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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jan 14, 1973

Page

8

Leavelland obituary of Leo Austin lists survivors and death details

The notice reports the death of Leo Austin age 59 of Houston after a heart attack. An autopsy is ordered and services are pending at George Price Funeral Home. Survivors include wife Kitty Mae and brother Troy Austin of Houston. late resident of Hockley County who moved to Houston in 1954.

Harold Levelland Ledy Curry County N.M Cor Austin Houston Wasjoner George Price Hockley County Austin Kitty Mae Troy Austin

Gladys Creamer 70 Dies After Illness In Odessa

Services set for 2 p.m. Monday at Rix Funeral Home for Mrs. Gladys Creamer of Odessa aged 70 who died Friday in Medical Center Hospital after an illness. Burial in Odessa Cemetery. A native of El Paso she moved to Odessa 35 years ago from Paducah. Survived by three sons Bill Creamer Myrtle Creek Ore Joe Creamer Midland Roy Creamer Odessa two brothers J D Reedy Odessa L D Reedy Myrtle Creek Ore a sister Effie Anderson Dallas ten grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

Odessa Rix Funeral Home Gladys Creamer Medical Center Hospital Cemery Myrtle Creek Ore Effie Anderson Dallas

Fatal crash on FM 40 near Lubbock claims two lives

Z B Mendoza services for Zacharias Buen dostro Mendoza 41 of Reynosa Mexico were pending at Franklin Bartley Funeral Home. Buendostro Mendoza and Ricardo Sanchez 42 of Juarez Mexico were fatally injured in the first fatal accident of the year in Lubbock County Friday night. Enrike H Rodriguez 30 of Lorenzo was in satisfactory condition Saturday night at West Texas Hospital. The other driver was treated and released in a Lubbock hospital. Bucndostro Mendoza family members were en route to Lubbock Saturday.

Zacharias Buendostro-Mendoza Reynosa Mexico Franklin-Bartley Buendostro-Mendoza Ricardo Sanchez Juarez Lubbock County FM 40 Lubbock Enrique H. Rodriguez Lorenzo West Texas Bucndostro- Mendoza Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home Sanchez

Renee Cave services pending in Russselville

Renee Cave of Russelville Arkansas aged 48 is reported dead after being found at her Clovis New Mexico home. Gardner Funeral Home of Russsville is handling arrangements.

Russelville Ark Gardner Funeral Home Renee Cave Clovis N.M

Obituary Briefs: Vick Lee and Gamble remembered

Services for Billy Vick 47 of San Jose California take place in Clovis with minister Dan McCormick officiating Burial is Beaver Cemetery For rest New Mexico Vick a former Clovis resident Wyn Guile Lee 83 dies in San Angelo service at Hermleigh United Methodist Church burial Hermleigh Cemetery Bell Seale Funeral Snyder Fannie Gamble 72 funeral in Anderson Chapel Sullivan King Mortuary burial Forest Lawn Memorial Park Anderson former Clovis resident died Friday

Billy Vick San Jose Calif Steed-Tood Wyn Guile Lee Hermleigh United Methodist Church Claude Nixon Loren Gardner Hermleigh Cemetery Bell-Seale Funeral Home Snyder Lee Shannon Hospital San Angelo Fannie Gamble Sullivan- King Mortuary Anderson Forest Lawn Memorial Park

Obituaries for Bradley Parson and Pink Parson

Two obituaries note Willis Thomas Bradley 68 of Sweetwater died of natural causes at home. Funeral planned at Jamison Funeral Chapel with Rev C C Holt officiating. Pink Parson, also of Sweetwater, died Wednesday in Seagraves hospital. services set for Monday at First Baptist Church in Sea Lubbock with Rev Freeman Thompson officiating. Burial at Seagraves Cemetery under Webb Funeral Home direction.

