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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Feb 22, 1973

Page

6

Blakeney Infant Dies. Services Planned in Bay Springs

Burial and funeral arrangements are listed for Cynthia Annette Blakeney infant daughter of Kenneth and, with Bay Springs Memorial Chapel handling services. Born November 2, 1972 at Cannon Air Force Base Hospital she died of natural causes at home Tuesday. Survivors include parents and a sister Carel Ann, grandparents Billy Joe Blakeney of Tylersville and A. B. Coreley of Mount Olive, with Steed-Todd Funeral Home coordinating local rites.

Clovis Cynthia Annette Blakeney Kenneth Blakeney Bay Springs Cannon Air Force Base Hospital Steed-Todd Funeral Home A. B. Coreley Mount Olive

Services for Ora Brandon Snyder at Matador church

Funeral services for Ora Brandon Snyder, 81, of Snyder, are set for 2 p.m. today at the First United Methodist Church in Matador with Rev. Bruce Gossett officiating. Burial will follow at East Mound Cemetery under local funeral direction.

Laura Bryan Hobbs Services Held for 85 Year Old

Laura Bryan Hobbs 85 dies after long illness in Hobbs Lea General Hospital. A native of Anadarko Oklahoma she lived in Hobbs 33 years and was a member of First Presbyterian Church. Funeral 2 p m today at Petterson Roberts with Rev Jack London officiating Burial in Memory Garden Cemetery Survivors include daughter Mrs John West Hobbs and brother C A Hornbeck Drumright Oklahoma plus two grandchildren.

Hobbs Laura Bryan Petterson-Roberts Jack London First Presbyterian Church Memory Garden Bryan Hobbs Lea General Hospital Anadarko, Okla John West C. A. Hornbeck Drumright Okla

Odessa Woman Jane Davies Dies at 56

Jane Marie Davies 56 of Odessa died at Medical Center Hospital after a short illness. Services set for 2 p.m. today at Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Born in Lingleville she moved to Odessa in 1953 from Stanton and was a member of First Baptist Church and the Order of Eastern Star. Survivors include her parents two sons a daughter two sisters and 14 grandchildren.

Odessa Jane Marie ‘Davies Medical Center Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home Sunset Memorial Gardens Lingleville Daviies Stanton First Baptist Church Order of Eastern Star I. W. Gentry George Davies Hobbs Ronny S. Duke Dallas Patricia Pulliam Mexico Gerry Miles Wanda Carey

Walton Cates Adt Correspondent obituary

Walton M. Cates was killed in an oilfield accident near Spur. The Midland resident was struck by a valve nipple while at work and died at Cogdell Memorial Hospital in Snyder. Services are pending at Newnie W. Ellis Funeral Chapel.

Adt Midland Walton M. Cates Spur Cogdell Memorial Hospital Snyder Newnie W. Ellis

Death notices for Travis Collins of Floydada and New Orleans

Services for Travis Pat Collins 49 of New Orleans and Floydada are set for 3 p.m. Friday at First United Methodist Church with Rev. C. D. Milton officiating. Burial in Floyd County Memorial Park under Moore Rose Funeral Home. Collins, Exxon employee, died Sunday in New Orleans hospital of an apparent blood clot after surgery. He was a Floydada native, WWII veteran, AVFW and Elks member. Survivors include a son Capt Donald L. Collings of Pensacola, Fla., two daughters Miss Ann Collins of Denton and Miss Kay Collins of Wichita Falls, a brother, and his parents Travis and wife of Floydada.

Floydada Travis Pat Collins New Orleans First United Methodist Church C. D. Milton Floyd County Memorial Park Moore-Rose Funeral Home Collins Exxon O1 Corp Collings AVFW The Elks Lodge Donald L. Collings Pensacola Fla Ann Collins Denton Kay Collins Wichita Falls Travis Collins

Jessie Hart Daugherty 81 Farmer Dies After Heart Attack

Jessie Hart Daugherty 81 a farmer and rancher died Wednesday morning at his home after an apparent heart attack. Funeral services set for 10 a m Friday at First Baptist Church with Rev Raymond Carson assisted by Rev Norris Taylor. Burial will be in Flamet Cemetery under Campbell Funeral Home direction.

