Plush Hotel Accommodates World Greats in Mayfair
The Claridge's hotel in London's Mayfair district hosts a famed guest list from Empress Eugenie to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and President Nixon, highlighting its status as a luxury London home away from home for the world’s rich and famous. Survivors and personal notes are mixed in this clipping, including references to Aristadis C. Barrientes Jr. and others, with details on services and inquests connected to local incidents.
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London
Nikita Khrushchev
France
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Nixon
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Bangladesh
Jtve
Karnes City
Comforta
Nanny Ray Barrientes
Larble Pomp
Py Linn Barrientes
Houston
Rameth Cem Mie
Obituary for Roy Arnold Hyatt and church pastor
Services for Roy Arnold Hyatt 38 are set for 10 a.m. today in Smith Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Rev. Robert F. Griffin officiating. Burial will be in City of Levelland Cemetery and he leaves a wife two daughters Evelyn Hunter of Dallas and Jaeva Bowling of Manhattan Beach California a sister Mrs M L Simpson Sr of Hereford a brother Finis Hunter of Nevada Missouri and three grandchildren. The obituary notes a pastor serving at an Assembly of God Church with burial under Dennis Funeral Home direction and Castro Memorial Gardens.
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Assembly of God Church
Castro Memorial Gardens
Dennis Funeral Home
Evelyn Hunter
Dallas
Jaeva “Owling
Manhattan Beach
Calif
M. L. Simpson Sr
Hereford
Finis Hunter
Nevada
Levelland
Roy Arnold Hyatt
Smith Funeral Home Memorial Chapel
Robert F. Griffin
Morningside Baptist Church
City of Levelland Cemetery
Obituary notices reach across Texas counties
The deceased include James C. Jones 83 of Seminole and Norvill 78 of Munday with services held in Singleton and Gillispie Cemetery. Survivors span Midland Kilgore Lubbock Fort Worth Hereford Seymour and Gillispie. veterans, long-time oil workers, and multiple children grandchildren and great grandchildren noted in funeral home notices across Ralls Munday and Seminole.
Reverend Miller U. Stroup services set in Hagerman
Miller Stroup 67 died in a Carlsbad nursing home. Funeral at 2 p.m. Wednesday at First United Methodist Church with burial in Hagerman Cemetery. Born Montrose Missouri he married Rose Marie Walat in 1938. He served as minister in Springer Santa Fe Mason and Scottish Rite. Survivors include wife Rose Marie, son Miller H. Stroup Jr., daughter Rose Marie Gammons, sister Ernestine Harter.
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Nagerman
N.M
Miller
Stroup
First United Methodist Church
Hagerman Cemetery
LaGrone
Warren
Ariz
Afram
Scottish Rite
Santa Fe
Springer, N.M
Miller H. Stroup Jr
Whittier
Calif
Rose Marie Gammons
Arlington, Tex
Ernestine Harter
LaCanada
Frank Zalman Hermleigh Death Notices
Frank Zalman 87 of Hermleigh died at Cogdell Memorial Hospital Snyder after a lengthy illness. Services Tuesday at St. John’s Catholic Church Hermleigh with Rev. James Coleman. burial Hermleigh Cemetery. Rosary Monday Bell-Seale Funeral Home Snyder. Survived by wife Mary and nine immediate relatives.
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Hermleigh
Frank Zalman
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Snyder
St. John's Catholic i Church
James Coleman
Bell-Seale Funeral Home
Bell-Seale Chapel
Moulton
Scurry County
St. John’s Catholic Church
Mary Roemiseh
Hermierth
Claridge's famed royal residence and service legend
The article recalls Claridge's notoriety as a royal magnet with legendary ultra-personal service. It notes high room rates, historic royal stays, and quirky anecdotes including Khrushchev and Bing Crosby, plus staff lore and a custody of guest customs. It also mentions a Midland obituary unrelated to the hotel tale.
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Claridge
Buckingham Palace
Elizabeth
Mivart
Queen Victoria
Empress Eugenie
Victoria
Claridge's
Hells In Charidge
Khrushchev
Britain
Bing Crosby
Bridget Humble Crofts
Mrs Hesta Hall Lubbock obituary outlines family ties
Mrs Hesta Hall formerly of Lubbock and Colorado City died after residing in Claxton Lodge Colorado City. Services are 2 pm Wednesday at Bowman Chapel First United Methodist with burial in Lubbock City Cemetery. Surviving daughter Mrs Harold Blank and sister Miss Clydine Stickney, plus six grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Memorials to donor’s charity.
