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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 17, 1966

Page

2

Henry Rites Pending for Clifton F. Henry

Services are pending at Sanders Funeral Home for Clifton F. Henry 58 of 1910 29th St who died at 7 56 p m Thursday in Methodist Hospital after a six month illness He was a McMurry College graduate and Pat Henry Insurance Agency operator Surviving are his wife Mary two sons Alan in Washington DC and Don of the home his mother Mrs J F Henry Slaton and two brothers Willard Morton and Crafton Las Cruces NM.

Sanders Funeral Clifton F Pat) Henry 29Th St Methodist Hospital McMurry College Henry Pat Henry Lubbock American Business Club Washington D.C Don J. F. Henry Slaton Willard Morton Crafton Las Cruces

Rites Planned for Omer S. Sullivan

Funeral services for Omer S. Sullivan 84 retired farmer who died Wednesday at Sloan's Nursing Home will be held at 3 p m Saturday at Flint Avenue Baptist Church. Dr. Lee Hemphill of Hardin Simmons University will officiate with Rev J B Rutledge assisting. Burial follows at City of Lubbock Cemetery with Littlefield Masonic Lodge No 1161 conducting rites. Sanders Funeral Home in charge. Sullivan lived in Lubbock 11 years after moving from Portales and was a long time Masonic member. Survivors include Mary his wife three sons five daughters a sister 31 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.

Omer S. Sullivan Sloan’s Nursing Home Flint Avenue Baptist Church Lee Hemphill Hardin Simmons University J. B. Rutledge City of Lubbock Littlefield Lubbock Sullivan Portales Masonic Lodge Mary Sterling N.M Avery Ranger Reuber Riverside Calif Mattie Heinson Fort Stockton Mary Myatt Sherman Alma Roberts Roberts Ellis Huntsville Ala Polly Barker N. Hartford Sallie ‘Osborn Canyon

Roy L. Byers Rites Are Today

Services for Roy Lee Byers Sr. will be at 4 p.m. today at First Baptist Church Littlefield with Rev. Robert Longshore officiating. Burial follows in Littlefield Memorial Park. Byers, a 43‑year resident, died at 9 a.m. Thursday in Methodist Hospital Lubbock after a month-long illness. Born December 21 1892 in Alabama he moved to Littlefield from Caddo Oklahoma in 1923 and worked in farming and then a feed and grain business retiring in 1955. He was a deacon at the First Baptist Church. He is survived by six daughters Alma Achee Jewel Baker Hermie Houk Sybil Dean Edna Adams and Oleta Hubbard. four sons R L Jr Troy Earth Clinton and Z T. a brother Janice. 22 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Grandsons will be pallbearers.

Littlefield Roy Lee Byers First Baptist Church Robert Longshore Littlefield Memorial Park Hammons Byers Methodist Hospital Lubbock Alabama Caddo Okla Myrtle Alma Achee Jewel Baker Hermie Houk Sybil Dean Edna Adams Leguna Park Oleta Hubbard Idalou

Funeral services pending for Lubbock resident Mrs Black

Mrs. T. G. Black, 92, a resident of Lubbock for four years and former Floydada resident, died Thursday afternoon at Mc Murray Rest Home. Services are pending at Rix Funeral Home. Survived by daughter Adele Glover of 2232 Auburn St and two grandchildren H. R. Stanford of Oklahoma and Tedye Adele Thomas of Houston.

T. G. Black Lubbock Floydada McMurray Rest Home Rix Funeral Home Adele Glover Auburn St H. R. Stanford Oklahoma Tedye Adele Thomas Houston

Hearst Executive Dies During Hearst Corp Board Meeting

Charles H. Mayer aged 63, former San Francisco Examiner publisher and Hearst Corp director, died in New York of a heart attack after collapsing at a board meeting. Mayer, president of the Hearst Foundation, began at the Examiner in 1926 and rose to publisher in 1952. He is survived by wife Antoinette. Funeral plans pending.

