Poison Fatal to Former Tech History Professor Dr S S McKay
Services for Dr Seth Shepard McKay 81 longtime Texas Tech history professor and author will be at 3 p m today at First Christian Church with Dr Saied Saied of Wellington and L C Dudley Strain officiating Burial at Resthaven Memorial Park under Sanders Funeral Home direction McKay born in Holland came to Lubbock in 1928 taught at Tech for 20 years and was a noted authority on Texas political and social history He died at Methodist Hospital after a long career and family notes his wife two children and seven grandchildren survive Cecil Hagar 61 died near Spur after accidental poisoning while working on his farm Services set 4 p m today at Girard Baptist Church with burial in Girard Cemetery Campbell Funeral Home in charge Survivors include wife Odessa two sons Troy Fort Worth and C V Girard a daughter Mrs Charlotte Hudson Spur mother Mrs Alice Hagar of Snyder three brothers and one sister plus six grandchildren
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Seth Shepard
McKay
20Th St
Mack Sam
Mcwhinney
Rogers
Texas Tech
S. S. McKay
Methodist Hospital
Lubbock
Tech
Tech Foundation
Spur
Cecil Hagar
Girard
Kent County
Girard Baptist Church
Lee Hollis
Sweetwater
Bobby Ted Gallagher
Campbell Funeral Home
Odessa
Troy
Fort ;Worth
C. V
Charlotte Hudson J
Alice ‘Hagar
Snyder
Alvin
Portales, N.M
Clyde
Vernon
Jewel Taylor
Post
Petronilo Garibaldo
Happy
Methodist
Jimmy Aldridge
St. Will
Peaceful Gardens
Park
U.S
Burgin Watkins
St. John’s Methodist Church
P.m. Garibaldo
Driv
Henderson
Wimaral Nirerdars
H. K. Jefferson
Donia Hay
Young
Bozeman
Ledberry
Elton Griggs
27Th St
Ashany
Elliott Young
E. 5Th St
Charlie Ruth Ofee
New Light Baptist Home
Elliott Jr
Jing
Funeral Friday for York Infant
Funeral services for Eddie Dean York five month old son of Mr and Mrs York will be held Friday at 10 a m in the God Church with Rev F Love officiating Burial will be at Resthaven Memorial Park under Rix Funeral Directors direction The child died after an apparent fall from a crib in the family trailer Survivors include his parents two brothers Jerry Don and Terry Leroy and four grandparents Mrs Viola York Lubbock W H York Clyde Mrs Alice Anglin Dallas and Raymond Anglin Fruitvale
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Eddie Dean York
Eddie York
N. Quirt McKay
lAve
Assembly of Dent
Baylor
God Church
University of Texas
Jr. F. Love
Resthaven Memorial Park
Rix Funeral
Justice of the Peace
F. H. Bolen
Jerry Don
Terry Leroy
Viola York
Lubbock
W. H. York
Clyde
Alice Anglin
Dallas
Raymond Anglin
Fruitvale
Wauvurony
Louie Leija Tulia Soldier Killed in Vietnam Action
Army Specialist 4 Louie Z. Leija 20 was killed in action in Vietnam last Thursday while leading a squad. A Tulia note says he went to Vietnam last August and was due for leave. he married Aug. 16, 1968, in a ceremony weeks before deployment. Survivors include his wife, mother, stepfather, sister, two half-brothers, a half-sister, and grandparents. Services are pending at Wallace Funeral Home. A squad collection was wired to his parents via the Red Cross.