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Hesta Louise Hall
Claxton Lodge
Colorado City
Bowman Chapel
First United Methodist
Boles
U.S
J. Ward
Theill Lubbock
Permian Basin
Dallas
Mary Keithly
Escondido
Calif
Howard Boles
Hawthorne
Hal
Lubbock
Sorosis Study Club
Friendship Club
Missionary Society
Wesley
iMres
Harold Blank
43Rd ‘'St
Clydine Stickney
Alvin Bi, Stickney
Midland
Obituaries From Plainview Floydada Editions
Sam Harper 89 died 9:50 a.m. Sunday at Plainview Convalescent Home where he lived two years. Graveside services 11 a.m. Tuesday at Plainview Cemetery with Rev. Stephen Kirtley officiating. He moved to Plainview in 1970 from Uvalde and is survived by a nephew, daughter, son and step-son, plus multiple relatives. Lawrence Allen Johnson 81 of Floydada, a retired driller, died Saturday at home. Services 2:30 p.m. today at First Baptist Church. burial in Floydada Cemetery. He moved to Floydada in 1952 from Odessa and leaves a wife, two daughters, three brothers, four sisters, and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
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First Baptist Church
Don Chaffin
Seymour First
K. C. Bloom
Fort Worth
Tom Crawford
Hereford
Curtig Gollehon
Abilene
Gene Haynie
Mundy
James Norvill
Im. D. Norvill
Seymour
Buddy Norvill
Lubbock
Earl Hollar
Oma Norvill
Munday
Plainview
Sam M. Harper
Plains
Stephen Kirtley
First Christian Church
Plainview Cemetery
Lemons Funeral Home
Jlarper
Comanche
Uvalde
Jack J. Bybee
Floydada
Lawrence Allen Johnson
C. Bradley
Moore-Rose Funeral Home
Denton
Johnson
Odessa
Clara Bell
Jo. H. Ginn
J. L. Ray
S. K. Johnson
Electra
Jo. F. Johnson
Andrews
R. F. Johnson
Garden Grove
Calif
Lillis Bledsoe
Crowell
Alma Walton
Houston
Opal Dupnik
Rock Port
Shirley Frandoli
Obituary for D R Burch Services in Odessa
D R Burch 40 died after a lengthy illness at Medical Center Hospital. Services are at 2 p.m. today in Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home Chapel with Den ny Vaughn officiating. Burial follows at Sunset Memorial Gardens. A native of Leady Oklahoma he came to Odessa in 1957 from Brownfield. Dixie son David and his parents Earnest and Mrs Burch and brother Kenneth Jee Burch are listed as survivors.
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Opessa
D. R. Burch
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Denny Vaughn
Morning Star Fellowship Church
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Leady
Okla
Burch
Medical Center Hospital
Odessa
Brownfield
Dixie
David
the, Home
Earnest Burch
Kenneth Jee Burch
Spencer, Okla
Campbell services set for Jerry Miles in Odessa
J M Campbell 62 dies and is honored with funeral at 10 a m in the First United Pentecostal Church Odessa with Rev Vernon Neeley officiating Burial follows at Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery He died at Medical Center Odessa
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Odessa
Jerry Miles
Campbell
First United Pentecostal Church
Vernon Neeley
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Obituary briefs from Texas and New Mexico regions
Notices list funeral services for Mollie E Atterbury Hattie Vera Baggwell Tray De Brown Rose Jerrell Orval Mahaley Henry Winfield Reid Brady Tryon Sr C Salem Easter J B Mall Jr with service times dates and burial locations in Lamesa Midland Roswell Clovis and surrounding areas and hospitals involved in arrangements
Midland man L D Howell dies of heart seizure
L D Howell 64 was found dead at noon Friday at his Midland home. Justice of the Peace ruled death due to a heart seizure. Services are set 6 p.m. Tuesday at Ideal Baptist Church with Rev. I M Woodard officiating. Burial at Fairview Cemetery under Jackson Funeral direction. He was a Stephenville native and WWII veteran with four sons, four daughters, stepchildren, siblings, and 21 grandchildren among his survivors.
