Memorial services for Dr Henry Sears filed in Hereford
Memorial services for Dr Henry Sears 64 Hereford civic leader and banker are set for 3 pm today at First United Methodist Church with Rev Clifford Trotter and assistants. Private burial in West Park Cemetery precedes services under Gilsland Funeral Home. Sears died Tuesday after a lengthy illness.
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Henry Sears
Hereford
First United Methodist Church
Clifford Trotter
Hershel Thurston
West Park Cemetery
Gilsland Funeral Home
Sears
Tudsay
Nice Spring Rains Boost Area Lakes
Rainfall fills area lakes boosting fishing and recreation. CRMWD reports 6,700 acre feet into Lake J B Thomas and 9,600 acre feet into Lake E V Spence with Moss Creek reservoir adding 300 acre feet. Lake Thomas elevation rises over 2,200 feet, up nearly six feet since year start as Scurry County records 3.36 inches over a three day weekend.
James E Bone Rites Planned
James Edgar Bone 59 of 4305 43rd St died Tuesday night at Methodist Hospital. Services set for 3 p.m. today at Sunset Church of Christ with ministers Richard Rogers and Ron Lawrence. Burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery, directed by Resthaven Singleton Wilson Funeral Home. He left a wife, two sons James and Charles, a daughter Mrs. Lawrence Lamkin, his parents, four brothers, and six grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Edgar Bone
43Rd St
Methodist Hospital
Sunset Church of Christ
Truck Service and Repair Co
Richard Rogers
Ron Lawrence
Acuff Church of Christ
City of Lubbock Cemetery
Resthaven - Singleton - Wilson Funeral Home
James
Lubbock
Charles
Dallas
Lawrence Lamkin
29Th St
Charles Bone
Jacksboro
Fred
Marvin
Graham
M. L. Henrietta
Athens
Homer Barnett's Rites Saturday
Homer Barnett 69 a Morton resident died at Methodist Hospital Lubbock after illness. Services set for 2 p m Saturday at First Missionary Baptist Church Reverend Jim Mosley to officiate Burial in Morton Cemetery Barrett's Funeral Home Plains in charge. Survived by two sons J O Barnett Plains Don R Barnett Galveston a daughter Mrs Don Moore Houston four brothers five sisters seven grandchildren.
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Morton
Homer Barnett
Methodist Hospital
Lubbock
Missonary Baptist Church
Jim Mosley
Morton Cemetery
Barrett’s Funeral Home of
Plains
Barnett
Knox County
J. O. Barnett
Don R. Barnett
Galveston
Don Moore
Houston
Homer D Keith Services Today
Funeral services for Homer Dexter Keith 88 of 114 Cherry Ave are set for 1 p.m. at Resthaven Singleton Wilson Funeral Home chapel Elder Afton Richards of the Primitive Baptist Church of Lubbock will officiate Burial will be at Resthaven Memorial Park Keith died about 3 30 a m Wednesday in University Hospital He moved to Lubbock in 1925 from Caddo Okla He was a self employed painting contractor Survivors include a son William T Keith of Canoga Park California a daughter Mrs R R Richter of Lubbock and a grandson
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Dexter Keith
Cherry Ave
Resthaven-Singleton- Wilson
Afton Richards
The
Primitive Baptist Church of
Canoga Park
Calif
R. R. Richter
Lubbock
Mrs Beatrice Grieve Rites Planned in Dallas
Funeral services for Mrs Beatrice Grieve 67 of 4905 17th Street are scheduled for 4 p m Friday at Restland Memorial Chapel Dallas with the Highland Park Presbyterian Church pastor officiating Burial will follow in Restland Memorial Park under Restland Funeral Home direction Henderson Funeral Directors handling local arrangements Mrs Grieve died about 10 a m Wednesday at Methodist Hospital after a lengthy illness She was a native of Oklahoma and had lived in Lubbock two years Survivors include a daughter Betty Lou Purkiss of Lubbock a son Russell P Grievel Jr of El Toro California a brother Ralph Sweatt of Los Angeles a sister Mrs Ralph V Miller of Des Moines Iowa and five
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatrice Grieve
17Th St
Restland Memorial Chapel
Dallas
Highland Park Presbyterian Church
Restland Memorial Park
Restland Funeral Home
Henderson Funeral Directors
Grieve
Methodist Hospital
Oklahoma
Lubbock
Betty Lou Purkiss
Russell P. Grievel Jr
el Toro
Calif
Ralph Sweatt
Los Angeles
Ralph V. Miller
Des Moines
Iowa
Policemen Sue City Commission Over Civil Service Hearing
Two Lubbock police officers James Rialy and R D Kendrick filed a civil suit in the 137th District Court against the City of Lubbock Civil Service Commission. They seek a court order for a full hearing on alleged Civil Service Act violations after a May 21 hearing request was denied May 24 by commission chair John Wilkerson. The suit claims demotion and transfer to meter maid duties without notice by Police Chief J T Alley, asserting the actions were retaliation for union activities.