Jessie Hart Daugherty Baptist Raymond Carson Olton Norris Taylor Flamet Cemetery Campbell Funeral Home Daughtery Mornig

Stanton druggist J Morgan Hall dies after long illness

J Morgan Hall 72 longtime Stanton druggist and postmaster dies at Malone and Hogan Hospital Big Spring following a lengthy illness. He led Martin County Democratic Party and served as chairman. Survivors include wife Beulah Mae Houston a son Jerry of Austin a daughter Mrs Bob Cox of Stanton a sister and grandchildren. Services pending at Gilbreath Funeral Home. He was a Stockdale native and Loraine graduate member of Lions Club First United Methodist Church and Masonry.

ASD Stanton J. Morgan Hall Malone Hogan Hospital Big Spring Martin County Gilbreath Funeral Home Hall Stockdale Loraine Beulah Mae Houston Lion’s Club First United Methodist Church

Maude Hollars Rites Planned in Portales

Services for Mrs. Maude Mae Hollars 81 set for 1:00 p.m. Friday at Wheeler Starlight Chapel with Ernest Wheeler officiating burial in Portales Cemetery. She died Tuesday in an Amarillo nursing home after a three year residence. Survived by five sons Arnold Carmichael California Raymond Sacramento California Roy Citrus Heights California S Date of El Paso Clyde Fort Worth four daughters Ella Skaggs Fresno California Opal Hall Fort Cobb Oklahoma Nadine Valentine Clovis Rita Cressett Amarillo two sisters Daisy Harmen Mangum Oklahoma Fannie Ford Carmichael California Pallbearers Wayne Hahn Albert Johnson Billy Darden Beau Ning Henry Gentry Wayne Stratt.

Portales Maude Mae Hollars Wheeler Starlight Ernest Wheeler Roy Citrus Heights Calif sDate el Paso Clyde Fort Worth Ella Skaggs Fresno Opal Hall Fort Cobb Okla Nadine Valentine Clovis Rita Cressett Amarillo Daisy Harmen Mangum Fannie Ford Carmichael Wayne Hahn Albert Johnson Billy Darden Beau Ning Henry Gentry Wayne Stratt

Graveside services for infant Kanmore in Lovington

Graveside services for Billy Joe Kanmore five day old son of Mr and Mrs Joe Kanmore will be at 4 pm today in Babyland Lovington Cemetery with Robert Sweet Jehovahs Witnesses minister officiating The infant died Tuesday in Lovington Sea General Hospital where he was born Feb 15 Survivors include parents three brothers and two sisters and grandparents all of Pueblo Colorado Funeral home directs burial at Benna Vista Arkansas Saturday officiated by Rev James Qualls.

Lovington Billy Joe Kanmore Joe Kanmore Babyland Robert Sweet Jehovah's Witnesses Lovington Sea General Hospital Smith-Rogers Funeral Home Adam Shannon Frankie Joe Lorenda Lee i Rene Lynn L. W. Kanmore David G. Juron Pueblo Colo Tome James Qualls Benna Vista Ark Lewis Funeral Home Tennessee Mercer Marquis Mercer Shawnee Okla Buena Vista Brownfield John Mercer Hobbs Mark H. Mercer Springfield Mont

Obituaries for Jessie Proctor and Anna Long in Crosby County

Jessie Proctor 87 a Crosbyton resident died Wednesday at Crosbyton Hospital with services pending at Kin Muleshoe Funeral Home. Anna Long 88 native of Bowie died Wednesday in a Muleshoe convalescent home with survivors including a son and five daughters and a large extended family. Local arrangements were by Singleton Ellis Funeral Home.

