Hugh Clearman Honored At Hereford Chamber Banquet
Hereford citizens applauded Hugh Clearman former Deaf Smith County Agriculture Agent and seed company manager as Citizen of the Year at the Deaf Smith County Chamber of Commerce banquet held in the Hereford bull barn transformed into a winter wonderland. Lt. Gov. George Nigh offered humorous remarks and staff honored Virgil Marsh for best membership sales three years running.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tanner Laine
Avalanche-Journal
Hereford
Exposition Hall
Magic
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
George Nigh
Oklahoma
Will Rogers
Union
Washington
Congress
Hugh Clearmen
Deaf Smith County
Christian Rural Overseas Program
Milton Adams
Charles Hoover
Nancy Jones
Rene Brink
Virgil Marsh
RITES PEND Officers Eye Shooting Near Tulsa
Mrs. C. C. Kesler was found shot to death Thursday in her farm home near TULTA. Swisher County Sheriff Darrell Smith said the body lay in the den and showed two shotgun wounds. The front door was pried open and the telephone wire was jerked loose. An autopsy is ordered and no motive or suspect is named. Services for Mrs. Kesler are pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Kesler
Swisher County
Darrell Smith
Gertrude Bains Services Set for Mrs Pans in Lubbock
Services for Mrs Gertrude Pans Bains widow of Uriah C Pans are set for 2 pm at First Baptist Church in O Donnell with the Rev Oral Bowman officiating Burial will follow in O Donnell Cemetery She had been a patient at Methodist Hospital in Lubbock since late December Survivors include three sons Carl and Bobby of Lubbock W C of O Donnell a daughter Mrs Ruby Clayton and Mrs Lois Sherrill ten grandchildren and one great grandchild plus ten siblings and many other relatives
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omdonnell
Gertrude Pans
Lubbock
Methodist Hospital
Inday
First Baptist Church
Oral Bowman
O' Donnell
Bains
Uriah C. Pans
O'Donnell
W. C
Carlol Tokio
Bobby L
Ruby Clayton
Lois Sherill
Mike Baker
Saint de
Arch Baker
Joe Baker
Melvin Baker
LaPryor
John Baker
Ira
Hailie Baker
Buchanan Dam
Irma Sherrill
Burleson
Lennie Ruffer
Houston
Hailie Davis
Willie Dillard
Nocona
Myrtle Kelly
Uvalde
Dawson Services Set For Woman
Mrs. Mamie Haynes a Dawson County resident for 36 years died Thursday in a local nursing home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Branon Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Walter Horn officiating. Burial will be in Lamesa Memorial Park. She was a native of Cleburne. Survivors include a daughter Pauline Meason of Hamlin three sons Clyde of Lamesa W G of Kermit and Glenn of Buena Park California two grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamesa
Mamie Haynes
Dawson County
Branon
Walter Horn
Lamesa Presbyterian Church
Lamesa Memorial Park
Haynes
Cleburne
Pauline Meason
Hamlin
Clyde
W. G
Services Slated For Jim Robinson
Jim Robinson 90 of Wichita Falls died about 10 a.m. Wednesday in Crosbyton Nursing Home. Services are at 2 p.m. today at Lamar Baptist Church with Rev. Robert Norsworthy officiating. Burials at Crestview Memorial Park. Survivors include two daughters Mrs. Ralph Bennett of Afton and Mrs. Beth Terrill of Temple, brother Hall of Tohoka, sister Mrs. Hattie O'Hair of Coleman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita Falls
Jim Robinson
Lamar Baptist Church
Robert Norsworthy
Crestview Memorial Park
Hampton-Vaughan Funeral Home
Robinson
Crosbyton
Ralph Bennett
Afton
Beth Terrill
Temple
Hall
Tohoka
Funeral Pending For Mrs. Iris Wilson
Iris Wilson former Olton resident died in Collins Hospital McKinney about 2 p.m. Thursday services pending at Parsons Funeral Home Olton survivors include four daughters D L Givens Laura Nichols Jean Sachse all of Olton Thelma Steinachle of Gunter and son Don Wilson of Los Angeles Calif Francis Scott Key wrote the Star Spangled Banner the night of Sept 13 1814.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olton
Iris Wilson
Bolton
Collins Hospital
McKinney
Parsons Funeral Home
D. L. Givens
Laura Nichols
Jean Sachse
Thelma Steinachle
Gunter
Don Wilson
Los Angeles
Calif
Francis Scott Key
Multiple local injuries and deaths reported in Lubbock area
The report lists several serious and critical injuries from weekend accidents in Lubbock and nearby towns, including David Curry 10, Berner Pace 36, Carlos Salazar 15, and others. Also noted are funeral services for Mrs. D A Barnett and Augustus Andrew Gusi Smith, plus court actions, community events, and local society meetings.
