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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1972
Page
2
Magicians meet to discuss shows tricks and occupations. Members describe entertainment as a hobby and many perform as husband-wife teams with children in their acts. The group emphasizes sparking kids curiosity through magic.
Conner Oden, a veteran Floydada auto dealer and member of a pioneer Canyon ranching family, died about 6 p m Thursday at Caprock Hospital after a heart ailment. Doctors A E Guthrie and Noble Bullard announced the death. services are pending at Moore Bose Funeral Home. Oden had lived in Floydada since 1936.
Funeral services are planned for Emma Glenn 94 of Plainview at 2 p.m. at the Amarillo Street Church of Christ with burial at Plainview Memorial Park. Other services include Natividad Garcia 42 of Idalou at St Patrick’s Catholic Church and City of Lubbock Cemetery, Mitchel Byrd Walker 48 of Lubbock at Trinity Baptist Church with burial at Resthaven Memorial Park, Arthur Julius Roberson 86 of Lockney at West College and Third Street Church of Christ with Lockney Cemetery burial, and Chloe Shoemaker 77 of Lamesa with O Donnell Cemetery honors. Survivors include family across multiple states. Community notices also report MCA leaders gathering at Sands motel and local accident and hospital updates.
Funeral services for Mrs. Russell C. Winton 53 of 4910 W St will be at 10 20 am Saturday at Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church with Rev Frank Jones officiating. Burial at Resthaven Memorial Park directed by Resthaven Singleton Wilson Funeral Home. Survivors include husband two daughters two sons a sister and five grandchildren. Pallbearers listed.
Dessie Maurice Baker 56 of Lake Champion near Colorado City died Thursday in Rest Memorial Hospital. Funeral will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Rising Star Church of Christ with Evangelists Thomas A. Franklin and James Haney officiating. Burial in Rising Star Cemetery. Memorials to American Cancer Society. Surviving: husband Carl. son James Don Baker. daughter Mrs. Steve Fowler. sister Mrs. C. M. Carroll. five brothers. five grandchildren.
Mrs. Sarah Joyce Henry 48 died about 8 30 p m Wednesday in M I Anderson Hospital Houston where she had been a patient six months Services are pending with Singleton Funeral Home in Andrews She lived in Andrews 20 years and is survived by husband a son Harvey of Rockdale two daughters Cynthia Ard and Janet Clark both of Andrews a sister Mary Benson of Fort Worth and two grandchildren
Mrs. Rena Hoekstra 85 dies after extended illness in a Dallas hospital. Funeral services planned Saturday at Jerome J. Crane Funeral Home in Dallas with gravesite rites Monday at Wood River Cemetery in Nebraska. Former Lubbock resident moved to Dallas a year ago.
Mrs Mary Ethel Ford of 1924 18th Street will have services at 2 pm in Sanders Memorial Chapel with Rev J Ward Griffin officiating. Burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery. She died Tuesday in St Jake's Hospital St Paul Minnesota after a brief illness. Survivors include her daughter Miss Roxana Ford of St Paul. Pallbearers named.
Jordan B. Allen 76 died at Cogdell Memorial Hospital. Services at 10 30 a m Saturday Calvary Baptist Church with Rev George Shoff officiating. Burial Snyder Cemetery directed by Bell Seale Funeral Home. He moved from Leon County to Snyder 30 years ago and was a retired farmer. Survivors include wife Lillie two daughters Idna Blankenship Dallas Nancy Tarter Fort Stockton a son Boabby Gillette Wy and three sisters Carrie Thunderburk Brownwood Bessie Smith Grand Prairie Willie Harper Palmer, 19 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.
Maude West 76 of 4015 2nd St. died about 10:55 p.m. Thursday at Parkway Manor after a lengthy illness. Services are pending with Sanders Funeral Home. She owned Maude's Family Style Meals and belonged to Parkway Church of Christ. Survived by son Troy Michael and two grandchildren.
The Shepherds explain that God relies on people to run the world and end injustice. They urge faith despite suffering, urging action to combat war, floods, disease, and sorrow and to build a better life for humankind through righteous effort.
Funeral services for Conner E. Sutphen 79 will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Downtown Church of Christ with Jerry Browning and George Hall officiating. Burial follows in Andrews Cemetery under Singleton Funeral Home. Sutphen died Thursday at Permian General Hospital after residing in the area 35 years. He was a former American Legion and Woodsmen of the World member. He is survived by Emma a son O J s of Andrews a daughter Mary Reed of O'Donnell two sisters and four brothers plus four grandchildren.
Mrs Hafford Smith 82 a Lynn County resident since 1905 died about 915 am Thursday in Lamesa Leisure Lodge Nursing Home. Services 10 am Saturday at First United Methodist Church with Rev Ralph Odom and Rev Roy Zuefeldt officiating. Burial O'Donnell Cemetery. Survivors include son Warren D of O'Donnell sister Alpha Duggen of Lamesa and grandsons William Denzal of Austin and David M of O'Donnell.
Weldon Pud Boyd 54 of Lorenzo died when his eastbound car veered off U S 62 and struck a tree near Lubbock. Investigators said speed and possible heart attack may have contributed. Services set for Lorenzo Church of Christ. burial in Idalou Cemetery. Boyd owned Boyd Insurance Agency in Idalou and Lorenzo Insurance Agency. He left a wife Cleta, two sons, two brothers, eight sisters, and four grandchildren.
Mrs. Margueritte Stuart 51 of 4315 45th St. died Thursday at West Texas Hospital after a lengthy illness. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Saturday at Resthaven-Singleton-Wilson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Herbert G. Tavenner officiating. Burial in Resthaven. Survivors include husband Clyde, son Harold, daughters Sandra Greer and Ruth Crumpton, and a stepmother.
Mrs. Jennie Martin of Clovis is noted with a brother Dick Martin of Clovis and five grandchildren referenced. Pallbearers listed are Jack E. Jones R V O Neil Billy Wayne Loggins Max Niel Wiley Roberts and Albert Battistoll.
Marchelle Martinez, 23, of unclear home address and possibly New Mexico origin, died Thursday when a pickup she rode in overturned on Interstate 20 near Elmdale.
Gospel icon Mahalia Jackson dies at Little Company of Mary Hospital in Evergreen Park Illinois after a long heart condition and intestinal obstruction. The Chicago native sang before presidents royalty and millions and was honored for a lifetime of faith driven music and activism.
The Lubbock Avalanche Journal notices a printed mining edition address and subscription prices for delivery options. Rates cover morning, evening, Sunday, and combined services with monthly and annual options, including mail subscription details and contact lines.
The sole French territories in North America are Miquelon Island and St Pierre Island off Newfoundland. France maintains these two possessions as remnants of colonial reach in the Atlantic.
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