Crosbyton Jessie L. Proctor Crosby County Crosbyton Hospital Kin Muleshoe Funeral Home Anna Long Bowie Proctor Restland Fulnad Dallas Restland Farm Singleton-Ellis Funeral Home

Funeral services held for Marshall Smith in Denver City

Marshall Smith 55 a Yoakum County employee died at home Tuesday night from natural causes. Services were set for 1 30 p m today at First Baptist Church with Rev John Ferguson officiating. Burial followed at Denver City Memorial Park under Singleton Funeral direction. He moved to Denver City 14 years ago from Coleman where he ran a trucking business. He is survived by his son Mike and three daughters Marsha Langford Gail and Brenda, his parents Mr and Mrs Oliver Smith of Coleman, two brothers Raymond and Pete, three sisters Rex Stark Phelix Watson and Carol McKinney, and two grandchildren.

Denver City Marshall Smith Yoakum County First Baptist Church John Ferguson Denver City Memorial Park Singleton Funeral Home Justice of the Peace D. H. Starling Coleman Ason Mike Marsha Langford Dallas Gail Wayland Baptist College

Turners Mourn Dawson County Homemaker Mrs Turner

Mrs Turner a 49 year resident of Dawson County was a retired homemaker and member of Bryan Street Baptist Church. Funeral services directed by Branon Funeral Home. Survivors include four daughters two sons two sisters two brothers eleven grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren.

Lampasas Hattie Pittman Lamesa Andy Bingham Joe Bingham Seminole

Notable Texas students honored in nursing caps and scholarships

Bay airstream reports outline multiple items including Jack Gordon a sophomore at South Plains College in Levelland admitted to St. Marys Hospital after a one car crash on Slide Road. Other briefs note Patrick Swindle a naval dental technician killed in a Jacksonville NC crash and Western Texas State University nursing caps awarded to Lubbock students Jewell Minor Mary Flores and Jean Mahoney with more items on a memorial fund for Larry Stevens and a note on Geoffrey Chaucer plans.

Jack Gordon South Plains St. Mary's Hospital Levelland Northjof Texas State University Dent Gordon Post Slide Road West Texas State University Lubbock Wtsu School of Nursing Jewell L. Minor Mary C. Flores Jean Mahoney

The Shepherd Crime and Its Sinful Toll

A religious meditation cites Numbers 27 3 and Cain era as context for crime. The piece laments crime driven by wealth, pollution, and violence while urging faith trust goodwill and God's way as the solution. It notes increases in rape murder and robbery and the persistence of war.

Cain

Mrs. J. G. Martin Rites Held In Floydada

Funeral services for Mrs. J. G. Martin, 80, were held at 2 p.m. in the Chapel of the First Baptist Church Floydada with Dr. Floyd C. Bradley officiating. Burial followed at Floydad Moore-Rose Funeral Home. She died Tuesday night in a Crosbyton nursing home. Survivors include her son J. G. Jr. of Lubbock, three daughters in Ransom Canyon Floydada and Kennewick Wash, a brother Amarillo, a sister Floydada, nine grandchildren and five great grandchildren.

Floydada J. G. Martin First Baptist Church of Floyd C. Bradley Floydad Cemetery Moore-Rose Funeral Home

McClellan Rites Set With Lubbock Officials

Funeral services for McClellan will be led by Pastor Paul M. Bumpers with assist from Dr. J Q Haymes and Rev Hardy Raper. Burial at City of Lubbock Cemetery under Sanders Funeral Home. McClellan died 7 14 p m Tuesday at West Texas Hospital after a lengthy illness. a Denton County native who moved to Lubbock 46 years ago. He was employed by Lubbock Implement Co for 46 years and belonged to the Lillian home circle. He is survived by a brother Bill of San Antonio. Pallbearers listed as Don EB Davis Lawrence Smith I E Booker Lyman Ashby Steve Meinecke and Charles Mienicke.