Mrs Harkey 88 Former Dickens County Resident Dies in California
Mrs Mary Frances Gipson Harkey 88, longtime Texas resident, died of an apparent heart attack in Los Angeles. Services set for 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Rockwood Baptist Church Coleman County with burial in Rockwood Cemetery. She left Texas in 1940 after farming with her late husband James Oscar Harkey. Survived by daughters Garnet Reeves Lubbock Ross Estes Fort Worth Claude Box Rockwood and Paul Stanslaw Altadena. seven sons Frank Carl James Oran Raymond Willard Garland Morris all in Los Angeles area. 16 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Frances Gipson Harkey
Dickens County
Los Angeles
Calif
Rockwood Baptist Church
Coleman County
Rockwood
Hosch Funeral Home
Santa Anna
Harkey
James Oscar Harkey
Spur
California
Mason County
Coleman
Dickens
Texas
Garnet Reeves
21St St
Lubbock
Ross Estes
Fort Worth
Claude Box
Paul Stanslaw
Altadena
Frank
Carl
James Oran
Raymond
Willard
Garland
Morris
Snyder Resident Dies In Crash
A 30-year-old Snyder man Otis Glasscock was killed when his vehicle overturned three times after a tire blew on Texas 36 ten miles west of Snyder. He died en route to Mims Hospital. Services are pending with Bell Scale Funeral Home. Survivors include his wife Marie three daughters Shirley Vicki and Terri a son Randy two sisters Mrs L B Wricht and Mrs Eddie Nelson a brother Bobby and his parents Mr and Mrs W H Glasscock.
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Here
Texas
Funeral set today for Floydada resident Ben Morton
Ben G. Morton 89 longtime Floyd County resident died at Caprock Hospital. Funeral at 4 p.m. at Cumberland Presbyterian Church conducted by Rev. Sam Estes. Burial in Floydada Cemetery. Morton a retired barber born in Lenoir City Tennessee moved here from Tennessee in 1909 married to Mollie Walling in 1924. Survivors include wife a daughter a brother two sisters a granddaughter and three great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floydada
Ben G. Morton
Floyd County
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Sam Estes
Moore-Rose Funeral Home
Morton
Tennessee
Caprock Hospital
Lenoir City
Mollie Walling
Mrs. Lennie Morgan Dies In Lamesa Nursing Home
Mrs Lennie Morgan a Lamesa resident of three years aged 70 died Thursday in a local nursing home Funeral will be at 330 pm today in Branon Funeral Home Chapel with O H Tabor of Lamesa officiating Burial will be in Lamesa Memorial Park Survived by son Daniel Lee of Lubbock three brothers Ocie Spobaugh Levita and Cecil Spobauch and Ivan Spobaugh Fort Worth and three grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamesa
Lennie Morgan
Branon Funeral Home
O. H. Tabor
Lamesa Memorial Park
Bobby D. Allen
28Th St
Lubbock
Daniel Lee
Ocie Spobaugh
Levita
Cecil Spobauch
Ivan Spobaugh
Fort Worth
Playmates Found Strangled in Pasadena Neighborhood
Travis Donald Stuckey aged 12 and James Roland Miles aged 11 lived across the street from each other and played on rival Little League teams coached by their stepfathers. Miles stepfather Noah Sanders discovered the boys’ bodies Wednesday dangling from [text incomplete].
