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Newspaper

Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jan 08, 1961

Page

7

Funeral Rites Today For Spur Pioneer J R Laine

Spur resident J R Laine a longtime painting contractor and church leader dies aged 64 after years of illness. He arrived in Spur in 1910 during the town’s infancy and was a Knights of Pythias member. Survivors include his wife Willie Dee Laine two sons Bill and Tanner a daughter Mrs Horace Wood and a brother Morris. Funeral services at 3 p m at First Methodist Church Spur with burial in Spur Cemetery Camp Blossom Funeral Home in charge.

J. R. Laine South Plains Laine Spur William McReynolds Campbell Funeral Home Mount Pleasant Willie D.montgomery McCauley Knights of Pythias Lubbock Avalanche Journal Willie Dee Laine Horace Wood

City Resident Elzey Simmons Rites Today

Final rites for Elzey Simmons 1911 48th St. will be held at 3 p m today at Central Baptist with Rev stor officiating. Burial in Lubbock City Cemetery under Sanders Funeral Home. Survivors include wife two sons a stepdaughter two stepsons sisters a brother and grandchildren.

Elzey Simmons 48Th St Central Baptator Ion Stor City of Lubbock Sanders Funeral Home Robert Temple Johnnie Temple Lawrence Davis Wayne Vardeman R. W. McGuire Sherman Pierce Lubbock Oddfellows Pallbeat West Texas Hospital Hub City Transfer Co Lubbock E. B. Simmons Amarillo Lawrence Simmons San Diego Calif Roger Kellhoffer Walter L Joe Tom Glaze Long Beach, Calif

Services To Be Held Monday For Plainview Man

Funeral services for Floyder IF TEAINVIEW a Plainview resident of 38 years are set for 10 a.m. Monday at First Baptist Church chapel conducted by Dr Corpaniar. A Comanche native who came to Hale County in 1922, he farmed locally and was active in the Plainview Elks Lodge. He is survived by his wife, two brothers Ernest L of Comanche and C R Angleton, two half brothers Bob and John Carpenter, two half sisters Mrs S S Payne Comanche and Mrs Elmer Gore Stephenville. Burial will follow at Plainview Park Cemetery under Wood Funeral Home direction.

Teainview Floyder Plainview Rss Corpaniar Plainview Hospital Hale County Corpus Christi First Baptist Plainview Elks Lodge Rockport Comanche High School Ernest L., Comanche C.R. Angleton Bob John Carpenter S. S. Payne Comanche Elmer Gore Stephenville Plainview Park Wood Funeral Home

Services Slated For Earth Man

Funeral services for Lebon Dudley Winders 74 will be held at 2 p m today at First Baptist Church. The Rev Cecil noe J W Douglas will officiate. Winders died Friday afternoon. He is survived by five sons five daughters and 15 grandchildren. Burial will follow in Earth Cemetery.

EARTH Lebon Dudley Winders First Baptist Church Cecil Noe J. W. Douglas F. E. Ctminders Frisons Earth Cemetery

Joe Kreha Rites Set Here Today

Joe Frank Kreha aged 72 of Slaton Texas will have funeral services at 3 p.m. today at the Lutheran Church in Slaton with Rev Leroy Deans officiating Burial will follow in Englewood Cemetery under Williams Funeral Home of Slaton Kreha a native of Seerak Texas had lived in Lubbock since 1940 He died after brain surgery in October 1959 Survivors include his wife daughter Mrs Erwin Heinrich Fitzgerald of Slaton a son Raymond Erwin two sisters Mrs Francis Schneider Corpus Christi and Mrs Lizzie Koserek Temple and two grandchildren

Joe Frank Kreha 3Rd St Lutheran Slaton Leroy Deans Willl Englewood Cemetery Williams Funeral Home Texas Seerak Texas el Austin Plains Lubbock Erwin Heinrich Fitzgerald per-Slaton Raymond Erwin Formance