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Lubbock
137Th District Court
City of
J. T. Alley
Traffic Accident Fatal To Four In Oaxaca Mexico
A fatal crash near Oaxaca, 350 miles southeast of Mexico City, killed four people: Lady Wilson of Canberra Australia wife of Quan tas Airways president, Marion Harrison of Corpus Christi Texas, Jean Brander a Canadian Swiss citizen, and taxi driver Edmundo Gutierrez of Oaxaca. Brander's husband an Egyptian national was treated for shock and titled injured.
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Oaxaca
Mexico
Edmundo Gutierrez
Audie Murphy Rites Planned After Air Crash
Audie Murphy body arrives in Los Angeles from Atlanta with wife Pamela and sons Terry and James present. The decorated WWII hero, 46, died in a private plane crash near Roanoke, Virginia, with five others. Services set for Friday at Church of the Hills Forest Lawn. burial Monday at Arlington.
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Los Angeles
API
International Airport
Audie Murphy
America
Atlanta
Murphy
Pamela
Terry
James
Roanoke
Hollywood
Church of the Hills
Forest Lawn
Arlington National Cemetery
Chess Master Jude Acers to Demonstrate Strategy in Lubbock
San Francisco born Jude Acers, a USCF senior master, will give a free chess strategy demonstration at 8:15 p.m. today in Mackenzie Park’s large party house for city summer recreation supervisors. Acers, 27, recently completed 55 exhibitions in 60 days across Oregon and Washington and will tour Dallas next.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mackenzie Park
Jude Acers
San Francisco
Lubbock
Dallas
Acers
U.S. Chess Federation
USCF
Oregon
Washington
J W Bingham Rites Held In Meadow Church Today
Funeral services for Johnnie Whitson Bingham 68 are set for 3 p m today at the First Baptist Church of Meadow with Bob Moore officiating and burial in Terry County Memorial Cemetery. Bingham died Tuesday evening in West Texas Hospital Lubbock after a short illness. He came to Terry County in 1916, married Vera Bell in 1923, lived in Challis then Needmore, was a member of the Meadow church, and survived by a wife two sons two daughters two brothers three sisters fifteen grandchildren and three great nephews served as pallbearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownfield
Johnnie Whitson Bingham
First Baptist Church
Vera Bell
Challis
Needmore
Bingham
First Baptist Church of
Meadow
Eddie R. Bingham
Donald W. Bingham
Charles Dunn
Levelland
Alton West
Tom Bingham
Normandy
Ruben Bingham I
Pioneer Days Rodeo Headlines Curry County Event
The Curry County Mounted Patrol sponsors the Pioneer Days Rodeo June 11–13 in Clovis with box seats 3.50 and general admission 2. A downtown parade on June 12 and two rodeo dances accompany the event. Entries for prizes and floats are open at the Chamber of Commerce office.
