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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 02, 1973

Page

7

Man dies after heart attack triggers four car crash in Lubbock

Earl Lee Andress 65 of Lubbock suffered a heart attack while driving west on 50th Street in front of a restaurant at 926 50th Street. His pickup struck a curb, causing a chain reaction crash involving three other vehicles with no injuries to others. Andress died before aid arrived. body taken to St Marys Hospital. Survivors include his wife Elsye two sons a daughter and two brothers. Services pending with Henderson Funeral Home.

Lubbock 50Th St Earl Lee Andress Delton Combs Andress Aid Ambulance St. Mary's Hospital Justice of the Peace Charles Smith Michael Acres Broadway Clyde Verding Avenue G Connie Henderson Albert Andress Roby Lon Andress Hamlin Vernon Andrews Albuquerque, N.M

Mrs Archuleta Rites Planned in Roswell Church

Funeral services for Mrs Ambrosia Holguin Archuleta 73 are set for 10 a m Wednesday at St John s Catholic Church Roswell with Rev oe May er officiating. Burial follows at South Cemetery under Ballard Funeral Home. She died Sunday at St Mary s Hospital after an illness. She had lived in Roswell 29 years. Survivors include son George of Roswell three daughters Mrs Walter Hanta na Mrs Katherine Walker and Mrs Craig Chavez all of Roswell Dexter. three brothers Dee Claude Holguin of Alamogordo and Kid Holguin of Tularosa a sister Mrs Rose Padillo of Roswell. 29 grandchildren and 27 great grandchildren.

Roswell Ambrosia Holguin Archuleta St. John's Catholic Church Oe Mever. Naster Ballard Funeral Home George Walter Hantana Katherine Walker Craig Chavez Dexter Dee Holguin Claude Holguin Alamogordo Kid Holguin Tularosa Rose Padillo Emiia M. Flores St. John’s Catholic Church Howard Meyer South Park Cemetery Pep Homs Louis F. Balderach Pas Williams Plainview St.r Kevin Clirk Joe James Levland Jevelland Levelland Dan Miss Glumpfr Lubbock Abilene Gloria V. KE. Glumpler iReyes Betty V. H. Burrola Bell Calif Diersing Grgiam Connie Carlton Alvin Glumpler Murfreesboro Tennesperal Sally Ben Dix Resthaven Singleton Tenn Ldwan Moore Highland Cemetery Waynesboro James Blair Dixon Nashville Vienna Long Waynesho Reedsport Ore Charles Lee Williamson Smyrna Louis T. Miller Andrews George Walksup Forest Park Annie Hollis Lula Prince Florence ‘Prince George Byrd Charlie Byrd Lawrenceburg Troy P. ‘Brown Ralls First iBaptist Church Carter J. HE. Hall Jr Burl Self Midland Clovis St. Rial Hospital Resthaven Memorial Park Ipm Steel Memori-Midland Jal Chapel Newnie W. Ellis Puneral Mission Garden Ballard Chapel Memorial Lawn Cemetery Reid Frank Zaliman Hornleigh Brady Tryonam St. John’s Sr Hermleigh Uppam Cemeterusalem Baptist Church Tery Fairview Cemetery Sunle Hone Snyder Thomas Fullirman Neral Pal Robert Lokey Charlotte John Wiliams Colorado City Bell-Seale Sam Kitching Eastside Church of Christ Snyder Cemetery Cleburne Williams Scurry County EF. F. Carpenter Wade Davis Earl Williams 1609 28Th St Jack Williams Los Angeles

Mrs Atkinson longtime Lubbock educator dies at 76

Mrs Margaret B. Atkinson of 2201 14th St died about 6 40 p m Monday at Lubbock Medical Center Sanders Funeral Home. A Lubbock resident 52 years she taught at Lubbock High School 1920 1926 and began teaching at Texas Tech in 1923 where she instructed engineering and drawing for 26 years. Retired 1959 she had been in ill health since May 1979.

Margaret B. Atkinson 14Th St Lubbock Medical Center Sanders Funeral Home Atkinson Lubbock Lubbock High School Texas Tech

Funeral arrangements announced for local residents

Mrs Dixon Cole and Elsie Barrientes of Abeyta will officiate burial in Englewood Cemetery. Funeral home in charge with pallbearers named. Died at Mercy Hospital about 8 am Saturday after a brief illness.

