Downstate Rainfall Tops Two Inches
Heavy rainfall drenched southeastern Texas with 2.62 inches in Houston causing traffic jams and over a hundred collisions. Minor flooding appeared in parts of the city as the rain moved out toward Dallas Fort Worth and San Antonio regions. The rest of the state was mild with a balmy weekend forecast and highs near 60.
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Lone Star Steel employee shot to death near Daingerfield
A Lone Star Steel Co. worker, A. S. Blackburn, 2, of Pittsburg, Texas, was killed by a gunman while en route to the pipe mill near Daingerfield in East Texas. He had not joined a strike by Local 4134 of the United Steelworkers. a companion was uninjured. Blackburn had worked there since January 1968 and previous shots at his car had damaged the windshield.
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Lone Star Steel Co
Daingerfield
Texas
A. S. Blackburn
Rt. 6
Pittsburg
Tex
Blackburn
Steel Company
United Steelworkers of America
Lanvin Eyes U S Market With European Designer Line
Paris fashion house Lanvin plans to move into the United States with its men’s line. Lanvin aims to boost French exports while keeping an adaptable, total-coordination concept for American buyers.
Jones Services Set Saturday in Abernathy
Nat Jones 80 native of Abernathy and former Friona resident died Wednesday at Palm er County Community Hospital He moved to Friona in 1919 later farmed in Springfield Colorado He was visiting relatives in Friona area when hospitalized Survivors include his daughter Neva Raybon two sisters two brothers a grandson and a great granddaughter Services 2 30 p m Saturday at Abernathy Methodist Church Burial Strip Cemetery Abernathy directed by Calhorn Funeral Home Friona
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Fred
First Methodist Church
Rex Mauldin
Bob Evans
Forest Missionary Baptist Church
Resthaven Memorial Park
Lubbock
Singleton Funeral Home
Cochran Memorial Hospital
Cochran County
Dalton, Ga
Rohalah Iadee Na 27
Friona
Nat Jones
Abernathy
Palmer County
Jones
Springfield
Colo
Abernathy Methodist Church
L. L. Hill
Amarillo
Calhorn Funeral Home
Neva Raybon
Lula Darden
Clara Galloway
Georgetown
A. M
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Bell Flower
Obituary Notices and Local Meetings Across West Texas
Obituaries for Dow Grady Davis Lee Chandler Bettie Cardent Fidencio Serna Mary Lee Weaks and others across Littlefield Post Floydada Pampa and Snyder with funeral times and burial details. Meetings include a board of directors session for Lubbock County Water District No. 1 and a Realtor lunch event. A labor vote at Litton Lub bock facility and a grant notice for the West Texas Workshop for the Blind.
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Davis
Marine Corps
Church of the
Nazarene
Snyder
Terree
Southwestern Public Service Co
Reddy Room
A. W
Bell-Seale Funers
Davis Voight
Scurry County
Red Cross
Hammons Funeral
Littlefield
Lee Chandler
Bettie Cardent
Michael
First Baptist Church
Hammons Fuace Wat
Terrace
Nerl
Huser Hee
Garza County
Duenkel Funeral Home
Lockhart
Pampa
Air Force
John Denton Ayres
Abilene
Lubbock
Peace Justice S. Countess of Idalou Dies at 78
Services for W. S. Countess, 78, Idalou, will be 10 30 a m Saturday at Idalou Methodist Church with Rev Aubrey White officiating. Burial in Idalou Cemetery. Countess served as Precinct 3 justice of the peace since 1962 and earlier moved between Idalou McKinney. He was a retired farmer, World War I veteran, and Mason. Survived by wife Norene Sylvia two sons William W. of Fairfax Va and John Thomas of Lagos Nigeria a daughter Bertha Joyce Boone of Portland Tex two brothers Tom May Pearl Tex L E Idalou four sisters and three grandchildren.
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W. S. Countess
Idalou
Idalou’ Methodist Church
Aubrey White
Rix Funeral Home
Countess
Precinct 3
Veterans Administration Hospital
Big Spring
McKinney
Texas A&m
Norene Sylvia
William W
Fairfax, Va
John Thomas
Lagos
Nigeria
Bertha Joyce Boone
Portland
Tex
Tom
May Pearl
L. E
Harold Curry
Duncanville
Ala
Eddie ‘Richie
Georgetown
Janie Parker
Irving
Tom Shepherd
Swarthmore College President Die of Heart Attack During Protest
Dr. Courtney Smith 52, Rhodes Scholarships executive and Swarthmore College president since 1953, died of a heart attack in his office while awaiting a faculty meeting on demands by the Afro-American Student Society. Demonstrators left the admissions office at Parrish Hall out of respect for him. Smith’s death comes amid tensions over increasing Black enrollment as Swarthmore plans to appoint a new president next September. He is survived by his wife and three children.
