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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jan 25, 1973

Page

5

Obituary notices of Willis Allen and others in Levelland region

Obituary notices report Willis J. Allen of Levelland died at 77 in Broken Arrow Oklahoma. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Friday at First Assembly of God Church with Smith Funeral Home handling arrangements and burial in Leveland Cemetery. Surviving family includes his wife Dalle and multiple children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. Additional obituaries note a Modesto inmate, Mrs. Collins, and other survivors. Services pending for several. A separate death reports C D Robertson found dead in a rooming house with death by natural causes ruling.

Levelland Assembly of GI Willis J. Allen Broken Arrow Oklo Smith Leveland Allen Dalle Wanda Reeder Viola Simpson Plain: View Mes Sharon Young Friona Woodrow Alten Donald Alten Plano Ronald F. Smith Brownwood Bobdren. Bevers W. L. Smith W. L sieWvnorter Nira Melvin Dabry Rt 1 Lubbock Bill Rogers C.D. Robertson Charles Smith Robertson Rix Jimeral Tirectors Beulah Pevehouse

Beth Bloodworth obituary services planned in Midland

Beth Bloodworth Elliott Bloodworth 76 native of Midland died in Dallas after a lengthy illness. Services set for 10 a.m. Friday at Evis Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. L. L. Morrss officiating. Burial in Fairview Cemetery. Survived by a brother George W. Elliott of Fort Worth.

Midland Beth Scharbauer Elliott Bloodworth Dallas Evis Funeral Home L. L. Morrss Midland First Fairview Bloodworth Odessa Arizona Morris Blowworth George W. Elliott Fit Worth

Services for Jack Connell Held at Hubbard Kelly Chapel

Odessa special services for Jack Edmond Connell 5 are set for 10 am Friday at Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Joe Brown officiating. Burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Connell died at Medical Center Hospital about 8 am Wednesday after a short illness. A Breckenridge native who moved to Odessa in 1916, he was a World War II Army veteran and a member of the American Legion. Survivors include his parents, two sisters and three grandchildren.

Long Ume Post Modesto Wia Hadman Collins Band Curtis Free- Crackett Man Dallas Jim Free Sean Freeman John Collins Saf Midland Ethel Anderson Abernathy Weaver Maremin Bessie Yowell Margaret Waddell Tiith Sunset Memorial Gardens Connell Medical Center Hospital Breckenridge Odessa Wilton E. Connell A. J. Ingram Perry da’ Wer

Grennell Rites Held Pending at Franklin Bartley

Myron G. Grennell of 3626 Sith Street died at 3 40 p m Wednesday at Methodist Hospital after a short illness. Services are pending at Franklin Bartley Funeral Home. He lived in Lubbock eight years and was director of Northrup Ring and Co. He belonged to the American Society of Agronomy Crop Science Society of America and was a past member of several societies. Survived by a son and two daughters at home and two sisters in Homestead Florida.

Myron G. Grennell Sith St Methodist Franklin Bartley Lubbock Tie Northrup Ring and Co American Society of Agronomy Crop Science Society Ieview Ain Institute American Seeds Assov Lubbock Agricultural Club Mycf Ghters Margaret Barboth Iennell Ters T. A. Collins Henry Maykitt Homestead

Chapman Family Graveside Rites Held In Ad, Oklahoma

Mrs. P. Chapman, 80, died Wednesday in Methodist Hospital. Graveside services at 10 a.m. in the Ad, Oklahoma Cemetery with Rev. John Ashby officiating. Survivors include son Ivan Bryant and daughter Mrs. Grey Lewis along with two grandchildren. Memorials may be sent to Methodist Hospital.

P. 1 Chapman Okla John Ashby St Luke's Episcopal Church Officix Methodist Hospital Ivan Bryant 24Th St Grey Lewis 29Th St

Doyle Coley Services Set At St Matthew United Methodist

Doyle Coley 40 of 521 45th died at John Sealy Hospital after two days in care. Services scheduled for 3 40 p m today at St Matthew United Methodist with Mert Cooper officiating assisted by Bob Ferrier. Burial in Pe Franklin. Survivors include wife Sue a son Steve and daughter Michelle both at home parents Luther and Mrs Coley of DeKalb and Akers Harold Coley of Arizona and others. He was a Korean War veteran and longtime Roswell resident.

