Cool Texas Weather and Storms Across Regions
A cold front kept Lubbock and Amant cool with record low maximums for the day. Corpus Christi and Brownsville reported notable rainfall while a broad high pressure system settled across the central U.S. Tornado watch and flash flood warnings stretched from the Carolinas to Virginia as showers and thunderstorms troubled the Gulf and Atlantic coasts.
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Lubbock
Amant
Rockies
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Atlantic Coast
Carolinas
Virginia
Texas
New England
Rites Set Friday For Mrs. Clay
Services for Mrs. Nettie Mae Clay of 3103 43rd St. will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Broadway Church of Christ with Joe Barnett and Jack Paul officiating. She moved to Lubbock in 1963 from Wheeler County and previously lived in Fannin County. Survivors include husband Tom Clay a son in Amarillo three daughters in Denver Denver area and Lubbock nine grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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Nettie Mae Clay
43Rd St
Broadway Church of Christ
Eshe
Wheeler
Fannin
Tom
Clay
Mrs. Boyd Dies Rites Planned in Rising Star
Andrews special report says Allie Mae Boyd 76 died at Andrews Nursing Home after extended illness. Services tentatively planned for Rising Star with Higginbotham Brothers Funeral Home. Burial at Rising Star Cemetery. Survived by son Kenneth D. Boyd of Honolulu and daughters Wayne Wright Andrews and Larry Loetz Sunbury Iowa. sister Ethel Barnes Rising Star. brother Artie Angel May. several grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
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Andrews
Sanny
Allie Mae Boyd
Andrews Nursing Homie
Rising Star
Higginbotham Brothers Funeral Home
Singleton Funeral Home
Boyd
Odessa
Kenneth
Honolulu
Hawaii
Wayne, Wright
Larry Loetz
Sunbury
Iowa
Ethel, Barnes
Artie Ange
May
Snyder man Moses Braziel dies after lengthy illness
Moses Braziel 67 of Snyder dies about 10:45 a.m. Wednesday at Cogdell Memorial Hospital after a lengthy illness. He leaves a wife Levada Parks and a large family including five daughters Ida Nelson Odessa and others, six sons Luther Eunice Robert Napoleon and Rufus, three sisters and three great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are pending with Bell Seale Funeral Home.
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Snyder
Moses Braziel
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Bell Seale Funeral Home
Braziel
Winchester
Levada Parks
Bastrop
Ida Mac Nelson
Odessa
Burdie Anderson
Geneva Tealer
Brownfield
Evelyn Braziel
Mozelle Braziel
Luther
San Antonio
Eunice
Dallas
Florida
Robert
Napoleon
Rufus
Hanks Services Planned Today
Services for Mrs. H W Hanks 77 will be at 4 p m today in Highland Heights United Methodist Church. She died Saturday in Berkeley Calif where she had resided since. She was married to the late Rev H W Hanks founder of Highland Heights UMC and pastor in Post Lockney Hale Center and Muleshoe. Survivors include son H W Hanks Jr of Lamesa and daughter Miss Mary Nell Hanks of Ankara Turkey.
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Sweetwater
H. W. Hanks
Highland Heights
Enumclaw Special: Funeral Planned For Neil Tucker
Enumclaw Washington notices indicate a funeral service for Neil Tucker, formerly of Lubbock, is scheduled at a local funeral home today. The brief notice provides essential details for family and community members seeking information.
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Enumclaw
Neil Tucker
Lubbock
Funeral Home
De Shazo Family Reunion and Local Community Updates
A De Shazo family reunion gathered in the Roosevelt Club House with members aged 56 and up. Plains Co-Op Oil Mill executive Joe Herzer spoke at a Lubbock Economics Council luncheon about the company’s role in West Texas agribusiness and regional economy. Funeral notices for several residents and a fatal Texas wreck near Morton were reported, with updates on multiple local obituaries and ongoing services.
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Johan Herzer
Plains Co-Op Oil Mill
Lubbock Economics Coun
Lubbock Club
Herzer
Plains Co-Op
West Texas
SEC
Ray J. Diekemper Jr
Talley Funeral Set In Hobbs
Albert A. Talley 74 of Hobbs died Tuesday morning at Hobbs Lea General Hospital. Services at 3 p.m. today at First Baptist Church with Rev. Bailey Smith officiating. Burial in Prairie Haven Cemetery. He lived in Hobbs 25 years and was a retired cook. Survived by two sons Albert Talley Jr. and Roger Talley, a stepson, two daughters, two step daughters.
