County Judge to attend Texas convention amid civic event notes
Rodrick L Shawlrectors will travel to Austin for the Texas Association of County Judges and Commissioners convention with plans to return Friday afternoon. Several local meetings are noted including 135 attendees at the South Plains Genealogical Society and a Board of Realtors luncheon program.
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Rodrick L
Municipal Garden and Arts Center
South Plains Genealogical Society
Randall County
Leroy Hutton
W. O B. Harris
Methodist Hospital
Lubback Board of Realtors, Inc
Johnson House
4801
Ave
Les Proffitt
Mrs. Cooper Dies At 71
Mrs. Rowie Cooper of Lubbock died Wednesday in St Marys Hospital after a lengthy illness. She moved to Lubbock in 1951 from Ralls where she had lived since 1917. Survived by husband, a daughter Mrs Preston Cochran of Lubbock, a son Al of Balls, two brothers, six grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Services today at 10 a.m. in Bowian Memorial Chapel First Methodist Church. burial at Ralls Cemetery. Bax Funeral Directors in charge.
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Rowie Cooper
Roy Cooper
Bowian Memorial
First Methodist Church
Paul MM. Bumpers
Bunal
Ralls
Bax
Chiarese
al Bearera
Rosamond Marshall
Pete Edwards
Lefton Burnette
Lindsey Telford
Amos Steward
Jack Markham
la Marque
Texas
Alvarado
Anna
Slidell
Valley
Weatherford
Geoffrey Oveson
Alan Tieman
Sheryl Stude
Houston (Ap
Elbert Turnly
The
Hous
Slick Farm
Ian Post
Cleburne
Methodist Hospital
Turner
Rites Scheduled For Mrs Brown of Brownfield
Mrs Brown a longtime Brownfield resident died Thursday morning at Brownfield General Hospital from an apparent heart attack. Services set for 2 PM Saturday at Crescent Hill Church of Christ with Douglas Rhore officiating. Burial at Terry County Memorial Park under Brownfield Funeral Home direction. Survived by daughter Mrs Raxsmond Smith of Brownfield, three brothers G O Per reaf Akin Charlie Perry of Fort Worth and Troy Perry of Chicago, and two grandchildren.
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Brownfield
Stele Brown
Cresent Hill Church of Christ
Douglas Rhore
Terry County Memorial Park
Brownfield Funeral Home
Charlie Perry
Fort Worth
Troy Perry
Chicago
Giaimdchildren
Mrs M M Blair Rites Arranged
Funeral arrangements set for Mrs Mo ABernathy Blair 47 longtime Abernathy resident at Northside Baptist Church. Rev Heals Shewmake to preside with Rev Harold Rieldine aiding. Burial in Abernathy Cemetery under Chambers Funeral Home direction. Wife of Cooper native who died Wednesday of heart attack. Survived by three sons Eddie Belton James Dallas and Eddie B others and one sister. Pallbearers named from local community.
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Abernathy
Speenati
Mo AL Bhitr
Abernaths
Northside Baptist Church
Heals Shewmake
Tarold Rieldine
Abermanis
Abernathps
Chambers Funeral Home
Cooper
Abernathy Assembly of God Charen
Eddie
Belton
James
Dallas
Eddie B
California
Herman Thomas
Chester Thomas
Hubert Themas
Paris
Osear Thomas
Mingie Jackson
Odessa
Quest for a Better State Drives Human Endeavor
A reflective note on the drive to pursue personal betterment. It links constant questing to ambition, alertness, and reaching high goals. The piece credits JULIEN C HYER and frames the quest as energizing the soul to strive for summits.
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Julien C. Hyer
Coleman H Huff Rites Scheduled in Pampa
Coleman Huff 78 of Blackwell died Thursday in a Pampa hospital. Services set for 10 a m Saturday at First Methodist Church Chapel with Rev H Dewitt Seago and Rev Hugh B Daniel officiating. Burial in Memory Garden Cemetery. Survivors include wife Lela a son Drannon of Pampa four daughters and three sisters from multiple Texas towns.
