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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1968
Page
9
A car pickup truck crash seven miles west of here on U S 287 at 4215 am Monday killed three members of a Lubbock family and injured five others from the same family.
Funeral services for Mrs Pearl Evans 62 of 2107 Idth Street will be held at Pioneer Methodist Church in Lubbock with Rev Ralph Cooper and Rev J R Wood officiating. Burial follows at City of Lubbock Cemetery. Survivors include son Johnny Carl Evans stepson Cecil Evans stepdaughter Mary Bell Spradlin brother James Hargood four sisters and 16 grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Lovington resident Bill Lewis aged 56 died after a heat treater fell on him at a well site 15 miles northeast of Denver City. He was employed by Mustang Construction Co. of Lovington and died en route or on arrival at Yoakum County Hospital. Survivors include his wife two daughters a brother and seven grandchildren. Services pending with Smith-Rogers Funeral Home.
Martin Mendez 25 a Hale Center resident for seven years died Sunday at Hi Plains Hospital Hale Center. His funeral Mass will be at 10 a m today at St Theresa's Catholic Church with Rev. Bill Hammons celebrating burial in Hale Center Cemetery Freeman Funeral Home directed. He was born in Levelland and survived by his parents Prudencio and Mrs Mendez Sr of Morton a son Cosme six brothers and two sisters all named in the notice.
Captain Daniel Habura, 46, stationed at Reese Air Force Base since 1967, was injured when his car collided with the rear of a southbound fuel tanker north of U.S. 87. The tanker driver was James C. Drury of Lubbock, and the truck delivered its fuel to Reese AFB after the crash. Habura was treated at the base hospital and remained in fair condition.
Services for Mrs. L. A. Johnson, 35, of Rt. 2 Abernathy, are set for 2:30 p.m. at Abernathy Church of the Nazarene with pastors Harold Raines Elmer Staley and Bob Huf faker officiating. Burial in Abernathy Cemetery. survivor list includes husband L. A. Johnson three children R. D. O Neal and siblings.
Services for Mrs Effie Sidney Holton 73 of 1326 25th St died Sunday in Methodist Hospital will be held at 2 PM at First Cumberland Presbyterian Church with Rev Sam Estes and Rev Richard Schmidt officiating. Burial in Resthaven Memorial Park. Survivors include her husband David five sons six daughters a sister 22 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren.
The note recalls a sick person hearing from friends who wrote kind lines. One letter promised daily prayers and offered relief through God. The message emphasizes care, support, and spiritual encouragement during illness.
Multiple daytime break-ins are under investigation in Lubbock with items stolen including two televisions valued at 215 each from the R E Jones residence on S Quirt Ave and a purse with about 7 in cash from Bonnie Stanford at 2122 Main. Several other thefts include records from Mrs G Loper and a rifle from a pickup, plus juke box cash, cigarettes, and a transistor radio. Juvenile officers questioned two Latin American youths in connection with a minor fire at a tool shed and a suspect was being questioned for the radio theft.
Mrs Icie Mills Bradshaw 65 of 3703 E 4th St died in a two car crash Sunday near Benjamin. Services set for 2 pm at Chapel Hill Baptist Church with Rev Weldon Drake and Rev James Andrew. Burial in Winnsboro. She taught at Roosevelt School since 1955 retiring 1965. Survived by husband C D Bradshaw 78 two daughters a stepson two stepdaughters a brother a sister and eight others.
Mrs. Lula Bell Jake Smith, 84, longtime Matador resident, died Sunday night at home after a long illness. Funeral services planned for 5 p.m. at First Baptist Church Paducah with Rev. Bob Beck officiating. Burial in Garden of Memories Cemetery. Survived by six sons Dan, Fritz, Sandy, Mutt, Ernest, Neal and four daughters Clara Trulock Thelma Clark Odell Green Louise Trulock.