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Hobbs
Albert A. Talley
Hobbs Lea General Hospital
First Baptist Church
Bailey Smith
Prairie Haven Cemetery
Griffin Funeral Home
Talley
Albert Talley Jr
Odessa
Roger Talley
Grand Canyon
Ariz
R. O. Or
Seminole
Vivian Vann
Edith Stuckey
Violet Lyons
Betty Gooch
Roaring Springs Resident Mrs Nichols 85 Dies
Roaring Springs resident Mrs A B Nichols 85 died Tuesday in a Quanah nursing home. Services at 5 p.m. in First Baptist Church with Rev Henry Rhynes officiating. Burial in Roaring Springs Cemetery. Survivors: sons Claude Jack Weldon William Buryl l. daughters Rita Groves Madge Renfro Birdle Ne i Green. 16 grandchildren 13 great grandchildren.
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Roaring Springs
A. B. Nichols
Quanah
First Baptist Church
Henry Rhynes
Seigler Funeral Home
Matador
Nichols
Rites Set Sunday For Mrs Ellis
Morton Special Mrs Elia d Janice Ellis 37 died in Lubbock Methodist Hospital after a long illness. Services 2p Sunday at East Side Church of Christ Morton with Fred White officiating. Burial in Morton Memorial Cemetery under Singleton Funeral Home direction. Survivors include husband Charles, two sons David and Billy Ellis and four daughters Thoreren Debra Barbara Rebecca all at home, seven sisters Linnie Doyle Mary Kirk Evelyn Root Grace Rhyne Lou Mallow Sallie Hester Ima fedora
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Morton
Elia d Janice Elis
Lubbock
Methodist Hospital
East Side Church of Christ In
Fred White
Morton Memorial Cemetery
Singleton Funeral Home
Conzvivors Ionclude
Charl de His
David Ann Iley Ellis Jni
Amherst man charged in shooting case
Amherst 30 year old Otis Dancer was charged with assault with intent to murder after gunfire wounded Joe B. Fluellen, 47, during a Tuesday night incident. Justice of the Peace S. A. Doss set bond at $1000 and the defendant was released after posting it.
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Betty Ann Benton
Justice of the
Wayne LeCroy
Edwin H. Boedeker
Littlefield
Amherst
Otis
Joe B. Fluellen
Justice of the Peace
S. A.doss
Dancer
Uelle
Labi Hospital
Rites Set Today For Mrs Hall of Littlefield
Mrs Leveta Alla Hall 52 died Tuesday in Medical Arts. Services 2 30 p m today at First Baptist Church Littlefield with Buddy Wells officiating. Burial at Littlefield Memorial Park. She owned Lovetas Beauty Shop since 1955. Survived by husband C C Hall daughter Rhonda Joe Shipp parents Lawson and Bonnie Dowdy sister Bonnie Ward brother Lloyd Dowdy.
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Littlefield
Leveta Alla Hall
First Baptist Church
Buddy Wells
Imusic
Littlefield Memorial Park
Hammons
Loveta's
Cc.s. Hall
Rhonda Joe Shipp
Aurora
Colo
Lawson Dowdy
Bonnie Ward
Taylor
Lloyd Dowdy
Mrs Barrett’s Rites Planned in Morton Funeral
Claudia Barrett died about 12 15 a m Wednesday in Cochran Memorial Hospital at 85. Services scheduled for 2 p m Saturday at First Baptist Church Morton with Rev Paul McClung and Rev H A Tarkington officiating. Burial in Plains Barrett Funeral Home Plains. Survivors include husband L W Barrett three daughters Mrs Claude Fincher Seminole Mrs Clifford Downing Norwalk Ohio and Mrs Emmett Allison Lubbock two sons P J Stanley Jr El Cajon Calif and K B Riddle Seminole two sisters Mrs Lula Simpson Tatum New Mexico and Mrs Alline Henderson Bloomfield New Mexico 92 grandchildren and 51 great grandchildren.
