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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1961
Page
4
Funeral services for Mrs. Marple Pea Grant, 71, of Andrews will be at 3 p m Monday at Andrews church with the Rev. Carl Griffon officiating. She died Thursday afternoon in Snyder Cogdell Memorial Hospital. Burial details are incomplete in the notice.
Atlanta AP report notes the mother of famed golfer Bobby Jones died after a long illness. The article mentions she was married to an Atlanta lawyer and had ties to the city for decades.
Ethel McDonald 79 died after a brief illness. Services at Panay Baptist Church McAdoo with burial in McAdoo Cemetery. Survivors include four sons Mil ton McAdoo Archie Dumas Marshall Palo Alto and others. four grandchildren and one great grandchild. Pallbearers listed. Funeral director King Funeral Home.
Vernon V. Strahan 4, longtime Lamesa resident, died Friday in John Sealy Hospital Galveston after months of illness. Funeral services are at 3 p.m. today at First Presbyterian Church with burial in Lamesa Memorial Park. He was an abstractor and surveyor, member of the Masonic Lodge and Lamesa Rotary Club, survived by his wife two sons and a daughter.
Funeral services for Mrs. J Goodnight, 92, of Lubbock will be conducted at a local church with burial at a cemetery under Franklin funeral direction. Mrs. Goodnight died Friday at her home after several weeks illness. She lived in Lubbock County and was among few women members of the Masonic order. Pallbearers include Ted Barnet, Sam Sanders, Pat Farris, E J Ohnemus, Noble Sides and Roy Forkner.
Funeral services for Everette Butler 5 farmer will be held at 2 30 p m today in First Methodist Church Anton Burial will be in Anton Cemetery under the direction of Rix Funeral Home Lubbock Pallbearers include Lee Stone Carl Harrington C C Dooley Preston Lyda Roy Carden and Harold Coffman Butler a resident of Anton 31 years died Friday after a brief illness He was a member of the Methodist Church and Masonic Lodge 1272 Survivors include his widow two sons Carl Butler and Everette Butler Jr both of Anton two daughters Mrs Neda Hall Anton and Mrs Bob Garcia San Diego four brothers seven sisters and 10 grandchildren
Elizabeth Abbey Hudspeth age 53 died Saturday after a long illness in San Antonio. She was active in civic and church work. Her parents were active in politics. Hudspeth served as state senator and congressman from a West Texas district.
Services for Willis H Bates 90 long time resident of Ropesville will be held at 2 30 p m today at the Methodist Church The Rev Don Jones of Ropesville assisted by the coop of Haymes Lubbock burial is in the Ropesville Cemetery under Rix Funeral Home direction Bates died Thursday night at West Texas Hospital Lubbock He was a Nazarene member born in Denton County moved to Knox County in 1906 married Pollie Je Goree in 1907 survivors include his wife Lille Flona Wright five sons and five daughters plus 27 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren two brothers and two sisters
Services were scheduled today for Marvin H. McMurrey, a Tyler oilman who died Friday at age 66. A pioneer who arrived in 1932 from Cold Springs, he was among the first to reach the East Texas field after its discovery.
Survivors include her husband William Abbey a daughter Mrs Claudia Balla San Antonio and itno grandchil The funeral ae will be held here Monday at 3 p.m.
William Lees a Plainview resident and WWI veteran died after a heart ailment. He lived in Plainview since 1921 and worked in local clothing and furniture firms. He leaves wife Mary Wayland, son Bill, daughter Mrs. Bill Adkins, and other relatives. burial in Plainview Cemetery under Wood Funeral Home.
Final rites for Mrs. Ashton Buck 49 of 3920 Idalou Road will be at 3 pm in Bowman Chapel First Methodist Church with Dr J Chess Levern officiating. Burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery under Sanders Funeral Home direction. Survivors include husband two sons sister and brother.
A Muleshoe area farmer killed in an automobile crash will be honored at a funeral service led by Rev. Tommy Gleaton. The service will be at Grady New Mexico under Singleton Funeral Home in Muleshoe. The pickup driver died instantly when his vehicle collided with a station wagon at a rural intersection about 10 am Friday.
Loyd Tucker, 66, a long time Slaton resident since 1926, died during a hunting trip near Aspermont. A Kentucky native, he is survived by son Harold Tucker of Slaton, three brothers Bukley Tucker Will Tucker and Albert Tucker, a sister Polly Stamps, and two grandsons. Burial will be in Englewood Cemetery under Williams Funeral Home direction.
Dorothy Green, 74, renowned Shakespearean actress who performed with Stratford-on-Avon and Old Vic, died at her London home after a long illness. She made an American debut in 1913 as Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing at Chicago's Blackstone Theater. Cause of death not disclosed.
Tran plans to obtain bids for an automated plant to produce tea cans. The project aims to streamline packaging and improve efficiency for tea can manufacturing.
Blanche Ring, a noted 1912 Broadway sensation famed for I Got Rings on My Fingers and In The Good Old Summertime, died Friday in a Santa Monica nursing facility after a two year decline following a stroke. She is survived by brother Cyril Ring and son Gordon MacNichol, and was once married to actor Charles Winniger.
India's Everest expedition efforts look to train new climbing talent and resume attempts in 1962 after a failed summit bid. Darjeeling observers note the project aims to bolster skill and readiness for a renewed ascent.
Rosas Hacker a Brenham historian and hotel owner known as the Hostess of Brenham died Friday night. She helped found the Texas Independence Day Organization and led restoration at Old Washington on Brazos of Anson Jones’s home and law office.
Charles Somner 82, father of Monsanto president Charles Somner Jr., died of a heart attack Friday at Ghost Ranch Lodge Tucson Arizona. He led Quanah Acme and Pacific Railway Co from 1925 until retiring in 1951. Born in Galveston Texas, he started with the Santa Fe Railroad at age 16.
A brief obituary note laments life’s end and notes the family’s wish for a prayerful, dignified farewell as the spirit departs toward eternal light. The piece expresses a universal sentiment of grief and religious consolation.
William Carroll 71 former U S marshal who oversaw the handling of atom spy Ethel Rosenbergs died. The Rosenbergs were executed at Sing Sing Prison.
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