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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1973
Page
5
Obituaries and funeral notices for Delbert Henry Behne of Monahans and others from Smyer Smyer area Spur Coleman and Odessa describe services, burial plans and survivors. Ranges include Monahans Lubbock Smyer Odessa with churches named First Baptist Smyer Resthaven Memorial Park Sinders Funeral Home and Wilson Miller Funeral.
Mrs Christine Ruby Mall of Lub bock dies after lengthy illness at Methodist Hesitel. Survivors include husband, son, daughter, grandchildren, and numerous relatives. Services conducted by Duckworth Stinnett United Methodist Church with burial at Sunset Memorial Cemetery. Foy Russell Stinson of Lubbock dies. services at Lakeview Baptist Church. Survivors include wife, two daughters, a son, a brother, a sister, and six grandchildren. memorials to American Cancer Society. Pallbearers named for both services.
Marjorie Helen Sever 44 of Friona died Friday with autopsy pending in Midland. Clabhorn was found dead at a friend's house in Friona under inquiry. Funeral arrangements listed for Sacred Heart Church Friona and Palmer County, with services and burial in Plainview Memorial Park.
A Greek freighter JOHS-P of 6 550 tons caught fire nine miles off Dungeness. All 28 crewmen and one woman were rescued with one crewman badly burned. Coast guard reported the blaze melted the ship’s metal lifeboats as the flames raged.
In the afternoon two tugs began towing the smoldering freighter to Antwerp on instruction from its owners. Shipping in the area was warned to Serseex for Mrs. Har, wife of a Lubbock attorney, as funeral notices for several local figures were announced.
The death of Cardinal Ferrette, the fourth cardinal to die this year, shocks the Vatican as papal succession questions loom. Reports note Ferrette suffered heart trouble and mention a recent break-in at a Vatican business, with funeral arrangements announced for the prominent churchman.
Chester Eads 81 longtime Snyder resident dies Sunday in Callan Cherie Lean. Native of Haines County he served as president Scurry yo mint of his 1 Sle was married to Opal Mead in Snyder on March 14. Survived by wife, one sister Mrs Clara Papnee of O'Donnell and one brother Doe Eads of Snyder.
The sermon quotes Samson's prayer "Remember me" as a source of strength. It urges relying on the Lord for power when confronting danger. Faith is presented as the true supply of strength, enabling endurance beyond personal ability.
Funeral services for Mrs Cora Truss Haswell Hobbs are planned Tuesday at the erts Funeral Chapel with burial in Everglade Cemetery. The Roxana Street Church of Christ will be represented by Charles C. Anderson. Mrs Haswell died Friday at Hobbs Lea General Hospital after a brief illness. A Crockett Texas native, she had lived in Hobbs 38 years, leaving a husband Charles and two sisters Mrs Eva May Allen of Hobbs and Mrs Alma Randall of Abilene Oklahoma.
C Shropshire 58 of 6fth Street died on arrival at West Texas Hospital at 3 pm Sunday. He moved to Lubbock five years ago from Amarillo and was a Baptist Church member. Services pending at Rix Funeral Home. Survivors include two sons Rodney of Amarillo and Kenneth of Shallowater, a brother Leonard Shropshire of 5522 7th Place, and a sister Mrs. Georgia Caldwell of 710 79th Street.
John C. Stilley of Midland, 73, will be honored at 11 a.m. today at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Trinity with Rev. Bob Currie officiating. Masonic graveside services follow at Resthaven Memorial Park under Newnic WW Ellis Funeral Home. A longtime Midland resident and engineer, Stilley belonged to the Scottish Rite and Shrine for 50 years and was a member of the Eastern Star. Survivors include his wife.
Sam Williams AS Correspondent Hobbs News Sun veteran Zeb Williams, 46, longtime Hobbs resident and ad dept worker, dies Saturday at Fort Bayard New Mexico Hospital after a lingering illness. Services set for 10 a.m. Tuesday at Petterson Roberts Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Memory Gardens Cemetery. Survivors include three sons Carl, Timothy, and Danny, the latter stationed with the U.S. Army in Long Beach California. Williams also worked with KHOB radio locally.
Helgafell Volcano on Heymacy Island sent lava ash over the outskirts of an evacuated town, burying eight houses and bringing total destroyed homes to 149. The eruption continued to threaten nearby structures and residents remained evacuated.
In Austin the Texas Senate focuses on reform as major topic while House bills move slowly. Speaker Price Daniel Jr leads ethics and campaign reform efforts with a citizens conference to push ethics in government. Lt. Gov. Hobby plans a Tuesday start for a Citizens Conference on Ethics in Government.
Benjamin Caplan, famed to readers as Horse Caplan by Dan Runyon, collapsed at Pimlico Race Course and died of an apparent heart attack after being taken to Sinai Hospital in Baltimore. Caplan, a longtime valet, chauffeur and adviser in New York racing, was immortalized in Runyon’s stories and is survived by his brother Mary Caplan and two sisters in Baltimore.
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