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Newspaper

Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jan 21, 1969

Page

3

Gentry Dentist James Gentry Sr. Dies in Texas

David Gentry Sr. dies at home and services planned in Waelder with burial at Phillip Cemetery. James Gentry Sr. a dentist in California since 1928, survived by Lula Mae Gentry and sister Mary Lee Reed. Garza County Medical Assistants to meet 7:30 p.m. in Lubbock.

L. McAliater Ristone James Gentry Star Baptist Church Compton Calif Teak Ave St. West Texas Hospital Phillip Waelder Jamison Lula Mae Gentry David Gentry David C. Gentry Urday Will Mary Lee Reed McGregor Lubbock. Garza County

Rites Held for Mrs G E DeRusha in Lubbock

Funeral services for Mrs. G E DeRusha 72 of 1918 22nd St Lubbock were set for 11 a m today at Westminster Presbyterian Church with burial in Resthaven Memorial Park. She died Sunday at Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital and is survived by her husband a daughter a sister and two grandchildren. Memorials are to Westminster Presbyterian Church memorial fund. An Explorer post meeting for science minded high school boys was announced for 7 30 p m today at St Christopher's Church jointly sponsored with Sigma Xi Texas Tech.

G. E. DeRusha 22Nd St Lubbock Westminster Presbyterian Church William E. Smith Resthaven Memorial Park Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home Henegar Ala G. I. DeRusha R. Z. Abell Jr 23Rd St Ona Pickle R. C. Taylor Don Teachee L. A. Burdine Gordon Rose R. M. Mayer T. J. Edwards St. Christopher's Church 42Nd Elgin Sigma Xi Scientific Fraternity Texas Tech

Eldon Beck 68 Dies. Services Planned in Lubbock and Astoria

Eldon Beck 68 of 2507 26th St died on arrival at Metho dist Hospital after a heart attack. Services are set for 2 p.m. today at Sanders Memorial Chapel with Rev. Roy Ford officiating, and 2 p.m. Thursday at Shango Funeral Home Memorial Chapel in Astoria Illinois. Burial will be in Astoria Cemetery. Beck, a retired railroad engineer, lived in Lubbock five years after moving from Arizona. Survived by wife Minnie a daughter Mrs Pete O Camp of Glendale Arizona a stepson A B Bryant of 3110 30th St two grandchildren and a great grandchild.

Eldon Beck 26Th St Methodist Hospital Appore Sanders Memorial Chapel Roy Ford Lubbock View Christian Church Shango Funeral Home Memorial Chapel Astoria Ill Sanders Funeral Home Beck Lubbock Arizona Minnie Pete O'Camp Glendale Ariz A. B. Bryant 30Th St Gandchild

A J Brumley Funeral Today Services held for A J Brumley

Funeral services for A J Brumley 83 of 6104 Sherman will be conducted at 4 p m in Sanders Funeral Home Memorial with Dr Dudley Strain officiating Burial will be in City of Lubbock Cemetery Brumley known as a Gandy’s Creamery employee and lived in Lubbock 15 years before moving from San Angelo He is survived by his daughter Mrs E L Bethune of 6104 Sherman four other daughters three sons and several grandchildren

A. J. Brumley Sherman Sanders Funeral Home Dudley Strain First Christian Church City of Lubbock Brumley Lubbock San Angelo Gandy’s Robert Goodnight E. 3Rd St Nita Brumley Ithaca Bonita Johnson Dallas Juanita Tucker Commerce Rayburn Brumley Plains Troyce Brumley Montebello Calif Warren Brumley Greenville

Joe Hale Rites Planned Today

Services for Joe Hale 45 of 1907 Ave M are at 2 p m in Tabernacle Baptist Church with Rev E L Bynum officiating. Burial in Peaceful Gardens under Rix Funeral Home. Hale died Sunday at VA Hospital Big Spring after a short illness. he had lived in Lubbock since 1947. Pallbearers named.

Tabernacle Baptist Joe Hale Ave. M E. L. Bynum Peaceful Gardens Memorial Cemetery Rix Funeral Home Hale Lubbock Veteran's Administration California Marvin Billy Arthur Conley Mexia Walker Denton Wayne Barber Devine Lester Barber Marion Barber San Antonio Barney Hale Cisco Oda Hale Mary Barber Gene Pool Johnnie Long R. G. Snodgrass A. J. Manning Walter Riley Robert Tuscana

Lea Countian Funeral Service Set In Lovington

Lea Countian 66 dies. Funeral at 2 p.m. today in Tatum Davie Riley church with Pastor officiating. Burial in Tatum Cemetery under Smith Rogers Funeral Home of Survivors include brother Sam Richardson two sisters Mrs J C Sertin and Mrs Leonard C Jordan and several others.

