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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1968
Page
4
The Knack by Ann Jellicoe played to a full house at the University Theater. The brisk avant-garde drama drew strong applause as it closed the 7-68 season, celebrating breezy critique of evolving social mores.
Services for H D Neighbors 46 of 5223 15th Street were set for 9 am at First Baptist Church with Rev David Ray, and at 2 pm Sunday in Wright Funeral Home Chapel Brownwood. Burial at Cox Cemetery near Brownwood under Rix Funeral Directors. He drowned near Midland after his car was swept from US 80 by a flash flood. survivors include wife two sons James and Dale at home, daughter Mrs Jay Watts, mother Mrs L E Neighbors of Brownwood, and sister Mrs Don Asay of Arlington. Pallbearers listed. Honorary pallbearers from Food Drummers and Buyers Club.
Services for C C Thurman 70 Littlefield resident will be at 10 a m in Singleton Funeral Home Chapel of the Chimes Nuzl ehow He died Thursday in Knights Rest Home Nuleshoe Officiating will be Rev Dubose pastor of First Baptist Church in Muleshoe Burial will be in Littlefield Cemetery Survivors include a stepson Dalton of Costa Mesa Calif a stepdaughter Mrs ieprold Burge of Burnett Tex a brother Millard of Ownwood two grandchildren and two great grandchildren
Funeral services for Mrs Belzora ith Smith 38 are set for 3 p.m. at St Luke’s Baptist Church with Rev A L Davis officiating. Burial will follow in City of Lubbock Cemetery. She resided at 9 Eith Street and died at Methodist Hospital. She is survived by her husband Edward Lee Smith five daughters Lula Margaret Fran Marilyn Kaye all of Lubbock two sons Edward Lee Smith of the home her father Mes Smith of San Antonio and sisters Pearline Wells Hearne James Mae Williams Berta Miles and Sprie Lee Whitfield of Fort Worth.
Graveside services for David Mangum nine month old son of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Mangum will be at 10:30 a.m. today at Parklawn Memorial Gardens in Plainview. The child died Wednesday in a Denver hospital and was born in Yates New Mexico. Surviving are a sister Sheila and grandparents Carl Mangum Jr. of Plainview and Ralph E. Davis of Vaughn New Mexico.
Services are planned for Bertha Ann Warren 68 in Levelland College Avenue Baptist Church with burial in City of Levelland Cemetery. She died Tuesday after a short illness. survivors include husband son three daughters a brother and two sisters. Funeral services for Eugene Eddings 48 Slaton resident will be at First Christian Church Slaton with burial Englewood Cemetery. survivors include wife son three daughters mother three brothers a sister and two grandchildren.
Joe W. Durrett 60 a longtime Muleshoe resident died at his home Friday at 2 15 p m from an apparent heart attack He was born in Haskell and moved to Levelland then to Muleshoe where he farmed Survivors include his wife Oletha two sons Troy of Palestine Texas and Wendell of Elfrida Arizona a daughter Mrs Earl Krug of Elfrida four sisters Mrs Alma Posey Mrs Jessie Jones Mrs Nettie Morton and Mrs Co E Myatt all of Levelland two brothers Paul of Muleshoe and Truitt of Big Spring and six grandchildren.
Poetic reflection on enforcing rules and laws versus personal liberty. The speaker notes the difficulty of self discipline and warns against harsh interpretations that curb others. The author contrasts public outcry with claims that the law does not apply.
