Obituaries from Lovington and Lamesa Add to Week’s News
Dora M. Allen died in a Denver City nursing home at 77 after living in Lovington 18 months. Services Sunday at Jehovah’s Witnesses Kingdom Hall, burial in Lovington Cemetery, survivors include two sons four daughters many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Thalia Maxine Earle of Snyder died at 59. services Sunday at Trinity Methodist Church with burial in Hillside Memorial Gardens. B Fancher, 90, of Dawson County died after long illness. services Sunday at Bryan Street Baptist Church, burial in Lamesa Memorial Park. survivors include wife three daughters three sons and eight grandchildren.
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Lovington
N.M
Dora M. Allen
Denver City
Kingdom Hall
The
Jehovah's Witnesses
Bobby Rogers
Lovington Cemetery
Smith-Rogers Funeral Home
Tyler
Seminole
W. M. “Bud” Speck
Loyd E. Speck
H.O. Thorne
R. W- Brown
Levington
Bill Hawthorn
Jarine Conn
Abilene
Lamesa
B. Fancher
Medical Arts Hospital
Bryan Street Baptist Church
Fred Heath
J.P. Jones
Lamesa Memorial Park
Branon Funeral Home
Bell County
Fancher
Dawson County
Cora Mayberry
Roby
Allie Morris
Lessie Boyd
Lubbock
Aileen Orton
Havasu City
Ariz
Jack
Ervin
Earl
Tom Fancher
Torrance Calif
Muleshoe man dies after scuffle linked to shooting incident
Robert Hargett 47 of Muleshoe died at Methodist Hospital in Lubbock after a scuffle following a June 7 shooting. Bailey County sheriff says Hargett was charged with murder in the slaying of Vivian Copeland, 22, of Muleshoe. He had worked as a farm laborer and leaves a wife, three sons, a daughter, a sister, and three brothers. Survivors include Harle, Carvey, Aaron, Joette, and Georgie Patterson among others. Funeral services are pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Hargett
Muleshoe
Methodist Hospital
Lubbock
Singleton-Ellis Funeral
Hargett
Dee Clements
Bailey County
Vivian Ann Copeland
Hughes Springs
Mount Pleasant
Mary Jo
Har] Leon
Carvey
Denver
Colo
Aaron
Joette
Georgie Patterson
Mesquite
James
Frank
Daingerfield
Charles
Caddo Mills
Miles Burrus 82 Former Plainview Resident Dies
Miley D Burrus 82 died at 3 15 p m in Plainview Hospital. A native of Coryell County he moved to Hale County in 1930 and to Plainview in 1948 retiring from farming in 1960. He married Ora Myrtle Porter in 1914 in Dora. He served on the Plainview Co op Press board and Co op Gin and was a past Noble Grand of Oddfellows Lodge and a Rebekah. He had two daughters Kay Daniel and Ollie Mae Taylor and seven great grandchildren. Burus was a Baptist. Funeral services held at First Baptist Church with burial in Plainview Cemetery. Graveside rites by Oddfellows Lodge. Burial directed by Lemons Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plainview
Miley D. Burrus
Central Plains General Hospital
First Baptist Church
Carlos McLeod
Plainview Cemetery
Lemons Funeral Home
Oddfellows Lodge
Burrus
Coryell County
Hale County
Merkel and Munday
Ora Myrtle Porter
Dora
Plainview Co-op Press
Noble Grand of Oddfellows Lodge
Rebekah Lodge
James
Kay) Daniel
Roy
Ollie Mae) Taylor
Services for D T Clark in Levelland
Funeral services for D T Clark 77 of Brownfield are set for 2 30 p m at George Price Funeral Home Chapel with Rev H Weldon McCormick officiating. Burial will be in Levelland City Cemetery. He died at 1 30 p m Thursday at M D Anderson Hospital Houston after a lengthy illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levelland
D. T. Clark
Brownfield
George Price
H. Weldon McCormick
First United Methodist Church
City of Levelland
Clark
M.D. Anderson Hospital
Houston
W.H. “Hick” Scott
Lamesa
Branon Funeral Home
Lamesa Memorial Park
Scott
Hendrick Memorial Hospital
Abilene
Mary Bennett Elam dies. services in Tulia church
Mary Bennett Elam 53 dies in a Lubbock convalescent home after living 30 years in Tulia. Services at 3 p.m. today at Aiken Baptist Church with Rev. Charles Devenport and Rev. Bill Sessom officiating. Burial in Lockney Cemetery. Survivors include brothers Bert and Charles Elam of Plainview and sisters Audry Hyatt of Tulia and Wayne Billington of Borger.