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Pasadena
UPI
Travis Donald Stuckey
James Roland Miles
Miles
Noah Sanders
Rites Scheduled For W. W. Dial
Services for W. W. Dial 65 of Lubbock will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in Sanders Memorial Chapel with Rev. J. Walde Griffin officiating. Burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery. Dial died Thursday morning after an apparent heart attack at Fenner Tubbs Chrysler Plymouth. He had lived in Lubbock since 1937. He is survived by Irene, three brothers Bill of Post and Wilson and Burgin, and three sisters Mrs. Jesse Ward Slaton Mrs. Herman Johnson and Mrs. Lewie Jordan, all of Lubbock. Pallbearers listed as Bil Roberts W. K. Palmer D. C. Prince Howard L. Yandell Harry Bryant J. B. Marion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Dial
26Th St
Sanders Memorial Chapel
J. Walde Griffin
First United Methodist Church
J.T. Beiding
First Baptist Church
City of Lubbock
Dial
Lubbock
Fenner Tubbs Chrysler Plymouth
Irene
Bill
Post
Wilson
Burgin
Jesse Ward
Slaton
Herman Johnson
Lewie Jordan
Bil Roberts
W. K. Palmer
D. C. Prince
Howard L. Yandell
Harry Bryant
J. B. Marion
Rites For Area Woman Slated
Hermleigh special services set 3:20 p.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church for Mrs. A D Higginbotham 87 of Hermleigh. Rev Bob Crestwell to officiate with burial in Hermleigh Cemetery. She died about 8 p.m. Wednesday at Hillcrest Loxite Nursing Home after a lengthy illness. Survivors include three daughters a brother 10 grandchildren 20 great grandchildren and a great great grandchild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hermleigh
A. D. Higginbotham
First Baptist Church
Bob Crestwell
Hermleigh Cemetery
Bell-Sealy Funeral Home
Snyder
J. L. Atchley
Ivanhoe
Calif
A. K. Bayless
Helmleigh
Ruby Vernon
San Antonia
Howard Clements
William Jordan Dies Rites Set in Littlefield Texas
William Earnest Jordan 74 died at Knight's Rest Home in Littlefield after 20 years in the town. Funeral at Parkview Baptist Church at 2 p.m. with Rev. R. N. Tucker. burial in Littlefield Cemetery. Survived by wife Mabel two sons Calvin Sudan and Johnny Littlefield two daughters Tinker Slaton and Mrs Carpenter Brownfield two brothers Clarence Abernathy Frank Van Alstyne three sisters Mrs Ireland Mrs Bruce Van Alstyne and Mrs Howe Fort Worth ten grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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Littlefield
William Earnest Jordan
Knight's Rest
Parkview Baptist Church
R. N. Tucker
Hammons
Jordan
Ellis County
Lamb County
Finus
Shallowater
Mabel
Calvin
Sudan
Johnny
J. D. ‘Tinker
Slaton
Hubert Carpenter
Brownfield
Clarence
Abernathy
Frank
van Alstene
Clara Ireland
Berth Bruce
van Alstyne
Gertrude Howe
Fort Worth
Accident Fatal To Area Man In Plainview
A 64 year old Plainview man Herman Troy Hankins died when a car he was working on fell off a jack. Justice of the Peace Glenn Stone ruled the death accidental. Hankins was a Hart native and longtime Plainview resident. He left a widow and several relatives including a daughter and stepsons.
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Plainview
Justice of the Peace
Glenn Stone
Herman Troy Hankins
Stone
Miet Hankins
Hankins
Wood-Dunning Funeral Home
Hawkins
Hart
Plainview Area
Katherine
Jerry Dirks
Canyon
Lawrence Dirks
Hereford
Ed Hoelting
Nazareth
Ewell Jobe
Rites Planned Today for P. G. Allen in Plainview
Services for 88 year old P G Allen of Plainview will be at 3 p m at First Baptist Church with Rev Carlos McLeod officiating. Burial in Memorial Park under Wood Dunning Funeral Home direction. Allen founder of the AAA Alfalfa Mill died Wednesday in a rest home. He is survived by a large family including three sons and three daughters and eight grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren William Pickens
Spur
First Baptist Church
Norris Taylor
Billy Smith
Lubbock
Spur Cemetery
Camphiell
Pickens
Amarillo
High Plains Hospital
Plainview
P. G. Allen
Carlos McLeod
Memorial Park
Wood-Dunning Funeral Home
Allen
Resto
Maye
John
Roswell
N.M
Claude
Tyler
Lewis
Longview
Lera Talley
Spar
Methodist Hospital
Floye
Dauthers
Hardy Decker
Bemidji, Minn
Rayburn Mason
EL Paso
Glenn Eaves
Weybridge Surry
England
Henry Jackson
Hamlin
Lena
W. C
Royce
California
Lula Cathey's Services Set in Dora
Lula Geneva Cathey 78 of Dora New Mexico died Thursday at Lamesa Memorial Hospital. Services 2 PM Saturday at Dora Church of Christ with Garnie Atkisson of Lubbock officiating. Burial Mount Zion Cemetery Dora. Branon Funeral Home Lamesa in charge. Survivors include two sisters Mrs Luther Young Denver City and Mrs E C Harris O'Donnell.