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Morton
Claudia Barrett
Cochran Memorial Hospital
First Baptist Church
Paul McClung
H. A. Tarkington
Assembly of ‘God Church
Plains
Plains Cemetery
Barrett Funeral Home of
L. W. Barrett
Claude Fincher
Seminole
Clifford Downing
Norwalk
Ohio
Emmett Allison
Lubbock
P. J. Stanley Jr
el Cajon
Calif
K. B. Riddle
Lula Simpson
Tatum, N.M
Alline Henderson
Bloomfield, N.M
Tips Rites Set In San Antonio
Mass for James H. Jimmy Tips 43 former Lubbock Southwestern Bell employee and choir director will be held 10 am Friday at Blessed Sacrament Church San Antonio. Burial at Mission Park North. he died of a heart attack during a Philmont Scout Ranch hiking trip in Cimarron New Mexico. He is survived by his wife Rosemary Necker Tips two sons Denis Stephen and two daughters Kathy Barbara Tips all at home.
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San
Lubbock
Christ the King Catholic Church
Sts. Elizabeth's Catholic Church
Tips
Rosemary Necker
San Antonio
Christian Family Movement
Denis
Stephen
Kathy
Barbara Tips
Charles Ray Smith Funeral Pending After Arlington Accident
Morton special edition notes Charles Ray Smith, 29, died at Arlington Memorial Hospital from injuries in a construction accident a month earlier. Services are pending with Singleton Funeral Home. He is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs HC Hanna of Morton and two sisters.
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Morton
Charles
Ray Smith
Arlington Memorial Hospital
Arlington
Singleton Funeral Home
Smith
Hanna
Inconsiderate Hijackers Halt Passenger Liner In Flight
Passengers recount a Boeing 737 hijacking where attackers held pilots and crew at gunpoint and fired as FBI agents intervened posing as a pilot. Witnesses praised calm crew and noted hijackers were killed. others described diving to the deck as bullets flew.
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Hse
FBI
Maurice Embley
Auburn
Calif
H. Arthur Domonoske
Sacramento
Mishap victims services slated in Monahans
Services for Robert Woods 49 and his son Robert Jr 5 are set for 3 p m Saturday at Shiloh Baptist Church Monahans burial will follow in Monahans Cemetery under Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home direction. The pair died in a one car rollover on Interstate 20 nine miles west of Odessa Tuesday afternoon. Maxine Woods another passenger suffered minor injuries and was held for observation at Medical Center Hospital. Woods born in Cameron came to Odessa in 1964 from Monahans. his son was born in Monahans. He is survived by his wife a daughter Maxine and his mother Mrs Sarah Woods of Monahans.
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Odessa
Robert Woods
Robert Jr
Shiloh Baptist Church
Monahans
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Woods
Interstate 20
Here
Justice of the Peace
Howard Williams
Maxine Woods
Medical Center Hospital
Cameron
Robert
Maxine
Sarah: Woods
Services for Odell Niblett Planned in Midland
Odell Niblett, 66, of Midland, died Monday afternoon at a local doctor's office. Services are set for 2 p.m. Friday at Macedonia Baptist Church, with burial in Fairview Cemetery. Born in Calvert, he lived in Midland since 1905 and was a lineman for a utility service. Survived by two sons Odell Jr and Rogell, ten daughters including Bobbie Stevenson Jessie Niblett Wanda Criesman Josie Jones, a brother Lewis, a sister Rosie, and many grandchildren.
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Midland
Odell Niblett
Macedonia
Baptist Church
Niblett
Fairview Cemetery
Jackson Funeral Home
Calvert
Qdell Niblett Jr
Rogell Niblett
Miss Billie Young Rites Set In Lubbock
Services set for Miss Billie Young at 10 a.m. today in W. W. Rix Chapel burial at Resthaven Memorial Park. A Lubbock resident since 1929 she moved from Dickens County and was head bookkeeper for BMFP Construction Co. for about 20 years. Survivors include sisters Mrs. Lottie Woolard and Mrs. H L Squires with pallbearers named Carthel Neighbors Gene McGuire Brig Young Doyce Turner Gary Squires and Billy Young.