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Tulia
Mary Bennett Elam
Aiken Baptist Church
Charles Devenport
First Baptist Church
Tulsa
Bill Sessom
Aiken
Lockney Cemetery
Wallace Funeral Home
Miss Elam
Lubbock
Bert
Charles Elam
Plainview
Audry Hyatt
Wayne Billington
Borger
Pearl Ellington dies in Lubbock at 76 with services pending
Pearl Ellington, 76, died at 4 30 am Friday in Colonial Nursing Home. Services are pending with Sanders Funeral Home. A lifelong Lubbock resident, she previously lived in Meadow and attended West Texas State University. She was a member of Broadway Church of Christ. Survivors include sister Grace Ellington of 2009 15th St, brother Floyd of Roswell NM, and six nephews and nieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Ellington
Colonial Nursing Home
Miss Ellington
15Th St
Sanders Funeral Home
Lubbock
Meadow
Broadway Church of Christ
West Texas State University
Canyon
Grace Ellington
Floyd
Roswell
N.M
Obituary Briefs for Several Residents in West Texas
Obituary briefs report multiple services across towns including Ben Beall 83 in Lamesa and Guadalupe Castro 50 in Snyder. Also listed are Zora Costin 74 of Lamesa Catarino Gonzales 65 of Brownfield and W H Hick Scott 72 formerly of Lamesa along with Pearley Nolan 42 of Snyder and Ruby Rushing 44 of Matador. Each entry notes service times locations and burial sites with funeral homes in charge.
Walter Hill Hill died at 63 in Littlefield
Funeral services for Walter Henry Hill 63 of Littlefield will be held at St Martin Lutheran Church. Burial follows at Hammons Funeral Home Cemetery. Hill a Bell County native and farmer near Littlefield since 1926 died Thursday in Littlefield Hospital. He is survived by Lillian three daughters Ruth Mansfield Alice Sell Marilyn Meriage and four sons Walter Luther William Ronald and others, plus four sisters and 12 grandchildren.
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Esther Miller
E. 1St St
Central Church of Christ
Tulsa
W.S. Balloon of Oklahoma
Ira F. Howard
Tulia Church
Rose Hill Cemetery
Tulia
Jamison & Son Funeral Home
Justice of the Peace
Charles Smith
James Jr
Estacado High School
Port Arthur Austin
Michelle
Sallie Mae Williams
Lubbock
Tom Williams Sr
Tom Jr
Morris
Raymond
Waymon
Mary Williams
West Columbia
Littlefield
Walter Henry Hill
St. Martin Lutheran Church
Edward Kern
James Ristuedt
Littlefield Memorial Park
Hammons
Lillian
Ruth Mansfield
Amarillo
Alice Sell
Marilyn Meriage
Canyon
Walter Jr
Stephensville
Luther
William
Corsicana
Ronald
Norma Holtkamp
Verna Drusedow
Haskell
Leona Bayne
Erna Mae Wade
Whitharral
Mrs Kimbrew 61 Died In Plainview After Illness
Mrs M P Pat Kimbrew 61 died at 9 30 am Friday in Central Plains General Hospital after months of illness. Services set for 10 am Monday at First Christian Church with Dr Stephen Kirtley officiating. Burial in Plainview Memorial Park under Wood Dunning Funeral Home. Born Mary Jane Baldwin in Wilbarger County she married Kimbrew in Vernon in 1937. She attended Southwest Texas State.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plainview
M. P
Pat’’ Kimbrew
Central Plains General Hospital
First Christian Church
Stephen Kirtley
Plainview Memorial Park
Wood-Dunning Funeral Home
Mary Jane Baldwin
Wilbarger County
Kimbrew
Vernon
Southwest
Lubbock Avalanche Journal Morning and Evening Editions Rates
Local subscription notice for Lubbock Avalanche Journal lists morning and evening delivery options. Rates are shown for various plans including Morning & Sunday and Evening & Sunday, with partial details and formatting issues.
Mrs J K Mitchell 89 funeral services scheduled
Services for Mrs. J K Mitchell 89 will be held at 1 p m today in Brownfield Memorial Chapel with Rev P A Powell. Burial will follow at Union Hill Cemetery Palo Pinto County. She died Friday morning after a lengthy illness and was a Baptist. Survivors include three daughters three sisters fifteen grandchildren and nineteen great grandchildren.