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Lamesa
Lula Geneva Cathey
Dora
N.M
Memorial Hospital
Dora Church of Christ
Garnie Atkisson
Lubbock
Mount Zion
Branon Funeral Home
Luther Young
Denver City
E. C. Harris
O'Donnell
Christianity Made Official Religion of Roman Empire in 330
The article notes that Christianity was established as the official religion of the Roman Empire in 330 A.D. This pivotal shift formalized Christian status under Emperor Constantine and shaped subsequent imperial policy and religious practice across the empire.
Standards for Both Sons and Daughters
Julia C. Hyer urges setting uniform high standards for boys and girls alike. She argues that a shared ideal ensures both have clean reputations and moral guidance, warning against excuses for sin and the “Wild Oats” notion.
E A Schoppa's Rites Arranged
Eddie A Schoppa 81 of Lubbock dies at University Hospital Vernon burial at Wilbarger Memorial Park Vernon services at St Pauls Lutheran Church with Rev Gerald Thiele officiating Dudley Fields in charge of arrangements Schoppa retired farmer resident of Ray's Hospitality Home for a year native of Vernon and father to three sons and five daughters with spouses in Vernon Lubbock La Habra Calif Copperas Cove and Shallowater areas etc
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Eddie A. Schoppa
Lubbock
St. Paul's Luthern Church
Vernon
Gerald Thiele
J. A. Birnbaum
Wilbarger Memorial Park
Dudley Fields
Schoppa
University Hospital
Ray
Ida
Sylvia
Henry
Elroy
LaHabra
Calif
Edna Schwarz
Wilma
Nierlich Peraly Gilly
Wilma Nierlich
Mildred Micken
Copperas Cove
Adeline Gruetzner
Shallowaxer
Rites Scheduled For C. E. Brice
Services for C E Brice 64 of Lake Brownwood will be at Howell Foran Funeral Home San Saba with burial in San Saba Cemetery. Brice died after a heart attack in a Brownwood hospital. A former Yoakum County deputy sheriff he lived in Denver City Plains and other places. He was survived by Claudia a daughter Mrs James Madison of Denver City three grandchildren and two sisters.
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Brownwood
C. FE
Brice
Lake Brownwood
Howell-Foran Funeral Home
San Saba
Yoakum County
Denver City
Plains
Lubbock
Ralls
Levelland
Claudia
James Madison
Rites Saturday For Mrs. Lacy
Services are planned for 2 p m Saturday at the Turkey Church of Christ for Mrs. Lelia Lacy who died Thursday in Groom Hospital after a lengthy illness. Burial will be Greenland Cemetery in Turkey. She had lived in Turkey since 1902 and is survived by two sons Jack of Turkey and Jake of Groom, four daughters, and numerous grandchildren.
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Turkey
Turkey Church of Christ
Lelia Lacy
Groom Hospital
Greenland Cemetery
Lacy
Jack
Jake
Groom
Floyd Gilmore
Jack Holcomb
Herbert Gibson
Amarillo
J. C. Leslie
Canyon
Tragic Hanging of Two Boys Shocks Red Bluff Area
Police investigate after Miles and Stuckey were found hanged with nylon ski rope across a tree limb. Sanders recalls finding them cold as he cut them down. authorities say no homicide evidence but a witness possible. Miles, a fifth grade student on school patrol, and Stuckey, transferred to a slow learners class, had played with the rope recently.
