McDorman Funeral Sunday in Muleshoe
Mrs McDorman a long time resident died Tuesday at her daughter's home in Lake City Utah Services set for Sunday at 3 pm at First Methodist Church Burial at Muleshoe Cemetery under SinGleton Funeral Home She moved to Muleshoe in 1955 born July 1873 in Round Rock Texas Survived by three sons Marvin James Johnny and others including daughters E R Pence Shields and Gaan plus siblings and grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muleshoe
Wile McDorman
ST. A
Bill Shiekis
and Lake City
Utah
First Methodist Church
Muleshoe Cemetery
Singleton Funeral Home
Num
Round Rock
Marvin
San Leandro
Calif
James
Farwell
Johnny Ef Fence
Gla Burns
No Angelos
John Merrs
An Angelo
N F Peterson Dies In Lamesa
Funeral services for Niles Franklin Peterson will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at First Methodist Church in Lamesa with Rev. Jack Elizie officiating. Burial follows at Lamesa Memorial Park. Peterson, a 50 year resident and former farmer, died Friday after a long illness at Medical Arts Hospital. Survivors include his wife Susan, five sons Percy J Ottis and Carl of Lamesa, the Rev Elmer Peterson of Terrell and D N of San Angelo, two daughters Mrs Doyle Shillinberg and Mrs Blaine Wiggins of Lamesa, two sisters Mrs H M Scott and Mrs Morgan Maule, two brothers J M and Joe, both of Lamesa, along with 18 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamesa
Niles Franklin Peterson
First Methodist Church
Jack Elizie
Lamesa Memorial Park
Branon-Philips Funeral Home
Peterson
Medical Arts Hospital
Susan Peterson
Percy
J. Ottis
Carl
Elmer Peterson
Terrell
Tex
D. N
San Angelo
Doyle Shillinberg
Blaine Wiggins
H. M. Scott
Morgan Maule
J. M
Joe
Government to Buy Orange Concentrate to Aid Citrus Market
Secretary Freeman announced the government will purchase substantial quantities of Florida orange concentrate for school lunches to stabilize prices after a surge in citrus overproduction. He noted possible large purchases and an initial hearing in Lakeland, with officials warning the industry faces its greatest financial losses from freezes and overproduction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Iupi
Acre
Ile Freeman
Freeman
Florida
Etrus
Arewers
Services Today For Mrs. Lewis
Mrs. Minter Edna Lewis 90 long time Levelland resident died Friday at South Plains Hospital after a long illness. Services at Austin Street Church of Christ with Rev. WLR Tittle officiating. Burial in Levelland City Cemetery under Smith Funeral Home direction. Survivors include three daughters and one son with numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levelland
Minter Edna Lewis
Petmunity
South Plains Hospital
Sorom
Austin Street
List
Wlr Tittle
City of Level Jland
Smith Funeral Home
Lewis
Owenville
Tex
Ras
G G Williams Dies In City
G G Williams 75 died early Friday in a Methodist Hospital. He was a 24 year typewriter repairman at Heister's Office Machines and attended Tevas School for the Deaf in Austin. Services at 1 am Monday at Trinity Baptist with Dr C Melvin Ratheal officiating. burial in Lubbock Cemetery. Survivors include a foster son William Fay Seal, his mother Annie Williams and sister T G Gilliam. Pallbearers listed. Lisbon murders go unreported in Portugal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthriel Williars
Hester
Tevas School For the Deaf
Austin
Trinity Baptist Contest
C. Melvin Ratheal
Borja
Lubbock
Sanders Funeral Home
Wiliam Fay Seal
Morgan City
Annie Willams
T. G. Gilliam
Pearsall
Tex
R. A. Williams
Yuma
Ariz
David Hester
Jack Price
Leslie Strege
Denny Davis Jr
Ben Harmon
Wilburn McCanlies
Funeral services for M H Grantham set for today
Funeral services for M H Grantham will be held at 2 30 p m at Resthaven Chapel with Pastor E Laisk of Emmanuel Baptist Church officiating. Burial will follow in Pesthavental Park under the direction of the funeral home. Grantham a retired farmer died Friday at St Marys Hospital after five days illness. He was born April 22 1884 in Meridian. He married Mary Lawler in 1900 and lived in Hockley County before moving to Lubbock in 1948. He was a member of College Avenue Baptist Church. Surviving are his wife a daughter Myrtie Mazill two sons Joe R Grantham and Esme Grantham and ten grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. H. Grantham
Resthaven
EL Laisk
Ermanuel Baptist Church
Buria
Pesthavental Park
En Funeral Home
Grantham
St. Mary's Hospital
Meridian
Mary Lawler
Edwards Rest Home
Lubbock
Hockley County
College Avenue Baptist Church
Myrtie Mazill
Woodsend Hills
Calif
Joe R. Grantham
Aurora, Mo
Esme Grantham
E Regis St
Rites Pend For J. M. McGahay