Willis Thomas Bradley Redbud Apt. A Jamison C. C. Hol Sweetwater Lins Lyons Chapel Baptist Church Bur Pam Cate-Spencer Resthaven BK. R BK. R.rial Park, Bradley died|Feagan, 68, of Sweetwater Justice Sweetwa Charles Smith Natu Feagan Pink Parson Dollie Jim Webb Funeral Home Parson Sandra Hixon Seagraves Shirley Greer Arlington Jerries

Snyder Woman Dies After One Car Crash Near Snyder

Shahnaz Lodhi Snyder 30 wife of Texas Tech instructor Dr. M A SK Lodhi died about 8 am Saturday at Cogdell Memorial Hospital from injuries in a one car crash Thursday night near Snyder on U S 84. Her husband 39 an associate professor of physics at Tech was in critical condition in Lubbock Methodist Hospital after transfer. The couple and two daughters aged 5 and 4 were injured Thursday evening when their sports car spun out of control and struck a cement culvert embankment. the daughters were in good condition Saturday.

U. 5 Snyder

Burial for 61-year-old grain worker in avalanche death

Jack Pool of Plainview was buried Thursday after a grain avalanche at American Grain Co. facility. Funeral arrangements are managed by Lemons Funeral Home. Pool had worked for the company since Monday.

Jack Pool American Grain Co Lemons. Funeral Home Pool Grain Company

Ed Denton POST services set for Tuesday in Southland

Ed Denton 89 of Gordon community died Tuesday after a three month illness in Garza Memorial Hospital Pest Funeral services will be Tuesday at 2 p m at First Baptist Church Southland with Rev C T Jordan officiating Burial will follow in Southland Cemetery Hadman Funeral Home in charge Denton was a retired farmer who settled in Lynn County about 1916 Survivors include son Roy of Santa Barbara California three daughters Myrtie Lichey Durant Cleo Johnson and Louise Carson two sisters Mrs Laura Ele more Liberal Kan a brother Oliver Denton Cumby eleven grandchildren twenty great grandchildren and one great great grandchild.

Baptist Southland Ed Denton Gordon Garza Memorial Hospital Pest C. T. Jordan Southland Cemetery Hadman Funeral Home Penton Lynn County Roy ‘Denton Santa Barbara Calif Myrtle Lichey Durant Cleo Johnson Louise Carson Slaton Oliver Denton Cumby Laura Elemore Liberal Kan James Roscoe Fort 5Th St West Texas Hospital Sanders Memorial Chapel J. Ward Griffin First United Methodist Church Orbin Turner Odessa Resthaven Memorial Park Fort Lubbock Velva Pd. Strickland Canyon Calvin Halcomb Seminole Wren Winyard Abilene Katie Felker Nell Peel Phoenix Ariz W. C. Mauzey Jr 39Th St Friona John Anderson Wright Charles Broadhurst First Baptist Church Bill Burton Elgin Street Baptist Church Friona Cemetery Parsons-Ellis Funeral Home Chickashaw Okla Wright Palmer

Clovis Veteran Delfido Duran Dies After Long Illness

Delfido Duran a Santa Rosa native and World War II veteran who survived the Bataan Death March died after a long illness at Memorial Hospital in Clovis. Funeral mass at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church with burial in Mission Garden of Memories under Sherwood Mortuary direction. He served with the 200th Coast Artillery in the Philippines and was a Japanese prisoner of war for 42 months. Survivors include his father Jouan Duran, three brothers Eloy Manuel and Raymond all of Clovis, and five sisters Emma Padilla Romero Baca Gutierrez and Amadeo Morales of Menard and Clovis.

Clovis Sherwoodt Delfido Las Duran Memorial Hospital Our Lady ‘of Guadalupe Catholic Church Chrysistom Mission Garden of Memories Sherwood Mortuary Santa Rosa N.M jDuran 200Th Coast Artillery Philippines Bataan Jouan Eloy Manuel Raymond J Emma Padilla Rebecca ‘Romero Ponccanita Baca Asevia Gutierrez Amadeo Morales Menard

Funeral services set for H. L. Ferguson in Las Vegas

H. L. Ferguson 41 dies after heart attack at local hospital. Palm Funeral Home to conduct services at 2 p.m. Tuesday. Former Littlefield resident, Littlefield High School graduate. Survivors: wife Louise two sons H L Ferguson Jr Roy Franklin Ferguson daughter Sheila Ferguson parents Roy and Mrs Ferguson of Los Angeles three sisters Pat Denson Barbara Kindred Jess Wright.

