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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1963
Page
4
Civil jury weeks to begin Monday in 72nd and 99th District Courts with juries convening at 10 a.m. A car crash left Venita Wright Helton of 3418 E Colgate in good condition as she recovers from injuries at West Texas Hospital after a one car overturn near N Ave Q underpass.
Mrs. Edna Walton 81 died Friday at a son’s home. Rites set for 2:30 p.m. at Northside Baptist Church with Rev. Jack Dean officiating. Burial at Snyder Cemetery under Bell Funeral Home directions. Survived by daughter, three sons, a brother, two grandchildren.
William H. Nichols 89 died at his Motley home Saturday morning after a long illness. Services set for 2:30 p.m. at First Baptist Church Roaring Springs with Rev. Roy Patterson and Rev. Bob Moore officiating. Burial in Roaring Springs Cemetery. Survivors include wife Alli e two sons Billy F. Las Vegas Nev Louis Roaring Springs a daughter L A Lollar Dallas a half brother Knox Lawson Levelland two half sisters Ruth Coffman Artesia N M Mae Applegate Ontario Calif eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Pallbearers named Melvin Mason John Mason J K Campbell Leslie Smith Dean McInroe Jack Lawson.
Services for Mrs. James Sturgess 37 will be at 3 30 p m today in the Central Church of Christ with W P Dennis minister officiating Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery under direction of Wallace Funeral Home Tulia Mrs Sturgess died Friday morning in an Amarillo surgery A native of Tipton Oklahoma she moved to Earth in 1952 and has lived in the Tulia area since 1953 Survivors include her husband James three sons Charles Robert and Timothy all at home a brother W C Potter Parker Dam California and three sisters Mrs Tommy Akins Los Angeles California Mrs P W Hooper Parker Dam and Mrs Jimmy Burk Manitou Oklahoma her parents Mr and Mrs C W Potter Tipton
Mrs Ella Belle Garrett 60 will have services at 2 30 p m Monday at the Nazarene Church with Rev Don Johnston pastor Burial follows in Yoakum County Cemetery under Singleton Funeral Home direction She collapsed on a downtown street about 10 a m Friday and died at Yoakum County Hospital Survived by her mother Mrs R C Rich of Denver City
Richard J. Downey of Hobbs has been appointed Area III governor of Toastmasters International. The selection was announced by J Gumersindo De Vargas of Santa Fe, district governor.
Services for J. J. Thomas 83 will be at 2 p m today in the Wallace Funeral Home Chapel Tulia with Rev Dr Ivyley Bishop officiating. Thomas died Friday night at his home. A Tennessee native, he lived in Tulia since 1927 and was a retired farmer. He is survived by his wife a son Clyde W Tulia two daughters Mrs Buck Smith Tulia and Mrs Carl Bradley Denver Colorado and a grandchild.
Mrs Susan Modene Luna 80 longtime Kent County resident dies Friday night in Kent County Nursing Home after a two week illness. Services 3 p m today at Girard Church of Christ with Browning Tahoka officiating. Burial in Girard Campbell Funeral Home Spur. Survived by six daughters four sons a sister a brother 28 grandchildren 39 great grandchildren. Grandsons will be pallbearers.
Funeral services for Thomas M. Hansard 90 will be held at 2 p m at Ward Funeral Home Chapel in Chillicothe. Burial follows at Ward Funeral Home. Hansard longtime Chillicothe resident moved to Lubbock 32 years ago. former cattle buyer and hotel operator from 1931 to 1943. Sanders Funeral Home handles local arrangements.
Oliver A. Lefevre 81, a retired farmer, died Saturday at his Motley home. Services with Eudy-Seale Funeral Home in Matador are pending. Survived by wife Ida four sons I W Roaring Springs Floyd Bakersfield Calif J B Baytown a sister Maude Eubank Raymondville a half brother Roland Abilene five half sisters Ester Ward Crowell Laurice Shook Crowell Ione Butler Carbon Bessie Honey Tulsa Nadine Howell Bellville 11 great grandchildren 14 grandchildren.
Memorial services for Rev. Thomas Torgeson 69 Lutheran minister killed in a head on collision near Midland will be at 2 30 p m today at Midland Lutheran Church The Rev James Otterness of Odessa will officiate The body will be taken to Wautoma Wis for services and burial at Wallace S D Wife Ragnhild about 60 listed as in critical condition Saturday at Midland Memorial Hospital Investigators said the minister was in the eastbound lane when his car struck off duty Midland police sergeant James P Chilcoat 51 in the other car Chilcoat was hospitalized with multiple injuries and listed as satisfactory.