Brownfield special report Lowell A Pool 27 died Thursday in an Army helicopter crash seven miles west of Ft Rucker Alabama Services for him are set for 10 am Monday at First Christian Church Jack Garrett pastor burial at City of Levelland Brownfield Funeral Home Pool a Levelland native was a student aviator at Ft Rucker nearing his wings He attended Levelland High School Texas A&M and West Texas State University He served on the Brownfield police force from 1965 to 1967 before joining the Army Graveside rites with military honors will be held in Levelland He is survived by Deanna two daughters his parents and three sisters
Funeral services for five day old Jeffrey Paul Massey, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Massey of 4414 43rd St., will be held at 4 p.m. at the Coker Matthews Peters Funeral Home Chapel in Greenville. Rev. E. C. Housewright of Kemp will officiate with burial in Memory Land Memorial Park. Surviving are two brothers John C. Massey Jr. and James David Massey of Greenville, grandparents Mrs. J. D. Massey Jr. of Greenville and Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Glasscock of Celeste, great grandparents and other relatives.
Services for George L. Apperson 81 will be at 2 p m in Sanders Memorial Chapel with David Ray and Dr J Ralph Grant officiating. Burial in Lubbock City Cemetery. Apperson died Wednesday in Escondido California where he had lived 16 years after leaving Abernathy in 1926. He earlier ran a well drilling service and was a Baptist and Odd Fellows member. Survivors include his wife a son and five daughters, plus a sister and brother and 13 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren.
Services for Mrs. Sara Ethel Wood 72 will be held at 3 p.m. in the Silverton Church of Christ with Richard Williams of Altus Oklahoma and Charles Crawford officiating Burial will follow in Silverton Cemetery under Silverton Funeral Home direction Mrs Wood died Thursday in Methodist Hospital Lubbock after several weeks illness A native of Arkansas she came to Briscoe County in 1901 She married Floyd Wood in 1925 he died in 1966 She was a member of the Silverton Church of Christ Survivors include two sons Willie of Houston and Clayton of Dell City a sister Mrs Addie McCloud of Tulsa and eight more unnamed persons
Services for Mrs. Albert A. Johnson 34 will be at 4 p m today at Seth Ward Baptist Church with Rev W P Brian and Rev Tom Reynolds officiating Burial is in Parklawn Memorial Gardens directed by Lemons Funeral Home She died at 9 a m Friday in a Plainview hospital after an extended illness She was a native of Plainview and formerly Alma Lee Brooks Survivors include her husband her mother Mrs Carl L Wimberley of Lubbock and her father Bill Brooks of Lubbock
Virginia Mae Turner 20 of 4601 16th St. will receive services at 2 p m in St Pauls Episcopal Church with Rev J M Washington officiating. Burial at Resthaven Memorial Park by Rix Funeral Directors. Turner a 1965 Lubbock High grad and ASU junior died from injuries in a two car collision at 10th St and Ave X while officer Dan Emerine attempted to stop an auto driven by Gid Roger Johnson 18 of 1710 9th St. Johnson a Texas Tech sophomore from Quitman. Turner thrown from car onto a street marker in 2400 block of 10th St. Survivors include brother George E Turner Jr Abilene two sisters Mrs Bert White and Mrs Bill Rice Tucson and Wichita Falls and grandfather G E Turner Justin. She had lived with Horace Humphries family after parents death. Kappa Alpha Theta sponsors memorial fund to establish a Texas Tech scholarship. Contributions to Virginia Turner Memorial Fund George E Miller Citizens National Bank.
Pluto orbits the sun at about 3.666 billion miles distant, requiring nearly 248 years to complete one revolution. The fact underscores its status as a distant dwarf planet with a long orbital period.
D B Thomas 50 died Thursday in Northwest Texas Hospital Amarillo. Services at 2:30 p m today at First Baptist Church Tulia. He operated Thomas Hardware Store. Burial Rose Hill Cemetery Wallace Funeral Home. Born Throckmorton Texas, resident Tulsa since 1964. World War I veteran. Floydada Masonic Lodge member. First Baptist Church member. He leaves daughter Marie Bullock Tulia four brothers and two sisters and his father John Thomas Headley.
A concise look at the Himalayan corridor from Tibet to India noting a route that traverses Sik Kim, a small Himalayan region, as the briefest passage toward the Indian plains.
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