Night Voice Through Grief

Poem fragment centers on a speaker recalling a loved one who slips away in the night. The morse pale sign confirms her passing, leaving the survivor to walk alone. The verse closes with enduring faith between the two.

Abé Ulien C. Hyer

Services Planned For Mrs Crosby

Amherst special notices outline funeral plans for Mrs Jessie L Crosby, 76, who died Sunday at Amherst Manor Rest Home after a long illness. Services set for 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Amherst Church of Christ, with minister Leonard Tittle officiating. Burial at Littlefield Memorial Park under Payne Funeral Home direction. Born in Dallas County, she moved to Amherst in 1924 from Hall County. Survivors include husband Loyd, son Loyd of Littlefield, son W H of Amherst, daughter Marie Cummings of Centralia, six grandchildren and ten great grandchildren.

Amherst J. L Jessie) Crosby Amherst Manor Rest Amherst Church of Christ Leonard Tittle Littlefield Memorial Park Payne Funeral Home Crosby Dallas County Hall County Loyd Littlefield W. H Marie Cummings Centralia Sandra Jill Jeane Jodi Jack Andrews Amos Vining L. L. Kuntz Wichita Falls W. S. Clark Cordell Okla Church of Christ Claude Darney Dale Simpson Lubbock Christian College Andrews County Cemetery Singleton Funeral Home

Gordon McGuire Funeral Today In Lamesa

Gordon B McGuire Jr 65 longtime Lamesa resident dies after a short illness at Medical Arts Hospital Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church with Rev Walter Hom officiating Burial follows at Lamesa Memorial Park under Branon Phillips Funeral Home He was a farmer rancher and oil jobber Survivors include daughter Mrs Charles Simmons of Fort Worth and daughter Mrs Betty Stark of Lamesa plus two grandchildren

Lamesa Gordon B. McGuire Jr First Presbyterian Church Walter Hom Lamesa Memorial Park Branon Philips Funeral Home McGuire Austin Medical Arts Hospital Willie Charles Simmons Fort Worth Betty Stark

Rites Scheduled For C N Davis in Matador Texas

Charles N Davis 80 a retired farmer and carpenter died at home in Matador after a long illness. Services set for 2 p m Wednesday at First Baptist Church with Reverends Hawkins and Heard officiating. Burial in East Mound Cemetery with Seigler Funeral in charge. Davis a Lamar County native lived in Matador since 1942. He is survived by four sons C R Davis Buster Davis Eugene Davis and Jimmy Davis two brothers Jim and John and two sisters.

Matador Charles N. Davis First Baptist Church Gene Hawkins Seminole Larry Heard Matador J East Mound Seigler Funeral Home Davis Lamar County Pearl C. R Buster Littlefield Eugene Lubbock Jimmy San Diego Calif Jim Paris John Mary

Rites For Four Die In Anton Area Car Crash

A Wolfforth family of four and Marion Dean Andrews, 34, of Hereford died in a two car collision Sunday near Anton. Services for the Labenz family members are set for Thursday at New Home Baptist Church. Andrews will be buried in Hereford with funeral services today at Gilisland Funeral Home. Police report no witnesses to the high speed crash on the divided four lane. The crash marks 1969’s deadliest auto incident on the South Plains.

Wolfforth Anton New Home Baptist Church Alaska C. C. Overiman Rt. 1 Wilson Billy Linda) Kennedy F Ave. V Carolyn ‘Overman Wil Jgow Henry Overman 65Th St Rodney Randy C. M. Overman Walter Viney Haskell Kim Starnes Kindergarden Craig Starnes Columbia S.C South Plains Ackerly Dawson-Martin

Andrews Residents Rites Slated For Two Plane Crash Victims

Funeral services are planned Wednesday for Aubrey Eugene Vining and H F McWilliams, two Andrews men killed when their light plane crashed into a hill in fog while returning from a fishing trip near Rocksprings, Texas. Vining, 33, a district field manager for Houston Oilfield Material Co. and longtime Andrews resident, leaves a wife and four daughters among other survivors. McWilliams, a Continental Oil Co. roustabout, was born in Runnels County and belonged to Wesley Methodist Church in Andrews. burial will be near Big Lake.

Port Isabel Edwards Plateau Texas 155 Vining Houston Oilfield Material Co Andrews Wichita Falls Levelland McWilliams Continental Oil Co Runnels County Wesley Methodist Church Bobbie Roeners Luin Jr Eric Bomina and Norris Tripoli Libya Ae Luin McWilliams Big E

Monte E Ward Services Set in First Baptist Church

Funeral services for Monte Edward Ward 17 of Taylor will be at 2 p m Wednesday at the First Baptist Church with Rev R B Hall officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park under Hammons Funeral direction. Ward died in a car train collision near Taylor and was a Thrall High School graduate born January 25 1951 in Littlefield. He is survived by his parents three brothers and grandparents.