Paul M. Bumpers J. Q. Haymes Hardy Raper City of Lubbock Sanders Funeral Home McClellan West Texas Hospital Denton County Lubbock Lubbock Implement Co First United Methodist Church Lillian Bill San Antonio Don EB. Davis Lawrence Smith I. E. Booker Lyman Ashby Steve Meinecke Charles Mienecke

Amanda Mercer Brownfield dies at 100 in Texas

Amanda Jane Mercer age 100 died at 8 10 a m Wednesday in Brownfield General Hospital. Funeral services set for 10 a m Friday at the Church of God in Brownfield with Brownfield Funeral handling arrangements.

Brownfield Amanda Jane Mercer Brownfield General Hospital Church of God In Brownfield Funeral

Rites for Lawrence Hugh Sandlin Held in Lubbock

Lawrence Hugh Sandlin 66 of Rt. 6 Lubbock died at 6 10 am Wednesday at Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital. Funeral 2 pm Friday at W W Rix Chapel with the Rev Johnny Williams officiating. Burial Resthaven Memorial Park. He moved to Lubbock in 1925 from New Mexico born Coryell County and was a past director of the Federal Land Bank. Survived by Thelma daughter Kay Pollock Rt 6 Lubbock son Jimmy Sandlin Clovis NM brother J B San Diego sister Mrs J B Dew ey Denver five pallbearers named Nathan Early Tom Durham RB L Jones James Smith Bobby Goode Olan Dorsett.

Lawrence Hugh Sandlin Rt. 6 Lubbock W. W. Rix Chapel Johnny Williams Hamlin Methodist First United Church Methodist Elmo C. T. Rice McClellan 39Th Jackson Anson St. Methodist Church Resthaven Memorial Park Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital New Mexico Coryell County Federal Land Bank Thelma Kay Pollock Jimmy Sandlin Clovis J. B San Diego Calif J. B. Dewey Denver Colo Nathan Early Tom Durham RB. L. Jones James Smith Bobby Goode Olan Dorsett

Mrs. Simmons Dead After Heart Attack in Lubbock

Mrs. Margaret Simmons, 49, of 4312 E 14th St, died on arrival at West Texas Hospital after an apparent heart attack. Services pending with Jamison and Son Funeral Home. A long time Lubbock resident and native Texan, survivors include two daughters.

Margaret Simmons E. 14Th St West Texas Hospital Jamison and Son Funeral Home Lubbock

Frank Roemisch rites set at Central Baptist Hermleigh

Services for Frank Roemisch 63 of Hermleigh begin at 2 p.m. at Central Baptist Church Hermleigh with Fred Boatman officiating. Burial in Hermleigh Cemetery. Roemisch died at Codgell Memorial Hospital at 9:40 a.m. Tuesday. He married Naomi Barnes in 1931 in Roscoe and is survived by his wife a daughter Mrs. Max Shaw of Dallas two sons Bobby of Snyder Jackie of Hermleigh five sisters and two brothers all of Hermleigh.

Corteanondent Snyder Central Baptist Church Hermleigh Frank Roemisch Fred Boatman Pas R Snyder Roemisch Codgell Memorial Hospital Scurry County Naomi Barnes Roscoe Max Shaw Dallas Bobby Roemisch Jackie Roemisch Emma Kuss Anna

Marine Danny Willis of Lovington Killed in Collision

Danny Len Willis 26 year old U.S. Marine killed Monday in a two car head on crash near Jacksonville North Carolina his services pending at Smith Rogers Funeral Home. Willis was one of six service men killed in the crash and is a native of Lamesa. Parents Stewart Lea and Steven Lee both of Austin and his mother and father Alton Willis of Lovington and sister Georgetta Hill of Lovington survive him.

Lovington Lance Co Danny Len Willis U.S Jacksonville N.C Smith-Rogers Funeral Home Willis Patrick Swindle Odessa Lamesa Stewart Lea Steven Lee Austin Alton Willis Georgetta Hill

Roy E Wasson services set at First Nazarene Church

Roy E Wasson 85 of 2318 36th St dies after a lengthy illness. Funeral 2 p m Friday at First Nazarene Church with Rev W M J Dorough officiating. Memorial Park with Sanders Funeral Home in charge. He was a World War II veteran and retired carpenter. Survived by two sisters in law Bertha Lee Gibson and Mary Stockton.

