Infant dies after two week illness in Tucson
An infant of Mr. and Mrs. J A Cone of Shallowater died in Tucson after a two week illness. Wanda Delores Smith Miss San Antonio winner of the Miss Texas Pageant talent contest in Fort Worth is a former Lubbock resident. Her aunt and uncle are Mr and Mrs Cecil Flynn in Lubbock. Felony theft charges filed against Larry Powell 22 Shafter Calif remanded to Lubbock County custody in 3500 bail set by JP George H McCleskey. Irma Barron 15 injured in crash given emergency treatment and released. driver identified as John L Walker of Toledo. Forrest Ervin Cockrell 19 in serious condition in Methodist Hospital after burn injuries from a traffic accident. Trailer rally group gathers at Mackenzie State Park for fifth annual seasoned are rally with 350 people and 175 200 trailers expected to depart Lubbock in two convoys. Judy Plaster 18 Amarillo arrested and released after single vehicle crash near Slaton. Mrs Preston Florence 19 in critical condition in Methodist Hospital after gasoline used to kill ants ignited clothing at Seminole home.
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Wanda Delores Smith
San Antonio
Fort Worth
Lubbock
Kenneth Smith
Cecil Flynn
31St St
Larry Powell
Shafter
Calif
Lubbock County
Sheriff's Deputies
Justice of the Peace
George H. McCleskey
Irma Barron
E. Colgate
West
Texas Hospital
N. Cherry
E. Bates
Ruth Torres
Ave. U
John L. Walker
Toledo
Apt
Mackenzie State ‘Park
Ega. M
Preston Florence
Seminole
Joyce Ma“Jone
62Nd St
Methodist ‘Hospital
Florence
Sem Rinole
Wesley Hobbs Dies Rites Set
Funeral services for Wesley S. Hobbs a Graham resident for seven years will be held at 2 p m today in the Mason Funeral Home Chapel with Rev A T Nixon officiating Military graveside rites by the Post VFW at Ter trace Cemetery follow burial Hobbs a World War I veteran and Baptist member died Thursday in the Veterans Hospital Dallas Survivors include wife Viola two sisters Roxie Rawls Alamogordo NM and Monroe Howard Artesia NM and several nieces Floyd Howard Jim Howard Elton Green Hern Pettigrew Horace Hansock Henry Key Pallbearers named Non Com Club Robbed Clark Air Base Philippines Unidentified masked men held up the officers club stealing 150000
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
POST
Wesley S. Hobbs
Graham
Mason Funeral ‘Home
A.T. Nixon
Max Chaffin
VFW
Tertrace Cemetery
Buria
Mason Funeral Home
Hobbs
Veterans Hospital
Dallas
Vi‘ola
Roxie ‘Rawls
Alamogordo
N. M
Monroe Howard
Artesia
N.M
Hern Pettigrew
Sla‘ton
Henry Key
Justiceburg
Floyd Howard
Tech workshop wraps with debates and four plays
Perryton's Scott Archer and Midland's Mike Smith join Texas Tech graduate student John Franklin in a timed debate during a high school workshop. The Tech session area in the Union Building hosted 45 students who concluded Friday with debates and the presentation of four plays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott Archer
Perryton
Mike Smith
Midland
Texas Tech
John Franklin
Union Building
Tech
xtwick High School Speech Meet Ends At Tech
Texas Tech hosts the 13th annual High School Speech Workshop, with 45 students from Lubbock Mullen Wellington Wilson Meadow Coronado high schools taking part. Four plays were staged The Congo The Bald Soprano The Measures Taken and The Brute. Eleven students received superior ratings led by Larry Clay Adams and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Tech
Texas Tech Speech Department
Congo
Larry Clay Adams
Lubbock High
William Baum
Paul Freeman
Gary Hamburg
Mullen
Jimmy ‘Campbell
Wellington
Christie McCormick
Wilson
David A. Sharp
Ginger Tongate
Tootie Henson
Linda Horton
Meadow
Bob Hunter
Coronado High
Willie R. Shepperd Rites In O'Donnell
Rites for Willie Robert Shepperd 75 are set for 3 p m today at First Baptist Church of O Donnell with Rev O D Cox of Dublin officiating Burial follows in O Donnell Cemetery under Branon Philips Funeral Home of Lamesa direction A pioneer resident who lived in the O Donnell area 53 years he was a retired farmer He died early Thursday at South Plains Hospital in Amherst Survivors include four sons a daughter three sisters two brothers 13 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren
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Lamesa
Willie Robert Shepperd
First Baptist Church
O'Donnell
O. D. Cox
Dublin
O’don‘nell
Branon-Philips Funeral Home
Shepperd
South Plains Hospital
Amherst
Odam Services Set Today In Lubbock
Funeral services are held at 10 a.m. for Carl B. Odam 44 of Lubbock who died Thursday. Rev. Melvin Rathael will officiate at Trinity Baptist Church with burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery. Survivors include his wife one son one daughter two sisters his mother and one brother. Pallbearers named.
