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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1963
Page
2
Grave side services for Dr Nan Gilker son Blackwell of Amarillo will be at 3 p m Saturday in the City of Lubbock Cemetery under direction of N 8 Griggs and Sons Funeral Home of Amarillo Dr J Chess Levern pastor of the First Methodist Church
Columbus C. Haile a Dickens County resident since 1895 died Wednesday in an Amarillo convalescent home. Services set for 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church with Rev. John Jenkins and others officiating. Burial in Spur Cemetery. Survivors include sister Mrs. Pearl Hodges and brother S. H. Haile. grandson Fred and granddaughter Mrs. Annetta Lindsey. Pallbearers named.
Harvey Franklin Shuler longtime Snyder resident and former postmaster banker city secretary treasurer and civic official died at Hogan Malone Hospital Big Spring. Services set for 2 30 p m today at First Baptist Church Snyder burial in Snyder Cemetery Bolger Funeral Home directing Survivors include wife daughter sister and three brothers plus one grandson
Former Dickens resident Mrs. W. M. Walker, 73, died at her home Thursday morning. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Eastside Church of Christ with Olen Miller of Odessa officiating. Burial follows at Kermit Maples Funeral Home. She moved to Winkler County in 1943 from Dickens County and is survived by her husband, a son Billy of Hobbs, a daughter Mrs. W. J. McMurry of Seminole, two sisters in Kermit and Lubbock, three grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Pallbearers named.
Elza McClain Adams, 48, of Dimmitt died at 10 45 am Thursday in Castro County Hospital. An employee of Phillips Petroleum Co he leaves wife Clara Belle and five sons David Bobby Jimmy Eddie and Johnny at home. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs P M Adams Dimmitt three sisters Mrs Fred Morton Dimmitt Mrs Mary Bryan Stratford and Mrs Art Kasher San Francisco four brothers R C Dimmitt Jepthaf Monte Vista Carl Adams Germany and J S Adams Stratford.
Services for 10 month old Betty Jean Clark daughter of Mr and Mrs Billy Gean Clark 3406 Elm will be at 2 p m today at Southside Baptist Church The Rev Curtis Simpson pastor will officiate Burial will be in City of Lubbock Cemetery under Sanders Funeral Home direction She was dead on arrival at 9 15 a m Wednesday at Plains Clinic Survivors include her parents a brother and the grandparents
Services for Mrs. G. F. Keatts 64 Arlington resident will be held at 2 p m Saturday in Lamar and Smith Funeral Chapel Dallas Burial will be in Laurel Land Cemetery Dallas She died Wednesday in Methodist Hospital Mrs Keatts had been visiting her son Orton Keatts 2726 66th St She was a member of the First Methodist Church Arlington and had lived there six years Survivors include two sons William Keatts Kingsville and Orton Keatts her mother Mrs Lottie Campbell Arlington three brothers John D Campbell Atlanta Charles E Campbell Dallas and Thomas K Campbell Fort Worth and three grandchildren Local arrangements are under Franklin Bartley Funeral Home.
Ronald K. Pierce one day old, son of Mr and Mrs Roger Stuart Pierce of 2518 29th St, died at 12 40 pm Thursday at West Texas Hospital. Graveside services set for 1 pm today at City of Lubbock Sanders Funeral Home. Survived by parents a brother Russell a sister Robin and grandparents Frances Dixon of Abingdon Virginia and Kenneth Sherman and wife of El Paso.
Nearly 100 children were treated to Thanksgiving dinner Thursday at El Charro No. 1. The youngsters were selected by Catholic Welfare Bureau. Lupe Villareal, 20, of 222 N Avenue Q, was stabbed in the side after an altercation in the 500 block of Avenue D about 8 p.m. Thursday and taken to West Texas Hospital. He named a suspect to police and was to undergo surgery at 10:30 p.m. His condition was listed as undetermined but not critical.
New York officials report Macy's annual Thanksgiving Day parade proceeded with an estimated 1.4 million children cheering. David L. Yunich, Macy's president, said they opted to continue to avoid disappointing the children despite President John F. Kennedy's death.
About 30 planes in New Mexico and Arizona joined the hunt Thursday for a missing private plane and its four occupants. The aircraft, en route from Amarillo Texas to Gila Bend Arizona, vanished Monday. Pilot Gale McCoy of Gila Bend was aboard with his wife and two children.
A historic note states that about ten percent of all goods and services produced in the United States are directed to defense requirements, highlighting the scale of wartime or security spending and production.
A paraphrased 2nd century text about Christians in Antioch. The verse reshapes Acts 11:26 ideas noting Christians share a common cause and universal moral law. It emphasizes reliance on God’s word and love, portrays Christians as truth and worth, then claims global spread through history.
John W Ward 72 a former Slaton resident died Thursday in Albuquerque burial will be in Englewood Cemetery with services at First Baptist Church Slaton officiated by Rev W F Ferguson Survivors include wife three sons two daughters two brothers and five sisters with locations spanning Lubbock Sacramento Inchon Amarillo Newport News Weatherford and Big Spring
J 5 Teasdale age 70 of 1302 32nd St died on arrival at Goodnight Hospital at 2 p m Thursday after three years of ill health. Funeral at 3 p m Saturday at First Methodist Church with Dr J Chess Lovern officiating assisted by Dr E E White. Burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery. Teasdale lived in Lubbock 18 years came from Houston. He was former Jewel Tea Co assistant manager for 16 years retiring in 1957. He belonged to First Methodist Church Masonic Lodge in Houston. Survived by Gladys step daughter John R Bigham Columbia Miss three granddaughters and brother Gordon B Teasdale Houston.
Services for Jim Miller 68 a longtime Brownfield resident will be held at 2 p.m. today at First Presbyterian Church. Miller active in civic groups served in the Marine Corps 1917 1920 returned as postmaster then moved to the service station business. He died unexpectedly at his home at 6 30 a m Wednesday. Rev Albert D McDowell will officiate with graveside Masonic rites at Terry County Memorial Cemetery under Brownfield Funeral Home direction.
Graveside services are set for 2 p.m. today at Resthaven Memorial Park for Lanny Ray Williamson infant son of Mr and Mrs R D Williamson of Hobbs. He died at 1240 a.m. Thursday at Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital aged three days. Officiant is John Mc Coy of Parkway Drive Church of Christ. Rix Funeral Home directs. Survivors include two sisters and two brothers and grandparents Mr and Mrs W R Hailes, Hobbs.
Mrs. Sarah Ann Doyle 95 died Wednesday in Plainview Nursing Home. Services were at 11 a.m. at Olney First Baptist Church with burial in Olney Cemetery. Survived by daughter Kay Whitmire, son Harman F. Doyle, brother Tom Self, 10 grandchildren, 19 great grandchildren, and a great great grandchild. She lived in Olney from 1897 to 1953 before moving to Fort Worth.
Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver, a 70 year old leader in world Zionism and head of The Temple in Cleveland, died of an apparent heart attack at his Shaker Heights home. Born in Lithuania, he moved to New York and became a prominent advocate for Israel in the 1940s.
Minnie Pepper 91 lifelong Salem resident died at 4 40 p m Thursday at the home of her daughter Mrs I W Dennison 2617 25th St where she had visited for three weeks She had been ill six days Funeral services and burial will be in Salem Sanders Funeral Home in charge Survivors include four daughters Mrs H H Hayes Dayton Ohio Mrs A L Stone Salem Mrs H M Bailey Richland Wash and Mrs Dennison a sister Mrs Elizabeth Smith Salem 9 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren
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