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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1971
Page
7
In a long list of obituaries and funeral services, multiple residents from Clovis San Angelo Lubbock Plainview and nearby towns are named. Services are set at churches and funeral homes with burial plans in local cemeteries. Separate police reports note robberies mugging and critical condition injuries from recent incidents.
Walker Leonard, 61, a former Motley County resident and WWII veteran, died Sunday at the Veterans Hospital of Big Spring after a lengthy illness. Services set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at First Baptist Church with Rev. Gene Joplin officiating. Burial in East Mound Cemetery. Survivors include son Davis of Crosbyton, brothers Virgil and J. E. Dogie, and sisters Edith Amkin, Georgia Williams, and Gerald Waybourn.
Boots Scott 58 of Scurry County died at Cogdell Memorial Hospital after a monthlong illness. Funeral Tuesday at Bell Seale Funeral Home chapel with Rev. Marvin Rogers officiating. Burial in Snyder Cemetery. He was born in Stevens County and married Frances Evans on Feb 27 1943 in Colorado City. Survived by wife, a son Darby of Snyder, mother Mrs. Gertle Robertson of Snyder, and two grandchildren.
Services for Wayne Ashley 70 of 4505 E 4th St will be at 2 p m today in Canyon Community Church with Revs Curtis Jackson and Grady Adcock officiating Burial will follow at City of Lubbock Cemetery by Rix Funeral Directors Ashley died Saturday afternoon on a hunting trip near Dickens of natural causes Survivors include his wife Loreta a son Norman of Lake Jackson a daughter Mrs Fred P Smith of 4505 E 4th St three brothers Abb of Vernon Grady of 3505 Ave H and Stacy l of 2620 49th St three sisters Mrs Blanch Fflinger Mrs Lucille Howell and Mrs Addie Nevels all of San Antonio and six grandchildren
Jose Saenz, 75, of Lamesa died Saturday in Medical Arts Hospital. Services at 2 p.m. at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church with Rev. Pat Hoffman officiating. Burial in Lamesa Cemetery. Saenz lived in Dawson County 14 years. Daughter Carolyn Ramos of Lamesa and sons Rudolpho and Abdordo, both of Lamesa.
Encyclopaedia Britannica notes cashmere derives from the underfleece of a domesticated Asian goat. The material is valued for its softness and warmth, sourced from goats such as the Kashmir species, with fiber harvested through combing.
Vice President Spiro Agnew defends 1970 campaign rhetoric as reflecting political competition while noting it can alienate allies when quoted out of context. He cites media use and calls for more campus appearances, despite campus disruption. He warned issues rise to a crisis in campaigns but fade after.
A reflective verse urges readers to curb envy and sympathies toward self while noting that material success does not justify hate. The poem cites jealousy as ruinous and warns of frustration and dismay from aversion toward those more fortunate.
William M. Chandler 76 of ZiT 30th St died at 7 40 p m Saturday at University Hospital Services will be at 2 p m Tuesday at First Baptist Church Ropesville with Travis Boyd Church of Christ minister officiating assisted by Rev Byron Harris Burial will be in Ropesville Cemetery by Rix Funeral Directors He had lived in Ropesville since 1925 moved to Lubbock six months ago and was a retired farmer Survivors include two brothers Price W of 2517 30th St and Aaron of Big Spring three sisters Mrs Zona Lynn of 2622 2nd St Mrs Josie Armstrong of 3501 22nd St and Mrs Lottie Thorp of Tucson Ariz Pallbearers are Harold Arant Richard Arant James Chambers Billy Ray Morton Vernon Bidwell and Pat Dunavent
Services for 51 year old Buster Lee Lowery will be held at the First Baptist Church in Kress at 10 a.m. Tuesday with burial at Snyder Cemetery, Wallace Funeral Home of Tulsa in charge. Lowery died when his pickup overturned on U.S. 87 south of Tulia. He was born in Oklahoma, married in 1938, a World War II veteran, and had lived in Snyder and Kress with a son Henry and two daughters Jane Kight and Bettie Hataway among his survivors.
Funeral services for Mrs. Willie Mac Germany 73 will be held today at Calvary Baptist Church Plainview with Rev. Roy Johnson and Rev. Eddie Freeman officiating. Burial follows at Wood Dunning Cemetery. She was born in Comanche and moved to Plainview in 1941. Her husband J L Germany died last December. She leaves two sons a daughter a sister four brothers eighteen grandchildren twenty great grandchildren and twelve step children.
On New Year's Eve Paul Megrath and Dennis Spivey found a six month-old female arctic fur seal tangled in fishing net along a Seaside, Oregon, beach. They delivered it to Seaside Aquarium where Jack O'Brien will release Eve when she can fend for herself after a diet of smelt and vitamins.
Will Emre Gammage 88 of Plainview died Sunday after a long illness in Plainview. Funeral service held Tuesday at Grace Presbyterian Church with Rev. Frederick Kerekoper officiating. Burial at Plainview Memorial Park. Survived by four daughters and eight sons, 36 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren.
A scientific note states that even a sky full of full moons would provide only about one fifth of the light of the sun. It explains the vast difference in luminous output and the dominance of solar illumination.
A 12-inch pipeline ruptured in the Jackson Marsh Wildlife Area near Jackson Wisconsin Dec 28 spilling oil for about a quarter mile into a ditch used for water for ducks and deer. Straw dams and skimming reduced spread while 800 feet of pipe was cradled above the ditch for repairs. Local officials fear thaw could release remaining oil into Cedar Creek.
Funeral services are planned for Mrs Pat Nix 94 a New Deal resident since 1932 at 2 30 p m Tuesday at New Deal United Methodist Church Officiants will be Rev Jim H Sharp and Rev Hosmer Fields Burial will be in Resthaven Memorial Park under Franklin Bartley Funeral Home Lubbock She died Saturday evening at Parkway Manor Nursing Home after a lengthy illness Survivors include a daughter Mrs Raymond Bugard of Kingsland four sons C R of Lubbock Bay of New Deal Fred of Lubbock and James of Huntington Beach California seven grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren Pallbearers include Hubert Burgess Earl Hobbs Ford Trotter Royce Hess Homer Wallace and T K Pruitt
Mary Green 50 of Lubbock was shot once in the head during an altercation in the 800 block of Avenue B about 4 a.m. Sunday. Justice of the Peace Wayne LeCroy pronounced her dead at the scene. Services are pending with South Plains Funeral Home.
Chrysler Corp and the United Auto Workers plan to return to bargaining with no strike deadline in sight. About 26,000 workers across five plants are on layoff as Chrysler inventories 83 days of unsold cars and schedules more shutdowns next week.
Snyder Texas Mrs Rhoda Ann Clawson 175 died at 1205 p m Sunday in Cogdell Memorial Hospital services pending at Bell Seale Funeral Home She was a member of Snyder First Baptist Church Survivors include two sisters Ada Odom Houston Flora Brown Dallas and one granddaughter
Joe C. Senter 67, former Dimmitt resident, died Wednesday in an Inglewood California hospital. Services at 3 p.m. at Dennis Memorial Chapel with Dr. Raymond Perkins officiating. Burial in Castro Memorial Gardens. Survived by son Ralph L. Senter of Seattle and five sisters: Mary Lou Frazier of Dimmitt, Emma Beth Brinker of Inglewood, Earlene Bowser of Los Angeles, Nell Davis of Friona, and Frankie English of Richmond California.
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