Area Resident's Rites Set Today for Mrs Brown

Funeral services for Mrs Martha Permelia Brown 89 a Levelland resident for 29 years will be at 3 p m today at First Baptist Church officiated by Dr Bill Cook. She died Saturday at Amherst hospital after a year as a patient. Survivors include son Harlber Levelland sister Mrs G C Byers Fort Worth brothers Jim Witt Oklahoma John Witt Springtown six grandchildren eight great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren. Burial is City of Levelland Cemetery under George Price Funeral Home. Pallbearers are Bill Clark Bill Robinson Glenn Cannon J I Stacy Raymond Abell and E J Heath.

Levelland Martha Permelia Brown First Baptist Church Brown Amherst Bill Cook Harlber G. C. Byers Fort Worth Jim Witt Oklahoma John Witt Springtown Reat City of Levelland Cemetery George Price

Tech Student's Rites Are Set

Funeral services are set for Jim Bob Cary 24 of Anton a junior at Texas Tech. He died Saturday at Littlefield Hospital Clinic after an injury Friday. Born October 10 1936 in Brownfield he was a graduate of Borden and Howard County Junior College. Survivors include his parents two sisters and a brother. Burial will be at Snyder Cemetery under direction of local mortuary.

Jack G. Reed Fort Worth Odi) Glasscock Snyder Donald TCU Snyder Jetery Bell Funeral Home

Dallas Man Dies After Auto Wreck

A Dallas surgeon and publisher, Dr. Lee Gris holm Pinkston, 77, died after a traffic accident Friday. Investigators reported three cars involved and that Pinkston collapsed and died at the scene near Lake Whitney.

Dallas UPI Lee Grisholm Pinkston Dallas Star Post Justice of the Peace David

Drip Gas Fire Victim Dies. Rites Today For Newman

Hobbs records detail the death of Joe S. Newman from burns suffered while handling volatile drip gas at a Halfway area site. Services set for 2:30 p.m. at the First Baptist Church with Rev. Clyde R. Campbell presiding. Burial in Memory Gardens with Masonic rites. Newman Gas Service owner survived by wife Opal and children M. R. and Mrs. Jack Tipton plus six siblings. Griffin Funeral Home in charge.

Hobbs Plainview Joe S. New A. J. Molman Halfway Methodist Church Newman Newman] Gas Service Sands Opal Newman M.R. Newman Jack Tipton Luther Lee Newman Abilene Jim Brownwood John Sisters Ore Jack San Diego Calif Sadie Harrol Ballinger Stella Creek Coleman May Harris Myrtle Sanders San Angelo Lillie Creel Ceres Rachael Houston Fort Worth First Baptist Church Clyde R. Campbell Membory Griffin Funeral Home

Minnie Jeter Morris dies. longtime Methodist member

Minnie Florence Jeter Morris, later Minnie Jeter Morris, died at 12 30 a m in Hi Plains Hospital Plainview after moving to the Halfway area in 1915 from Van Zandt County. She married Oct 27 1901 in Van Zandt County. Survivors include husband four sons James W Morris A H Morris A D Morris Loyd Morris two brothers three sisters and many grandchildren and great grandchildren Burial in Plainview Memorial Park under Lemons Funeral Home direction

Ane W. Waxer Gener Will Oti Whiteface Mn Boswell Trinity Chu ‘Church Saturn Hi-Plains Hospital Fie Van Minnie Florence Jeter I van Zandt County the Methodist Church W. H. Dean Halfway James W. Morris Canyon A. H A. D Plainview Loyd Tulsa Wesley Jeter Lindale Albert Eugene Jeter

Carden Services Set At Plainview

Funeral services for W. H. Carden 7 will be at 2 p m Monday in the First Baptist Church Chapel with Dr Roy McClung officiating He was a farmer in the Halfway community west of Plainview and died Saturday morning in the West Plains Hospital in Muleshoe He came to Plainview in 1926 from Paint Rock Ala Survivors include his wife three daughters Mrs Leon Beal Mrs Charlie Armstrong and Mrs G A Buster McWilliams two sons Rice and Jasper a sister Mrs Pansy Berry 11 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren Burial will be in I C C F Cemetery under Lemons Funeral Home direction

