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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 24, 1973

Page

2

Obituaries from 1907 in Cleburne area details survivors

The note lists multiple obituaries with survivors and burial details. It names widows and children across Snyder, Sacramento, Abilene, Baird, Lone Star, Flomot, Tucumcari, and Hawaii, noting 20 grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren, with burial rites performed by Carter Funeral Home. It also cites a 86 year old Mitchell obituary with survivors, church services at Bowman Chapel, and Resthaven Memorial Park burial.

An Cleburne J. W.shroyer Sowder Gilmore Baird C. B. Yanbourne Abilene B. H. Leonard Sacramento Calif George W. O Walter Snyder J. W. and Herbert Calf Karl V Wailua Kew Hawaii

Infant Keith Damonte obituary notice at Jamison Funeral Home

Funeral services for Keith Damonte Pittman, 2 weeks old son of Wilma Pittman, will be at 11 a.m. today at Jamison Funeral Home. Burial follows in Peaceful Gardens Cemetery. Survived by mother Wilma, a brother Alice Pittman, and grandmother Lannie Mae Franklin.

Keith Damonte Wilma Pittman E. 26Th St Jamison Funeral Home Peaceful Gardens Cemetery Alice Pittman Lannie Mae Franklin Lube Srevices Keith Pittman Bixveok-gir ISMEF Uoth St TP Am Todauy Peaceful Gardens Ruyal Vist Hospital

Lupe G Reyes services dre pending at Henderson Funeral Directors

Lupe G Reyes of New Deal died Saturday at his home at 8 am from an apparent heart attack per Justice of the Peace Wayne LeCroy. He was a laborer for Fred Hurkey. Survivors include wife Irene and multiple children and stepchildren residing at the family home, plus siblings in Alexandria and Beeville. Funeral arrangements are being handled by Henderson Funeral Directors.

Henderson Lupe CG. Reyes New Deal Justice of the Wayne LeCroy Reyes Fred Hurkey Irene Lane Jr. Alemando Arnulfo Yolanda Roselinda Oscar Villaufranca Mary Moreno Abernathy Joule Carter Beeville Hope Costello Lupbock Jessie Villaufranco Am Dinda Villaufranco Sevro O Alexandria Via Luis Pan

Friona and absented notices merge in county run

Multiple obituary notices from Friona and nearby towns report deaths of Antonio Vasques Barraza in Bovina, Clifton Igo in Lubbock, and Adam Jimenez in Colgate, with services and burial details. Other items note J G Ollie King in Abernathy and Brock in Lubbock, plus funeral home arrangements and kin lists.

George W Lee Snyder obituary services announced

George Washington Lee, 90, died early Saturday at Hill crest Lodge. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at A Bell Seale Chapel with Rev Virgil Mott officiating. Interment will be in Hillside Memorial Gardens. He was born in Dallas and had lived in Snyder since 1927. He was a retired farmer and married Lilla J Stone Get in 1927.

Snyder George Washington Lee Hillcrest Lodge Bell-Seale Virgil Mott Bethel Baptist Church Kurtus Hillside Memorial Gardens Lee Dallas Lilla J. Stone

Services Set for Mrs. L L Lively in Slaton

Funeral services for Mrs. L L Lively age 77 of Slaton are scheduled at 11 a m today at First Baptist Church Slaton with Rev John Cartrite and Rev J T Bolding officiating. Burial in Englewood Cemetery. she died Saturday in Lubbock Methodist Hospital. Survivors include three sons two daughters a brother four sisters and six grandchildren.

Vera Richard‘son O Lubbock Grace ‘Shaw Pistaneia N .M Ethel Petty Abernathy Roy Bennett Houston Sidney Bennett Slaton First Baptist Church L. Lively Dist St Methodist Hospital John Cartrite J. T. Bolding Englewood Cemetery England Lively Travis County First Baptist Church of Lonnie L 33Rd St. Douglas 39Th St Bert Bastrop Gloria Benson 41St St Billie Francis Matney Midland J. W. Henry Ic, MeGe Pampa Beatrice Chiles San Angelo Wade Robertson 35Th St Mars Sid Anderson Winters

Obituary: Sarah McGuire 89 Pioneered Petersburg Life

Plainview special reports longtime Petersburg resident Mrs. Sarah Ann McGuire died Saturday night at a Savoy nursing home. Visitation is today at 2 PM at Petersburg Baptist Church with Rev. Lee Crouch and Rev. H. B. Robertson officiating. Burial at Petersburg Cemetery. Born in Columbiana Alabama she lived in Melkinney and Petersburg before moving to Sherman to live with a daughter. Survived by daughters Camella Dillard E G Howard Saline McGuire five sons G F Clifford Lawrence Paul Cox 400 grandchildren and many great grandchildren. Burial handled by Lemons Funeral Home.

David Hartman Earth Pete Prater Lone Star Flamet Cemetery Carter Funeral Home Lockney Coryell County Mark Martin Dee Flomot Plainview Tucumcari N.M Edsel Petersburg Sarah Ann McGuire Savoy Baptist Church Lee Crouch Petersburg Methodist Church H. B. Robertson Petersburg Cemetery Lemons Funeral Home Columbiana Ala Melkinney

Obituary Briefs From Plainview and Surrounding Areas

Obituaries note services today for Robert Fountain 49 of Plainview with burial at City of Lubbock. other notices list services for Mrs. Player, Hernandes, Juan Manuel Lopez, Keith Pittman, Art Saunders, Debbie Tippett, Vaulder Travis, Russell Turner, John Whisenhunt and Vina Mae Whisenhunt. Burials at Central Plains Cemetery Parklawn Memorial Gardens Resthaven Memorial Park and others, with various funeral homes directing.