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Carl B. Odam
Flint Ave
Lubbock
Melvin Rathael
Trinity Baptist Church
City of Lubbock
Rix Funeral Home
Odam
Floydada
Crosbyton High School
Crosbyton
Baird's Bakery
Ira Wood
Clyde Owen
Jack Johnson
Prentice Palmer
Carlton Grunden
Clyde Rodgers
C H McCully Services Slated Sunday In Spur
Charles Henry McCully 77 a retired Dickens County rancher died Friday morning after a long illness. Funeral at 3:30 p.m. Sunday at First Methodist Church Spur with Rev William McReynolds and Rev John Jenkins officiating. Burial in Spur Cemetery under Campbell Funeral Home. Survivors include wife one son Alton McCully daughter-in-law and twelve grandchildren. Pallbearers listed.
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Spur
Charles Henry McCully
Dickens County
First Methodist Church
William McReynolds
John Jenkins
Pas‘tor
First Baptist Church
Campbell Funeral Home
Comanche County
McCully
Matador
Loan Assn
Alton McCully
Tustin
Calif
Clarence Foreman
V. C. Giliuson
Minneapolis
Grace Cannon
Hurst
Tex
Carrie Power
Orange
Arnet 'Watson
Cecil Geofrey
Clarence Watters
John Albin
Adrian Rickels
Doggy Graves
C. W. Grimes
City Rites Pend For Mrs. Potts
Mrs. J. B. Potts 92 longtime Lubbock County resident died Friday at Colonial Manor Convalescent Home. Funeral services pending at Sanders Funeral Home. Survived by seven sons four daughters three sisters and three brothers.
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J. B. Potts
Rt. 1
Lubbock County
Colonial Manor
Sanders Funeral Home
Potts
Lubbock
Harrison, Ark
Broadway I Church of Christ
J. T
San Diego
Calif
33Rd St
J. R
Ave. P. C. W
57Th St
Elmer
22Nd St
T. W
J. W
Bryan
A. M. Weilen
Amarillo
Carl Zepik
H. H. Zepik
Longtime Seminole Resident Calvin Rollins Dies at 83
Calvin Edgar Rollins 83 former Gaines County sheriff and county commissioner longtime Seminole resident died Friday at a Seminole rest home Funeral services will be Sunday at 3 p m in Singleton Chapel with Rev John Gillsep le to be in Seminole direction He owned the first local telephone exchange and was the first car dealer He held charter memberships in First Baptist Church Seminole Masonic Lodge Shriners and Woodmen of the World Survivors include his wife Pauline and three daughters Mrs C V Singleton Doris
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvin Edgar Rollins
Gaines County
Singleton Chapel
John Gillseple
South Conicre
Rollins
First Baptist Church
Seminole Masonic Lodge
Shriners and
Woodmen of the World
Pauline
C. V. Singleton
Ees
Doris Preee
J A Samples Rites Planned In Idalou
Funeral services for J A Samples aged 82 of Idalou will be held at 2 30 this afternoon at the Idalou Church of Christ with minister B C Stapleton officiating. Burial will follow at Idalou Cemetery under Sanders Funeral Home direction. Samples died around 9 15 am at his home in Idalou. A retired farmer, he moved to Lubbock County in 1923 and farmed near Acuff before retiring and moving to Idalou. He and his wife celebrated their 61st wedding anniversary June 26. He leaves four daughters, four sons, two sisters, 19 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Samples
Idalou
Lubbock County
Idalou Church of Christ
B. C. Stapleton
Idalou Cemetery
Sanders Funeral Home
Samples
Ereiay
Ida
Acuff Unia
Ida-, On
Inife
Graveside Rites Planned for Infant Annie Loving
Graveside rites are set for Annie BerNice Loving infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Loving at 10 a.m. in City of Levelland Cemetery. The 3 1/2 month old died after being suffocated by a plastic bag. Justice of the Peace E L Ford ruled the death accidental. Survivors include parents two brothers three sisters and several grandparents.