Rites for Mrs Burns Held in Floydada

Funeral services for Mrs Marion Burns 51 of Slaton with a large Floyd County turnout were set for 2 PM Wednesday at Agscenty God Church Floydada. Burial in Floydada Cemetery directed by Moore Rose Funeral Home. Mrs Burns died after a heart attack at Caprock Hospital. She was born in Mena Arkansas married in Guthrie in 1937 and moved to Floydada County from Floyd Arizona. Survivors include two sons Bill Burns and Buster Burns and three daughters Mrs Alfred Vanhousen Mrs Charles Prather Elaine Burns. Also three brothers and a sister.

Waldo Esparza Houston George Esparza Welder Richard Bartlo Esparza Floydada Ritesj Lubbock Remijio Esparza Marion Burns Resit Jr Slaton Espiririon Floyd County Parza Dickens Agscenty Ath God Church H.C. Smithee Tyler W. L. Topkins Floydada Cemetery Moore Rose Funeral Home Bill Burns Buster Burns Alfred Vanhouse Charles Prather San Antonio Elaine Burns Jesse D. Smith Lewis Smith Lancaster Calif John T. Vaughn North Bay Ore

Mrs H Anderson Littlefield Death Notice

Barbara Jeannesday Henderson 66 died in San Antonio Sunday funeral services set for 10 a.m. Hanmons Funeral announced by Littlefield special edition obituary notes.

Littlefield Mixige H Iderson San Antonio Barbara Jeannesday Hanmons

Langford Rites Pending for Olton Resident H. M. Langford

H M Langford 76 Olton resident died about 12 30 pm Monday in a Littlefield hospital after two days as patient Services with Parsons Funeral Home set pending details Langford survived by wife Annie a daughter Mrs Glen Exter Olton a son Bill Langford Olton a brother T F Langford Wesico a sister Mrs Hattie McCleskey Oklahoma City four grandchildren four great

Olton Parsons Funeral Home H. M. Langford Littlefield Langford Annie Glen Exter Bill Langford T. F. Langford Weslico Hattie McC

Local Obituaries and Funeral Notices Across Texas

News briefs list multiple funeral services and deaths from Lubbock Midland Lamesa Seagraves and Ralls. Moll Atterbury Margie Parks Hattie Midland and others are noted with service times locations chapels and burial sites. Survivors include children and relatives. services held in First United Methodist Church St. Luke's United Methodist Church and various chapels.

Obituary notices and death announcements across Texas towns

A column of funeral services and death notices for multiple individuals across Lamesa Seminole and Roswell includes details of service times locations and bereavement arrangements. Names include James C Jones Ruth Phillips Oma Foster Zelphia Gartman and many others with burial plans in local cemeteries and churches.

Levelland Man Lester F Smith Dies at 46

Lester F Smith 46 of Levelland died about 7 am Monday at Lubbock's Methodist Hospital. He was a retired welder and longtime Levelland resident. Survived by wife Ima Wright May 3% 1952 in Clovis NM and four daughters, a son, a brother, step-brothers, a sister, a half-sister, mother, and one grandchild. Funeral arrangements at Smith Funeral Home Level land.

Levelland Lester F. Smith Lubbock Methodist Hospital Smith Leveland Miles College Baptist Church Ima Wright Clovis N.M Sherry Smith Becky Moses Vickie Mary Smith Lester Lee Smith Lee Smith Wichita Falls Joe Cahall Albuquerque James Cahall Aztec Doris Stonecipher Helen Dippery Electra Julie Cahall

Local man dies after Wilson church shooting incident

L. H. Traweek, 60, of Route to Wolfforth is listed in critical condition at Methodic Hospital with a .22 caliber gunshot wound. The Lubbock Count sheriff’s office investigates the Wednesday incident at St John’s Lutheran Church in Wilson, where Traweek died about 7:30 a.m. Monday after an extended illness. Traweek, a native of Emblem, moved to Lynn County in 1922, was a farmer and married to Elvera Mueller since 1938, survived by his wife and daughter Sandra Gayle, with several siblings and in-laws. Pallbearers are named from local churches.