Funeral arrangements for Joseph M. McGahay 88 a Levelland resident for 40 years who died shortly after admission to Levelland Clinic Hospital were pending at George C. Price Funeral Home. He was born November 20 1878 in Winfield Alabama a retired farmer and grocer member of Missionary Baptist Church and survived by wife Mahala with four sons a daughter two brothers six sisters seven grandchildren 11 great grandchildren and a great great grandchild. James
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levelland
Joseph M. McGahay
Alent
Levelland Clinic Hospital
George C. Price
McGahay
Winfield
Ala
Missionary Baptist Church
Mahala
Reno
Oklahoma City
Desmond
Aubrey
Labbock
Jesse J
Cleburne
Betty Belle Green
Perry
Portales
Judson
Snyder
Fannie Whitaker
Artie Marr
Annie Green
Jewell Wellingham
Mattie Morrison
Portland
Ore
Lilla McCoy
Brownfield
James
Rights protest over forced retirement from State Dept
Former Foreign Service officer Stephen A. Koczak contends his constitutional rights were violated as the State Department produced a report claiming his retirement stemmed from a long substandard performance record. He criticizes the process, alleging lack of cross examination and denial of access to the special board report. The Senate Constitutional Rights Subcommittee may seek further state department information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Chadwick W.ngton
Stephen A. Koczak
State Department
Department
Hadi Service
Koczak
Senate Constitutional Rights Subcommittee
Berlin
Sen
Sam J. Ervin Jr
2NC
John
MM. Steeves
Case Unl
Steeves
Secretary of State
Special Board
Ito O
Steeveshotter
Serect
Ervin
Didn’t Ark
Powerful Woman Accused Of Shoplifting In Irving
A woman in Irving, reported by UPI, grabbed four men’s suits from a department store while attempting to leave. Six to seven bystanders pursued, a coach named Tun Landry was urged to recruit her, and she brandished a knife before police restrained her. The suits were returned to the racks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving
UPI
Tun Landry
Dallas Cowboys
Key Man Arrested In Hotel Thefts In Philadelphia
Brook March, 45, arrested in Center City hotel robbery, held without bail as detectives link him to a string of hotel thefts in Philadelphia and New York. Police say he carried 16 hotel keys and may have come from Reading, with a West Philadelphia address on file.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
UPI
New York
Brook March
West Philadelphia
Reading
March
Center City
Ferguson
El Paso Store Seeks Bilingual Santa Claus
An El Paso store places a window sign seeking a Santa Claus who must be bilingual. The ad reflects a local effort to find a Santa able to communicate in two languages for holiday events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paso
Santa Claus
E! Paso
Soviet Poet Yevtushenko Visits Amarillo Area
Yevgeny Yevtushenko arrived Friday in the Amarillo area to look at the country ride horses and visit. He toured the Amarillo Dockyards with local leaders and planned to travel to Montgomery Alabama next before heading to Clarendon for ranch stays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Amarillogap
Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Yevtuchenko
Niihovaine Olman
Lawrence Haey
Haey
John Steinbeck
Yevtushenko
Montgomery
Ala
Amarilla
Hag
Clarendon
J D Brannon Dies Rites Pending In Seagraves
J D Brannon died in the Seagraves hospital at 931 am Friday services are pending at Rix Funeral Home in Lubbock. He was a member of Ashmoor Baptist Church and Seagraves Masonic Lodge, lived in Lubbock before moving to Seagraves, and is survived by his wife Marie a son Jerry a daughter Mrs Dee Wayne Hailbrook three brothers and four sisters and four grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shagraves
J D. 'Bastent Brannon
Seagraves Hossstéi
Rix Funeral Home
Lubbock
Ashmoor Baptist Church
Searaves Masonic Lodge
Southwestern Public Service
Branwen
Seagraves
Marie
Jerry
Dee Wayne Hailbrook
Loop
Oscar
Vitomia
Ark
Otis
Owen
Clayton
Wade Ross
Bobby Baty
Paris
Let Burks
Warren Services Slated In City
Funeral for Leslie E Warren 82 of 406 4th St will be at 3 20 pm today in Sanders Funeral Home Memorial Chapel. Burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery. Survived by brother Dennis Warren Eugene Ore and sister Miss Welda Warren San Antonio. Pallbearers Wayne Warren Paul Warren Clayton Warren Pat Hastings Gail Gaither Virgil Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie E. Warren
4Th St
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
Sanders Fineral Home Memorial Chapel
Lubbock
Warren
McMurray
Horace Coffman
