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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 14, 1968

Page

4

Multiple Local Obituaries and Notices From Lubbock Area

A wave of notices and memorials follows. Minor fire damage reported at the V. O. Whipple residence in Abbott Avenue with cause undetermined and tarpaulin damaged. Funeral services for several residents including Roy Lavarnon, Mary Williams, Lynn Merrill, Mia Gonzales and family, Jeanie Overby, and others are set in Clovis, Tahoka, Stanton, and nearby towns. Bond set at $2000 for Jacinto Cortez Rios on a check fraud charge, with detention pending.

V. Whipple Ave Justice of the Peace Wayne LeCroy Jacinto Cortez Rios Wilson Flos

Mrs. Amanda McLaughlin Rites Saturday in Lubbock

Funeral services for Mrs. Amanda McLaughlin 93 of 3303 2nd St. will be held Saturday at Little Church of the Primitive Baptist on Colgate Street in Lubbock. Rev. Lee Bolinger and Rev. J I Soraham will officiate. Burial at Memorial Park. She died Thursday morning at home after a short illness. Native of Coryell County she moved to Lubbock in 1941 from Nocona. Survived by four sons, eight daughters, 60 grandchildren, 214 great grandchildren and 40 great great grandchildren. Pallbearers named Grandson will serve.

Amanda Maghlin 2Nd St Dent Bubbock Lee Bolinger Colgate Street Primitive Baptist Church Soraham Testhaven Mémorial Park McLaughlin Mus C. C. Veretto Henry Hudson 3Rd St Elbert Lemons Bellevue Tex John Burleson Bates Ave J. V Fox Lubbock Ralph Olive R.E. Durison Farmington N.M

Mrs. Pearl Hardberger Funeral Planned

Mrs. Pearl Hardberger 89 of Knox City died Thursday in a Fort Worth nursing home. Services planned with Rev. Gerald Pell. Burial Knox City Cemetery directed by Smith Funeral Home. She was a Knox City piano and voice teacher born January 23 1879 in Mt Calm. She married George Hardberger February 1 1905. She is survived by daughter Mrs. Darnell two grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

Knox City Pearl Hardberger John H. Darnell Sr 44Th Paul K. Erwin Lubbock Fort Worth Gerald Pell Smith Funeral Home Hardberger Mt. Calm George Ardberger Venus Knox ‘City Harder Darnell

Cecilio Talamantes Funeral Set Sunday

Cecilio Talamantes died Thursday at Amherst Manor Nursing Home after a lengthy illness. Funeral mass will be at 1 am Sunday at St. Peter's Catholic Church with Rev. William Hammond as celebrant. Burial will follow in Olton Cemetery by Parsons Funeral Home. Survivors include two sons from Olton and Cecil of San Jose California and a daughter.

Aanton Cecilio Talamantes Amherst Manor Amherst St. Peter's Catholic Church William Hammond Olton Cemetery Parsons Funeral Home Ris Olton Cecil San Jose Calif

Paul L Kropp Funeral Today

Paul Luther Kropp 45 dies of gunshot in his Lockney office. Funeral at 2 p.m. in First Methodist Church with Rev Temple Lewis officiating. Burial in Lockney Cemetery. Kropp a Starkey native farmer ran Green Acres Stock Farm. survived by wife Beth Bennett a daughter two sons parents and a brother.

Lockney Paul Luther Kropp First Methodist Temple Lewis Abilene W. D. McReynolds Carter Funeral Home Kropp Floydada Peace S. J. Handley Boyersday Starkey Floyd County Beth Bennett Floydada Green Acres

Foister Rector Rites Arranged in Friona

Foister Rector, 73 year old retired farmer, will lie in state at First Methodist Church Friona Saturday at 3 p.m. Burial will be at Friona Cemetery. He died Thursday in Palmer County Community Hospital after 33 years in Friona area. A WWI veteran, he belonged to the Friona American Legion Post and the First Methodist Church. Surviving: wife Olive. two sons Floyd and Lloyd of Friona. two daughters Neema Oldham Amarillo and Clara Trowbridge Hereford. brother Oscar Friona. sister Eva Grant Alva Okla.. 15 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.

Friona Rector Clabhorn ‘Funeral Home

Judge Rules McSpaddens Owe Taxes on 1960 61 Returns

Federal tax decision states income came from McSpadden’s note discounting and mortgage ventures linked to Estes. IRS conceded nonfraud, but judge holds 1960 and 1961 receipts from discounting mortgages taxable. Separate income from mobile home park deemed reported. payments by Superior not taxable.

McSpadden IRS Scott Lubbock Billie Sol Estes Superior Esteg McSpaddens

Driver Hurt In Turnover Near Lubbock

Elvis McCarty a Crosbyton resident, 42, was listed in serious condition at Methodist Hospital after a 4 p.m. rollover on U.S. 62 about a mile east of Lubbock. Several other motorists were treated and released at Methodist Hospital for injuries from early morning and evening crashes in the area.

Elvis McCarty Crosbyton Methodist Hospital Lubbock U.S. 62 Bert Sinclair McCarty 15Th Street Avenue U Dezzie Barnwell Culver 15Th St Keith Burkett Rt. 6 Avenue P F. M. 1585 Mike Ehler Burkett Roger Jeffcoat Slatoni Methodist ‘Hospital Clovis Road

Funeral planned for L N Aylesworth in Plainview

Louis N. Aylesworth 54 died in a local hospital after a lengthy illness. Services set for 4 p m with Dr Tim Trammell officiating. Burial at Plainview Memorial Park. He was a Plainview native, Navy veteran, farmer near Edmonson, and a deacon and Sunday school teacher at First Baptist. Survivors include wife Juanita two daughters and many relatives.