Jimmy Ray Ziddel Wolfforth Methodit L. H. Traweek Sheriff's Islinvestigat Wilson St. John's Luthers Traweck Emblem Lynn County Elvera Mueller St. John's Lutheran Church Sandra Gayle Traweck Mary Lou Cox Sulphur Springs Erlene Jones Fort Worth Lynn Macker Zollie ~Moore Odis Echols Jr Delmar Wilke Werner Klaus J. C. Stabeno

Oil Workers Union Reaches Model Two Year Contract

The Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers Union reaches a two year deal with American Oil Co at its Texas City Texas plant covering 1,200 workers. The old contract expired Sunday midnight. Wage increases total six percent immediately and 27 cents per hour from January 1 1974. Hospitalization premium share rises by five dollars monthly.

Denver UPD Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers Union OCAW AL OF. Grospiren Texas City Tex American Oil Co

Funeral plans set for Adislado C. Barrientes Jr

Adislado C. Barrientes Jr. 27 of Seminole will have services at St James Catholic Church with Rev James Daly officiating. Burial at Seminole Singleton Funeral Home. He died from gunshot wounds after a shooting in Houston Saturday night. An autopsy and Harris County inquest are pending. He was a blueprint maker for Todd Shipyards in Houston and a U S Air Force veteran born in Karnes City. He survived by parents Danny Ray and Larry Linn Barrientes of Houston and Mr and Mrs Bruno Gonzales of Seminole, plus two sisters Lily Pinon of Denver and others.

Seminole Adislado C. Barrientes , Jr St. James Catholic Church James Daly Seminole Cemetery Singleton Funeral Home Barrientes Houston Barriente Harris County Ollie Todd Shipyard U.S. Air Force Karnes City Danny Ray Larry Linn Barrientos Bruno Gonzales Lily Pinon Denver

Services set for Remijio Esparza in Slaton

Services for Remijio Esparza 78 of Slaton are scheduled at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church on Tuesday. The Rev. Emetic will lead the service and burial arrangements are pending with JL Aim Funeral Home.

Slaton Remijio

Martin Hillsboro Politician and Attorney General Dies

Martin, a Hillsboro native and longtime Texas political figure, died of a heart attack at 56. He served as mayor, state senator, secretary of state, and attorney general, with a memorial service in Austin attended by family and 200 locals.

Hillsboro Tex UPI First Presbyterian Church State Bar of Texas Martin Bob Moon Crawford Mar L. A. Richardson Tin Lake Charles Gene S. Wood Corsicana Bruce Brannon Sr South Texas Austin John Hill Housted Martin. Waret Jim Houston Sherry Covenant Press State Senate Senate Bitsy Hill Supreme Court Capitol Grounds

Courtesy and Chivalry In Everyday Life

A short prose poem by Julien C. Hyer from The Shepherd extols politeness and praise as social currency. It links courteous greetings to personal reward and asserts that manners and commendation are valued traits in daily interactions. The lines emphasize saying thank you, compliments, and friendly handshakes as practical virtues.

Julien C. Hyer

Odessa man dies of injuries from December crash

M Howard Votaw 66 of Odessa died at Odessa Medical Center Hospital from head injuries suffered in a car train wreck on December 4. He had been in intensive care since the accident. Funeral services set for 2 p m today at Parkview Church of Christ with Rev Wesley Mickey officiating. Burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens. He is survived by his wife Vera, a son Gordon Votaw of Abilene, a daughter Mrs Sara Easley of Odessa, a sister Mrs Josephine Wil of Big Spring and four grandchildren.