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Clovis
Curry County Mounted Patrol
Patrol
Curry County
Chamber of Commerce iOffice
Funeral Planned For Mrs. King in Lovington
Nancy Louise King 94 died after two week illness at Lea General Hospital. Services set for 4 p.m. Friday at First United Methodist Church Lovington with Rev. Edwin Chappell officiating. Burial in Lovington Cemetery by Smith-Rogers Funeral Home. Survived by two sons Walter and Clarence two daughters Phileta Eunice Verna and Nancy nine grandchildren 26 great grandchildren two sisters and other relatives.
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Lovington
Nancy Louise King
Lea General Hospital
First United Methodist Church
Edwin Chappell
Lovington Cemetery
Smith-Rogers Funeral Home
King
Lea County
Walter
Grants Pass
Ore
Clarence
Phileta Cochran
Globe, Ariz
Eunice Holcomb
Dallas
Verna Click
Seminole
Nancy Cagle
Colorado Springs
Colo
Katie Schillings
Jackson, Miss
Lola Godbold
Frogmore
Navy recruits offered names in nuclear propulsion program
The U S Navy seeks qualified young men for a nuclear propulsion career with up to two years of specialized training. The path includes recruit training, service and power schools, land based reactor training, and submarine options, with an estimated cost of 15 20 thousand dollars and strong advancement potential. Contact Navy Recruiting at 747 3711 Ext 604.
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Navy
Spurgeon on Brotherly Love and Prayer Autograph
A literary fragment cites Charles H. Spurgeon urging constant brotherly love from Hebrews 13 1 and questions why one may have had no word with Christ recently The piece notes prayer as Gods autograph and chart on the human heart attributed to Julien C Hyer.
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Spurgeon
Christ
Funeral service for Ila Ward held in Plainview
Mrs Ila Ward 73 died in a Plainview nursing home. Funeral services at 4 30 p m today at the ninth and Columbia Streets Church of Christ with Gene Polvado and Rev Eddie Freeman officiating. Burial in Parklawn Memorial Gardens. Survivors include Weldon Way three daughters four brothers two sisters ten grandchildren twenty great grandchildren and one great great grandchild.
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Plainview
Ila Ward
Ninth
Columbia Streets
Church of Christ
Gene Polvado
Eddie Freeman
Date Street Baptist Church
Parklawn Memorial Gardens
Lemons Funeral Home
Belton
Weldon Way
Emil Staub
Peoria
Ill
Troy Hill
Amarillo
C. E. Wheeler
Sterling Reynolds
Lubbock
Cullen Reynolds
McAllen
William Reynolds
San Gabriel
Calif
L. J. Reynolds
Denver
Colo
L. L. Snead
Palle Way
Victoria
Thompson’s longtime Canyon leader dies at 74
Clarence Leonard Thompson, a prominent Canyon civic and business figure, died Tuesday in Neblett Memorial Hospital after a two week stay. He 60 years in retail, ran Thompson's Hardware, served as Canyon Public Schools trustee and was a World War I veteran. Funeral 10 a.m. at First Presbyterian Church Canyon. burial Dreamland Cemetery. Survivors include two sons Clarence Eugene Thompson and Thomas H. Thompson, a sister Mrs. George Farlow and six grandchildren.
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Canyon
Clarence Leonard Thompson
First Presbyterian Church
Baldwin Stribling
Dreamland Cemetery
Thompson
Neblett Memorial Hospital
Canyon Public Schools
Volunteer
Fire Department
Clarence Eugene Thompson
Thomas H. Thompson
Rumson, N.J
George Farlow
Midland
Elizabeth Tyler Waller Wedding Reported in 1842
Newspapers covered the 1842 marriage of Elizabeth Tyler to William N. Waller in a single sentence, noting the ceremony without extra details.
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John Tyler
Elizabeth
William N. Waller
Niebuhr Dies at 78 Influential Theologian
The Rev. Dr. Reinhold Niebuhr, 78, died Tuesday night in Stockbridge Massachusetts after a lifetime as a global theological voice. Tributes from peers describe him as a prophetic realist who linked ethics with public life and social justice. Funeral services are planned for Friday at Stockbridge First Congregational Church.