Marine Corporal Amelia Nino 21, a Dimmitt resident since 1953, was killed by enemy fire in South Vietnam on June 4. Funeral with full military honors planned. Nino enlisted January 1967, went to Vietnam June 1967. to be rotated home later that month. Survived by Mary and Rene, parents Emilio and Mrs. Nino, two brothers John and David, four sisters and a grandfather and great grandfather in Dim mitt and San Marcos.
A Ralls woman, Nellie Jackson Chron of Star Route, was injured in a car rollover ten miles south of Ralls about 3:30 p.m. Monday when the right rear tire blew out on State Highway 207. She was taken to Methodist Hospital in Lubbock in satisfactory condition with bruises and whiplash.
Funeral services for Mrs. Jessie Maude Creech 48 of Denver City will be at 3 p m in the First Baptist Church Stanton Rev J R Williams of Welch will officiate burial is in Evergreen Cemetery under direction of Gilbreath Funeral Home Mrs Creech moved from Martin County to Yoakum County in 1965 then Gaines County in 1968 She is survived by a son Carl and two daughters Linda and Brenda all at home plus 12 others including stepchildren and siblings.
A D Rowden 76 of 312 Hub Homes died Sunday in Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital after a lengthy illness. He lived in Decatur before moving to Lubbock and was a member of Chapel Mission. Survived by two sons A D of Poolville and Cecil of Weatherford, five daughters including Mrs. Jim Fender Temple OK and Mrs. Lorene Dawson Hale Center, stepdaughter Mrs. Ken Singleton California, two brothers Ernest Coleman and E B of Coleman, sister Mrs. Minnie Bonham Terrell, and many grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Funeral services for Woodrow Marcy 56 of 720 Ave O are set for 10 a.m. at Sanders Memorial Chapel with officiants Horace Coffman and William Young of Broadway Church of Christ. Burial follows in City of Lubbock Cemetery. A former shop foreman for the Texas Highway Department in Lubbock, he died Saturday in West Texas Hospital. Survivors include his wife, a son, a brother and two sisters. Pallbearers are Howard Bourland Homer Hunt O R Justiss James King Earl Wooten and Weldon Whitford.
Rep. Rot Eckhardt of Texas urged a federal gun registration system and tighter pistol controls after the Kennedy assassination. He argued registration would deter quick gun purchases and keep firearms from impulsive buyers, while opposing existing federal measures and stating no plan to introduce new gun control legislation.
Mrs Myrtle Maye Dyer 76 of Girard will lie in state at 3 pm in Girard Baptist Church with Rev Glenn Williams of Muleshoe officiating Burial will follow in Girard Cemetery under Campbell Funeral Home direction Dyer died Sunday in a San Angelo hospital She was a native of Comanche County and had lived in Kent County since 1901 Survivors include her husband Arthur Dyer a son C A of Jayton a brother Tom Hunnicutt a sister Mrs T S Havens five grandchildren and three great grandchildren
A J McCoy 87 a Lubbock County resident for 45 years died at 9 30 a m Monday in a local rest home. He farmed in County Line for 150 years retiring in 1956 and was a Marble Falls native and Methodist. Services set for 1 p m today at Henderson Funeral Chapel with Rev Phil Widner of First Methodist officiating. Burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery under Henderson Funeral Directors. Survivors include daughter Mrs Charlie Nell Prim and a granddaughter. Pallbearers named Truman Bradshaw Der McGuire D Li Craig Jack Inman Herman Lilly Fred Shaw.
Hereford service details for Corporal Tant Galvez who died May 27 in Vietnam. The funeral at St Anthony Catholic Church starts at 4 tem with Rev John Broderick officiating. Burial follows in St Anthony Cemetery under Clathorn Funeral Home. Galvez served with Battery C, 442nd Artillery.
Guadalupe Ramos age 28 died Sunday at University Convalescent Center after a lengthy illness. He lived in Lubbock 14 years and was the son of Felipe and Mrs. Ramos. Survived by two sisters Susie Perez and Cetronia Garcia. Services pending at Sanders Funeral Home.
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