Col Homer Garrison Jr dies at 66 longtime Texas DPS chief
Col Homer Garrison Jr died of bronchial cancer at 66 in Houston. As Texas DPS director since 1938 he led the state’s crime fight with a calm approach, earning praise from Gov. Connally Lt. Gov. Smith and other officials. Funeral plans set for 10 am at the DPS auditorium.
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Houston
Col
Homer Garrison Jr
Texas
Garrison
Department of Public Safety
Mattle Milan Garrison
Lufkin
Pitser
Arthur
Tommy
Frank Garrison
Hugh Garrison
Tyler
Jimmy Garrison
Baytown
Elizabeth Friday
Charles Holland
Lawman
DPS
Col. Garrison
John Connalll
Connally
John Towjer
Tex
Preston Smith
Homer Garrison
Beujgrannemuarens
Barnes
Obituary notices and tributes from Lubbock area services
Obituaries list several services for residents including Mrs. Lacy H. Allen Hubert T. Wiley James C. Bryan and Ewen Jasper Fox with service times at Broadway Church of Christ Sanders Memorial Chapel City of Lubbock Cemetery Tatum Cemetery and Lockney First Baptist Church. The piece also notes community figures such as Garrett Morris and Lt Col Wilson Speir and outlines Garrison’s long law enforcement career and honors across Texas agencies.
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Garrett Morris
Fort Worth
Public Safety Commission
Jowe Garrison
Garrison
Col
Wilson Speir
Former Tulsa Resident Dead in Leesville Auto Crash
Homer Lee Southerland 45, a former Tulsa resident, died from injuries in an automobile accident in Leesville. Services are at 10 a.m. today at Donley Street Church of Christ in Tulia with Morgan Sturgess officiating. Burial follows in Rosehill Cemetery. He moved from Tulia to Leesville six years ago and leaves a wife Mary, a son Donald of Tulia, nine grandchildren, and multiple children and siblings across Oklahoma and New Mexico.
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Tulia
Homer Lee Southerland
Donley Street
Church of Christ
Morgan Sturgess
Rosehill
Wallace Funeral Home
Chickasha
Okla
Southerland
Leesville
Mary
Donald
Donald Nichols
Bobby Joe Taylor
Bill Gehardt
Tulsa
David Daniels
Socorro
N. M
Bruce Byer
Poland
Ind
Claude
Andrew
Amarillo
Andy
Memphis
Mabel Guess
Quanah
Ethel Atkinson
Frederick
Louella Southerland
Services Friday For Victim Of Vietnam Fight
Pfc. Freddie Miller 25 killed in Vietnam on April 26. Services at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Josephs Catholic Church with Msgr. Peter Marsch officiating. rosary 8 p.m. Thursday. Full military honors at Englewood Cemetery by Ft. Sill guard. Burial directed by Englands Funeral Home. Miller, a Slaton native a 1961 Slaton High School graduate, worked for National Cash Register before enlisting in 1967. He served as helicopter maintenance man in Pleiku and was shot down on a maintenance mission. Survived by his parents, two daughters, five brothers, and two sisters.
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Slaton
Freddie Miller
Vietnam
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Peter Marsch
Englewood Cemetery
Ft. Sill
Oklo
Englands Funeral Home
Pfc. Miller
Slaton High School
National Cash Register, Co
Pleiku
Ray Miller
Toni
Teresa
Lake Jackson
Billie
Lubbock
Richard
Ft. Bliss
Bobby
Jerry
Glen
Mary Reynolds
Pauline Hill
Albuquerque
Mrs Rosa Kerbo Dies at 86 in Lubbock Visit
Mrs Rosa Lee Kerbo 86 mother of Mrs Lloyd V Smith of 5427 8th Place died in Lubbock after arriving at St Marys Hospital at 850 am Tuesday from an apparent heart attack. Services pending with Greer Funeral Home Mangum and Franklin Bartley Funeral Home directed local arrangements. Survivors include four daughters Cherry Kerbo Oklahoma City Joe Marsee Breckenridge Ernest Ferguson Pampa May Brawley Stinnett two sons Bill Kerbo Russell Alfred Kerbo Watsonville California and 17 grandchildren.
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Rosa Lee Kerbo
Lloyd V. Smith
Greer Funeral Home
Mangum
Oklo
Kerbo
St. Mary's Hospital
Tuesay
Russell
Okla
Lubbock
Franklin Bartley
Cherry Kerbo
Oklahoma City
Joe Marsee
Breckenridge
Ernest Ferguson
Pampa
May Brawley
Stinnett
Bill Kerbo
Alfred Kerbo
Watsonville
Calif
Mrs. Claude Spence Dies at 83 in Slaton
SLATON Special Mrs. Claude E. Frank Spence 83 longtime Slaton resident died 10 p.m. Tuesday at Mercy Hospital Services pending at Englands Funeral Home Survivors include two daughters Mrs Clyde Doher ty of Slaton and Mrs Dale Cravy of Post and two sons Dale of Seminole and Ray of Morton
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Slaton
Claude E
Frank) Spence
Mercy Hospital
Englands Funeral Home
Clyde
Marie) Doherty
Dale Cravy
Post
Dale
Seminole
Ray
Morton
Services Planned For Sutherland In Roswell and Ruidoso
T. J. Ted Sutherland 77 former Lubbock resident and Roswell rancher died in a Ruidoso hospital. Services set for Thursday at Ballard Funeral Home Roswell with Elks Lodge to perform burial in a Ruidoso cemetery. Survived by wife sister and two nieces all of Roswell.
