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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1973
Page
3
Funeral services are planned in Lubbock and Levelland for Teodora Aguste and Louella Anderson. Cooperating churches and area funeral homes will coordinate burial in local cemeteries. Survived by multiple children and grandchildren, with service details and locations listed.
Multiple brief obituaries note deaths and services across Lamesa and Lubbock. Kevin Dale Calcote died from an apparent accidental gunshot wound and will be buried at Resthaven Memorial Park. Maj. Edgar L. Hawkins, MIA since 1965, listed as killed in action in Vietnam, memorial services planned. Mrs Charity Hix Smith Sr. and Mrs Erma Jane Tucker are remembered with funerals and burials in local cemeteries. Mrs Lorene Welch and Mrs Mattie Butler are among others honored with services in Lubbock and nearby towns.
Marvin Cannon of Tulia, 55, died at home around 11 45 p m Wednesday from an apparent heart attack. Funeral services will be at 2 30 p m today at Crosby Street Church of Christ with James Jol ly officiating and burial in Rose Hill Cemetery. Survivors include his wife Pauline Gibson Cannon, two sons Lewis and Robert, a daughter and several relatives.
Lucy Benavides, 15, remains in critical condition after a bicycle collision with a car at N Avenue U and Duke Street. Bond set at $1,000 for three suspects charged with marijuana possession. further details on suspects and locations follow. A jury found Jose M. Trevino not guilty of DWI, while an elevator case against Eleva tor Co. was ruled not negligent. a separate suit seeks $65,400 for a back injury from a fall. Kick the Habit Month events and smoking education program planned at Ming Tree Restaurant.
Funeral services for John A. Hobbs 50 of Seminole are scheduled for 3 p.m. Saturday at the First Baptist Church of Seminole with Rev J Gene Hawkins officiating. Burial will follow in Seminole Cemetery. He died after a six week illness in Cook Memorial Hospital Levelland. He moved from Morton in 1955 was a farmer and WWII veteran. Survived by wife Dorothy and two brothers Gentry Seagraves and Dee Lubb.
Shell Oil Co announces moving its exploration and production functions from Midland Denver and Los Angeles to Houston. Up to 700 to 300 Midland employees may relocate or retire with severance aid. Some workers will join other local firms as transfers reduce staff in three cities.
Mrs J M Marshall 88 a former Lubbock resident and Texas Tech chemistry professor from 1925 to 1947 died in Dallas after living there seven years. Services set at W W Rix Chapel with Rev J T Bolding officiating burial in Lubbock City Cemetery. Survivors include two sons a daughter a brother a sister four grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Memorial verses cited follow the obituary.
Funeral services were held for Mrs Johnnie Mae Isham 52 of Fort Worth at New Mt Zion Baptist Church Waxahachie with burial in Waxahachie Cemetery. Survivors include two daughters and several siblings. South Plains Funeral Home aided arrangements. Also noted: Mrs Alice Myres 61 of Lubbock died at West Texas Hospital. Services set at Sanders Memorial Chapel with burial in Lubbock Cemetery. Survivors include husband two sons two daughters and extended relatives. Pallbearers listed.
Alice Myres announces services for Andy Lee Nelson a 1030 p.m. Wednesday death in Scott and White Hospital Temple after weeks of illness The service will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church with Rev John Street officiating Burial is Castro Memorial Gardens under Dennis Funeral Home Nelson a retired farmer native of Arkansas leaves Ada Texas two sons H C Nelson Woodrow Nelson a daughter Lelola Durant of Houston two sisters Es sie Glenn and Levie Smith McLean seven grandchildren and twenty great grandchildren.
Hobbs and Carlsbad area officials oppose any substitute commuter air service replacing Texas International Airlines. The state aviation department seeks a backup plan with Albuquerque carriers while three firms study viability. Proposals are due June 4 ahead of a June 7 Hobbs Carlsbad committee meeting.
Services for Candelario Nevares 67 will be at Guadalupe Catholic Church Plainview with burial in Plainview Cemetery. Nevares, a native of Ballinger, died after a heart attack. survivors include wife Guadalupe three daughters three sons two sisters and grandchildren. Funeral services for Mose Trimble 65 Crosbyton were pending. Trimble born in Rockwall moved to Crosbyton in 1972. funeral home in charge. surviving relatives listed.
Mrs. Nannie M. Jennings Overton 83 of 4610 14th St died Friday at Ray's Hospital Home. Services 4 p.m. today at First United Methodist Church. Overton helped found Lubbock's first hospital and contributed to the Methodist Student Center and Hospital. Survived by two daughters and three stepsons, among others. memorials to Overton Memorial Fund at Methodist Hospital.
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