New Home Whitharrel M. H. Starnes Wolforth Lynn County Labnez First Baptist Church Wolfforth Littlefield Monte Edward Ward Taylor R. B. Hall Littlefield Memorial Park Hammons Ward Austin Thrall High School

Juan J. Garcia Rites Arranged

Services for Juan J. Garcia 64 will be at 9 a.m. today in St. Thomas Catholic Church with Rev. Damien Zimmerman officiating. Burial will follow in Lovington Cemetery under Smith-Rogers Funeral Home directions. Garcia of Lovington died Saturday in Lovington Lea General Hospital after an apparent heart attack. He is survived by two sons, lomen of Lovington and Julia of Mexico. Ralph of Texas. and others.

Lovington Juan J. Garcia St. Thomas Catholic Church Damien Zimmerman Smith-Rogers Funeral Home Garcia Lovington Lea General Hospital Ehere Lomen Hobbs Julia Mexico Ralph Tenaa

Lamesa Trustees OK Bond Bids for Big District Expansion

Lamesa School District trustees accepted bids totaling 2.2 million for a major expansion project. Underwood Neuhaus and Co. of Houston submitted the low bid on about 1.8 million with a 4.80696 percent rate. another portion maturing 1988 and 1989 carried 4.12 percent. Moody’s gave a AA-1 rating and Standard and Poor’s an A rating after a New York visit. Funds will finance a new middle school and repairs at Lamesa High School and two elementary schools.

Lamesa Underwood, Neuhaus and Co., Inc. and Associates of Houston Joe Smith First Southwest Co Lubbock and Dallas Moody's Investors Standard and Poors New York Lamesa High School

Rites Arranged for J. K. Calloway

J K Calloway 61 of 3116 45th St died Monday afternoon at St Luke s Hospital Houston. Services set for 2 p m Wednesday at Sanders Memorial Chapel with Rev O A McBrayer officiating. Burial in Resthaven Memorial Park. He was born in Sinton and was a Mason. Survived by Beulah daughter Carolyn Davis and Becky two sons James and four grandchildren and three brothers in Muskogee Oklahoma.

J. K. Calloway 45Th St Sanders Memorial Chapel O. A. McBrayer Forrest Heights Methodist Church Resthaven Memorial Park Calloway Sinton St. Luke's Hospital Houston Masonic Lodge Beulah James Carolyn Davis Wichita Falls Becky John Lewis Muskogee Okla

Services Today For Mrs. Baker

Mrs. Mary L. Baker 65 of Lorenzo and formerly of Lubbock died after a two car crash at State 207 and FM 4. Services set at 10 a.m. at First Baptist Church with Rev. John Jenkins. Survivors include son David F. Rogers and three daughters, among others. Burial at Resthaven Memorial Park.

Lorenzo Mary L. Baker Lubbock First Baptist Church John Jenkins Resthaven Memorial Park Carter Funeral Home Rallis David F. Rogers Nell Davis Catching Baker Mansfield Tex Rogers Ots H. Brown Auburn J. E. Snider Midland John May Taiwan

Dawes declines Cabinet seating invite amid shark concerns

London fishermen complain of sharks as Vice-President Charles G. Dawes is invited to join the Cabinet but declines the seating. The issue highlights tensions between maritime dangers and national leadership responsibilities.

London Charles G. Dawes

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G. 1. Derusha Mrs. DeRusha T. J. Hatch Erekine Ave Lois Maale Victor Deed Jerry Bradley Price Rt. S Reese Afb 19Th St. Bis Avenue U Herman Lehman Adolph Lehman 35Th St C. V. Girijavallabhan New Mexico American Society of Civil Engineers Albuquerque Buckinz Charles L. Allen International Newspaper Advertising Executives INAE Chicago Allen Schools and Colleges Neil Keeton 28Th St James Fergerson Farmers Exchange Sporting Goods 1914 Ave. G Icity Lea Countian Gordon McGuire C. N. Davis Ribble Park 58Th St Ave. U Terry Walkup Joseph al Kiam Labenz Beverly Labenz Marion Dean Flying Club Andrews Flying Club Chamber of Commerce Andrews Boys Club Jane White Wallop Saneriec First Methodist Church of Big Lake Travis McNair Stiles Cemetery Johnson's Funeral Home of Monte E. Ward Services Juan J. Garcia Rites Arranged FOR New School Resthaven The State Banking Department Singleton-Wilson 19Th ST Lubbock, Texas
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