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Ruidoso
T. J
Ted) Sutherland
Lubbock
Roswell, N. M
Ballard Funeral Home
Roswell
Elks Lodge
Sutherland
West Texas Gas Co
Saying Kind Words Brings Joy and Influence, JULIAN C. LYER
An unsigned verse attributed to Julian C. Lyer extols praising and winning friends. It urges using kind speech to influence others and notes the approach costs little while yielding joy and popularity. The text opens with a biblical reference from Psalm 50 23.
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Julian C. Lyer
Funeral today for Mrs. Argie Chandler in Plainview
Services for 86 year old Argie Chandler will be at 4 p.m. in Lemons Memorial Chapel with Rev. Roy Johnson officiating. Burial follows in Plainview Cemetery. She died Tuesday night after years of illness. Surviving daughters include Daisy Fulbright Kim Colorado Essie Lemons Grand Junction Colorado Audrey Polly Dallas Lois Edds Orange California Agnes Barton Cameron. Sons include B W Downey John H Amarillo Garvis Albuquerque and Delton San Francisco.
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Plainview
Argie Chandler
Lemons Memorial Chapel
Roy Johnson
Calvary Baptist Church
Plainview Cemetery
Lemons Funeral Home
Chandler
Farah County
Amarillo
Rebekah Lodge
Daisy Fulbright
Kim
Colo
Essie Lemons
Grand Junction
Audrey Polly
Dallas
Lois Edds
Orange
Calif
Agnes Barton
Cameron
B. W
Downey
John H
Garvis
Albuquerque
Delton
San Francisco
Rites Arranged for Mrs Laura Rainey in Lubbock
Funeral services for Mrs Laura Drake Rainey 91 will be at 2 30 p m today at the W W Rix Chapel with Rev Ralph E Macy officiating Burial will be in Resthaven Memorial Park conducted by Rix Funeral Directors She resided at 2620 25th St and had lived in Lubbock 23 years A native of Kentucky she came to Lubbock in 1945 from Austin Her husband G W Rainey is deceased A daughter Miss Sue Rainey professor of health and physical education at Texas Tech survives Pallbearers are T L Leach J William Davis John Robertson Richard L McElroy J W Avery Fix and Jimmie Wilson
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Laura Drake Rainey
W. W
Lubbock
Austin
G. W. Rainey
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Here
Miss Sue Rainey
25Th St
Texas Tech
T. L. Leach
J. William Davis
John Robertson
Richard L. McElroy
JW. Avery Fix
Jimmie Wilson
Funeral Today for Mrs Flossie Kirby in Levelland
Funeral services for 78 year old Mrs Flossie Kirby are set for 2 p m at Austin Street Church of Christ with burial in Levelland Cemetery. She died Sunday after a sudden illness at her daughter’s home in Lubbock. Survivors include three sons four daughters and four sisters. Memorials may be given to the Lubbock Christian College Memorial Fund through Mrs Maddox.
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Lacy H. Allen
Lubbock
Broadway Church of Christ
Resthaven ‘Memorial Park
Hubert T. Wiley
Lubbock County
15Th St
Broadway i Church of Christ
City of Lubbock
Sanders Funeral Home
James C. Bryan
33Rd St
Methodist
Sanders Memorial
Ewen Jasper Fox
Tatum
Tatum Church of Christ
Smith-Rogers Funeral Home
Fox
Bina Mae Hall
Med Pencen
Tee
Levelland
Flossie Kirby
Austin Street Church of Christ
George Price
Martha Johnson
56Th St
Lubbock Christian College Memorial Fund
Warner
Maddox
27Th St
Funeral Rites Planned Thursday for Gov Lurleen Wallace
Alabama mourns Gov Lurleen Wallace as state capitol closes and flags fly at half staff. President Johnson and other leaders send condolences while Lt Gov Albert Brewer is sworn in as acting governor. Autopsy notes cancer history. services set for Thursday at St James Church Montgomery with burial in Greenwood Cemetery. Survivors include husband George Wallace and four children.
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Alabama
George C. Wallace
James Parsons
Albert Brewer
Brewer
Lurleen Wallace
Montgomery
Ala
Lurleen B. Wallace
Lyndon Johnson
Hubert Humphrey
White House
Wallace
Decatur
T.C. Almon
St. James Methodist Church
John Vickers
Greenwood Cemetery
Aldes
Claude Kirk
Florida
Kirk
State Capitol
Henry Burns
Lave
Tuscalooosa
Peggy Wallace
George Wallace Jr
Janie Lee Wallace
Cecil Burns
Mobile
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Mary Nell Garrison
Homer Garrison ID
Kenneth Pope
Charles A. Summers
St. David's Episcopal Church
Verdal L. (Kelley) Webster
Floyd County
Lockney First Baptist Church
Lockney
Carter Funeral Home
Webster
Lockney General Hospital
Angelina County
Highway Patrol
H. H. Carmichael
Texas Rangers
Texas Police Association
National Safety Council
Defense Department
FBI
Washington
Victim of
Rosa Kerbo
Claude Spence
Mrs. Chandler
Mrs. Rainey
Mrs. Kirby
Southern
Gov. Wallace
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Peaceful Gardens
Memorial Park
Tohoka Highway
Southwestern Bell
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