New York Charles H. Mayer San Francisco Examiner William Randolph Hearst Corp Mayer Hearst Corp William Randolph Hearst Foundation The Examiner University of California At Berkeley Antoinette Hearst California

Mrs Glen Rader Services Today

Services for Mrs. Glen D. Rader 58 of 5205 7th St will be at 2 p m today at Franklin-Bartley Chapel with Rev Melvinj Ratheal of Trinity Baptist Church officiating Burial will be in City of Lubbock Cemetery Mrs Rader died Wednesday afternoon at West Texas Hospital Survivors include husband a daughter Mrs Arthur B Maxey II Annandale Va a son Douglas Rader of the home three sisters Mrs Lillian Howard Mrs Gayne Ryan and Mrs Ed Self two brothers Chalma Reid and George Reid two grandchildren and a great grandchild

Glen D. Rader 7Th St Franklin-Bartley Chapel Melvinj .Ratheal Trinity Baptist Church City of Lubbock Rader Lubbock West Texas Hospital Arthur B. Maxey II Annandale Douglas Rader Lillian Howard 38Th St Gayne Ryan Vernon Ed Self Pomona Calif Chalma Reid Snyder George Reid Levelland

Rites Pend For Levelland Man

William Emmitt Crecelius 53 died at Levelland Hospital after a 12 day illness. He lived in Levelland seven years after moving from Lamesa and served as captain in the Levelland Police Department. Survived by Mary, three sons Glen Golden Meadow La., Clifford and Vernon Williams Jacksonville Fla., daughter La Wana Buckner Levelland, mother Mrs Johnnie Bloomfield Fort Worth, sister Mrs Ellis Yates Fort Worth, four grandchildren.

Levelland George Price William Emmitt Crecelius Levelland Hospital Crecelius Lamesa Mary Glen Golden Meadow Clifford Vernon Williams Jacksonville Fla la Wana Buckner Johnnie Bloomfield Fort Worth Ellis Yates

Services Pending For Mrs. Lorraine Mc Daniel

Services are pending at Sherwood Mortuary in Clovis for Mrs. Lorraine Mc Daniel 48 a native of Clovis. She died at 1130 p m Tuesday at home. Survived by husband Cecil two sons Wilbur and Gary both in Vietnam a daughter Mrs Edsel Larson Lincoln Ned and two grandchildren.

Clovis Sherwood Mortuary Lorraine McDaniel

E K Nail longtime Lubbock resident dies in Austin

E K Nail 72 a longtime Lubbock resident and Morton Salt Co representative died Tuesday in an Austin hospital He was a World War I veteran and holder of the Distinguished Service Cross and the French Croix de Guerre Services are pending at Franklin Bartley Funeral Home Nail formerly lived at 101 20th St in Lubbock before moving to Austin a year and a half ago He had lived in Lubbock since 1928 moving from Canyon He was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Lubbock and Yellowhouse Masonic Lodge His wife died Feb 25 1964 Survivors include son Eugene B Nail daughter Mrs Marianna Edwards sister Mrs Nell Wallace four grandchildren and one great grandchild

I. Kelley Nail Lubbock Austin Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home Nail 20Th St Canyon Morton Salt Co First Presbyterian Church Yellowhouse Eugene B. Nail Marianna Edwards Nell Wallace Kingsport Tenn

Henry H. Gore Dies at 53 in Lubbock Rites Pending

Henry H. Gore known as Soapy, 53, of 1922 22nd St., died on arrival at Methodist Hospital from an apparent heart attack. A longtime Lubbock resident of 41 years, he worked as an air conditioning and elevator repairman for Southwestern Bell. Gore, native of Toho ka, was active in Southcrest Baptist Church and several veterans and Telephone Pioneers groups. He leaves a widow, Thelma, and six children in Texas, Wisconsin, and Florida, along with siblings and grandchildren. Funeral services are pending.

Henry H Soapy) Gore 22Nd St Methodist Hospital Gore Lubbock Southwestern Bell Telephone Co Tohoka Southcrest Baptist Church Veterans of Foreign Wars George S. Berry American Legion South Plains Club of Telephone Pioneers of America South Plains Stamp Club The Telephone Pioneers Thelma Gore Ronald H. Gore Corpus Christi R. Gary Gore Madison Wis Roger Dale Gore Key West Fla C. L. Batchelor Mesquite Tex

Wright Services Scheduled Today in Levelland

Wright 76 longtime Levelland resident James Franklin Wright dies after retirement from Magnolia Oil Co in 1955. Service at College Avenue Baptist Church with Rev. Don Collins and Rev. Lloyd Mayhew. Burial in Resthaven Memorial Park Lubbock. survivors include three sons two daughters a sister and nine grandchildren.