Plainview W. H. Carden First Baptist Church Roy McClung Carden Halfway Here West Plains Muleshoe Paint“rock Ala Lemons Funeral Home

Ernest P. Wright Dies At Andrews

Ernest Patton Wright, 50, an Andrews resident for 16 years, died at 9:55 p.m. Saturday in Permian General Hospital after an extended illness. He was a self employed oilfield pumper. Survivors include his wife, son Ernest Allen of Blackhawk Colorado, daughter Mrs. Jack Utley of Dallas, stepson William Haws of Houston, step-daughter Mrs. C. S. Swift of Santa Maria California, his mother Mrs. A. S. Goodwin of Dallas, a brother Lloyd JC of Oklahoma City, and six grandchildren. Funeral services are pending at Singleton Funeral Home.

Calin Lee Rites Slated At Roscoe

Calvin Barnes Lee 65 resident of Roscoe and Nokona County will meet at 2 pm Monday in the Roscoe Florentine Cemetery. Glenn Roenfeldt and the Rev Avery Sullivan will officiate. Survivors include wife two daughters Mrs Willard McPhaul Roscoe and Mrs Jimmy Johnson Hale Center five grandchildren. Burial will be in Roscoe Cemetery.

Roscoe Calvin Barnes Lee Nolan County Glenn Roenfeldt Avery Sullivan Willard McPhaul

Longtime Mule Shoe Resident Dies at 62

Mrs. Robert L. Jones Sr., 62, died at 5 a.m. Saturday in Valmora New Mexico after a two week stay. A Mule Shoe resident for 29 years she belonged to the First Baptist Church and the Eastern Star. Born in Etowah Tennessee she is survived by two sons R Jr of Muleshoe and Jack Canyon two daughters Mrs Dorothy Harlan and Miss William Edd Jones a sister Mrs Irene Watkins three brothers Dee Brown Murrell Brown Jack Brown all of Muleshoe and seven grandchildren. Funeral services are pending at Singleton Funeral Home in Mule Shoe.

Muleshoe Robert L. Jones Sr Valmora N.M R. Jr. Jr Jack ‘Canyon Dorothy Harlan William Edd Jones Irene Watkins Dee Brown Murrell Brown Jack Brown

McNamara Screens Prospects for Key Defense Posts

Defense chief designate Robert McNamara reviews about 100 candidate cards to fill roughly 20 top posts and numerous deputies before taking office January 20. He interviews each candidate, meets with Joint Chiefs of Staff members individually, and plans major reorganizations only after careful study.

Wen Ae McNamara Defense Department Services John F. Kennedy Army Ford Motor Co Defense Thomas S. Gates Jr Joint Chiefs of Staff Sagal Kne Defense Departent

Four Car Burglaries Under Investigation In Lubbock

Four car burglaries are under investigation after police questioned four men from Dallas and Lubbock. Victims reported stolen hubcaps from a new Oldsmobile, a .22 rifle with a scope, a six transistor radio, and tools from a residence at 2005 15th Street. Police tracked a car seen near the Texas Tech Rice basketball game and later found items tied to the suspects.

Lubbock Municipal Auditorium-Coliseum Jerry Cowan Sath St Cowan M. A. Elliott Sith St Jin Lubbock Texas Tech Dallas Ken Arneth Sumners 39Th St North College Avenue P. D. Sikes Wayne Love

Margaret Antony invited to Astrid Ferner wedding

About 550 invitations were sent for Princess Astrid and Johan Martin Ferner's January 12 wedding in Oslo Norway. Among those invited is royal commoner couple Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones of Britain.

Margaret Tony Oslo Norway Astrid Johan Martin Ferner Britain Princess Margaret Antony Armatrong-Jones

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