St. Matthew Uhre Sisters Case Cluv Ehunez Sian Mater Mebed Lubbork Andrews Luther Coley DeKalb Br Akers Harold Coley Agerville, Ariz Coley Whitewright

Modesto Woman Ann Collins 88. services scheduled

Memorial arrangements set for Ann Collins 88 of Modesto California. Funeral services at 10 a.m. Saturday in Midland Texas with burial at Dowhrick Memorial Park in Paris Louisiana. (Note: text is fragmented)

Midland Freeman Saturdale Tex Will Dowhrick Paris Tennessee

Flores Infant Walter Emmett Flores

Funeral services are set for the infant Walter Emmett Flores at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church in Dumont. Interment will be at Resthaven Memorial Park under Henderson Funeral Directors. Survivors include a sister Lydia Flores and grandmother Mrs. Mary Flores.

Paducah Spe Pam Walter Emmett Johnevalay Our Lady of Grace Dumont Maribel P Flores Monthold Pathic Hospital Burns Resthaven Memorial Park Henderson Lydia Flores Mary Flores Idalou

Funeral Mass for Raymond Flores in Roswell

Funeral mass for 18 year old Raymond Flores, a Roswell resident, will be held at St Johns Catholic Church with Rev Howard Meyer officiating. Burial follows in South Dark Cemetery under Norris Funeral Home direction. Flores died after an accident at the Roswell Industrial Air Complex while employed by Roswell Housing Association. He graduated in 1972 from Roswell High School. Survivors include parents Julio and Julieta Flores.

Roswell Raymond Flores St. Johns Catholic Guurey Howard Meyer Purial Lagrone St. Mary of the Plains Perwer Roswell Resi

John Mellvanie 82 Dies in Melrose Heart Attack

John C Mellvanie 82 died Wednesday at Memories Hospital of an apparent heart attack in Melrose New Mexico Funeral services set for 10 am Friday at First Baptist Church Melrose with Jack Moore and Rev Elwyn Lambright officiating Burial will be in Lawn Haven Cemetery Clovis under Steed Todd Funeral Home Remains a retired carpenter and paper hanger who moved to Melrose in 1925 and to Clovis two years ago Survivors include daughter Heloise Simpson of Clovis sister Annie Barker of Oberlin Kansas and two grandchildren

Clovis John C. Mellvanie Memories Hospital First Baptist Church Melrose N.M Jack Moore Highland Baptist Church Elwyn Lambright Lawn Haven Cemetery Steed-Todd Funeral Home

Pando Rosary Service Set After Natural Death

Atilano Pando Rosary will be recited at 7220 pan today in Kix Funeral Home Chapel for Atl 1 Pando 28 vais vas dei on arrival Monday at rrival Center Hospital. Following an autopsy Justice of Peace Hewarrd Willians ruled Pando died of natural causes Mass set for 10 a m Saturday in St Joseph s Catholic Church with burial in Odessa Survivors include his widow Mary of the home his parents Mr and Mrs Carlos Pando Sr of New Mexico three brothers and six sisters.

Kix Funeral Home Pando Rrival Center Hospital Justice of Peace Willians St. Joseph's Catholic Odess Cemetery Mary

James D Reed Services Held for Longtime Shallowater Resident

James D Reed 82 of 4220 19th St died Wednesday at M45 hospital after five days. He moved to Lubbock last June from Whitney, longtime Shallowater resident. Rev Max Browning will officiate final rites at Franklin Bartley Chapel. Burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery. Survived by daughter Mrs Walter Hutton of Shallowater, brother Jack J Reed of Shallowater, two sisters Mrs M C McNabb of Cleburne.

James 1Eed 19Th St St. Mary of Thhe Plains Hospital Reed Labboek Tast Whitney Lubboek County Shallowater Max Browning First United Methodist Church

Funeral held for May Williams Smiths at First Haytist Church

Funeral services for May Williams Smiths will be held at First Haytist Church with Rev Wayne Perry and Rev Stan Hlevins officiating. Burial at Reshaven Memorial Park under Sanders Funeral Home direction. The deceased, a longtime Lynn County farmer and Oakeywood Baptist Church member, died of a heart attack while on a fishing trip near Lake Whitney. He is survived by his wife Mary and other family.