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Tulia
Army
Louie Z. Leija
Vietnam
Leija
Hawaii
Greeley
Colo
Tulsa
Carson City
Nev
Taylor- Evans
Ft. Bliss
Ft. Ord
Calif
Guadalupe Hernandez
Leila
St. William's Catholic Church
Geronimo Longoria
Norma Basaldua
Jose
Juan Longoria
Evangelina Longoria
Jose Zapata
Luz Leija
Happy
Wallace Funeral Home
Red Cross
Services Slated For Mrs Cobb
Mrs Myrtle Price Cobb 83 will be buried in Rosemound Cemetery Commerce after a Franklin-Bartley Chapel service in Lubbock today at 3 p.m. Associate Minister William E Young of Broadway Church of Christ will officiate. She died Wednesday in Methodist Hospital after residing in Hereford since 1952. Survivors include two sons Clyde and Clifton, a daughter Faye Kyle of Lubbock, seven grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Pallbearers are Larry Kyle Keith Price Truman Price and Glynn Price.
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Hereford
Myrtle Price Cobb
Franklin-Bartley
Lubbock
William E. Young
Broadway Church of Christ
Rosemound
Commerce
Cobb
Methodist
Methodist Hospital. She Was A Native of Murfreesboro
Tenn
First United Methodist Church of
Klondike
Clyde of Enochs
Clifton
McKay Led American History Work at Furman and Tech
J. R. McKay earned a MA from the University of Texas in 1919 and a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania in 1994. He headed Furman University’s American History department from 1924 to 1928 when he joined Tech. A civic church leader, he presided over the Lubbock Lions Club, served as a deacon, and led regional historical efforts. He authored 63+ articles and several books on Texas history, including After Spindletop Texas and the Fair Deal Texas Politics 1906-44.
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University of Texas
University of Pennsylvania
McKay
Furman University
Tech
Lubbock
Society For the Preservation of Barbershop Quartet
Singing In America, Inc
Texas History
Texas
Southwestern Social Science Quarterly
West Texas Historical Association Year Book
Dictionary of American Biographies
E. J. Davis
Samuel Kelly Rites Planned in Morton Church Services
Funeral services for Samuel Clinton Kelly Jr. 46 will be at 6 p.m. today at First Baptist Church with burial in Morton Memorial Cemetery. He died at 4:15 a.m. Wednesday in Methodist Hospital Lubbock after a week as a patient. A Ranger native, he had lived in Cochran County since 1931 and was a World War II veteran and owner/operator of Kelly's House. Survivors include his wife Patricia two stepsons Jimmy and Robert Hargous a stepdaughter Theresa Lewis of Germany two sisters Ramona Miller Fort Worth Beatrice Bassett De Leon and brothers Ruel Morton and Larry Perryton.
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Morton
Samuel Clinton Kelly Jr
First Baptist Church
Morton Memorial
Singleton Funeral Home
Kelly
Methodist Hospital
Lubbock
Ranger
Cochran County
Longview
UPI
Robert
Gilmour LeTourneau
Kelly's
Patricia
Jimmy
Eulogiz
Robert Hargous
Theresa Lewis
Germany
Top of the Earth Moving Sisters
Ramona Miller
Fort Worth
Beatricel An Bassett
de Leon
Ruel
Morton Larry
Perryton
Mishap Victim Rangel Services Pending
Isidro Rangel 54 of 710 Cedar dies after a Occidental Chemical Co truck backed over him. Services are pending at Lemons Funeral Home. Survived by wife Feliz, daughter Mrs. Oscar Ruiz, five sons including Isido Jr and Jose Luis, two brothers in Carrizo Springs, five grandchildren, and others.
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Plainview
Isidro Rangel
Cedar
Lemons Funeral Home
Rangel
Occidental Chemical Co
Feliz
Oscar Ruiz
Isido Jr
Adrian, Mich
Jose Luis
U.S. Army
Germany
Richard
Armed Forces
Adolpho and
Rudolpho
Trinidad and
Leonge
Carrizo Springs
Serenity Prayer Reflection By Julien C Hyer
The meditation quotes a prayer attributed to Julien C Hyer about accepting unchangeable things and seeking strength to change what can be changed. It frames surrender and effort as a balance under divine guidance. The dated phrasing evokes a religious study or devotional unit.