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Levelland
Annie Bernice ‘Loving
George Loving
City of Levelland Cemetery
R. H. Davis
Littlefield
George Price
Ford
George Jr
Mike
Guenda Nell
Debra Anne
Marsha Lynn
Sally Fletcher
Midland
Edd McVay Temple
Earth Resident Dies Rites Set in Earth
J W Kelly an 84 year old Earth resident for 41 years died Thursday night in Lubbocks Methodist Hospital He was a retired farmer and grocer Services set for 3 pm Sunday at First Baptist Church of Earth with Rev M B Baldwin and Rev Earl Lawtroop officiating Burial in Earth Cemetery under Parsons Funeral Home with Masonic graveside rites Survivors include wife two sons Marshall and Ray Earth one daughter Mrs Ed Danforth Earth seven grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren Grandsons will be pallbearers.
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Olton
J. W. Kelley
Earth
Lubbock’s Methodist Hospital
First Baptist Church of Earth
M. B. Baldwin
Earl Lawtroop
Earth Cemetery
Parsons Funeral Home
Marshall
Ray
Ed Danforth
Plainview Real Estate Agent C B Harder Dies at 60
C B Harder of Plainview died in a Plainview hospital at age 60 after a long career as a realtor and head of the Harder Agency. Services were held at First Baptist and First Methodist churches with burial at Plainview Memorial Park. Survivors include his wife Letha, a son in Maracaibo Venezuela, a daughter in Corpus Christi, three sisters, a brother and six grandchildren.
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Plainview
Harder
Tim Trammel
iFirst Baptist Church
Marshall
Rhew
iFirst Methodist ‘Church
Plainview Memorial Park
Harder Agency
Le‘tha
J. B
Maracaibo
Venezuela
Shaw Webster
Corpus Christi
Sundown Man Bondu rant Funeral Sunday
Sundown resident B. K. Bondurant 52 died Thursday at Levelland Clinic after a two week illness. Services 3 p.m. Sunday at George Price Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Thomas Lynn of Sundown First Baptist officiating. Burial in Lubberland Cemetery. Bondurant worked for Magnolia Pipeline Company. Survivors include a son Samuel Franklin Denver and a daughter Mrs Frances Richmond Peru Indiana plus four brothers and a grandson. Pallbearers named J L Warren J B Boudreaux J C Smith Loyd Lough L C Kearing Roy Hodnett.
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Levelland
B. K. Bondurant
Sundown
George Price
Thomas Lynn
Sundown First Baptist Church
City of Lubherland
Jessie
Samuel Franklin
Denver
Colo
Francis Richmond
Peru
Ind
Cécil
Hunts
Chicago
Ill
Jeff
Los Angeles
Calif
J. L. Warren
J. B. Boudreaux
J. C.smith
Loyd Lough
L. C. Kear Ing
Roy Hodnett
Home and the longing to return in verse by Julien C Hyer
A reflective passage explores the pull of home as the soul seeks its origin. It quotes scripture from Job 39 and contemplates the instinct to return to the soil of birth. The tone is lyrical, stressing devotion to homeland over distant journeys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julien C. Hyer
Services Monday For Mrs. Sellers
Frances Sellers 74 longtime Snyder resident died Friday at Cogs dell Memorial Hospital after a short illness. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Monday at Ave. D Baptist Church with Rev. Bobby Phillips officiating. Burial in Hillside Memorial Gardens Cemetery under Bolger Funeral. Survivors include two daughters three sons a sister a brother and 14 grandchildren.
Mass Slated Today For Mrs Sifuentes
Mrs. Sifuentes died at 7 15 a m Thursday in Methodist Hospital after residing in Lubbock since 1950. She leaves four daughters Delores Perez Mary Quinones Carmen Velasques and Julia Ramon two sons Richard and Joe and 20 grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sifuentes
Methodist Hospital
Lubbock
Zaragoza
Delores. Perez
Pace
Mary Quinones
E. 14Th St
Carmen Velasques
Shallowater
Julia Ramon
16Th St
Richard
E. Bates
Joe
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J. A. Cone
Jesse Cone
21St
Forrest Ervin Cockrell
Judy Plaster
Mercy
Slaton
Sanders Funer Home
Wesley Hobbs
Clark Air Base
The
Philippines
UPI
Clark Air Force Base
Xtwick High School
Willie R. Shepperd
O’donnell
Odam Services
Accra
Ghana
Copenhagen
Denmark
C. H. McCully
Mrs. Potts
Gaines
J. A
C. B. Harder
Sundown Man’s Services
Mrs. Sellers
Mass
4Th and
Waco
Dairy Queen
Ney
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