Robert Foun Church of Christ Weber Drive Plainview South Wood-Dunning Funeral Home Plains Funeral Home Player City of Lubbock Central Plains Fountain General Hospital Debbie Tippett Aea Wood-Dunning Colonial Chapel Parklawn Wood-Dunnine Funeral Pene Hertayve Russell Wayne Turner Anders Craper Seth Resthaven Memoral Park Turner Pan American World Airways Rome

The Shepherd Old Age Counsel from Saintly Verse

A fragment from Julien C. Hyer urges aged men to be sober grave and counsel youth. It urges helping others seeking truth consoling the lonely visiting the sick aiding the needy and blending life experience with love to prove lasting values in later years.

Julien C. Hyer

Mrs Selicia Martin services planned in Plainview

Eva Martin of Lockney will conduct services for Mrs Fwn Selicia Martin, 76, who died at 11 50 a m Sunday in a Plainview nursing home. The funeral is scheduled at Lane Star Baptist Church at 2 00 p m Tuesday.

Lockney Fwn Selicia Martin Plainview Lane Star Baptist

Beeville Family Roster Cited in Obituary Snippet

A fragment lists relatives including a half-brother and two sisters: Lela Castillo and Cordelino Rivero of Corpus Christi, with ties to the Dominion of Mathis and Beeville, and nine grandchildren referenced in the obituary segment.

Eho Beeville Dominion of Mathis Lela Castillo Corpus, Christi Cordelino Rivero Corpus Christi

Services for Mrs. Maudel Roles in Lubbock

Mrs Maudel Roles died Saturday at University Convalescent Center. She lived in Lubbock 40 years after moving from Bonham and taught school in Throckmorton. She was a member of First United Methodist Church of Lubbock. Survivors include a brother Morris of San Antonio and three sisters Mrs W W Lindsey of 3201 21st St and Mrs C R Drake Lowrey of McAllen.

Maudel Roles University Sanders Funeral Home Roles Lubbock Bonham Throckmorton First United Methodist Church of Morris San Antono W. W. Lindsey 21St St C. R. Drake Lowrey MacAllen

Services for Ben S. Smith 78 pending in Denver

Ben S Smith former Lubbock resident dies at 4 a.m. Sunday in St Luke s Hospital Denver Funeral services are being arranged by Olingers Funeral Home Denver Born in Kanon Colorado he moved to Lubbock in 1938 He worked for Honolulu Oil Co many years before starting his own business He was a member of the Denver Masonic Lodge

Autopsy Sought for 2 Month Old Burnell Taylor

Services are pending at Jami son Funeral Home for 2 month old Burnell Taylor who was pronounced dead at St. Mary's Hospital about 11 55 a.m. Sunday. The child's mother Barbara Louise Taylor of 902 Quirt requested autopsy.

Jamison

Walker Baby Billy Ray Walker Dies in Lubbock

The 19 month old son of Glenda A. Walker of 12101 47th St. died on arrival at Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital Sunday night. Justice of the Peace F H Bolen ordered an autopsy to determine the cause of death. Services are pending with Henderson Funeral Directors.

Billy Ray Walker Glenda A. Walker 47Th St Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital Justice of the Peace F. OH. Bolen Henderson

Police Probe Burglary Thefts In Two Local Incidents

Police continue investigation into two burglaries from Byron Hollowell home at 522 St. St. The two diamond rings valued at about 200 dollars were stolen and a second burglary involved two white wall tires and two wheels taken from a car trunk at 1103 41st St.

Byron Hollowell St. St 41St St

Bus Truck Collision Kills 21 in Florianopolis Region

A bus and a truck collided near Lajes in Florianopolis Brazil on Sunday. The truck driver died and 20 bus passengers were killed. Several other bus riders were wounded according to Journal do Brasil.

Florianapolis Brazil Lajes Journal Do Brasil

Death Toll Jumps As Holiday Begins

A severe Christmas period ends with 29 deaths and 22 auto deaths. Names include Antonio B. Jiminez of Lubbock, Magdaleon R. Lopez Jr. of Littlefield, Donald G. Northrup of Baytown, and Johnny R. Whitfill of Fort Worth. The tally cites multiple-auto crashes, a plane crash, a fire, a fall, and a murder by auto investigation in Houston.

Antonio B. Jiminez Lubbock Caldwell Jimenez Magdaleon R. Lopez Jr Littlefield Houston Aline Donald G. Northrup Baytown Deer Park Johnny R. Whitfill Fort Worth Tarrant Mary Ariste San Antonio Alamo City John Ciesiewicz Ciesiewicz Howard Ray Holland Angleton Freeport Carmen Michelle Casadas del Rio Eldorado U.S Robert Dean Spears Gladewater Longview Billy Marshall Damron Walnut Springs Corsi

Inhalation Of Smoke Kills Plainview Man

A 62 year old Plainview resident Daniel C. Jones died from smoke inhalation after a mattress fire in his three room frame house. Firefighters extinguished the blaze which gutted the home and investigators say the fire spread from the mattress. Jones a retired Army officer and part time electrician lived at 1700 S Date St. He was single and survived by a brother and four sisters. Funeral services will be held at Bethesda Church with burial in Bethesda Cemetery under Carter Funeral Home of Lockney.

A-t Plainview Daniel C. Jones Roger McMurry Jones S. Date St J. D. Spann Bethesda Burleson Carter Funeral Home Lockney Plain View B.D Alta Price Corvallis Ore O. Li. Sell Pleasanton Florence Summerlin Fort Worth Alpha Kennedy Des Moines Towa

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