May Williams Smiths Haytist Churets View Home Wayne Perry Stan Hlevins Reshaven Memorial Park Sanders Funeral Home Smith Mary Gath St Lake Whitney Oakeywood Bujdist New Home Lynn County Arkansas

Services Set For Charles Emmett White In Plainview

Charles Emmett White, 64, of Plainview died Tuesday at St. John's Hospital in Springfield Missouri. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in First United Methodist Church with Mark Williams, pastor, presiding. A memorial later, burial at a local cemetery. White’s survivors include a sister, and nieces.

Plainview First United Methodist Church Charles Emmett White St. John's Hospital Spring Held Mark Willams

Blessed are the poor in spirit and the mind's mood

The Shepherd reflects on depression as an unavoidable human state. He urges adjusting habits with determination and faith. He notes annoyance, blae, sadness, and fear arise from circumstances, and with God's help and heroism one can face catastrophes.

Julien C. Hyer

Eddie Lee Ross of Littlefield Dies at 74

Eddie Lee Ross, 74, died at 8:45 a.m. Wednesday at Medi Arts Hospital in Littlefield. Services are set for 2 p.m. Friday at First Baptist Church with Rev. A. J. Kennemer, assisted by Rev. Clem Sorley of the First Presbyterian Church. Burial will be in Littlefield Memorial Park under Hammons Funeral Home direction. He is survived by his wife, a son Delbert of Littlefield, and a grandchild.

Littlefield Eddie Lee Ross Medi Arts Hospital Lamb County First Baptist Church A. J. Kennemer Clem Sorley First Presbyterian Church Littlefield Memorial Park Hammons Delbert Little Panda

Beulah Shedd Rites Planned in Resthaven Memorial Chapel

Beulah Evelyn Shedd 45 died from an accidental gunshot in Resthaven Memorial Hospital. Funeral services set for 2:20 p.m. in Resthaven Memorial Chapel with Rev. rhrousth of New Deal Baptist Church officiating. Burial at Resthaven Memorial Park. Survivors include husband Charles, two daughters Evelyn Winn and Beverly, a son Charles Shedd Jr, parents Mr and Mrs Jeff Stueart, three sisters and a brother.

Resthaven Memorial Chapel Beulah Evelyn Shedd West Texas Hospital Justice of the Peace Wayne LeCroy Rhrousth New Deal Baptist Church Resthaven Memorial Park Turkey

Buck Taylor LESMOE obituary in Bailey County

Buck Taylor LESMOE died recently with funeral rites set for 4 p m today at the Church ral Hospital. The service will be led by Rev. Doug Du Hose with Rev. Hugh Frazier of Por Buri presiding. He moved to Muleshoe in 1936 and was a retired farmer and member of the First Baptist Church. He married Corda Anderson on October 18, 1927. Survivors include his wife, a daughter Joyce Osborne of Milpitas California, four sisters and two brothers and two grandchildren.

Lesmoe Church Ral Doug du Hose Hugh Frazier Wwirst Baptist Church of Muleshoe Corda Anderson Ihibback County Irvivers Joyce Osborne F Milpitas Calif Earl Hardy Gordon D. G. Hand Frieway Woodrow Copeland Militas Worth Hawks Pleasant Hill S. V. Taylor Denver City J. B. Taylor Sayler

Mae Thomas Maher Dies After Lengthy Illness in Houston

Mae Thomas Maher died about 4 a.m. Monday at Mrs. Anderson Hospital in Houston after a lengthy illness. Funeral 11 a.m. today at Spills Funeral Home Chapel Winters. Burial Crews Cemetery Crews. Survived by husband Riley Thomas of Houston, three sons Jerry Thomas of Dallas Vicar Thomas of Houston and Ivy Thomas, two sisters Elizabeth Thomas and Hill Stanley of North Hollywood, Calif., and 14 grandchildren.

I) Maher Burt Conny 48Th Charles McMurrey Dallas Vicar Thomas Houston Ivy ‘Thomas Stns Jae Elizabeth Thomas Hill Stanley North Hollywood Calif

Varley services set for Kensett man in Ark church

Vaughn Varley OVESSA (Special) services for Vallabi Il Varley Sr. 49, are set for Friday at the First Baptist Church in Kensett Arkansas. Varley died Tuesday of an apparent heart attack in Ozona. Burial in Searcy Cemetery, Searcy Arkansas, under Daniel Funeral Home. Survivors include his wife, a son Vaughn Jr and daughter Miss Margaret Ann Varley, both of Odessa, his parents Mr and Mrs I R Varley of Kensett, two sisters Mrs Ier Haliburton of North Little Rock Arkansas and Mrs Cloyd Jounston of West Point Arkansas, and a grandchild Varley.

