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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1968
Page
5
The Rev Jack A Gray will deliver the evening sermon at St Matthews United Methodist Church at 7 pm He is succeeding Spann and is listed as North Texas Conference evangelist by Rev Homer D Vendersen Perez a local pastor.
James Alvin Alred 78 of 2106 5th St died 5 15 pm Saturday at Highland Hospital after a brief illness. Services pending at Sanders Funeral Home. Native of Vernon he lived in Lubbock since 1919. Survived by wife Ruth Rountree four sons Gene Moellord Grady Jimmy a daughter Ruth Kkeltz two sisters and seven grandchildren.
Services for Carey Ann Hollister six and Robert Hollister five will be at St Andrews Episcopal Amarillo with burial at Liano Cemetery. They died from injuries in a U S 87 wreck north of Abernathy. The mother Lynn Carter Hollister 25 and Gavin 2 remain hospitalized in Lubbock. The father Thomas J Hollister. grandparents Mr and Mrs Q O Carter. Mrs Lillian Hale are named survivors.
Fletcher Bailey Smith Sr. 94, dies at 4 50 a m Saturday at home after brief illness. Services 2 0 pm Monday at Church of Christ with Bill Allen officiating. Burial in Denver City Memorial Park. Survived by wife Geneva two sons Fletcher B Jr Bobby Karl and daughter Billie Beryl all at home four sisters G C Maupin Artesia W H Wheatley Brownfield J M Moody Odessa and D R Ford Duncanville.
Mrs. J. H. Milam 85 of 2506 Utica Ave. Seymour service scheduled for 2 p.m. Monday at First Presbyterian Church Seymour with Rev. JQ Kennell and others officiating. Burial at Masonic Cemetery Seymour. Survivors include two sons James H. and Tom S. and multiple relatives. Pallbearers named from Seymour.
Mrs C O M Black 82 died Saturday at Methodist Hospital in Lubbock. She had lived in the Vi community northwest of Muleshoe since 1932 and was a native of Alabama. Funeral at 2 30 p m Monday at First Baptist Church Muleshoe. Burial in Muleshoe Cemetery. Survivors include five sons three daughters two sisters thirty grandchildren four great grandchildren.
Stanley Kenneth Brown a 14 year old Negro died at Methodist Hospital from a chest wound sustained Christmas night at a grocery store incident. R. Nixon 56 of 610 St faced assault with intent to murder. charge to be changed to murder. Suspect arrested minutes after the shooting following a brief chase.
Charles G Williams age 83 of Lub bock died at 3 30 pm Saturday in West Texas Hospital He was a retired carpenter born in Mississippi and moved to Lubbock in 1943 from Denver City Resthaven Singleton Wilson Funeral Home survivors include wife Idas two sons Lowe of Lubbock and O B of Weatherford a stepson O Dell Kemp of Funice New Mexico a brother John W Williams of Paris a sister Mrs John W Banks of Cooper and eight grandchildren
Mrs. Alex Vessier Weaver died Saturday in the Baptist Memorials Geriatric Center San Angelo. Services will be today at the Idalou United Methodist Church with Rev Charles Gates of Paducah officiating. Burial at Idalou Cemetery by Rix Funeral Directors. Survived by two sons Earl Idalou Med ford Lordford Drive three daughters Clyde Jeakins Denton Miss Mme Weaver Miss Thera Weaver seven grandchildren and seven great grandchildren Pallbearers will be her nephews.
Joseph Blount Hoskins 88 of Tahoka died Saturday at home after an extended illness. Born February 29, 1880 in Hertford North Carolina, he moved to Texas in 1908 and farmed near Tahoka until retirement. He married Jessie Mehlhorn January 1 1909 in Norfolk Virginia. Services set for Monday at United Methodist Church Tahoka with Rev Hugh Daniel. burial in Tahoka Cemetery. Memorials to Methodist Children's Home in Waco. Survivors include his wife three sons J B Jr Libbock Charles and Jack. 14 grandchildren two great grandchildren and one great great grandchild.
Francis O J Batsell 62 of Wi rd St dies after heart condition at Methodist Hospital. Services Monday at Ford Memorial Chapels with Rev David Ray and Rev Louis Markwood. Burial Resthaven Memorial Cemetery. Survived by daughter Leona Linda Kelley of Houston two brothers Jack Dallas Russell Beaumont and two grandchildren. He lived in Lubbock 25 years.
At Key Biscayne Nixon’s advisers present a framework of realistic options for Vietnam policy and other major fronts. They aim to avoid a single consensus paper and instead offer diverse pathways for the President elect to consider before taking office.
Storms across the North and Midwest brought heavy snow, freezing rain, and slick roads during the holiday travel period. Snow totals included seven inches at Glenview Naval Air Station and three inches at Midway and O’Hare. Power outages affected about 10 000 customers in New York's Oneida Cortland area. Dozens of accidents on New York City parkways left two deaths. Idaho saw a near blizzard with one death from exposure and two men missing after venturing into the mountains east of Cascade. Oregon and California reported heavy snow and high winds with outages in Pittsburgh and surrounding areas.
Joseoe Parks Sr died at 5 0 am Saturday in a focal rest home after several months of illness. Services are set for 6 800 pm Monday at Sanders Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Rev Royce Womack officiating. Masonic graveside rites will be held in City of Lubbock Cemetery. Parks, a Coryell County native who lived in Lubbock since 1416, farmed near Liberty Community and later worked in real estate. He was a member of Idalou Masonic Lodge 1220 Ky Paso Consistory and Ikh Va Temple.
At the Cross L Ranch chuck wagon on US Hwy 287 a holiday rest stop offered a ranch style coffee break. Arthur Eddleman and daughter Nicki served coffee heated over an open fire with Greenies crackers. Visitors from Washington and New York bought souvenirs.
Barbara Mackle described her 83 hour entombment in a box buried under Georgia red clay. FBI agents tracked the ransom delivery, located the ventilation tube, and rescued her as officers removed the lid. The capture of Gary Krist and Ruth Eisemann-Schreiber followed, with $49800 recovered of the ransom.
Paris AP reports Marcel Alessandri aged 78 a former French commander in Indochina and China during World War II died Thursday in Paris His wartime role included leading French forces in China and moving troops into Tonkin in 1945 after Allied approval for France to resume colonial duties in Indochina
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