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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1973
Page
4
Obituaries record multiple funeral services with details for Garland Adams and others across Lubbock Brownwood Lamesa Stratford Roswell Clovis. The list notes funeral times, officiants, burial places, residences, and survivors including spouses children siblings and extended kin.
Mrs Iva Scott 68 of 2604 Ridge Road was found dead at her home Wednesday. Justice of the Peace F H Bolen ruled natural causes. Services are pending with Sanders Funeral Home. Survivors include H W Scott of Lubbock and William Clifford Scott of Hurst, three daughters, a brother Norman Hayes of Moody, 17 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Julie Ann Wall infant daughter of Sgt Willard R Wall and Mrs Wall of Cannon AFB died in a San Antonio hospital. Theodore R Hines 68 of Lakewood Calif died at his home. Grandparents include Victor Cordoza and Betty Cordozo of San Francisco and Mr and Mrs Willard W Wall of Hayward Calif.
A large international delegation travels to Washington for Friday services for Harry S Truman. Dignitaries from at least 16 nations including Israel and South Korea arrive, with ambassadors and cabinet members attending or designating representatives. The State Department notes 23 nations plan to send resident ambassadors or designate envoys to the event.
Mrs. Aileen Castleberry, 62, will be honored with 2 p.m. funeral services at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home Chapel Odessa, followed by burial at Sunset Memorial Gardens. She died Monday after a sudden illness at Medical Center Hospital. Survivors include two sisters and other relatives. Everett Gayle Castleberry, 42, of Corpus Christi, died after an apparent heart attack and will be remembered at 10 a.m. in Odessa.
Willie Lemon 87 of Tahoka died Wednesday in Lynn County Hospital Tahoka. Services set for 10 a.m. Saturday at the First Baptist Church Tahoka. Burial in Tahoka Cemetery under the direction of White Funeral Home Tahoka.
Obituaries list Eugene V. McKim Sr. 76 of Roswell dying Tuesday and Jenny Cook 70 of Dallas with services in Roswell Memory Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery and Dallas area churches. Also noted are tributes for Vivian Hancock 72 of Dallas and H M Langford 76 of Olton with funeral arrangements in Lubbock, Clovis, Littlefield and Paris. Survivors include McKim Jr. and two daughters with three grandchildren.
Multiple obituaries and funeral notices from Spur Snyder Roswell Midland Merkel and Dallas area report deaths and services. John Murray 88 Spur dies after illness with service at First Baptist Spur. Concepcion Lopez 6, St. John s Roswell. Manuel Sanchez Jr. 27 Our Lady of Guadalupe Midland. Lee R. Stanley 4 Merkel. Harold Langston 54 Detroit Ave ruled death by self inflicted gunshot wound. found in car.
G. S Cook 86 died about 7:55 am Wednesday in Cogdell Memorial Hospital Snyder Texas services pending with Bell Scale Funeral Home Cook a native of Navarra County and longtime resident of Spur and Snyder he was a retired blacksmith Survivors include his wife and numerous children stepchildren and grandchildren with locations in Spur Red Oak Garland and Amarillo plus Tyler and Muleshoe Texas.
William Wesley Evins 84 will be cremated in Littlefield with services at 4:00 p.m. today in Hammons Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Austin will officiate assisted by pastors A J Murray Curtis Murray and Henry Murray. Evins leaves 18 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren. pallbearers named Alvin Smith Herman Bostick Fred Neaves Matt Bostick Willard Williams George Austin.
Mrs Ada Carolyn Webb 81 died Wednesday in Medical Center Hospital after a brief illness. Native of Eastland County she married Pressly Luther Webb in 1914 and moved to Odessa in 1932. Survived by five daughters and several relatives. Also mentions US Ambassador Turner Shelton turning over a 300 bed field hospital to Nicaragua.
A bus plunged into a 1500 foot ravine about 250 miles northeast of Lima killing 15 Peruvians and injuring many others. Police said the driver fell asleep at the wheel as rescue work continued and Ottawa reported casualties.
Ellis Wallace Sr. age 65 dies after lengthy illness in Clovis Memorial Hospital. Services set 10 a.m. Friday at Sherwood Chapel with Rev. Melvin Sasse of First Assembly of God. Burial at Memories Garden Cemetery under Sherwood Mortuary direction. Survivors: wife Mary, two sons Arthur and Ellis Jr. of Salinas California, daughter Bonnie Minor, two brothers E B Wallace of Silsbee Texas and Everett Wallace of Mimbres New Mexico, two sisters Mary Singletary of Corsicana Texas and May Lewis of Silsbee, six grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
Funeral services for Mrs Allie Wells Hobbs 78 will be held at 3 p.m. today in Griffin Funeral Home Chapel with Rev W J Taylor officiating. Burial will follow in Memory Gardens Cemetery. A native of Fayetteville Arkansas she died at 7 p.m Tuesday in a Monahans canValescent center. She had lived in Hobbs since 1937 and was a Baptist and an Eastern Star member. Survivors include a son Herrschell of Monahans three brothers George Haddock Ketchem and James Haddock and five sisters Ida Bell Stoope Mary Thompson Eula Fleck Ethel Perryman and Vesta Rogers.
Gov Preston Smith appoints Joe H Reynolds a Houston lawyer to fill the Texas A and M University board of directors for the remaining two years of the term of the late Dr A P Beutel of Lake Jackson. Reynolds is Baylor Law School 1947 top graduate and previously assistant attorney general under Price Daniel before joining Bracewell Turk law firm in 1949 and forming a new firm in 1966. He recently served on a State Bar of Texas committee on press coverage of trials.
A century of world trade growth is outlined with figures showing a rise from about 600 billion dollars in 1950 to roughly 310 billion in 1970. The report highlights substantial increases and the shifting balance in global commerce.
Norton and Payne of the National Weather Service discuss Lubbock’s weather alert network. Officials emphasize rapid alerts to media and emergency centers, with sirens and hotlines aiding public safety during tornado threats. They note past praise and the need to balance alerting with avoiding mass panic.
Managua reports 16 looters killed by National Guard troops during ongoing quake relief. After the Dec 23 disaster, about 350,000 of 450,000 residents left the capital to prevent epidemics, while a civic action brigade aids food, transport, and police services.
Sen. William Proxmire announces hearings into the Navy demotion of Gordon Rule, citing alleged civil service obstruction. He says Adm. Isaac Kidd and Rule will testify before the Joint Economic Committee next Wednesday.
James R. Hoffa, former Teamsters Union president, loses a bid to overturn his 1964 jury tampering conviction. The Sixth Circuit upholds denial of a new hearing on Partin’s testimony disputed by Hoffa and government both.
A devotional verse by Julien C. Hyer highlighting Psalm 55 22. It urges believers to cast their burdens on God not hold them, trusting Him to sustain and provide rest from grief and pain.
Apollo 17 commander Eugene Cernan was stricken with an intestinal infection delaying the traditional postflight news conference by one day. Doctor Royce Hawkins described the gastro enteritis and said Cernan was responding to medication as officials rescheduled the event.
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