Nazarene Roy E. Wasson 36Th St W. M.J. Dorough Resthaven Memorial Park Sanders Funeral Wasson Newberg Ala Lubbock Pasadena Calif Bertha Lee Gibson Mary Stock‘ton Buffalo Gap

Truck Crash Kills 19-Year-Old Driver in Gainesville

In Gainesville on the 133 service road a truck rear-ended another and exploded. John Franklin Schrimsher III, 19, of Greenville, was killed instantly with body burns noted. The Hinslee Turbelines rig from Wolfe City owned the fatal truck. the other driver was William Edgar Jackson, 36, of Wellington. Both rigs carried cottonseed from Oklahoma City to Wolfe City.

Gainesville Here John Franklin Schrimsher III Greenville Hinslee Turbelines Wolfe City William Edgar Jackson Wellington Oklahoma City Walfe City

Mrs Sarah Turner dies in Lamesa at 81

Mrs Sarah Turner 81 died at 1 05 p m Wednesday at her home in Lamesa. Funeral services were held in Bryan Street Baptist Church with Rev Bob Whitten officiating. Burial followed at Lamesa Memorial Park.

Lamesa Sarah Turner Bryan Street Baptist Church Bob Whitten Lamesa Memorial

Also Mentioned on This Page

Blakeney Infant Bell-Seale Funeral Home Brandon Young County D. J. Brandon Pampa Juliaa Jones W. J. Nees Wayne Elam Waynoka J. M. Spears Winnsboro Grace Myrick Graham Kent County Dickens County Bernice Jessie Daugherty Jr Gordon Cravey Vena Warwick Idalou J. B. Morrison Ruben Waddell Jr Jimmie Stewart Freeman Clifton Dee Edwards Able Smith John ¥. Morre Raldo Goodall Shelby McCulloch John Cory John H. McCulloch 54Th St Junction Tledges-Fife Funeral Home Mountain Home Charles Ernest Foster Hamlin Memorial United Methodist Church Farwell Ik City Oklo Foster R. H. Andrew Broadway Church of Christ Chapel Ray Fulenwider Peaceful Gardens Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home Andrew Eula Donica Davis-Morris Funeral Home Brownwood Blake Cemetery Brown County Tubbard-Kelly Funeral Home R. Clyde Miller Borden Jarza Miller Ranch Bell Seale Funeral Home Miller Jane Davies Walton Cates Jessie Daugherty Maude Hollars Kanmore Infant J. D. Newman Melrose Eldyn Lambright David Crow Melrose Cemetery Newman Clovis Memorial Hospital Melrose Baptist Church Lions Club Masonic Lodge Farmers Union Mary Jerry Randall Albuquerque Laraine Scott Ernest George Ariz Lois Rambaugh Lorine Henry House, N.M Ruby Dunlap Euma Johnson Walla Walla, Wash Edith Widner Jessie Proctor Ophelia Richard Ray L. Allen R. B. Williams Opal Clark Dorothy Proctor Arnold Reynolds Lytle Jers Opal Coleman Deborah Simmons Davis Smith 14Th St Lula Virden Daisy Dixon Mamie Sander Abernathy Ivera Ingrem Earth Dave Smith Jr George Smith Tony Smith Marshall Smith Auaiuoneg Yerine Lat NTSU A-T Patrick M. Swindle Cherry Point Patricia Brimhall St. Mary's van Brim Hall of Olton Sunset Betty Crocker Marvin Swindle Robert Redeker Larry Jack Stevens Lubbock National Bank John Grist LNB Stevens Geoffrey Chaucer Jerry Singleton Bonnie Rick Sheppard Air Force Base Singleton Mrs. Martin Amanda Mercer Elmo McClellan L. H. Sandlin Mrs. Simmons Danny Willis Aso Main Street Lubbock, Texas Order OF the Golden Rule
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