Mrs. Elma C. Williams, 80, mother of former Governor G. Mennen Williams, died Saturday in a Detroit hospital. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at Detroit Episcopal Cathedral Church of St. Paul. She was born in Newark in 1883, heiress to the Mennen toiletries fortune, and lived in Grosse Pointe Farms. Her husband Henry P. Williams died in 1941. She leaves sons Richard E., Henry P. Jr., and the former governor.
Mrs. J. W. Guest, 79, a longtime Brownfield resident since 1942, died early Saturday at Brownfield General Hospital. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Monday at the First Baptist Church Chapel with multiple pastors officiating. Burial will follow in Terry County Cemetery under Brownfield Funeral Home supervision. Survived by three sons W. G., L. A., and the Rev. R. C. Guest. a daughter Mrs. Grady Dickson. ten grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren.
Mrs Eva Nell Moore McBroom 23 died after a Fort Worth gas explosion that left 80 percent burns. Services are pending in Seagraves and Fort Worth with Webb Funeral Home. She was a native of Seagraves and survived by her husband, parents, three sisters, a brother, and grandmother.
Services will be Monday in Albuquerque for Delbert L. Saylor former Hobbs resident who died Thursday in an Albuquerque hospital Burial will be in Albuquerque under direction of Strong Thorn Funeral Home Saylor age 58 was a linotype operator for the Hobbs News Sun until his 1961 retirement due to ill health He and his family had moved to Albuquerque recently
Graveside rites for Jesse Guy Thompson, 59, longtime educator in Bailey County, El Paso native, will be held at Bailey County Memorial Park Cemetery. He taught at Muleshoe High School 1956–59 before moving to Bowie High School in El Paso. Survived by wife Lela, daughter Juanita Thompson of El Paso, sister Mrs. Ernest Murrell of Clovis NM, and brother Willis E. Thompson of San Antonio.
Mrs Ora Lee Popnoe Whitehurst 63 longtime Snyder resident died 11 55 am Saturday at Cop dell Memorial Hospital after apparent heart attack Services are pending with Bell A native of Silver Valley she moved to Borden County in 1905 and Snyder in 1928 She had three daughters three sisters and three brothers and nine grandchildren
Rites for Elmer J. Smith 67 longtime Hobbs resident who died Saturday in a Hobbs hospital will be at 3 p m today in the First Assembly of God Church Burial will be in Prairie Haven Cemetery under direction of Griffin Funeral Home Smith a retired employee of Phillips Petroleum Co had lived here since 1930 Survivors include his wife Lola two daughters Mrs Ralph Beard Hobbs and Mrs Frank Pendleton Casper Wyo two sons E J Smith Jr Hobbs and R L Smith Casper two sisters a brother 10 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren
Ollie Brazell 84 of Meadow died Friday in Brownfield General Hospital after months of illness. Services at 2 p m today at Challis Community Baptist Church with Rev Paul Nelson and Rev Cletus Caswell officiating. Burial in Southland Brownfield Funeral Home. She leaves three daughters Emma Winn Fort Summer New Mexico Erla Barnett Los Angeles and J R Blake Meadow plus 12 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
MSgt. Walter Gene Slack 33 former Andrews and Goldsmith resident will have services at 2:30 p.m. today at First Baptist Church with Rev. Karl Grissom officiating. Military rites by local air force and army units. Burial in Andrews Cemetery under Singleton Funeral Home direction. Slack died of a heart attack Nov 4 in Germany while stationed with the U S Army Signal Corps. He served 16 years and earned the Silver Star Bronze Star Purple Heart and a commendation medal.
Mrs. E M Woodard 76 longtime Justiceburg resident dies at Garza Memorial Hospital burial at Justiceburg Baptist Church with Elder L M Hammit and Rev Dale Dozier officiating she is grandmother of Norman Cash Detroit Tigers first baseman
T C Calley aged 80 formerly of Lubbock and Shallowater died at 9 30 a m Saturday in his Llano home. Funeral services planned for 2 30 p m Monday at First Presbyterian Church in Liang. Calley lived in Lubbock County after moving from San Saba in 1918 and served 14 years on the Shallowater school board. He later lived in New Mexico and Liame before retiring in 1958. Survived by one son six daughters ten grandchildren and ten great grandchildren. member of the Presbyterian Church.
Claude Hutchel Hawkins 56 dies of heart attack in Atoka Oklahoma. Services arranged by Bingham Funeral Home Atoka. Survived by son Bob and sister Mrs Burnett Storts Holdenville Oklahoma.
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