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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1964
Page
7
Four children identified as Juan Marie Yaneer aged 5 Majorie Yaneer 11 Melissa Ki 2 and Keithy Yaneer perished when a frame residence burned Wed at about 9 10 p m Mrs Yancer returned three minutes later to find flames from the dwelling Firemen said three other children escaped while the cause of the blaze remained undetermined.
In Midland a woman died in a Tuesday night fire that gutted a home near a rear bedroom. Her husband, Gorter Carter, 35, later died at Memorial Hospital from natural causes. authorities ruled Mrs. Carter’s death accidental by asphyxiation. Fire Chief Burke suspects an accidental ignition from a flammable chemical. The husband escaped, sought help, and the services for Mrs. Carter will be held in San Antonio Friday. She is survived by her mother, sister in San Antonio, and a Houston brother.
The National Science Foundation awarded Texas Christian University a $94,100 grant for a 1964 summer institute in science and mathematics for secondary school teachers. Chancellor M. E. Sadler announced the program will run from June 8 to July 1.
San Francisco AP reports John F Shelley aged 58 was sworn in as mayor, the first Democrat in 55 years. He resigned from Congress minutes before midnight Tuesday, after completing two four year terms. The office is nonpartisan under the charter. Shelley may limit city duties, with talk of future gubernatorial or Senate runs.
Pioneer Lockney resident James Austin Talley 30 died in an apparent accident. Special services set for 10 30 am Friday at Carter Funeral Home Chapel with Bob Glover officiating. Burial at Lockney Cemetery by Carter. Talley born in Lebanon Tennessee moved to Texas in 1898 and to Lockney in 1907. Survived by brothers Walter of Lockney and Robert Skeetwater.
Funeral services are pending with Carrier Funeral Home Falls for Mrs. Rowse Prissella Canning formerly of Dalhart and listed as a resident of Ralls. She is survived by her husband K Lyja and a daughter with four grandchildren. The obituary notes she recently moved here and had previously lived in multiple Texas towns.
Funeral services set for Friday for Denton 46 and Trower 74 with details of burial at Lawn Haven Memorial Gardens and Englewood Cemetery. Denton formerly of Denton moved to Lockney six years ago and was a farmer. Survivors include wife, son Linnuial, parents, and siblings. Trower, longtime Carey County resident, died at home with wife and three daughters among survivors. Services will be at Our Chapel with Rev. J E Perryman officiating. Burial at Lawn Haven under Our Chapel of Memories.
Funeral services for Hugo Leifeste, a longtime Mason County rancher, are set for 2 pm today in Mason with burial at Mason Cemetery. He is survived by his wife Gertrude Holman Finera, a daughter Lorene Tyler, another daughter, six grandchildren and six great grandchildren, and a brother. Leifeste died early Tuesday at his ranch home.
Morton man Mac Kenzie Quick, 9, died at Memorial Hospital Morton after a brief illness. Services set for 2 p.m. today at the Assembly of God Church in Whiteface with Rev LeRoy Burris of Pairview Baptist Church officiating. Burial in Whiteface Cemetery by Singleton Funeral Home Morton. Survived by mother Mrs Cora Fowler Morton and brother Avery Quick Levelland.
James C Hunt services set for 2 p.m. at Smith Yarbro Funeral Home Chapel Lovington with Rev J Harold Cates officiating Burial in Lovington Cemetery beside his son James C Jake Hunt Jr who died last June He was born July 2 1887 in Florence Texas a retired amcher Survivors include wife Jewel Edith a daughter Mrs G T Lily of Alamogordo Texas and three grandchildren.
Funeral services for Mrs J O Wells 15 1914 St will be held at 10 am today at Trinity Baptist Church. Officiating are D Ben D Johnson and Rev J Oscar Wells with Rev Melvin Rathens assisting. Burial follows at Resthaven Memorial Park under Sanders Funeral Home. The Texjas Tech president's office will be closed during the service. Mrs Wells died Tuesday at St Marys Hospital after living in Lubbock twenty years. Malaysia Will Graff youth.
Funeral services for John H. Hale 79 of Lamesa will be held today at 2 20 p m at the Church of Nazarene with Rev Douglas Roach officiating Burial will be in Lamesa Memorial Park by Higginbotham Funeral Home Hale died at 7 a m Wednesday in Medical Arts Hospital He had lived in Lamesa 17 years and in Dawson County since retirement from real estate Survivors include his wife Bessie four daughters two sisters and four grandchildren
Former Austrian Chancellor Janvus Raab died at 72 after a period of illness. He led Austria toward independence and the 1955 State Treaty ending foreign troops, and his career peaked with the treaty and withdrawal of occupation forces.
Graveside services are set for 10 am today in Prairie Haven Cemetery Hobbs for Tom Murray 44 former resident of Hobbs who died in a California auto accident Friday He was part of a widely known local family Survivors include his brother James M Murray Jr and sister Musc Tom Mason Services will be conducted by Rev Jack W Landon First Presbyterian Church with Roberts Funeral Home in charge Pallbearers named Mads ex W D Girand Straus Baker Brown Teadwell Dwight Tord and Norman Fee
Services and burial are planned for Mrs. Elva Aragon who died at 4 p.m. at Fort Sumner. Arrangements are handled by the C V Steed Funeral Home. Survivors include husband Mikey a Be Joe, daughter Mary of the home, mother Louisa Lopez of Fort Sumner, and two brothers.
A reflective piece on love drawn from I John 4 7 praising love as God given and eternal. It presents love as kind patient enduring and forgiving, binding souls and curing grief while banishing hate and strife.
Services for Mrs. Lora Lillian Hunter 90 former Texico resident will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the C. V. Steed Memorial Chapel with Rev. Stanley Letcher Jr. officiating. Burial will follow in Mission Garden of Memories Cemetery under Steed’s direction. Mrs. Hunter died Tuesday in Bonne Terre Missouri and was to be cremated there before transfer to Clovis. Survivors include a grandson and two great grandchildren and a sister.
Services for Adolphus D. Linton, 90, will be at Sudan Church of Christ today with Mickey Blake, minister, officiating. Linton, a Sudan resident since 1995, died Tuesday in a Littlefield rest home where his wife died on December 31, under Payne Funeral Home care in Amherst.
Claude A. White 66 of Lubbock died after a heart attack at Saprock Hotel following a Barbershop Singing Society meeting. Funeral 2 p.m. today at First Methodist Church with Dr. J. Chess Lovern officiating. Burial directions by Mt Sanders Funeral Home. Survivors include wife, a son, four brothers, three sisters, and two grandchildren. Pallbearers: Russell Hardin Areb Lamb J. Ray Dickey Rex Saffle Wayne Smith L. W. Evans. Honorary pallbearers: Batters Sunday School class, Downtown Kiwanis Club, Lubbock CPAs Association.
Funeral services for James E Owens 39 will be held at Calvary Baptist Church Floydada with military honors at Floydada Cemetery under Harmon Funeral Home direction. Owens died after a tractor trailer crash at Foote Butane Co where he worked. He was a World War II veteran and former prisoner of war. Survivors include his wife two sons a daughter his parents four brothers and four sisters.
Dist judge Luther Gribble of Wellington died in the Carson County courthouse after a heart attack. He was 72 and served 20 years as district judge for the five county 100th district, with a career as county judge and attorney in Wellington. He was admitted to the bar in 1918 and recently announced a bid for reelection. Survivors include his wife Helen, a son in California, and a daughter in Washington state.
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