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W. W. Rix
Billie Young
Methodist Hospital
Neil Shy
Ni Resthaven
Me Park
Lubbock
Rites for Hobbs Woman Set on Monday
Services for Mrs. Matdie Moon 72 of Hobbs die at Hobbs Lea General Hospital will be held at 1 30 p m at Jehovah s Witnesses Kingdom Hall with Frank Davis officiating Burial will be at Gold Okla Mrs Moon had lived in Hobbs about nine years Survivors include her husband William J Moon and children William Thomas Claude Gene John Robert Bill Winfred Charles Aziz daughter Winona Anderson sister Nelda Good and brother John Locke all named with their locations California Oklahoma and New Mexico
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Hobbs
Matdie Moon
Hobbs Lea General Hospital
Jehovah's Witnesses
Caddo
Okla
Claude
Downey
Calif
Gene
John
Lakewood
Robert
Lubbock
Bill
Mangum
Winfred
Siiver City
Charles I
Phoenix
Aziz
Winona
Anderson
Amarillo
Nelda
Dorado
John Locke
San Jose
Tulia Woman Charged in Tulia Fatal Shooting
A 31-year-old Tulia woman faces murder charges after a cafe shooting that killed a 34-year-old man outside a Sunset Addition cafe. The victim died at a hospital. bond set at 5000 dollars. Sheriff says the incident occurred during a nighttime dispute. services for the deceased are pending.
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Tulia
Minnie
Louise Jackson
Poe 'Et
nesGayles Hoapital
Darrell Smith
Julia
Goodwin
Wallace
Funn
Tulsa
Houston
Shirley
Margie
Infant Dies After Birth at University Hospital
A newborn infant died Wednesday after birth at University Hospital. The infant was born Tuesday and died at 11:20 a.m. Wednesday. Surviving relatives include the parents and grandparents Mrs. and Mr. Thomas Dunn and Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Geer, all of Lubbock.
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Seen
University Hospital
Thomas Dunn
As L. Geer
Lubbock
Luther Burnett Rites Planned in Midland
Services for Luther Burnett 77 are set for 3 p.m. today at Mount Rose Baptist Church. Burnett died Monday at Parkview Hospital after a lengthy illness. He previously worked as a chauffeur and is survived by daughters Connie Houston. three sisters Alberta Woodruff of Ranger Ola Willis and Loretta Jones of Midland. four brothers Fred Burnett of Los Angeles Charlie Burnett of Ranger Judge Burnett and Robert Burnett of Escagiel. and five grandchildren.
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Loretta Jones
Midland
Fred Burnett
Los Angeles
Charlie Burnett
Ranger
Judge
Robert Burnett
Escagiel
Mrs Bena Alsup Dies In Snyder
Mrs Bena Alsup 81 longtime Scurry County resident dies at Snyder nursing home burial in Sterling City Cemetery Funeral services at Bell Seale Chapel Elder C C Floyd officiating Survivors include three daughters Frances Roberson Ruth McGhee and Lee Williams and sister Mrs J W Nesbit all from Texas communities
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Snyder
Bena Alsup
Scurry County
Snydertone Nursing Home
Bell-Seale Funeral Home
C. C. Floyd
Primitive Baptist Church
Sterling City
Alsup
Erath County
J. W. Alsup
Sterling County
Frances Roberson
Colorado City
Ruth McGhee
Lee‘ Williams
el. Paso
J. W. Nesbit
San Angelo
Mrs. Carruthers Rites Scheduled in Midland
Funeral services for Lois Carruthers, 69, are set for 2 p.m. Saturday at Holloway United Methodist Church in Midland. She died Tuesday at her home after a short illness and will be buried at Fairview Jackson Funeral Home. Born in Fairfield she moved to Midland in 1950. survivors include stepson Floyd Carruthers of Detroit and brothers Luther Blaine of Los Angeles and Royal Blaine of Carlsbad.
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Midland
Lois Carruthers
Holloway United Methodist Church
Fairview
Jackson
Funeral Home
Carruthers
Fairfield
Roseville
Cal
Floyd Carruthers
Detroit
Mich
Luther Blaine
Los Angeles
Calif
Royal Blaine
Carlsbad
N.M
Recently Deceased Mrs. Billve Nolan
Mrs. Billve Nolan of Albuquerque died Sunday after living in the city for seven years. Funeral arrangements set for 2 p.m. with Rev. J Wald presenting at the associated pastor's church.