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Brownfield
J. K
Mandy) Mitchell
Memorial Chapel
P. A. Powell
Westside Baptist Church
Union Hill
Palo Pinto County
Martha Schulze Pearson dies. rites in Hermleigh
Martha Schulze Pearson died at a Houston nursing home where she had lived 19 years. Funeral services will be at 4 p m today at Bell Seale Chapel with Rev Clarence Rose of San Angelo officiating. Burial will be in Hermleigh Cemetery. She was born in Breslau and was a member of Calvary Lutheran Church in San Angelo. Survivors include Elmer Schulze and Dr Gene Schulze, three sisters and a brother, five grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plainview
Fred W. Martine
Lemons Funeral Home
R. L. Kirk
First United Methodist Church
Plainview Cemetery
Martine
Central Plains General Hospital
St. John’s United Methodist Church
San Angelo
Elmer Schule
Houston
Gene Schulze
Flatonia
Johanna Rice
Tillie Johnson
Abilene
Blanche Crawford
Canyon
John Wenken
Hermleigh
People Find Land For Worship In Hartland Maine
In Hartland Maine a caravan of four horse drawn wagons traveled from Maryland for six weeks to settle on 250 acres of Huff Hill. The group, calling themselves Christians, left Pentecostal and Amish practices for a stricter faith and a simple life. They plan farming and religious observance with rent-free land offered by Lewis Elliott after contemplating Athens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartland
Maine
UPI
Maryland
Huff Hill
Roland Church
David Byler
Richard Skilton
Connecticut
Katie Eyler
Athens
Lewis Elliott
Services set for Bonnie Sue Phillips in Marysville
Bonnie Sue Phillips 19 of Marysville California dies after illness. Funeral at Mount Gilead Baptist Church today at 2 PM with Rev Ira S Robertson officiating. Burial at Long Street Cemetery Detroit Texas. Survivors include her parents James and wife of 716 East 9th Street and sister Patsy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonnie Sue Phillips
Marysville
Calif
Mount Gilead Baptist Church
Ira S. Robertson
Long Street
Detroit
Texas
Jamison & Son Funeral Home
Lubbock
Miss Phillips
Yuba College
Dunbar High
Texas Tech University
James Phillips
9Th St
Patsy
U S Dutch Embassies Report Seized Students Healthy
The United States and Netherlands say three kidnapped students Carrie Jane Hunter Kenneth Smith and Emilie Bergmann are in good health. The letters dated June 15 16 and 17 renew confidence for their safe return and are under urgent review by officials.
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Dar ES Salaam
Tanzania
U.S
Let
Ters
Carrie Jane Hunter
Atherton
Calif
Kenneth Stephen Smith
Garden Grove
Stanford University
Emilie Bergmann
Holland
R D Roderick Services in Pecan Gap
R D Roderick 62 formerly of Lubbock died Thursday in a Houston hospital. Services set for 8 p m today at Pecan Gap United Methodist Church with burial in Pecan Gap Cemetery. He was a farmer and cotton ginner, lived in Lubbock area 11 years, married Ernestine Hastings July 17 in Greenville, survived by three daughters, his parents, a sister and five grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecan Gap
R.D. Roderick
Lubbock
Pecan Gap United Methodist Church
Frank Yates
Delta Funeral Home
Cooper
Roderick
Houston
Ernestine Hastings
Greenville
Will Ed Matthews
Mark Chesley
Palmer
Virginia Roderick
R.H. Roderick
Robert Edwards
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Dora Allen
Acuff
el Paso Natural Gas
Gladys
Rayburn
Ladonia
Joe Bill Clark
Jimmy D. Clark
Rayburn Dial Clark
Robert Pryor
J. M. Rankin
Lynwood Pirtle
Thalia Earle
Thalia Maxine Earle
Snyder
Trinity Methodist Church
Jim Terry
Hillside Memorial Gardens
Bell-Seale Funeral Home
Alpine
Methodist Church
Rebecca Lodge
Quincy
Nita Smith
Big Spring
Fred Martine
Ins
Miley Burrus
Mary Elam
Ben. Beall
Ave. L
Sanders Memorial Chapel
Meadow Cemetery
Beall
University
Guadalupe Castro
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Peaceful Gardens Memorial Park
Zora Costin
Catarino Gonzales
St. Anthony’s Catholic Church
Brownfield Cemetery
Brownfield Funeral Home
Gonzales
St. Luke’s Baptist Church
Pearley Nolan
Bell-Seale
Missolan
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Ruby Rushing
Matador
Walter Hill
Mrs. Kimbrew
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
P.O
Tas
Ae Mail
M.C
34Th Street
Levis
Fabric Sale
FAMILY @ PARK unicap’s
Stebb, Heller
Lady Faire
Mandy Mitchell
Martha Pearson
Jonnie Phillips
Roy Thackerson
Ranger
Tex
Weiser
Thackerson
Petree Aln
R. D. Roderick
Lubbock Monument Works
Georgia
Bill Linn
Tejas Trading CO
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