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Rhodes Scholarships
Swarthmore College
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Morris Bowie
Swarthmore
Afro-American Student Society
SASS
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John and Mary R
Kincheloe Rites Set Saturday in Snyder
Donnie Dwayne Kincheloe 32 will be honored at 2 p.m. Saturday at Avenue D Baptist Church in Snyder. The Rev. Jack Riley will officiate with burial at Hillside Memory Gardens. Kincheloe died Wednesday in California. survivors include Mary and two daughters Cammie and Susie, a son Dwayne, his parents, two sisters, and five brothers.
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Janie ‘Kincheloe
Snyder
Charlotte and
Billie 'Kincheloe
Leroy, Otis
John
Jerry
Leslie
Oregon
Area Services Pending For Mrs Navarrette
Beatrice Navarrette 55 died at Lovington-Lea Hospital from an apparent heart attack. She came from Artesia two years ago. Services are pending at Temjening-Paulin Funeral Home in Artesia. Survivors include her husband. The report also notes another death, Mark Weldon 66, in Carlsbad with service details.
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Beatrice Navarrette
Lovington-Lea Hospital
Artesia
Temjpening-Paulin Funeral Home
Sudan
First Baptist Church of
Mesa
Ariz
Porter
San Franciso
Calif
Mark Ann Rodney
Hereford
Sybil Weldon
Phoenix
J. W. Weldon
Stella Rowan
Littlefield
J. J. Pollard
Lubbock
J. B. Browning
Birmingham
Mich
Landy Biggers Rites Planned
Services for Landy Biggers will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Christ Temple. Bishop W D Haynes will officiate. Burial follows in City of Lubbock Cemetery under South Plains Funeral Home. He was a father and brother of Mrs Lucy Bryant of Princeton New Jersey and A B Biggers of Dallas.
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Carlisle
Sey
Christ Temple
Christ
W. D. Haynes
City of Lubbock
of South Plains Funeral Home
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Princeton
A. B. Biggers
Dallas
Vietnam Fight Claims Local Marine's Life
Seagraves mourns Marine Lance Cpl. Irvin H. Hill 21 of Seagraves died Jan. 14 southwest of Da Nang when a mine exploded. He served with the 5th Marines, 1st Division, in Vietnam six months and earned the Purple Heart after wounds in October. Survived by his parents and sister Carolyn. Services pending body arrival.
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Mack Hill
Lance Cpl
Irvin H
Butch) Hill
da Nane
Vietnam
Seagraves
Hill
5Th Marines
Seagraves High School
Texas Tech
Carolyn
Mrs Gilmore Rites Pending in Lubbock
Services are pending at Rix Funeral Home for Mrs. J. F. Gilmore 92 of 2400 Quaker Ave who died at 845 p m Thursday in West Texas Hospital Lubbock She had lived in Lubbock since 1949 moving from Crosbyton Survivors include four sons Earl Whitney Tex Louie Lamesa N R Hobbs Garland 4011 32nd St three daughters Mrs J C Herring Lubbock Mrs W C Herring To Shackord ps Therjay Las Cruces a half brother Houston Myers California and a half sister Mrs Tae Gatlin Hillsboro
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J. F. Gilmore
Quakers Ave
West Texas ‘Hospital
Lubbock
Crosbyton
Earl of
Whitney
Tex
Louie
Lamesa
N. R
Hobbs
Garland
32Nd St
J. C. Herring
Lubbbck
W. C. Herring
To Shack Ord Ps
Therjay
Las Cruces
J Houston Myers
California
Tae Gattlin
Hillsboro
Joe W Colley Funeral Today in Grand Prairie
Services for Joe William Colley 75 of Grand Prairie are at 3 pm in Mason Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Terrace Cemetery Post. He died Wednesday in Great Southwest Nursing Home Grand Prairie after years of ill health. A WWI veteran born in Hunt County he lived in Post 1922 to 1957 as a farmer. He is survived by his sister Mrs Clemmie Patty and several nieces and nephews.