Levelland James Franklin Jim) Wright College Avenue Baptist Church Don Collins Lloyd Mayhew First Methodist Church Lubbock Wright Magnolia Oil Co Glen Leatherman Wilson Woodley Quentin Morris Eugene McCord Harley Brock Ira Hudson Resthaven Memorial Park George Price

Mrs. Essie Burch Rites Planned in Plainview Church

Services for 66 year old Essie Mae Burch will be held at the 9th and Columbia Church of Christ with minister Jimmy Wood officiating. Burial follows at Plainview Odd Fellows Cemetery. She died at Plainview Hospital after a brief illness and is survived by four sons two daughters six grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

Plainview Essie Mae Burch Columbia Church of Christ Jimmy Wood Hennepin Oklo 9Th D. E Leon Harold QC. H Amarillo Travis D Kingston Okla Gerald Ruhrkuhl Delores Ann

The Shepherd Right: Do Not Temporize

Poetic admonition by Julien C. Wyer urging firm action against compromised hearts. He cites Proverbs 28 14 and counsels prompt sharing in care of others welfare.

Jackson Rites Set In Tahoka

Services for John Andrew Jackson 23 will be at 3 p.m. today at First Methodist Church in Tahoka with Rev. Aubrey White officiating. Burial in Tahoka Cemetery. He was found dead Thursday at 5:15 a.m. by Sheriff Carl Spears while awaiting transfer to Veterans Hospital in Waco. Autopsy was slated. Born in Lubbock December 17, 1942, he was raised in Tahoka and was a member of the church. Survivors include one sister Maurice Levitt of Hayward California, five nephews and nieces, an uncle Jack Rutledge of Lubbock, and three aunts in Tahoka and Brownfield.

Tahoka John Andrew Jackson First Methodist Church Aubrey White Tahoka Cemetery White Funeral Home Jackson Carl Spears Veterans Hospital Waco Lubbock Tohoka John Nettie Jackson Maurice Levitt Hayward Calif Jack Rutledge Tom Hale John Fulford Newt Barham Brownfield

Cecil Coe’s Rites Set for Local Resident

Services for J. C. Cecil Coe 75 will be at 10 a.m. today at Broadway Church of Christ with Minister William S Banowsky officiating. Burial follows at Resthaven Memorial Park under Sanders Funeral Home direction. Coe, Lubbock resident 35 years, died Tuesday at Highland Hospital. He leaves two daughters Pauline Love of Fort Worth and Mary Joe Fielding of Amarillo, a brother Garland Hampton of Gallup NM, and three grandchildren. Pallbearers listed.

J. C Cecil) Coe 14Th St Broadway Church of Christ William S. Banowsky Resthaven Memorial Park Sanders Funeral Home Coe Lubbock Highland Hospital Pauline Love Fort Worth Mary Joe Fielding Amarillo Garland Hampton Gallup N.M M. A. Tanner A. F. Wells J. B. Castleberry E. W. Wynn Rayford Masten Hilliet Pompadour

John B Lake services set in city today

Services for John B Lake 80 of 2324 St St are scheduled at 29 pm today in W W Rix Chapel with Rev J D Walters officiating. Burial will be in City of Lubbock Cemetery. A retired carpenter and Lubbock resident for 36 years Lake died early Tuesday in West Texas Hospital following a lengthy illness. Survivors include his wife 10 sons four daughters one sister 35 grandchildren and 45 great.

John B. Lake St. St W. W. Rix Chapel J. D. Walters City of Lubbock Lubbock Lake West Texas

Funeral services for Mrs Almeda Ford in Rosston Church

Funeral services for 67 year old Mrs Almeda Ford of New Deal will be held at 2 p m today at Rosston Methodist Church with burial in Rosston Cemetery. She died at home Wednesday after living in New Deal and previously in Rosston. She leaves two daughters three brothers two sisters and 10 grandchildren.

New Deal Almeda Ford Rosston Methodist Church Rosston

Mrs May Shipley's Rites Slated Today

Services for 91 year old Mrs May Shipley mother of a Lubbock man are set for 10 am today in Tuttle Methodist Church Tuttle Oklahoma. Dr J Chess Levering former pastor of First Methodist Church will officiate. She died Wednesday in Cordell Hospital Cordell Oklahoma. Survivors include Howard J Chipley 3005 25th St and a son B C Oklahoma City, one sister two brothers and four other relatives.

May Shipley Lubbock Tuttle’ Methodist Church Tuttle Okla J. Chess Levern First Methodist Church B. C Oklahoma City

Also Mentioned on This Page

O. S. Sullivan Roy L. Byers Holy Land Resthaven Funeral Home Glen Rader Levelland Man Rambler Classic Betty Phil Mason Phil American Motors Rambler E. K. Nail Henry H. Gore Rites Essie Burch Julien C. Wyer Cecil Coe John Lake City Mrs. Almeda Ford U.S.A Udensen Monterey Center Tissot Paris Rome London Geneva Tissots Adeuuen Stoi Eye Sun
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