Vallabi Margaret Ann Variey Odes I. R. Varley Kensett Ier Haliburton North Little Rock Ack Cloyd Jounstn West Point Ark Varley Park

Walding Child Die In Labox Hospital

Services for Danja Janine Walding a six year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Dow sy Walding of Tucson Arig are pending at Moore Rose Funeral Home The child died Tuesday in a Labbox hospital of natural causes Survivors include the parents a sister Heather of the home and grandparents Mr and Mrs CN Wald ing of Floydada and Mr and Mrs Zant Sontt of the Harmony community

Floydada Danja Janine Walding Dow Sy Walding Tucson Arig Moore-Rose Funeral Home Heather CN. Walding Fluydada Zant Sontt Harmony Lommunity

Local Plainview Native White Buried In Texas

Burial took place at Parklawn Memorial Gardens with Lemons Funeral Home directing. A Plainview native, White attended local schools and spent many years in the grocery business. He belonged to the First United Methodist Church and is survived by his wife, daughters Mrs. Tim Wilson Quanah of Lowell An Charles White of San Diego, Mike White of Spokane, a brother Warren White of Waco, two sisters, Mrs. Harold James of San Diego and Mrs. W. J. Messick of Plainview, and seven grandchildren.

Parklawn Memorial Gardens Lemons Funeral Home Plainview White First United Methodist Church Tim Wilson Quanahan Lowell Charles White San Diego Calif Mike White Spokane Wash Warren White Waco Harold James W. J. Messick

James Shirley Word Die in Odessa Area Car Crash

James Shirley Word, 53, died in a one car crash about 18 miles north of Ozona on Texas 137 in Crockett County. Funeral services were set for 4 p.m. today at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Chapel with burial at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Word was pronounced dead at the scene by Justice of the Peace A. C. Fields. He was a native of Drumright Oklahoma and came to Odessa in 1951 from Kilgore. He is survived by his mother Mildred Ward of Kilgore a sister Mrs William Baker of Kilgor and two stepdaughters Mrs Dave Chapman and Mrs Lewis Ashby of Odessa.

Odessa James Shirley Word Hubbard-Kelly Sunset Memorial Gardens Word Qzona Texas 137 Crockett County Justice of the’ Peace A. C. Fields Ozoni Drumright Olda Kilgore Mildred Henry Ward William Baker Kilgor Dave Chapman Lewis Jashby

Obituary Briefs From Floydada Area Cemeteries

Obituaries list services for John Armstrong of Hobbs at 10 a.m. in Floydada Cemetery under Magré-Rose Funeral Chapel. Other notices include Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Louis Arnold, and Charles Stac. Roswell and Tatum mourners are noted with funeral home directions. The long stream of death notices spans multiple towns and churches with burials planned in local cemeteries.

John .J Church Floydada Bill” Armstrong Hobbs Grif Magré-Rose Funer Fin

Beulah Pope in serious condition after two-vehicle crash

Mrs. Beulah Pope, 99, of Houston, remained in serious condition at Methodist Hospital after a two-vehicle collision at U.S. Highway 84 and South Quirt Avenue Monday morning. Also notice of a free beginning knitting class for adults at Maxey Community Center starts February 6 for eight weeks with Tuesday sessions.

Beulah Pope Houston Methodist Hospital U.S. Hw 84 S. Quirt Avenue Maxey Community Center City Park and Recreation Department

Traffic Accident Kills Floydadan in Floydada

A 6 year old Floydada farm worker Jesse Valdez was killed in a car pedestrian crash at 12th and Lee streets around 7 p.m. He died at the scene. Justice of the Peace EB Porter presided. Valdez, a disabled veteran, lived with his brother-in-law Pedro Vallejo since 1964. He was walking east on 12th Street toward the Valley home when the accident occurred. Services are pending with Moore Rose Funeral Home. He is survived by eight children.

Floydada Jesse Valdez 12Th Lee Streets Valdez Justice of the Peace II EB. Porter Pedro Vallejo Nerous 12Th Street Moore-Rose Funeral Home

Working Women Need Big Bags

New York reports that large wolf leather bags suit working women who shuttle items to and from work. The bags serve as overnight cases and compress to compact sizes for daily use.

New York NEA

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