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Grand Prairie
Mason Funeral Home
Terrace
Post
Colley
Clemmie Patty
39Th St
Great Suthwest
Hunt County
Family obituaries list sesi of names and kin
The notice names Raymond Chadderdon of Monroe Louisiana and Mrs Curtis Sealey of Morton plus three sisters Mrs A B Caldwell Abernathy Mrs Charlie Spence Floydada and Mrs Maude Fortson San Angelo and brother John Lollar Ballinger with 24 grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
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Santa Barbara
Call
Raymond Chadderdon
Monroe
Curtis Sealey
Morton
A. B. Caldwell
Abernathy
Charlie Spence
Floydada
Maude Fortson
San Angelo
John Lollar
Ball ‘Inger
P J Bos Rites Planned Today
Services for Peter Jacob Bos 35 of 2905 Ave S will be at 2 p.m. in Bell Seale Funeral Home Chapel with Melvin O Dearden of ficiating Burial in Huntsville Cemetery Bos was found dead at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Cogdell Memorial Hospital doctors lounge where he was an anesthetist Coroners verdict awaiting autopsy Bos born Sept 29 1933 in Denhildur Holland He is survived by Joan two daughters Joanne Pauline and three sons Perry Jacque and Derik all at home his parents Mr and Mrs Jacob Bos of Santa Monica Calif and a sister Mrs Weisse Camphuisen of Provo Utah
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Denhildur
Holland
Joan
Joanne
Pauline
Perry
Jacque
Derik
Jacob Bos
Santa Monica
Calif
Weisse Camphuisen
Provo
Utah
Killing Time Poem Encourages Self Care Over Busy Talk
A short reflective verse by Julien C. Hyer urges readers to guard their own time. It contrasts loafing with purposeful pauses and warns against dropping in for trivial conversations that waste others time.
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Julien C. Hyer
Longtime Tulia Resident Dies
Charlie H. Kimbriel 92 of Tulia died Thursday in High Plains Baptist Hospital Amarillo. He was a retired farmer and Mississippi native. Services 2 p.m. Saturday Wallace Funeral Home Chapel Tulsa Burial Memorial Park Cemetery Axarillo with several nieces and nephews listed as survivors.
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Tulia
Charlie H. Kimbriel
James Ivy Barber Rites Pending in Crosbyton Area
Services for James Ivy Barber 66 are pending at King Funeral Home. He died at 1 p m Thursday at his Crosbyton home. A native of Sherman he was a retired barber and Church of Christ member who lived in Crosbyton 15 years. Survivors include his son Milton of Waco and a sister Mrs Mirtle Shores of Crosbyton.
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James Ivy Barber
King Funeral
iHome
Barber
Sherman
Church of Christ
Milton
Waco
Mirtle Shores
Mrs. Reeves Rites Set Saturday
Services for Mrs. Cora E F Reeves 82 of 2014 8th Street will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Sanders Memorial Chapel with Dr. Paul M. Bumpers officiating. Burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery. Salers Funeral Home in charge. Survivors include two sons, Dolph and Cordell. six brothers and four sisters. six grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
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Cora EF. Reeves
8Th St
Sanders Memorial Chapel
Paul M. Bumpers
First Methodist Church
City of Lubbock
Salers Funeral Home
Reeves
University
A. G. Reeves
Lubbock
Hillham
Tenn
Dolph Oof
16Th St
Cordell
Mishap Kills Area Man
Larry D. Walden 29 died on arrival after a one car crash 11 miles northeast of McDonald on an unmarked dirt road at 430 PM. State patrolman D A Haley reported the southbound car crossed a cattle guard flew 37 feet then rolled 1110 feet before landing on its top. Walden was thrown from the vehicle. Four other passengers were treated and released at Lovington Lea Hospital. Services are pending Smith Rovers Funeral Home.
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Larry D. Walden
Lovington-Lea Hospital
McDonald
D. A. Haley
Walden
Haley
Smith-Rovers Funeral Home
Hines Funeral Set In Snyder
Elmer Hines 84 dies at Cogdell Memorial Hospital in Snyder after long farm life. Service at Bolger Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Joe D. Stevens, burial at Snyder Bolger Funeral Home. Survived by Mary Hines daughter and two sons Thomas Edward and John Wesley plus three grandchildren.
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Elmer Hines
Bolger Funeral Home
Joe D. Stevens
Snyder Cemetery
Hines
Cogdell Memorial,Hospital
Mexia
Tex
Mary Hines
Mary M. Dennis
Thomas Edward
John Wesley
Midland
Roy G. Stokes Services Today
Roy Gilbert Stokes 99 will be buried in Lovington after a 2 p.m. service at Smith-Rogers Chapel led by Cecil Hook. He was found dead at his ranch nine miles west of Lovington with a gunshot wound to the head ruled as a personal safety related death by Lea County coroner Dr. Dorothy Lee. Stokes lived alone and had not been seen for days. authorities estimated he had been dead up to 24 hours.
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Roy Gilbert Stokes
Smith-Rogers
Cecil Hook
Church of Christ
Burla
Smith-Rogers Funeral Home
Stokes
Dorothy Lee
Lea County
Lee
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