Broadway Church
of Christ
Dennis Warren
Eugene
Ore
Welda Warren
San Antonio
Wayne Warren
Paul Warren
Clayton Warren
Pat Hastings
Gail Gaither
Virgil Davis
London Kindergartens Christmas Party Vandalized
Vandals broke into a London kindergarten on Friday and destroyed a Christmas tree and presents prepared for a children's party. They ripped the fairy from the tree top, smashed light bulbs, broke dolls, and left a littered pile of gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
CAP
Walter W. S. Barclay dies. services set at Spur
Walter W. S. Barclay, longtime Spur resident and former service station operator, died Friday at Spur Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted by Rev Norris Tavier and Rev John Jenkins with burial at Spur Cemetery under Campbell Funeral Home direction. He leaves a wife and several children, brothers, grandchildren, and a host of nieces and nephews, with pallbearers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
STAR
Sail
Walter Stephan Harelay
Suxar
Simte Tse
Spur Memorial Hospital
Norris Tavier
First Bapist
John Jenkins Baptist
Larents
Hurial
Spur Cemetery
Carpbell Fun
Mrs Stradlee Rites Scheduled In Paducah
Mrs O Lee Stradlee, Sidud, will be buried at Guthrie Cemetery after services at First Baptist Church Paducah. Rev Robert Beck and Rev G C Lanes will officiate. Norris Funeral Home handles arrangements. She was born April 5 1885 in Graham. Survivors include two brothers and two sisters and two grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paducah
Corpus, Christi
Nita Blackwell
Hidie Franklin
Willow
Okla
Dale Franklin
San Puebleo
Calif
City Man's Father Dies Services Set
Sam R. Hord aged 90 dies in Arlington with services planned for 2:30 p.m. today at Shannon's Funeral Chapel Fort Worth. Burial at Greenwood Cemetery. Hord a pioneer manufacturer who founded Texas first oxygen heated gas firm at Fort Worth. Survived by wife son W. O D. Hord, three grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
Sam R. Hord
Shannon
Fort Worth
Greenwood
Hord
Texas
Fost Wool
Rites Held For Willis L Pearson In Girard
Willis L Pearson 82 longtime resident died Friday in a Hamlin Texas hospital. Services at Girard First Church conducted by Rev Bob Porterfield and Rev T Gatscher with burial in Girard Cemetery under Campbell Funeral Home Spur. Survivors include wife five daughters one son and numerous grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SPUR
Willis Lee Pearson
Hamlin
Tex
iGirard B. Sapst
Bob Portereld
Bobby T. Gatscher
Javton
Girard Cemetery
Cammpbell Puneral
Spur Be
Melton Potter
Star Am
Felix Henderson
Patponus Toy
Mrs Owen Funeral Held for Lubbock Resident
Mrs Fla Sue Owen aged five, of 1504 Hth Street Lubbock, died at St Marys Hospital. Funeral services were conducted at Calvary Baptist Church with the pastor officiating. Survivors include three brothers C H Thomas Plainview and Carl Thomas Abilene, a sister Mrs Bessie Hale Lubbock, and pallbearers Pool Turner Freeman Joplin Hears Bell Oliver Harmel Jess Adams Clark Zachary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fla Sue Owen
St. Lengtine Lubbock
Itt
St Mares Hospital
Calvary Rantist Church
Oeffeigtmy
Linki Ps
Somecab
Olven
Itn
Labhock
Cilvary Bantat
C. H. Thomas
Plainview
Carl Thomas
Abilene
Bessie Hale
Ymth
Pool
Turner
Freeman Joplin
Hears Bell
Oliver Harmel
Jess Adams
Clark Zachary
James Marion Little Dies Rites Today
Graveside services for James Marion Little son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Little of 905 East St will be held today at Peaceful Gardens Memorial Park. He died after an illness of several months at Methodist Hospital. The Rev Lionel J Cooksey of First Free Will Baptist Church conducts the services. Sanders Finneral Home handles arrangements. Survivors include the parents maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs J B Duff of Lubbock and paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs J B Bundrant of Belton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Marion Little
Rmenthaid
Arthur Little
EL oStth
Do Aih
Peaceful Gardens Memorial Park
Methodist Hospital
Lionel J. Cooksey
First Free Will Baptist Church
Sanders Finneral
J. B. Duff
Lubbock
J. B. Bundrant
Belton
Dallas Man's Death Ruled Natural Cause
John Herbert Jones aged 36 died of natural causes after an autopsy found a hemorrhage similar to a stroke. Police noted bruising and drag marks on the body found outside a Dallas Chinese restaurant, with blood at the scene.
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Dallas
UPI
John Herbert Jones
Jones
Wiscay
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