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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1973
Page
4
Obituaries note 17 year old Marlon Gilliam and 60 year old Samuel E McCandless among others. Services held in Odessa Hobbs and Paducah areas with arrangements by local funeral homes and churches. Survivors include spouses children and multiple siblings, with burials at Sunset Memorial Cemetery Garden of Memories and local plots.
A church class reflects on Isaiah 41 6 about helping neighbors. The group spends weekly labor for classmates through small chores like lawn mowing and babysitting and calls each other to offer support.
Pat McFarland 68 died in Yoakum County Memorial Hospital after an extended illness. Rosary Saturday at St William s Church with funeral mass Sunday. burial in Denver City Memorial Park. He lived in the area since 1939 and worked 29 years for Southwestern Public Service. Survivors include a brother Paul and daughters Charline Bryan and Frances Bedsole. J C Mills 55 of Levelland to be remembered with a 2 p m Saturday service at Smith Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Lucille Rogers officiating.
Funeral arrangements honor Charles D Price 31 of O Donnell with a 3 p.m. Saturday service at First Baptist Church O Donnell. Rev Adolphus Cleveland of New Jerusalem Baptist Church Lubbock to officiate. Burial in O Donnell Cemetery under South Plains Funeral Home of Lubbock. Price a Seagraves native served in the U S Army 1960 to 1964. Survivors include his mother and stepfather Mrs and Mr Jessie Williams Fort Worth a daughter Patricia Ann Price Post and grandparents Mr and Mrs Get Gole O Donnell.
Dan Provence, 72, longtime Sudan resident, died Thursday at South Plains Hospital after a brief illness. He lived in Sudan since 1933, ran a blacksmith shop, and retired three years ago. Survived by a sister in Ennis and relatives in Clovis and Sudan. Burial in Sudan Cemetery directed by Payne Funeral Home.
Felipe F Sanchez 72 died Thursday at Levelland Cemetery after illness. Mills died Thursday at Cook Memorial Hospital. Sanchez a Oklahoma native married Wilma Barry in 1972 Levelland. Survivors include wife, daughter Rufina Gomez, sister Sabinal Gilliam, brothers Gilliam and others, plus 38 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Mills survived by wife, mother, daughter(s) and several sons and siblings.
A L Tanner of Tulia died at 70 after a long illness. Wallace Funeral Home to handle arrangements. He was born in Erath County and moved to Tulia. He is survived by his wife Lille a son Charles Tanner and four daughters Geneval Martin Anna Beth Clay Joy Barham Carolyn Ewing, fourteen grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Reed V. Crockett, 36, of Hobbs died Wednesday night after illness at home. Services at Castle Avenue Baptist Church at 10 a.m. Saturday with Rev. D. B. Moore officiating. Burial in Prairie Haven Cemetery by Hobbs Funeral Home. Survived by Edna and five sons at home, three daughters, a brother in Morton, and a sister in Balmorhea Texas.
Olton special services are scheduled for Saturday at 10:30 a.m. The event will honor Tom E. Dodson with attendance details provided locally.
The notices report deaths of Mrs. Hankins and Mrs. Hawkins with services in Olton and Lubbock areas. Details name survivors including children and siblings, burial plans in local cemeteries, and funeral home arrangements. The obituaries note former residences in Dodson and Texas City and long-time farming work.
services for J H Ellis 64 of Idalou and Carroll W Jones of Brownfield scheduled at Brownfield and Idalou churches. Ellis died after a lengthy illness, burial in Resthaven Memorial Park. Jones died at Brownfield General Hospital, survived by wife Tone Cass two daughters and extended family.
Mrs Lela Montgomery 77 a Dawson County resident died at home in Roswell New Mexico Services set for 2 p m Saturday at Christ Church in Lamesa with Weslie Mickey officiating Burial will be in Lamesa Memorial Park under Branon Funeral Home direction Survivors include her son Bill of Lubbock daughter Judith Anderson of Lamesa two sisters Bula Sides and Willie Freeman Thural Simmons a brother Lee Marquis of San Angelo and three grandchildren great grandchildren She was a native of Limestone County Texas and a former teacher a Baptist who had lived in Elida since 1944
A Springfield Colorado native and retired Idalou public schools custodian moved to Idalou in 1954 from Floydada. He served eight and a half years with Idalou schools and was a member of the First Baptist Church. Survived by two sons Harrell Ellis and Hubert Ellis, a stepmother Ruth Ellis, four brothers and multiple step and half siblings, and six grandchildren.