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Midland
Howell
Justice of the Peace
John Diggs
Ideal Baptist Church
I. M. Woodard
Fairview Cemetery
Jackson Funeral Home
Stephenville
Hula Armesteid
Carlsbad
N.M
Howell Jr
Austin
Wallace Howell
Kan
Eddie Ray Howell
Los Angeles
Calif
Tony Howell
Helen Edwards
Velma Mackey
Jackie Howell
Margaret Howell
Joyce McLendon
Evelyni Johnson
Harvey McLandon
Charles McLandon
San Francisco
Fionia Robinson
Daisie Clark
Adel Williams
Earward Howell
Grand Prairie
Midland teen dies on ranch from electrical incident
Robert iC Johnson, 14, of Midland, was killed Sunday while moving pipes on a ranch near Goldsmith when contact with electricity led to his death. He was an eighth grader at Goddard Junior High and a Midland 4H member. Memorials to the American Heart Association are requested.
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Midland
Robert Ic. Johnson
Resthaven Memorial Park
Johnson
Goddard Junior High
Midland 4H Club
Donald M. Johnson
Christine Johnson
L. M. Johnson
Rockford
Jil
Carl Larend
Golden, Cale
American Heart Association
Death of Kenneth Bupke of Dimmittt at home
Kenneth Bupke of Dimmittt died Saturday at his home after an apparent heart attack. Services set for 2:30 p.m. today at Assembly of God Church with the Rev. Man ching, pastor, officiating, assisted by the Rev. William Summers of the First Presbyterian Church.
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Dimmityt
Kenneth Bupke
Dimmittt
Assembly of God Church
Id. Manching
First Pesbyterian Church
William Summers
Infant Jones Stillborn in Brownfield
Jones infant daughter of Dennis Lynn Jones and wife died at 12:47 am Sunday in Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital. She was a twin, with funeral services set for 2 pm today at Jerry County Memorial Cemetery Raby Land section, Brownfield Funeral Home directing. Pastor G Pisdale of the Foursquare Church will officiate. survivors include her twin sister Janet Pauline Jones and grandparents Wayne Lewis and Jack Jones, both of Brownfield.
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Brownfield
Alice Louise Jones
Dennis Lynn Jones
Rt. 3
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
Erry County Memorial
Raby Land
Brownfield Funeral Home
G. Pisdale
Foursquare
Jianet Pauline Jones
Wayne Lewis
Jack Jones
A Happy New Year Shout From Isaiah Reflections
The piece asks what a new year means beyond noise and form. It suggests softer tempers kinder discourse and broader compassion as guiding ideals. It frames wisdom honesty love and integrity as the path to a sane time and cleaner world.
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Julien C. H
Odessa Teacher Dies in Auto Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Mrs. Vi olette Jones 61 wife of Odessa banker was found dead in her car at home with ignition on and empty gauge. Justice of the Peace ruled CO poisoning as cause. services at First United Methodist Church with burial at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Survived by husband Tilden Jones daughter Susan Burwell brother Frank Cameron and one grandchild.
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Odessa
Violette Jones
Justice of Peace
Howard Williams
First United Methodist Church
Orbin.Turner
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Jones
Frederick
Okla
Lubbock
Texas State Teachers Association
Tilden Jones
Susan Burwell
Frank Cameron
Bill Littrell dies at 68 in West Texas Hospital
Bill Littrell 68 retired barber died early Sunday in Lubbock area West Texas Hospital. Services set for 2:30 p m today at First Baptist Church with Rev Rex Newkirk and Rev Robert Griffin officiating. Burial in Terrace Cemetery. Mauson Funeral Home directs. Survived by wife Nannie three sons Billy J Littrell Bobby Joe Littrell Randell Lee Littrell three sisters and a brother plus three grandchildren.
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Ralls
Wilma Pearson
St. Mary's Hospital
Lubbock
First Baptist Church
Murray Pearson
Kerrville
Phil Nely
B. FE. Coward
Robert Williams
Jess Hobbs
Hawthorne
Nev
Elba
Jesse
Bill Littrell
Lubbock's
West Texas
Rex Newkirk
Trinity Baptist Church
Robert Griffin
Terrace Cemetery
Mason Funeral Home
Red River Country
Littrell
Midland Woman 64 Dies After Heart Seizure in New Mexico
Mrs. Burl Self of Midland age 64 died Saturday after an apparent heart seizure while visiting in Ruidoso New Mexico. Services set for Tuesday at St Mark's United Methodist Church officiated by Rev Welden McCormick with burial at Resthaven Memorial Park under the direction of Newnie W Ellis Funeral Home. Born in Corsicana.