Deserted Church Looms Over Dreary Corner
A desolate church sits in a neglected corner, its unpainted brick and stone walls weathered and crumbling. Passersby wonder if its foundations have weakened, amid a bleak, vacant space surrounding the structure.
Biddle Service for Water Died at Simmons Memorial Hospital
Mrs. Biddle died about 8:30 a.m. Tuesday at Simmons Memorial Hospital in Sweetwater. Funeral at 3:30 p.m. today in Bell-Seale Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. L. W. Hatfield officiating. Burial at Hillside Memorial Gardens. She moved to Sweetwater from Snyder in 1957 and was born in Alabama. Survived by W. F. Biddle, five sons Weldon, Wendell, Roy, Billy Wayne, and Glen. two daughters Mrs. Paul Howard and Mrs. Morris Fraley. two sisters Mrs. Bessie Johnson and Mrs. Ruth Hickman. two brothers Roy Jones and Tom Jones.
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Simmons Memorial Hospital
Sweetwater
Bell-Seate
L. W. Hatfield
Hillside
Bell-Seale
Biddle
Snyder
Alabama
Mount Vernon
W. F. Biddle
Paul Howard
Corpus Christi
Morris
Fraley
Big Spring
Weldon Biddle
Wendell Biddle
Roy Biddle
Billy Wayne Biddle
Glen Biddle
Abilene
Bessie Johnson
Fort Worth
Ruth Hickman
Mrs Helen Click Rites Scheduled
Mrs Helen Click 83 of Morton died Monday in Morton area burial at Weches Cemetery under direction of Wallers Funeral Home Crockett She was a native of Houston County and had lived in Morton since 1944 Survivors include three sons Richard Olen Click and Leslie Click four others Abner Richardson John Richardson Jodie Jessie Richardson twelve grandchildren and seventeen great grandchildren
Owens chapel service led by Reverend Aubrey Russell
The article notes Mrs Henebert in Owens hosting a chapel with Reverend Aubrey Russell of Tucker Arizona to speak at Laurel Land. It cites an address 84th Street in 1919 and mentions local school vouchers sentiment.
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Owens
Aubrey Russell
Tucker, “Ariz
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Galveston
Victoria
Mrs. Clay
Hanks Services
J.M. DeShazo
Roosevelt Club House
E. L. Moore
Otto DeShazo
Aubrey DeShazo
Effie Mae Williams
Everlina
Dukes
Singleton Funeral
Muleshoe
Ace Bush
Bush
Mra
D.A. Davis
Grass Valley
Henderson
Georgia State ‘University
Atlanta
Georgia State
Texas‘ State “Historical’ Association
The
Organization of American Historians
Society ‘of “American Archivists
L. L. Lewallen
iniAvenue D Baptist Church
Dunn Cemetery
G. M. Dougherty
St. ‘Ann's’ Catholic Church
Resthaven Memorial Park
Dougherty
Luther Garner
Ellis Funeral
Hope
Ark
Herndon Funeral Home
Garner
Verndean Hurst
E. 6Th St
West Texas Hospital
Jamison Funeral Home
Isaac Castilow
Sd St
Hemphill- Wells
Lubbock Power and Light Co
Electric Utilities Board
Pioneer Natural Gas Co
Alfredo Garcia Jr
E. 4Th St
E. 4Th Street
Walnut Avenue
Armando Flores
Hilario Flores
Vassar St
St. Mary of the Plains Hospital
Boston Avenue
Cornell Street
Karen Arnold
Plainview
Roger Dale Harmon
Wellman
Richard G. Richmond
Lovington
Lovington-wrecking Yard
Mrs. Ellis
Mrs. Hall
Charles R. Smith
Pends
Vincent Rocco
Sallee
Stone
Jonathi Boyer
Potas
Liner
Billie
Young
Luther Burnett
Billve Nolan
Ibuquerque
Albuquerque
Rix
J. Wald Pea
Biddle Services
Helen Click
Mrs. Henebert
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