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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1967
Page
3
Mrs Anna C Giard aged 93 of 23208 28th St died at 5 12 pm Friday at Colonial Nursing Home after a long illness. Services will be at 10 am.
Fragmentary notice lists relatives including Harold and Abe rmathy and M J Shakowater and half brothers Ralph Rogers Bob Rogers Paul Rogers D Rogers and Fay Rogers. Also mentions half sister Mrs Jim Harmon stepsister Mrs George Ellis and six grandchildren.
Obituary noting William H. Campbell death with services planned. The notice records survivor details and service arrangements, reflecting standard obituary wording from the period.
Article reports Soweto facing extreme crime with six stabbings in one night amid a wider pattern of violence. White officials downplay toll while residents blame poverty, lack of education, and apartheid policies for urban unrest and gang activity.
A reminiscence of a boxer nicknamed Snyder, once part of a group called the seven, as a member of the Army who served in Vietnam beginning January 1946. The account recalls his easygoing nature and the mix of boxing and military life.
A local obituary reports the death of a woman who had lived in Lavington during the past three years. She previously worked at the hospital in Hobbs and was married to Archie Lee. Survived by her parents Mr and Mrs James DeVore of Lavington and two brothers Steven and Danny, both in the U.S. Navy in Vietnam.
MONAHANS Special services for Donald Ray Hendricks, 18, will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the 16th and Calvin Church of Christ with Terry Bourchelle officiating. He will be laid to rest in area H. v. cok.
Funeral services for Mrs Amanda Baggett aged 80 will be held at 4 p.m. in the First Baptist Church of Seminole. The deceased died Thursday in Meal Arts Hospital at Odeine. Local arrangements are being handled by the Seminole funeral home.
A passage extols the power of words to rouse inspire and move hearts and souls to zeal ambition drive and passion. It mentions clever minds molding words to form groups that fashion destinies of men.
Hundreds attend funeral in Abilene for Mrs Bernard Hanks 82 longtime Reporter Publishing Co partner of Houston Harte who led community causes. Dr Elwin Skiles Simmons University president praised her contributions to local life, churches and area institutions. The service was at First Baptist Church with burial in Masonic Cemetery.
The lengthy career ends in 1952 as head of a surgery section at the University of Minnesota after 34 years. Pemberton was Mayo Clinic staff president from 1945 to 1945. Survivors include widow Anna and four sons and a daughter. Other sons are doctors Albert in Milwaukee Henry Reckford and Robert.
Wallace 62 a longtime Lubbock resident died in California after a life as a dealer in new and used automobiles in the Hub City. He moved to California several years ago and died Monday at Cypress. Burial will follow with survivors including his wife.
Allen Johnson, a Vietnam veteran and journalism student from Laguna Beach, Calif., traveled by bicycle toward Jones Stadium at Texas Tech. He spent four days in Lubbock and one night in Plainview before a car struck his bike near Shamrock, ending his cross country journey. Johnson had slept in stadiums during trips, avoided snakes, and enjoyed a weekend with Tech student Ron Williams and friends in Lubbock and Plainview.
Police probing a recent service station robbery and shooting as part of a string of 32 hold ups. An attendant was injured in the early morning incident and investigators sought suspects with little success. Edward Brandybur, 18, of 1501 Ave D, faced theft charges.
Fragmentary text mentions survivors and names. unable to determine a coherent event, date, or location from the provided material.
Henry Rhea rancher will be at the White Funeral Home today under the care of the White Funeral Home. Military rites will be conducted by Reese with survivors including two sisters and a brother.
Henry Eugene McNew, 75, died at County Hospital after a long illness. Services are set for 2 p.m. today at the North 14th Street Church of Christ in Lamesa with burial in Lamesa Memorial Cemetery. He is survived by relatives in Colorado, Texas, and Louisiana, including two widows, numerous children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. pallbearers are D. H. Kerr, Earl Coke, Ike Robertson, and others. minister Larry Marshall to officiate.
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