Plainview Louis N. Aylesworth First Baptist Church Tim Trammell Plainview Memorial Park Lemons Funeral Home Aylesworth Business Lubbock U.s.navy Edmonson Juanita Hal Upchurch Vermillion Martha D. C. Aylesworth Dave Clyde Escanaba Mich Claude Jack Lynn San Antonio Gene Dumas Violet Callahan Roger Jones

Elvis Presley Buys Home Above Beverly Hills

Elvis Presley, spending more time in Hollywood, has purchased a new residence above Beverly Hills. The move signals stronger ties to the area as he expands his real estate footprint in southern California.

Presley Hollywood UPI Elvis Presley Beverly Hills

Flag Day Tribute Promotes Liberty and Old Glory

A brief patriotic note by Julien C. Hyer urges setting up banners on Flag Day. The text invokes Psalm 20 5 and the Star Spangled Banner praising God free nation while urging devotion to the flag and loyalty to liberty.

Julien C. Hyer

Seagraves Rodeo Opens With 1500 Attendees and Queen

Special to the Times Seagraves opened the annual Games County Rodeo drawing more than 1,500 fans at the Seagraves Rodeo Grounds Friday. Rodeo queen is daughter of Mrs Noel Barron of Seagraves. Parades in Seminole and Seagraves featured 200 plus horseback riders. Parade winners included 4H Club and Lamb County Sheriff's Posse. Rodeo winners were Pete Timmons of Odessa calf roping, Glen Moore of Seagraves bareback riding, Russell Hill of Seminole saddle bronc, Jo Ann Whitehead Morton junior barrel race, and Deborah Whitehead Morton senior barrel race.

Seagraves Gamnes County Noel Barron Seminole Lamb County Sheriff's Posse Plains Rough Riders Lea Pete Timmons Odessa Glen Moore Russell Hill Jo Ann Whitehead Morton Deborah Whitehead

Rites Saturday For Mrs. Furr

Services for Mrs. Claude Farr 74 of 1625 57th St will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in Franklin-Bartley Funeral Chapel with Rev. Harold Perdue of Agape Methodist Church officiating. Burial in Plainview Cemetery. Mrs. Furr died Thursday at University Hospital after being stricken at home. She moved to Lubbock in 1948 from Plainview and earlier from Kirkland. Survivors include a daughter Mrs. Jack Boydston, two sisters, a granddaughter, three great grandchildren, and two nephews.

Claude Farr 57Th St Lubbock Franklin-Bartley Harold Perdue Agape Methodist Church Plainview Cemetery University Hospital Furr Plainview Kirkland First Methodist Church China Painters Guild C. W. Furr Amarillo Roy Furr Sr Jack Boydston Edith Gailbriath Abilene van R. Wheeler Albuquerque, N. M

Memorial service honors Robert F Kennedy in Lubbock

Six speakers at an interdenominational memorial in Neighborhood House recalled RFK's legacy. Rev Sean Sweeney and Rev Ralph Macy led the service attended by about eight people amid severe thunderstorm alerts. Speakers urged action against apathy and defended Kennedy's ideals of decency and neighbor love.

Robert F. Kennedy New York Sean Sweeney St. Joseph’s Catholic Church Neighborhood House 13Th St Vanda Ave Broadway Mackennzie State Park U.S. Weather Bureau Sweeney Robert Kennedy Ralph Macy St. Paul's Episcopal Church Leonard Chew Lubbock Chew Jorge Moreno Lubbock Lan Ae Moreno David B. Jordan Texas Tech Johnn. Kennedy Medgar Evers Martin Luther King Michael ‘Dwyer St. Joseph's Catholic Church

Services Pending For Mrs Blewett

Funeral plans are pending at Rix Funeral Home for Mrs Erma Dean Blewett age 40 of 2828 Colgate who died Thursday at Methodist Hospital at 10 am. She is survived by two daughters Donna Joan Delashaw of Lubbock and Carolyn Belk. one brother Geraldo Hodges. four sisters Co W Berry of Seminole Wilburn Gunner of Hobbs New Mexico Annett Hoffman of Clifton and Peggy Blaylock of El Paso. and her parents Mr and Mrs W H Hodges of 4508 Chicago Ave.

Rix Funeral Home Erma Dean Blewett Colgate Methodist Hospital Donna Joan Delashaw Lubbock Carolyn Belk Geraldo Hodges Chicago Ave Co. W. Berry Seminole Wilburn Gunner Hobbs N. M Annett

Funeral for J. L. Whited in Pioneer Park Church of Christ

J. L. Whited 79 longtime area resident died Wednesday after a two week illness. Service at 4 p.m. today at Pioneer Park Church of Christ with Dayton Keessee and Percy Parris officiating. Burial in Resthaven Memorial Park under Rix Funeral Home. Survived by two daughters Mrs. Laverne Johnson and Mrs. Mattie Mead two sons Wayne and Herman a brother and sister five grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Pallbearers listed.

Pioneer Park Church Southland Clara Laverne Johnson Balls Mattie Mead Lubbock Wayne Herman Houston Clay Whited Lela Rue Bonham Walter ,Rhynhart Hugh Gordon C. J.farris Clyde Paschall Richard Corcorran Emory Gannaway Robert K. Smith Wilford Naylor

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