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Pampa
Coleman Heo Truff
Blackwell
First Methodist Church
H. Dewitt Seago
Hugh B. Daniel
Tahoka Offfciatinge
Memory Garden
Carmichale-Whatley Funeral Home
Huff
Blanen County
Panhandle
McLean
Lela
Drannon
Bill Langley
Dryl Socomore
Robert Brunner
Hugh Daniel
Tohoka
Frank Cates
Cisco
Felix Haun
Fredericksburg
Maggie Cates
Big Lake
Mrs. Wright's Funeral Today
Funeral services for Mrs. Cora Wright of 4622 Canton Street follow a short illness. The 3 p.m. service at Monterey Church of Christ will be led by Bob S Reynolds with Floyd Stumbo assisting. Burial is in City of Lubbock Cemetery. Rix Funeral Home directs. Survivors include her son Michael of Great Lakes and siblings in Lubbock, Stamford, Boerne, and Bus.
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Cora Wright
Canton St
Lubbock
Stamford
Monterey
Michael
Great Lakes
W. B. Conner
David St
E. A. Conner
Boerne
Elise Davis
Staumford
Jo Manley
Betty Walford
Bus
Ex Texas Democratic official J O R Wheat dies at 82
J O R Wheat, 82, longtime Woodville lawyer and former president and secretary of the State Democratic Executive Committee, died at home. Born in Chester, he graduated from the University of Texas Law School in 1914 and practiced law in Woodville for 54 years. survivors include his wife Ruby Rotan Wheat and three children Josiah Wheat, James Wheat, and Mrs. Jack Steinhauser.
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Woodville
Tex
J. O R. Wheat
Texas
Democratic Executive Committee
Wheat
Chester
University of Texas Law School
State Bar of Texas
Ruby Rotan Wheat
Josiah Wheat Iuf
Texas Bar Association
James Wheat
Falls Church
Jack Steinhauser
Austin
Ministerial Pupil Overmyer Dies in Texas
Fritz Overmyer AC a ministerial student at Sunset School of Preaching died at Methodist Hospital after an extended illness. Services will be held at Sunset Church of Christ with Dr. Tom Gordon officiating and burial in Resthaven Memorial Park. Survived by wife Billie two daughters Pam and Patth a son Ron Navy, a sister and four brothers. Pallbearers named Norman Childes T W Ellis Jim Vinson Bob Carey Jack Holland Joe Reynolds.
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Fritz Overmyer
Opan
Sunset Church of Christ
Tom Gordon
Resthaven Memorial Park
Franklin Bartley
Overmyer
Sunset School of Preaching
Ile
Columbus
Ohio
Lubbock
B and M Wending Co
Dallas
U.S. Air Force
Billie
Pam
Patth Overmyer
Ron Overmyer
U.S. Navy
Mary Kit
Alton Greer Rites Set After Fatal Car Crash
Funeral services are planned for 2:30 p.m. at Grassland Church of the Nazarene for Alton F. Greer 47 of Rt. 1 Tohoka who died in a one vehicle crash near Post on Texas 380 about 11:50 p.m. Wednesday. Burial will follow at Grassland Cemetery. Survivors include his mother Mrs C M Greer of Grassland and siblings Morris McClendon and Claude Brown.
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Post
Alton F. Greer
Rt. 1
Tohoka
Grassland Church of
D. C. Roberts
Steven
Great Likes
Naval Training Station
C. M. Greer
Grassland
J. 5B. Greer
Tahokazy
Morris McClendon
Claude Brown
New Hone
Mrs. Anderson Rites Arranged in Stanton
Mrs. Anderson 62 longtime Stanton resident dies at Big Spring State Hospital after lengthy illness. Services set for 1 am Saturday at Stanton First Baptist with Rev. W O H Hulman officiating. Burial in Big Spring Cemetery. Gilbreath Funeral Home in charge. Survivors include husband Dewey a Midland daughter Kidna Dardis stepson Dewey Anderson Jr. sisters and brothers and three grandchildren.