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Midland
Cecil C. Wiles
Robert Lokeyn
Charlotte
N.C
Pearson Funeral Chapel
Overton
Arp
Gordon
Boles
Simmons University
Abilene
Texas A&m
Mollie E. Atterbury
Lamesa
First United Methodist Church
Lamesa Memorial Park
Brasnon Funeral Home
Orval Mahal- AO
44Th St
United Methoodist Church of Prost
Frost Cemetery
McCormick Funeral Dome
Mahaley
Methodist Hospital
Burl Self
Ruidoso
N.M
St. Mark’s United Methodist Church
Weldon McCormick
Resthaven Memorial Park
Newnie W. Ellis
Corsicana
Sci
Volcanologists Probe Karakatau After Rumbling Reports
A team of volcanologists is dispatched to Mt Karakatau west of Java to assess reports of threatening rumbles and smoke rising 492 feet from the crater. A Volcano Control Agency spokesman warned the situation could become critical if smoke reaches nine miles high.
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Jakarta
Mt. Karakatau
Java
Volcano Control Agency
Infant Moore Dies in Midland Hospital Services Held
Lynette Moore infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Moore of Midland died Friday in a local hospital. Services set for 10 a.m. today at Thomas Funeral Chapel with Rev. Glenn Collier officiating. Burial in Twilight Gardens Cemetery. Survivors include her parents.
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Midland
Stephney Lynette Moore
Kenneth Moore
Thomas
Glenn Collier
Catton Flat Baptist Church
Twilight Gardens
Pearson Buried After State funeral in Ottawa
Lester B. Pearson former Canadian prime minister and Nobel laureate was buried in a private Wakefield Quebec cemetery after a state funeral in Ottawa. Some 14 thousand mourners attended despite cold and rain, including British Prime Minister Edward Heath.
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Ottawa
UPI
Lester B. Pearson
Canada
Mth
Christ Church Anglican
Pearson
Wakefield
Que
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Christ Church
Spiro T. Agnew
United States
Arthur B. N. Moore
United Church of Canada
Mike Pearson
Edward Heath
Florida Prisons Face Shutdown Over Crowding
Florida Prison Director Louie Wainwright warned the system may close to new inmates due to overcrowded and inadequate facilities. He said a decision is coming next week as Lake Butler Reception and Medical Center population rose to 1300, well above its 710 capacity, with inmates sleeping on floors.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Florida
Louie Wainwright
Wainwright
Lake Butler
Lake Butler Reception and Medical Center
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Aristadis C. Barrientes Jr
Singleton Mineral
Barrientes
Harris County
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Todd Shipyard
U.S. Air Force
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Roy Hyatt
James Jones
Stacy Ann Moore
Kilgore
Thelma
Moore
Sandra Ken
Idrick
Royce Vernon
Imr
W. R. Whitlow
Waco
Seminole
James C. Jones
Singleton
Funeral Home
Chanel
Horace Jones
Singleton Funeral Home
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Memorial Hospital
Norvill
Knox County
Knox City
B. O. Norvill
E Wu
Miller Stroup
Cecil C. Boles
Swisher County
Virdo Esparza
Touston
Hyatt
George Esparza
Welder
Chard
Bartlo Esparza
Remijio Esparza
Slaton
Espirizion Esparza
Dickens
Mrs. Hesta Hall
Sam Harper
Marion
Patricia
Heath
Shome
Kenneth Bal‘ko
Iwilbert Hyatt
Silverton
Gladys Brink
Betty Bemer
Sarah McLeod
Austri
Janna Lea Balko
W. J. Hyatt
Ray Hyatt
L. A. Johnson
J. M. Campbell
Hattie Vera Bagewell
Kis Funeral Home
Iradshaw
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Tray de Brown
Halls
Paris
Halls Cemetery
Carter Punerai
Brown
Parkway Hospital
Rose Jerrell
Roswell
LaGrone Chap
Hoswell
South Park Cemetery
Jerrell
Henry Winefield Reid
Theswell
Ballard Chapel
Memorial Lawn
Reid
Roswell Hospital
Brady Tryon Sr
C. S
J. BE. Mall Jr
Clovis Memorial Hospital
Steed Memorial
Mission Garden of Memories
Clovis
L. D. Howell
R. C. Johnson
Kenneth Hunter
Macover & Greenhouses
The
Mrs. Burl Self
Karakatau
Karakatau Island
Moore Infant
Peaceful Gardens Memorial Park
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