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James R. Miles
Travis D. Stuckey
Houston
Pasadena
Sanders
Charles R. Holt
Stuckey
Miles
Holt
Red Bluff
Parks Elementary School
Mrs. Vera Brownlow Dies at 65 in Paducah
Mrs Vera Brownlow, 65, died after a brief illness at Richard Memorial Hospital. She lived in Paducah for 51 years and worked at the hospital six years. Funeral services will be held at First Baptist Church with Elder B Henderson officiating and burial in Garden of Memories Cemetery. She is survived by two daughters, two sons, a brother, two stepsisters, and 12 grandchildren.
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Paducah
Vera Brownlow
Richard Memorial Hospital
First Baptist Church
B. R. Henderson
Paducah Primitive
Murchison County
Lucille Crandell
Florida
Lorene Bates
Helen
California
Johnny
Colorado Springs
Colo
Roy Burch
Childress
Vircie Gunn
Annie Biddy
Mrs Burkett Rites Planned in Plainview Cemetery
Graveside services for Ruby Burkett 70 longtime Plainview resident will be held at 11 a m in Plainview Cemetery with burial by Lemons Funeral Home. She died Tuesday in Odessa after a brief illness. Services were held Thursday in Odessa. She moved to Odessa 10 years ago from Plainview. Her husband the late Nathan Burkett served with Hale County and Plainview law enforcement. Survived by Tom Vaughn of Odessa four brothers two grandchildren and a great grandchild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plainview
Ruby Burkett
Lemons Funeral Home
Burkett
Odessa
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Nathan Burkett
Hale County
Tom Vaughn
Funeral arrangements for infant Everett Thomas
Pend at Ruffin-Jarrett Funeral Home in North Little Rock Ark for 3 month old Everett Thomas son of Mr and Mrs Sammy Thomas of Carlisle. He died Wednesday local arrangements by Resthaven Single ton Wilson.
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Everett Thomas
Set
Sammy Thomas
Carlisle
Ruffin-Jarrett Funeral
North Little Rock
Ark
Resthaven-Singleton-Wilson Funeral Home
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Hugh Clearman
Karyn Prestwich
North Fork
Idaho
University of Utah
Karyn
Rites
Tulsa
Gertrude Bains
Dawson Services
David Curry
H. W. Curry
Rt 5
Berner Pace
Carlos Salazar
N. Ave
6Th Street
Avenue W
Lyman Upham
Seminole
Dee
Diggs
Ralls First Baptist Church
Carter Funeral Home
Augustus Andrew Gusi Smith
Aspermont
Dayton
Littlepage Funeral Home
Smith
Areas
Edwin H. Mroedecker
Jerry Dean Johnson
Weber Drive
D. A. Barnett
West Texas Hospital
Gregory B. Hernandez
Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church
England Funeral Home
Englewood
Hernandez
KoKo Palace
Held
Baker-Botts Firm
Tommy Morris
Lubbock Jaycees
Jaycees
Red Raider Inn
Jjaycees
Lubbock Nitecaps
First National Pioneer
Unn ‘Matsler
The
South Plains Genealogical Society
Society
Arian, . Womble
Woody Allen
Auburn St
Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Co
Robert Wright
David Napoleon
South Plains
Rex Smitherman
B. B. Castleberry
First Baptist Church In Welfare Board
Moore-Rose
Louis F. McMenemy
Smitherman
Madison Sowder
Filoydada
Mount Olive Baptist Church
Mollie Metlock
E. Guava Ave
San Augustine
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
John C. Held
Lubbock County Bar Association
Garagemen's Association of Texas
Lubbock Battery and Electric
220 Ave. H
Jack House
United States
Buffalo, N.Y
Floyd Man
Mrs. Morgan
Peaceful Gardens Memorial Park
William Jordan
Jack Rector
Lula Cathey
Local Florist
South Plains Professional Florists Association
Julia C. Hyer
E. A. Schoppa
C. E. Brice
Mrs. Lacy
Cresthaver
Funeral Home Memorial Park Mausoleum
19Th Lubbock
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