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Stanton
Anner Anderson
Stanton Church of Christ
W. O H. Hulman
First Baptist Church
Big Spring Cemetery
Gilbreath Funeral Home
McCullough County
Anderson
Big Spring State Hospital
Dewey
Kidna Dardis
Midland
Dewey Anderson Jr
Pearl McCullough
Andrews
Marl Fisher
California
Narlee Hull
Buckeye
Ariz
Doris Sboloot
Phoenix
John Walker
Oklahoma
Bil Walker
Odessa
Richard Walker
Morse man dies in Henriettta county cattle truck crash
Allen Dickson aged 22 from Morse died in a one car crash near Henriettta Texas when his cattle truck veered off a curve and overturned. Several cattle perished in the mishap.
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Henrietta
Tex
Allen Dickson
Morse
Lubbock Council Debates StreetPaving and Wiring Rules
Lubbock city council adjourned amid debate on who pays for new paving along Indiana Avenue and Avenue A and whether electrical conduit rules should be tightened. The session also approved land sales and leases, named an engineering firm for water plant work, and honored local and international figures with proclamations.
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Turner
Rogers
Holly Avenue
Durham G. Purdy
59Th St
Indiana Avenue
19Th Street
Avenue
46Th Street
Roberts Food Store
Parkhill, Smith and Cooper
Wahl
Board of Electrical Examiners and Appeals
Warming trend brings showers to Texas coast and state
A warming trend with possible scattered thundershowers moves across Texas after a front left light drizzle on the coast. Lubbock tops the state at 69 degrees as forecasters expect temperatures to rise before another drop tonight. Several scattered rainfall totals across North Central Texas and weather-related deaths are noted.
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Texas
Lubbock
West Texas Air Terminal
Johnson attacks Nixon Nixon Agnew record in campaign clash
Lyndon Johnson frames the 1968 race by contrasting the Nixon-Agnew GOP record with Humphrey-Muskie. He accuses Nixon of voting against education aid Medicare and warns against delay in a nuclear treaty, urging voters to favor the Humphrey ticket.
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Nixon
Republican Party
Johnson
Month-Old Baby Dies At Home In Texas Area
Karl Lee Peterson aged month old son of S. Sgt. and Mrs. George D. Peterson of Rt. 2 Lubbock died at 10 am Thursday at home. Shallowater peace justice Jessie Belle Vance ruled death from heart difficulties. Body to Wilderson Funeral Home DeQueen Ark for burial in DeQueen. Local arrangements by Resthaven Funeral Home. Born Sept 9 in Reese Air Force Base Hospital. Survivors include parents a stepbrother John Michael King and grandparents Carl Womack of DeQueen and Edna Emmons of Girard Kan.
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Karl Lee Peterson
George D. Peterson
Rt. 2
Lubbock
Shallowater
Jessie Belle Vance
Wilderson Funeral Home
DeQueen
Ark
Resthaven Funeral Home
Reese Air Force Base Hospital
Rites Scheduled For Mrs Mabell Bolton
Services for Mabell Bolton 62 of 1206 E 24th St will be held at 2 PM Saturday at Mount Gilead Baptist Church The Rev RR Roberts will officiate Burial follows at City of Lubbock Cemetery South Plains Funeral Home She died Wednesday at Methodist Hospital after a short illness had lived in Lubbock 34 years Survivors include three daughters Mary Martha Sue Bolton all of Lubbock and sister Ida White of Slaton
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James A. Koon
Lone Star
First Methodist
Dickens
Campbell Funeral Home
Koon
Dallas
We Sons
Mabell Bolton
E. 24Th St
Mount Gilead Baptist Church
RR. Roberts
City of Lubbock
South Plains Funeral Home
Bolton
Methodist Hospital
Lubbock
Mary
Martha
Sue Bolton
Ida White
Slaton
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Thursby
Ihtrold Ellis
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Ellis
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Gaines County
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Hale Center Church of Christ
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Board of Electrical Examiners
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Leland K. Young
Reese Air Force Base
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United Nations Committee
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Robert P. Dupree
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