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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1970
Page
6
Multiple death notices and funeral services for Alvin Gray Ethel Coffey Rhoda Copeland Jasper Pritchett Lottie Crosser D F Randel Juan Ortega John Manory S E Earnest and others. Local election update shows sixteen ballots cast with May 15 absentee deadline for May 19 runoff. Community events and meetings announced including Lions Club Charter Night and church services.
Services for Homer Harrison a retired Lubbock policeman killed in a car truck crash will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at First Methodist Church in Slaton with Dr. Paul Bumpers officiating. Burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery arranged by Henderson Funeral Directors. Harrison was killed at the intersection of U S 84 and Farm Road 400 near Slaton after a westbound car struck by a southbound truck driven by Able Smith of Houston. He died at Mercy Hospital Slaton after the 12 20 p m crash Wednesday, the 19th traffic fatality in Lubbock County that year. He had served as a patrolman from 1940s to 1964 and retired as a city employee in 1964. Survivors include a brother and three sisters.
Mrs Floye Mae Eaves 40 native of Slaton died after brief illness in Northwest Texas Hospital Services set for 4 pm Friday at Tascosa Baptist Church Rev Howard Lyons to officiate Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home to handle burial in Llano Cemetery She moved to Amarillo 11 years ago from Slaton and was associate superintendent of the young married peoples department at Tascosa Baptist Church She is survived by her husband T J two sons David and Ricky of the home Allen with the U S Air Force in Germany her mother Lula Tucker and sister Shirley Hamby both of Lubbock
Mrs. W. E. Martin 59 dies in Brownfield Hospital after a long illness. Services at 10 a.m. today at Immanuel Baptist Church with Rev. L E Laing officiating. Burial in Terry County Memorial Cemetery. Survivors include husband Alton of Victoria two daughters Virginia Goggans Christine Askew two brothers Tom and Clay Bevers six grandchildren.
Mrs Della Irene Mills 72 longtime area resident died on arrival at Littlefield Hospital from an apparent heart attack Services are pending at Hammons Funeral Home She lived in Littlefield 50 years Survivors include three sons Clifton Ben and Ernest Doyle and Alvin Ray two daughters Odell Mulder and David Collings two sisters 11 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren This obituary fragment notes national associations and unrelated figures from the clipping
Services for Mrs Daisy McGlothlin 86 will be at 10 a.m. today at Scott Brothers Funeral Home Chapel Nocona with burial in Bellevue Cemetery. She died after a short illness at Lea General Hospital Lovington while visiting daughter Mrs Mattie Commons. She had lived in Nocona for many years and was born in Texas. Survivors include daughter Kathryn Medelyn of Nocona son L W of Ardmore Okla four grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
The fragment lists Jof Slaton, Mrs Beulah Berry of Miami and Mrs Cleo Garner of Randolph with pallbearers named Tom Allison, Bob Nash, Bo Sexton, Harold Davis, Bobby Jones, Jians Jones, Homer E Jones and Connie Mac Jones.
Services for Mrs. Sacarias Garcia 54 of 920 45th St are pending at Henderson Funeral Directors. She died about 5 45 am Tuesday in Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital after a brief illness. She is survived by her husband Juan B three sons Ruben Joe and Robert and four daughters Mary Rachel Lucy and Rose plus 12 grandchildren.
Mrs. H J Hillyard 85 died Wednesday in West Texas Hospital. Services set for 2 p.m. Friday at Cone Baptist Church with Elder Joe Jackson and Pastor Carl Neal officiating. Burial in Ralls Cemetery. Survived by stepson H H Hillyard Weatherford daughter Florence Caraway Brentswood brother John Whiteed Lometa and sisters Ella Ashby Vernon Warren Jones Jonestown plus seven grandchildren 15 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild.
A car pickup crash near Olton left Ruby Parker Smith 57 dead and four others injured two in critical condition. Involved were Walter D. Lewis 46 and Walter Gordon Lewis 15 from Olton, with Mary Alice Bennett 49 hospitalized in Lubbock. Investigators said the car overturned pinning Smith. Services for Smith are pending. This marked the 36th South Plains traffic fatality this year.
Poem reflects a fan who critiques every call from the stands. It contrasts a hypothetical wise coach who would win the pennant with the real spectator who boos and wrings his hands instead. The verse attributes the wisdom of a coach to criticizing umpire decisions and substitutions.
Deputies probed the death of Spencer Calcote twenty in his Lubbock residence while his wife Debra Calcote and their infant daughter April Sunshine were treated at a hospital. Carbon monoxide was detected and autopsy results awaited by Justice of the Peace Wayne LeCroy. Calcote’s body was found after a call from his father in law Herb Burkholder. Survivors include his mother, sister, half siblings, and grandparents.
The body of James Edward Tomme 75 was found in a Plainview residence by carpenters. Peace Justice Glenn C Stone ruled death by natural causes and said he had been dead since last Saturday. Services for the Arkansas native are pending at Wood-Dunning Funeral Home. He moved to Amarillo in 1969 and is survived by a brother Marion of Amarillo and two sisters.
Services for S A Metcalf 56 a tractor mechanic disabled by illness will be held at Northside Baptist Church in Brownfield officiated by Rev A J Franks. Burial in Brownfield Cemetery under Brownfield Funeral Home. Survived by wife Kittie six sons and several relatives.
Mrs. Evelyn Lowrie longtime Crosbyton High School teacher died after a long illness in a local hospital. Services set for 3 p m Saturday at First Baptist Church with D A Edwards delivering the eulogy and Rev J R Williams officiating. Burial at Crosbyton Cemetery directed by King Funeral Home. Memorials to American Cancer Society. Survivors include sister Georgia Mae Erickson of Darien Connecticut.
Dr. Carl L. Svensen 86 former Texas Tech professor died in Austin. He taught mechanical drawing and architecture at Tech in the 1930s and wrote textbooks. He married Ruth Rix in 1931 in Lubbock and later led the state board of engineering in Austin before retiring. The body will be moved to Lubbock today.
A violent explosion on a Movible Offshore platform 50 miles off the Louisiana coast killed three workers and injured six. The living quarters were damaged while producing wells remained intact and no oil spill occurred. Shell Oil officials said the blast likely started in a water heater in the crew quarters.
Alvis Clay McCaurin 41 of Seminole died Monday after a heart attack. Funeral services are set for 10 am Friday at Singleton Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Dobby Philtins. graveside at Pahexsa Cemetery at 2 pm. He served in World War II and had lived in Seminole for a year. Survived by son Tony of Glendive Montana and sister Mrs. Edgar Woodard of Seminole.
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