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Julien C. Hyer
Mrs Green 76 Dies. Rites Set in Lubbock and Tulsa
Mrs. Carden L. Green 76 of 1919 34th St died at 12 45 pm in St Marys Hospital. Funeral 11 am Friday at W W Rix Chapel conducted by Rev H Phil Widmar. Graveside 2 30 pm Saturday Memorial Park Cemetery Tulsa. Survived by son Carden K Green Tulsa step daughter Betty Knight Broach Tulsa brother F Billington Tulsa and two grandchildren Arthur and Diane Green. Memorials to West Texas Workshop for the Blind.
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Carden L
Reba) Green
34Th St
St. Mary’s Hospital
W. W. Rix Chapel
H. Phil Widmar
First United Methodist Church
Memorial Park Cemetery
Tulsa
Oklo
Arthur
Diane Green
Daughtery Rites Slated Today
Albert R. Daugherty 75 of Eunice New Mexico died 8 50 p m Tuesday in Veterans Hospital Big Spring Services set for 4 p m today at Abernathy Church of Christ with Cecil Bunch officiating Burial in Abernathy Cemetery Chambers Funeral Home directed Born in Mexia he lived much of his life in southeastern New Mexico World War I veteran and Church of Christ member Survivors include three sisters Katie Ellard Plainview Dorothy Welch Rio Linda and Emma Griffay West Sacramento and three brothers J M Daugherty Abernathy T M Rea Eunice W D Daughtery May
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Abernathy
Albert R. Daugherty
Eunice
N.M
Veterans Hospital
Big Spring
Abernathy Church of Christ
Cecil Bunch
Abernathy Cemetery
Chambers Funeral Home
Mexia
Daugherty
New Mexico
Church of Christ
Katie Ellard
Plainview
Dorothy Welch l
Rio Linda
Calif
Emma Griffay
West Sacramento
J. M. Daugherty
T. M. Rea
W. D. Daughtery
May
Tracks on farm hint at fertilizer spread pattern
A photograph by Fred Comegys from a National Guard air trainer flight shows tracks near Dover indicating a farmer spread fertilizer rather than a single venture from a barn. The scene was captured by a News Journal photographer and appears in AP wire photo coverage.
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Dover
Del
Wilmington
News Journal
Fred Comegys
National Guard
Comegys
Graveside Rites for Infant Garibaldo Held
Graveside services for the infant son of Mr and Mrs Happy Garibaldo will be held at 2 p m today at Peaceful Gardens Memorial Cemetery. The infant died after treatment at Methodist Hospital. Burial will follow under Henderson Funeral Home direction. Survivors include the parents and grandparents.
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Henry Nieman's Funeral Slated
Henry J. Nieman 78, retired farmer of the YL community northeast of Muleshoe, died at West Plains Memorial Hospital. Services set for 2:30 p.m. Friday at YL Methodist Church with Rev. Philip Berry and Rev. Roy Ward officiating. Burial at Bailey County Memorial Park. Survivors include three sisters, a brother and a grandchild.
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Muleshoe
Henry J. Nieman
Here
West Plains Memorial Hospital
YL Methodist
Philip Berry
St. Martin's ‘Lutheran Church
Littlefield
Roy Ward
Bailey County Memorial Park
Singleton Funeral Home
Marvin
Erwin
J. W. Maeker
Annie Ehlers
Wilson
Ida
Nieman
Port Aransas
Emil
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Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
York
Louie Leija
Samuel Kelly
R.G. LeTourneau
Donald Young
Jose Urleste
Clovis
Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church
Buriain Mission Garden of
Sherwood Mortuary
Lubbock Memorial Arboretum Foundation
Lubbock Municipal Garden
University Ave
Carrie May Wiley
Lockney
J. R. Wiley
Mackenzie Park
W. W. Cowdray
Condray
Sandra Burdine
9Th St
Nils Burdine
James G. Cox
W. P. Cox
29Th St
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
New York
Cox
Lubbock High School
Ft. Benning
Aig
Hockley County
James
Lt, Reed
O'Donnell
Michael McCombs
Alice McCombs
33Rd St
RIX
Henry Nieman
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