Las Vegas New Palm Funeral Home H. L. Ferguson Ferguson Littlefield Littlefield High School Louise H. l. Ferguson Jr Roy Franklin Ferguson Sheila Ferguson Roy Ferguson Los Angeles Calif Pat Denson Barbara Kindred Denton Jess Wright 28Th St Lubbock

Obituaries and death notices across West Texas and New Mexico

Multiple obituaries and funeral notices from Lubbock Ralls Friona Roswell and nearby areas. Deaths include James R Fort 84 of Lubbock. Junior Melton 41 of Ralls. John Anderson Wright 66 of Friona. Ricardo Sanchez 42 of Juarez. Vivian White 84 of Roswell. Services scheduled in various churches and burial in local cemeteries. notes on survivors and hospital deaths.

Baner Huddle LAMESA dies after illness at 11:05 a.m.

Baner Huddle LAMESA a resident of Dawson County died Saturday at Medical Arts Hospital after an illness. Services will be at 3 p.m. at First Baptist Church with ministers Bill Haridage and Jerry Park officiating. Burial at Lamesa Memorial Park. He was a retired farmer and Baptist. Survived by wife Mary two sons Howard Eddie of Lamesa and Lawrence Huddle of Roswell a daughter Mrs. F Moore of Clovis seven sisters a brother seven grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.

Lamesa Baner Huddle Medical Arts Hospital First Baptist Church Bill Haridage Jerry Parktable Lamesa Memorial Park Branon Funeral Home Dawson County Huddle van’ ‘Zandt County Mary Howard Eddie Lawrence Huddle Roswell Ef, Moore Clovis Nellie Rayford Abilene Eva Epper Ison Tyler Rene Me Farlin Tle Roy Trudite Viers

Helen Morgan POST dies at 69 in Lubbock hospital

Mrs. Helen Tucker Morgan 69 of Post died early Saturday in Methodist Hospital Lubbock Memorial services today at First Presbyterian Church of Post with Rev George L Miller officiating Graveside services 10 am Monday Riverside Cemetery Wichita Falls Rev Allison Brown Church of the Good Shepherd officiating Burial by Hampton Vaughan Funeral Directors Survivors include daughter Mrs L B Floyd Dallas sister Mrs Paul Bundy Houston five grandchildren and a great grandchild

POST Helen Tucker Morgan Methodist Hospital Lubbock First Presbyterian Church George L. Miller Riverside Cemetery Wichita Falls Allison Brown Church of the Good Shepherd Episcopal Church Hampton-Vaughan Funeral Directors Secary Ark Morgan Episcopal Church L. B. Floyd Dallas Paul Bundy Houston

Pierce Rites Set For Pearmont Gordon Pierce at First Baptist

Funeral services for Pearmont Gordon Pierce 64 of Spur follow a death by asphyxiation from a central heating unit in a small apartment. Justice of the Peace John Nay pronounces him dead. Norris Taylor officiates with burial in Spur Cemetery under Campbell Funeral direction. Survivors include wife Jo Nelle, daughters Tenna y and Dinkey Wren, sons Thomas and Tomewy, sister Mrs W Parsons, brother Giles Pierce. Six pallbearers named. Remaining family hospitalized.

SPUR First Baptist Pearmont Gordon Pierce Dickens County Justice of the Peace John Nay Norris Taylor Spur Cemetery Campbell Funeral Home Pierce Erath County Nelle Tennay Pierce Dinkey Wren Pierce Thomas Pierce Tomewy Pierce W. Parsons Giles Pierce Lubbock Cecil Fox Alvis Stoneman Travis Hoover Carl Rye Joe Lara Benny Fitzgerald

Father God as Love and Father in Faithful Devotion

A reflective verse recalling God as Father inspired by childhood faith. It contrasts earthly fatherly support with the divine Father’s loving power, noting Jesus’ use of the term Father to honor God. The poem emphasizes devotion, respect, and the bond between earthly family and divine love.

Obituary of M Prather Taylor of Hobbs and Lawrence Taylor

Mrs Prather Lawrence Taylor Hobbs N M dies at 1 a m Saturday funeral 2 p m Friday Northside Baptist Snyder service officiated by Rev George White burial Resthaven Memorial Park Lubbock. Lawrence Freeman Taylor Hobbs Texas 1961 farmer married to Imogene Riley Aug 12 1934 survived by wife four daughters a son mother four sisters five brothers and grandchildren.

