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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1976
Page
7
Obituaries list services for Mrs. G W Benton 89 Abilene with burial at Elmwood Memorial Park. Dudley K Brummett former County Court at Law judge dies in Albuquerque. Chester Earl Cobb Dimmitt and Hazel Cook Levelland also funeral notices. Surnames Benton Brummett Cobb Cook Jordan Rodman appear with dates locations and survivors.
Obituaries and funeral notices for Mrs. Jacque De Concini Clyde Stephens De Pauw Homer Long Charles Ray Morgan Wilbur John Thiel Jeanette Tilma James B Fletcher and other local residents from Lubbock Sherman and Canyon list service times burial places and survivors with details on where and when services will be held and biographical notes.
RCA Corporation notes 364 million television sets worldwide, edging past 360 million telephones and 300 million automobiles and trucks in the rising demand for home entertainment devices.
Two residents reported thefts in Lubbock. Bill Hall said electrician toolboxes valued at 1000 were taken from his business sometime Wednesday or Thursday. Billy Burleson reported a 500 toolbox plus a 160 value set of golf clubs, an electric saw, and a battery charger stolen from his home. Three citizen band radios with a 300 total value were also taken.
Funeral services are scheduled in Levelland for Randy Lee Rowe a 26 year old former Levelland resident. His father Reed Rowe has been arraigned on a manslaughter charge in Rowe s death in Jal New Mexico. Graveside rites will follow at Levelland Cemetery with Dale Self officiating. Rowe a Levelland native attended Levelland schools and was active in the Boys Club and Golden Gloves boxing. He was a Marine Corps veteran and welder for Jal Welding and Machine Works Inc. Survivors include his daughter Randi Jo Jal his mother Imogene Zimmerman of Oklahoma City his father of Jal a brother Jimmy of Jal a sister Kay Zimmerman of Oklahoma City and grandparents Amos Rowe and Mrs C N Ticer. Pallbearers include Steve Lee Jon Lee Gary Wilson Wendell Odom Guy Bownds and John McMillan. Police report additional thefts and burglaries across Levelland including car damage and missing items from several residences.
Services are scheduled for Phill Brown 74 of 3616 St 15th St at Lyons Chapel Baptist Church burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery. William Hurk Haney 88 of 1506 37th St to be buried at Resthaven Memorial Park after services at Resthaven Singleton Wilson Funeral Chapel. Donald Curtis King 29 of Plainview to be buried at Parklawn Memorial Gardens after services at Lemons Funeral Home Memorial Chapel. Mrs Georgie Allen McClinton 101 of Fort Worth and formerly Snyder to be buried Hillside Memorial Gardens after services at Bell Seale Funeral Home Chapel Snyder. Samuel Ewing Wilshire 91 of Burleson to be buried Burleson Memorial Park after services at First Baptist Church Burleson.
Earl G. Rodman Sr. 79 longtime Odessa leader and Texas Commerce Bank director dies Thursday afternoon after a short illness. Funeral at 4 p.m. today at First United Methodist Church Odessa burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home Odessa directing.
Police searched Friday for a bandit who locked an assistant manager in a meat freezer during a robbery at a Piggly Wiggly in Tulia. No money was obtained.
Peter C Harmonson III, 30, in serious condition at St Marys Hospital after his car hit three light poles and landed in a drainage ditch on St Loop 289. James Harold Eady, 35, in critical condition at St Marys after a crash with a vapor light pole on Indiana Street. A 14 year old boy robbed a store before opening, forced Thompson into a freezer, then stole his station wagon. car found abandoned on roadside.
Authorities pursue two armed thieves after an early Friday robbery at Walt's Service Station No. 4. They stole over 1160 dollars from Marvin Collier, with one bandit threatening murder before being deterred by the other. Suspects fled on foot. descriptions include a 31 or 32 year old, 170 pounds, 5 feet 11 inches, blue shirt, and a 28 year old, about 5 feet 10 inches with black hair.
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