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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1972
Page
3
Candidates in Place 2 and Place 4 races outline plans to handle debt from major projects and improve city services. Day, a local real estate professional, emphasizes risk of higher taxes and calls for business leadership. Other contenders include Banning, Campbell, Hall, and Pruitt, each stressing fiscal policy, community unity, and long term planning for Lubbock’s growth.
Mrs Margaret Stagg 92 died Wednesday at Colomal Nursing Home after living in Lakeview and Brownfield since 1947. Funeral Friday at 10 a.m. in Resthaven-Singleton-Wilson chapel with Maxie Boren and Rev M17 Durham officiating. Burial in Meadow Cemetery. Survivors include three daughters Lydia Keteham R Parker and Tora Bed Ehlers, a son J We Waite, 34 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren. pallbearers listed.
Funeral rites for Gilbert John Verkamp are planned for 10 am Friday at St Joseph's Catholic Church Slaton with Msgr. Peter Morseh officiating. Rosary will be read at 7 50 pm today at St Joseph's. Burial will be Englewood Cemetery. Verkamp died Wednesday in St Mary of the Plains Hospital Jarbbock after surgery. He was a Ferdinand native who moved to Slaton in 1921 and is survived by five brothers and five sisters.
Odessa special rites for James Leroy Long 05 who died after a lengthy illness at Medical Center Hospital. Funeral by Hubbard Kelly in Odessa with burial Friday in Nowata Oklahoma. Survived by wife three sons J L Jr D J and W E two daughters and three brothers. Grandchildren and great grandchildren also listed.
Funeral services set for 9 a.m. Friday at Hampton-Vaughan Funeral Home Chapel Wichita Falls for Mrs. Etta Mae McKee former Lubbock resident who died Wednesday at Wood Convalescent Center Wichita Falls Graveside committal at 3 30 p m in Toho ka She was married in Lubbock 19 years ago before moving to Chehats Wash and worked at Lee Optical in Lubbock Survivors include son TL McKee Wichita Falls three daughters Mrs Nell Baron Houston Mrs Charlene Reser Valley View Will Airth Street and Mrs Witlene Raymond Shelton Wash mother Mee Larther McMillan Stephenville two brothers one sister and numerous grandchildren
Lola Taylor, a Midland resident, dies aged 957? Funeral at Vanalesood Baptist Church at 2 pm with burial at Tanglewood Cemetery under Philips. survivor list includes son Glen of Amara and daughters Meme Arnald Midland Geneve Stovall Truth or Consequences and Juanita McDonald Heokson. brother Ollis Abernathy Waco. sister Baned Carty Pisbare. grandchildren and great grandchildren.
McCormick, killed in a Monday automobile accident on US 84 near Roundup, will be buried Saturday at Portales Cemetery after services at the Church of Christ in Kostanmeda. Waheeler Mortuary of Portales plans the 10:30 am funeral with survivors including his wife, two sons Marcus and Larry, his mother Mrs Irene McCormick, six sisters and five brothers.
Services are 3 p.m. Saturday at 12th Street Church of Christ Seagraves for F A Locke Jr 39 of Seagraves who died after a truck overturn on U S 8 near Wall. Burial in Seagraves Cemetery. He drove for Atlas Trucking Co and left a wife Louise two daughters Dana and Lillie a son Clayton and his mother Mrs F A Locke Sr. plus several siblings.
Kenneth A. Harrison, 31, a Singer Co. technician from Roanoke, died in a one car crash near Carlton about 12:30 am Wednesday and was pronounced dead at Parkland Hospital Dallas. Survivors include his wife, son, daughter, his parents in Dale, grandmother, and sister. Rios funeral arrangements are pending at Sanders Funeral Home.
Dwight M Henderson 70 of Lubbock died Wednesday at Highland Hospital after several weeks illness. Funeral 10:30 Friday at Saunders Panera Home Memorial with Rev J Bold one officiating. Burial Besthaven Memorial Park. Survived by wife and one daughter Margaret Henderson of Lubbock. Pallbearers listed. Former district manager for Southern Lloyds Fire and Insurance Co of San Antonio. Henderson had lived in Lubbock 42 years and previously in Kenedy. He was a Mason Shriner and member of the First Baptist Church.
Floydada services scheduled today at City Park Church of Christ for Howard Bart Whitaker Sr. 78 who died at his Floydada home around 2:50 a.m. He was a retired law officer. Burial in Floydada Cemetery under Moore-Rose Funeral Home. Survivors include his wife, a son, two daughters, nine grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Robert Lee Johnson seeks 19619 dollars for injuries after right leg was brushed by a bale press at Plains Chewnratkee Oil Mill. In other items, two Reese AFB pilots injured in a jet trainer crash at the base are listed in critical condition at Wilford Hall Hospital. A Santa Fe Railroad boxcar burglary yielded 14 cases of beer valued at about 70 dollars, and thefts from Harris and Thrush Miz Co included two cutting torches worth 200 dollars. Rodney Standford, 19, was fined 25 dollars and sentenced to five days in jail with six months probation after pleading guilty to shoplifting.
Don W Hewitt 33 of 7th St is to be buried at Resthaven Memorial Park after a 4 pm service at Bible Baptist Church. Hewitt, a Rainbow Bakery maintenance engineer, was found dead by hanging in his garage Tuesday after his wife could not reach him. Justice of the Peace ruled death by self-inflicted. Hewitt was a Frenship High School graduate and US Army veteran. He is survived by his wife a daughter and a brother.
Elsie McCollum aged 65 dies at a Rotan hospital after 66 years in McCaulley. Funeral at 2:30 p.m. today at First United Methodist Church in McCaulley with pastors Bob Ford Vernon Mayfield and Virgil Smith. Burial at McCaulley under Foster McCoy Funeral Home.
James Elroy Stanbrough 12 died from head injuries after a pickup he rode in as a passenger was towed and overturned on US 82, 15 miles west of Hope New Mexico. Services set for 2 p.m. Friday at Smith Rogers Funeral Home Chapel Lovington. Survived by parents Harvey and (mother name missing) Stanbrough two brothers Harvey Ernest Larry and two sisters Kathy Sue Beth Ann grandfathers H J Lane and Crape Stanbrough.
Mrs Mirabeth Paddle 48 of Bovina died after a long illness in Palmer County Community Hospital Freon. Funeral rites will be led by Cool Bunch with Howard Dllison of Luther Christian College assisting. Graveside services set for 4 p.m. at Center Plains Cemetery near Cotton Center, under Clabhorn Funeral Home. Survivors include husband Tierley, daughter Mie da Tiche Wheeler of Tulsa, and eight grandchildren. others listed.
The message urges readers to use today as God’s gift to pursue achievement. It stresses accountability to God for actions and inaction and invites a start this day to press on toward life’s success.
Plainview notices say Troy Fennell 62 died after a sudden illness Tuesday in a local doctor's office following a illness at home. He was a Hillsboro native who moved to Plainview in 102 from Rannfman. Survivor details list a daughter Katie Mino of Fort Worth and a son Trow of Huntsyide plus four brothers and three sisters and one grandchild.
Services are pending with Campbell Funeral Home for Dasse Owens a retired ranch foreman who died in his sleep early Wednesday at his home south of Spur Owens moved to the county on 19 He was a member of the Prompton Baptist Church and survived by a sister Mrs Verda Holdee of Rossville Georgia a daughter and 32 great grandchildren
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