Snyder George White Resthaven Memorial Park Sam Kitching East Lubbock Church of Christ of Say Paw Apps Aiada Taylor Collin County Lynn County Imogene Riley Slaton New Home New Home Baptist Church Dorothy Ann Williams Sue Eakin Midland Betty Eisenberg Richardson Carol Taylor Randy Wayne ‘Taylor

Margie Talley services held in Wichita Falls

Margie Talley 54 of 4609 44th St Lubbock died in a Dallas hospital after an extended illness. Services were held at Hampton Vaughn Funeral Chapel with burial in Wichita Falls. Survivors include two daughters two brothers five sisters and two grandchildren.

Wichita Falls Margie Talley 44Th St Lubbock Hampton Vaughn Talley Denver City Dallas Edward VanDam Eric Kennedy California Bill Stephens Santa Barbara Calif Ralph Bone Roy Smith Hoy McCracken Grand Prairie W. W. Smith Huntsville Ark Mary Wallace Jerry Jackson Fort Worth

Prather Rites Held for Mrs Prather at Snyder

Burial at Snyder Cemetery follows death of Mrs. Prather born 1888 in Rains County. Widow of I M Prather 1904 marriage. he died 1949. Charter member of Northside Baptist Snyder. Survived by eight children, fourteen grandchildren, twenty one great grandchildren and one great great grandchild.

Ullicia Snyder Bell-Seale Funeral Home Rains County I. M. Prather Northside Baptist Church Hobbs Scurry County A. L. [Floyd of C. B. Davis

Venito Samora Rites Set in Sherwood and Mission Garden

Venito Samora, 54, will have a Rosary at 7 p.m. Monday at Sherwood Chapel and a funeral Mass at 9 a.m. Tuesday at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church. Rev Chrysistom Patree will officiate. Military graveside rites follow at Mission Garden of Memories Cemetery under Sherwood direction. Samora, a disabled World War II veteran, was found dead at home last Tuesday from apparent natural causes.

Clovis Venito Samora Sherwood Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic ‘Church Father Chrysistom Patree Pas ‘Tor Mission Garden of Memories Sherwood Mortuary Samora

Turnbow News Briefs Include Fatality and Local Injuries

The brief notes Herman Porter Turnbow 79 died in Andrews after an extended illness. Mrs Ruby Hillburn 68 of Plainview remained serious after a car pickup crash near S University Ave and Loop 289 in Lubbock. Several others were treated and released following the Friday accident.

Ruby Hillburn Plainview Lubbock Methodist Hospital S. University Avenue Loop 289

Longtime resident dies after auto crash in Lubbock

Mrs. Modell White 70 and Mrs. Willie Brown injured after collision near 59th Street and Slide Road. White, from Mississippi and longtime Oxford resident, moved to Lubbock ten years ago and later worked with the Clovis Community Concert Association. She is survived by her husband and relatives as details follow at Rest Haven Funeral Home.

haven-Singleton-Wilson Modell White Willie Brown 44Th St 16Th St Lubbock 59Th Street Slidepital Mississippi Pital White Oxford Clovis Furr Anthony Dibonaventura Mt. Marshall Junior High Auditor Street Avenue Hirium

Galveston Home Fire Claims Man's Life

A Galveston home fire Saturday killed 42 year old Powell. Fire officials said the blaze heavily damaged his frame house and started in the living room where Powell’s badly burned body was found fully clothed. Fire Marshal Davey Carre investigated the scene.

Phy Powell Isaid Davey Carre Powell

Cardinal Fernando Cento Dies at 89 in Rome

Vatican confirms Cardinal Fernando Cento, a veteran diplomat and longtime Vatican official, died in Rome at 89. He served 37 years in Latin America and Europe, helped reestablish ties with Ecuador in 1936, and led papal diplomacy during the Vatican II era. Funeral mass set for Tuesday at St Peter's Basilica.

Vatican City UPI Fernando Cento Vatican Latin America Europe John XXII Cento Rome St. Peter's Basilica Sacred College of Cardinals Venezuela Peru Ecuador Belgium Portugal Roman Curia Holy See Pollenza Italy Pius Xio Acireale Sicily John Anu Vatican T John Cemito

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