Max Eskridge of Richardson died at 5 a.m. Thursday in a Dallas hospital after a sudden illness. He had lived in Lubbock 16 years and moved to Richardson three years ago. Services will be at 4 p.m. Saturday at Restland Memorial Chapel with Lindle Grigsby of the Church of Christ officiating. Burial will be in Restland Memorial Park. Eskridge worked eight years as a letter carrier for the U.S. Postal Department and was a member of the Lions Club in Richardson and the Veterans of Foreign Wars post there. He was a World War II U.S. Army veteran and a member of the Northside Church of Christ in Lubbock. He is survived by two daughters, Marty Bridge and Kathy Eskridge, both of the home. his mother, Mrs. Marion Woolbright of Lubbock. and a brother, Charles Eskridge of Richardson.
Mrs Lena Lane 48 of RU 3 Lubbock died about 6 p m Wednesday in a San Antonio hospital. A Springfield Ohio native she moved to Lubbock in 1965 with family from FY Lewis Wash and is survived by a brother and a band connection Leroy.
Graveside services for Mrs Ruth Lewis 54 were held at Pyran Cemetery with Rev L W Hatfield officiating. She died Thursday at Cogdell Memorial Hospital. Arrangements by Bell Seale Funeral Home. A Scurry County resident for 10 years she was born in Trenton New Jersey.
Services for Mrs. F. E. Weaver age 88 take place at First United Methodist Church Slaton with Rev Linam Prentice officiating Burial is in Southland Cemetery Englands Funeral Service of Slaton directs arrangements She died Thursday at Mercy Hospital Slaton She was a Texas native moved to Southland in 1922 Her husband T L Weaver and son T L preceded her in death Both Slaton residents Cliff and Elton Weaver survive along with two daughters W A Field of Slaton and Mrs Clay Johnston of Post and siblings W L Nix of Cisco B W Maxwell and B C Bisbee of Cisco She left 14 grandchildren 46 great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren.
Auto collision at Memphis and 2nd injured Mickey B Kirk 24 in fair condition. Carol Anne Miller 19 treated and released. Four Lub bock County Farm Bureau members attended Texas FB legislative conference in Austin. Mothers March on Birth Defects in Odessa raised 5000 dollars. First State Bank Odessa building sold to IGihls Properties of Largo Florida, will remain leased. General Telephone Co Western area office met in Brownfield to support Girlstown USA project. Clow YMCA names Tom J Battin president and officers. March of Time Study Club Silverton elects offices. Bill Patton Clovis named CowBelle of the Year candidate state competition.
Mrs. Willie Gertrude Moody 79 died after about two months in a nursing home. Services set for 1:20 p.m. at the church with Dr. Neil Record officiating. Burial in Lockney Cemetery under Carter Funeral Home. Native of Conway Arkansas she moved to Lockney in 192? from Oklahoma. She married B B Moody.
Rhode Island teachers walk out in Warwick after the state supreme court ruled they had no constitutional right to strike. The report notes a related death of Ollie M. Stark at age 73, and broader school disputes with picket lines and fines sought by boards.
Mrs. Katherine Gotner in Shawnee learns her son Air Mate Maj Norbert A Gotner is listed as POW. Other families react as reports say Capt Stephen G Long, a Salem graduate, was not listed as prisoner or dead. The mix of relief and doubt colors their response while awaiting fuller verification.
Obituary notices list James Clever Brown 59 John Dyess 86 Lonnie Evans 53 Joseph Hagins 77 Heriberto Hinojos 45 Dolphus Townsley 78 Louie Voegeli 71 Billy Ham Harrison 70 C L Harrison 41 and others. Services scheduled across Lubbock Midland Hobbs Spur Slaton with burials in Sunset Prairie Haven City of Lubbock and Peaceful Gardens memorials per local funeral homes.
A one vehicle crash north of Tulsa on U S 87 killed James Arthur Taylor 19 of Carrouzett a West Texas State University student and injured two passengers Steven Thompson 18 and John Street 18 both from Muleshoe. The victims include relatives of Taylor and other family members.
AUSTIN AP B L De Berry took over as state highway engineer succeeding N C Dingwall who resigned at the Texas Highway Department’s mandatory age. The report notes De Berry 25 has been assistant state highway engineer five years and previously district engineer in Lubbock and Tulia. Funeral details for Taylor at First United Methodist Church Carrouzett are listed with survivors including parents and siblings.
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