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New York
Reinhold Niebuhr
Roger Shinn
Ursula
Dr. Niebuhr
America
Stockbridge
Mass
Yale Hill
Union ‘Theological Seminary
Robert Stivers
God
Abraham Heschel
Jewish Theological Seminary of America
Union Theological Seminary
Niesbuhr
Union
J. Brooke Mosley
Shinn
Niebuhr
Krister Stendahl
Harvard University Divinity School
Stendahl
Rites Planned for W. W. Bell in Crosbyton and Crowell
Walmer Wesley Pete Bell 63 of 1626 Broadway dies in Texas 207 crash eight miles north of Floydada. Services at Crosbyton First United Methodist Church followed by graveside rites in Crowell. Survived by wife Jeanette, son Jim, daughters Jane and Sandra, brother Bill, sisters Mattie Erwin Lola Harris and Cressie Blakemore.
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Crosbyton
Walmer Wesley
Pete” Bell
Broadway
First Uniteds Methodist Church
King Funeral Home
Womack Funeral Home
Crowell
Bell
Floydada
Texas 207
Floyd County
S. J. Handley
Club Grain Co
South Plains
Lubbock
Crowell Masonic Lodge
Wichita Falls
Jim Bell
Jane Bell
Sandra Bell
Houston
Bill Bell
Mattie Erwin
Galveston
Lola Harris
Monahansi
Cressie Blakemore
Shamrock
Mishap Victim's Services Pend
Funeral services for Dru Lynn Matthews 18 are pending at Hammond Funeral Home in Monahans following his death after a one car crash Friday near Ira. Matthews a Carlsbad New Mexico native lived in Snyder a year with survivors including his mother Virginia Matthews Snyder brothers Hollis Big Spring B C Matthews Plano and Byron Matthews Snyder and sister Treasure L Collins Snyder.
Arcos Apolinio Dies. Services Pending
Arcos Apolinio, 61, of 2807 Emory Street, was pronounced dead on arrival at 5 30 p m Wednesday at Methodiat Hospital. Services are pending with Henderson Funeral Directors. He had lived in Lubbock a week and is survived by his wife Dominga a brother Manuel and a sister Mrs Mary Zamora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arcos Apolinio
Emory Street
Methodiat ‘Hospital
Henderson Funeral
Apolino
iLubbock
Dominga
Manuel
Mary Zamora
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Tollie van Dyke
W. W. Rix Chapel
Bud Hackfield
Faith Baptist Church
Snyder
Peaceful Gardens Memorial Park
Rix
van Dyke
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Lillie Bourland
Cedar Ave
Vandelia Church of Christ
Rix Funeral Directors
Mickey Priddy
San Antonio
Priddy
Brooke Army Hospital
William
Willis
Society of Real Estate Appraisers
No. 112
Lubbock Club
Aubrey McBride
Andrew R. Hogan
Gerald ©. McDonald
Ray Peveler
Darrell Gant
B. E. Harris
Ranger
Leon Harris
60Th St
Harris
Memorial Hospital
Fort Stockton
Joe Garcia Jr
Ave
Johnny Turner
39Th St
Ivory Avenue
Shirley Powell
Fletcher Powell
Henry C
Hank" Grover
Lubbock County
Republican
P. H. Pappas
57Th St
Western Tank and Steel Corp
Clovis Road
Chamber of Commerce Board of City Development
al Costanzo
Red Cross
Mister G’s
Brownfield Hwy
James E. Bone
Homer D. Keith
City Commission
Pathanett
19Th St
Lubbock, Texas
Greenville High School
Vanessa Lassiter
J. W. Bingham
Mrs. King
Rolla E. Dyer
Atlanta, Ga
U.S. Public Health Service
National Institute of Health
U.S. Navy
T Here
Henderson Funeral Directors, Inc
the Shepherd
Charles H. Spurgeon
Julien C. Hyer
C. L. Thompson
Niebhur
First Congregational Church of
Rabbi Heschel
iMosley
Rev
Avenue S
W. W. Bell
Arcos Apolinio Services
Pend
South Plains Profesioral Association
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