Opessa Odessa Ector County M. Howard Votaw Odessa Medical Center Parkview Church of Christ Wesley Mickey

Ray B Wasson obituary notices death in San Angelo

Ray Britt Wasson 66 retired driller died about 10 45 p m Sunday in a San Angelo hospital after a short illness Services set for 10 am Wednesday Hubbard Kell Funeral Home Chapel with burial at 430 pm Wednesday Breckenridge Born in Southfield Louisiana married Thelma Lee Wampler May 26 1935 in Toho ka Came to Andrews nine years ago from Snyder Survivors include wife a son Jack Wasson Odessa mother Mrs Eula Jane Wasson Odessa brother Robert Fort Wasson Crossett Arkansas and a grandson

Snyder Jack Wasson Odessa Eula Jane ‘Wasson Robert Fort Wasson Crossett,Ark

Alice Williams dies at 87 in Hale Center nursing home

Alice Williams 87 of Plainview died about 11 30 a m Monday at Hi Plains Nursing Home Hale Center services 220 p m today at Lemons Memorial Chapel with Rev Don Cass pastor South Ward Baptist Church officiating burial in Plainview Cemetery Born in Callahan County a fragment of the obituary notes the deceased was Miss

Plainview Alice Williams Hi-Plains Hale Center Lemons Memorial Chapel Don Cass South Ward

Cardin in Film and Life of a French Woman in Texas

The fragment notes Williams moving to Hale County in 1896 and living in Prairie View until 148 jugne Janeiro, then to Plainview. It mentions Pierre Miss Williams teaching Spanish, a trip to Brazil, and a Florida mission school, with a silent film era connection and a life as a former madame.

Williams Hale County Prairie View Plainview Pierre Miss Williams Brazil Florida Joan Mies

Imogene Coca Hospitalized For Eye Surgery In New York

Imogene Coca was flown to New York for eye surgery after a traffic crash in St Petersburg Florida. She arrived at LaGuardia Airport and was admitted to Manhattan Ear and Throat Hospital in fair condition with a right eye injury. Her husband King Donovan was involved in the collision and may face charges.

New ‘York UPI Commedienne Imogene Coca New York St. Petersburg Fla. A Manhattan Rye, Kar and Throat Hospital LaGuardia Midtown Glenn Denning King Donovan Donovan Cheryl Rice Miss Rice Denning Miss Coca St. Petersburg General Hospital Bayfront Medical Center Miss Coco

Plane flyer charged after Santa drop

Robert Wilson 39 piloted a plane over Port Colborne before Christmas with a man dressed as Santa Claus releasing candy to children. Police charged Wilson with flying too low and endangering the public.

Port Elgin Ont Robert Wilson Wilson

Also Mentioned on This Page

Man Mrs. Archuleta Mrs. Atkinson Mrs. Dixon Mrs. Burns Mrs. Flores Menderson Virgil Jordan Amarillo Pioneer Natural Gas Co Northwest Texas Hospital St. Lawrence Catholic Church Llana Cemetery Schooler-Gordon Jordan Wellman = ane Jim Jordan Sue Bellen McAllen Miss Glumpler Mrs. H. Anderson Mrs. Parks Mollie E First United Methodist Atterbury Lamesa First United Methodisation of Sandey Margie L. Parks Mall Lamesa Memorial Park Claton Lodge Col Branon W. W. Rix Laimesa Newnie W. el iHome Lis Dehters Bruce Barton Bradshaw Bagg St.Jos Mountain View Well Anne's Catholi Church John Frances Parks 41St St Cident Elizabeth Parks Cal Center C. Ja Easter Seagraves Pam First Baptist Church Seagraves Cemetery Web Funeral Home Galveston Pearson Ria Wilma Carter Funeral Home St. Mary's Hostal Mrs. Phillips Ter James C Ruth Phillips Lamesa Jones Angleton Funeral Cottonwood Acre Nursing Home Home Serinole Jones Branon Funeral Home Memorial Cecil West Hadl Harvey Whittens Twilightburg Acres Dawson County Mnale Granview Pumpkin Center Wise County The Baptist Church Oma Foster Brownwood Zelphia Gartiman Welch Calvin Phillip Brownfield Leon Phillips Dallas Grady Phillips James B. Phillips J R. Middleton Mary Johnson Grant N.M George W. Mann Bridgeport L. J. Howell Ideal Baptist Church Jackson Funeral Home Howell John Diggs Sam M. Harper Plainview Cemetery Lemons Funeral Home Harper Phains Conpalescent Hesta Louise Hall Bowman Chapel John Williams A. C. Barrientes Hirchens Howard Votaw Ray B. Wasson Cardin Peaceful Gardens Memorial Park U.S. 87 Woodrow
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