Lady Bird Johnson Awards Highlight Highway Beautification
Mrs. L B Johnson presented the Lady Bird Johnson Award at LBJ State Park near Stonewall for highway beautification work. Recipient Melvin Bayless of La Grange received $500, with Lyndon B Johnson also awarding $500 to Rufus Jones, his highway foreman, amid remarks on local highway beautification efforts. The event named finalists Harold Smith, Rumaldo Rivera, and Milton Campbell.
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S Department
Sutton
Schleicher Counties
Melvin Bayless
la Grange
Pena Godfrey
Ist
Eee
Washington
Johnson
Harold Smith
Rusk
Rumaldo Rivera
Faltnes
Milton Campbell
Ralls
Texas Highway Department
Cullen Luttrell
Sonora
Luttrell
Lyndon B. Johnson
Arthur Godfrey
Johnsons
Lbj State Park
Stonewall
Midland Man's Rites Arranged
Services for James Frank Johnson 49 are set for 4 pm today in Resthaven Memorial Park under Ellis Funeral Home. Johnson died in Midland Memorial Emergency Room after a one car turnover 22 miles east of Midland in Glasscock County Tuesday. He was a Beaumont native who lived here since 1933 and owned J Frank Johnson Survey Co. Survivors include his wife a son Gary Frank Johnson two daughters Debra and Kathy both at home and two sisters Mrs Charles Wilson and Mrs Waldo Grossman.
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Midland
Speciail
James Frank Johnson
Resthaven Memorial Park
Ellis Funeral Home
Johnson
Midland Memorial
Glasscock County
Beaumont
J. Frank Johnson Survey Co
Gary Frank Johnson
Funeral services pending for Harley Clark Slim Eddieman
Harley Clark Slim Eddieman 56 died at 12 05 p m Wednesday at his home 12 miles east of Tulia A Justice of the Peace ruled heart attack He born February 17 1916 in Hall County He married Lucile Hulsey July 23 1938 in Quitaque He served in World War II and was a Purple Heart recipient He survived by his wife two sons Mark and Charles two daughters Ledora Rowells and Patsy Stockton four sisters and four brothers and six grandchildren
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Quitaque
Harley Clark
Slim” Eddieman
Tulia
Justice of the Peace
A. J. Wilkins
Hall County
Lucile Hulsey
San Jacinto
Carrol Ray Pyle Funeral Pending in Odessa
Carrol Ray Pyle 33 died in Florida from injuries in a car crash near State 19-A in St. Petersburg. He worked as a welder on a construction site and had lived in Odessa since 1947. He was married to Ava Nell Wilson on September 13, 1957, and is survived by his wife four sons his father and stepmother two brothers a sister and his paternal grandmother.
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Bryan
Danny
Russell
Kevin
Clyde Pyle
Odessa
James Edgar Pyle
Mooringsport
Eddie Pyle
Andrews
Patricia Ann Hinglin
Nora Pyle
Apple Springs
Four juveniles tied to nine month burglary spree
Clovis detectives arrested four youths ages 13 to 14 after the Sunday night raid on a local gun shop. Officials say the arrests may solve several burglaries targeting businesses and autos committed over the past nine months. The youths allegedly led officers to the remaining suspects.
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Clovis
Obituaries and services listed across West Texas towns
Funeral notices mark services for W. L. Rowlett in Andrews and many others in Andrews, Lubbock, Paducah, Friona, Odessa, Tulia, Big Spring, and more. Deaths range from midlife to 90 with multiple interments and hospitalizations reported.
Lamesa Man Rites Planned for Monroe J Greenwood
Monroe Jackson Greenwood 54 died Tuesday at 8 20 p m He had lived in Lamesa 15 years and worked as a truck driver and oil field pumper He was a native of Leon Prairie Madison County Services set for 2 p m today at First Baptist Church with Rev Walter Horn officiating Burial in Lamesa Memorial Park Surviving wife two daughters a son two sisters a brother and five grandchildren pallbearers will be members of the Masonic Lodge
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Lamesa
Monroe Jackson Greenwood
Leon Prairie
Madison County
First Baptist Church
Walter Horn
Jerry Parkable
Lamesa Memorial Park
Keith Crozier
Carrollton
Ray Burkett
Welch
Bennie Greenwood
Richard Hodges
Austin
Mayne Layster
Yorktown
Milton Greenwood
Mathis
Masonic Lodge
Crosby County Resident Dies in Crosbyton Hospital
C T Justus 73 of Big Four community died in Crosbyton Hospital on Wednesday. Services pending at King Funeral Home Crosbyton. Native of Denton moved to Crosby County in 1936 and was a member of Crosbyton Church of Christ. Survived by wife four sons Odell Amarillo Eural Lubbock Arron Crosbyton Oma Ray Houston a daughter Lavella Ficke Snyder two brothers C H Justus Clovis NM Lewis Mitchel Las Animas CO two sisters Jewell Taylor Maranette Kan and Mary Jo Kennedy Seminole twenty grandchildren eleven greats.
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Crosbyton
C. .T. Justus
King Funeral Home
Denton
Justus
Crosby County
Odell
Amarillo
Eural
30Th St
Lubbock
Arron
Oma Ray
Houston
Lavella Ficke
Snyder
C. H. Justus
Clovis
N. M
Lewis Mitchel
Las Animas
Colo
Jewell Taylor
Maranette
Kan
Mary Jo Kennedy
Seminole
Mrs. EarI Malone Funeral Slated
Mrs Earl Malone 74 died about 11 55 p m Tuesday at Swisher Memorial Hospital Funeral at 4 p m today at First Baptist Church with Rev Gerald Tidwell and Rev David Dyer officiating Burial in Rose Hill Cemetery Home She was a Wood County native who lived in Swisher County since 1920 and taught in Salem and Vigo schools A Vigo Baptist Church member Survived by her husband a son Louis Malone Tulia a brother P H Whitehurst Tulia four sisters and three grandchildren
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Tulsa
Earl Malone
Swisher Memorial Hospital
First Baptist Church
Gerald Tidwell
David Dyer
Vigo Baptist Church
Rose Hill Cemetery
Wallace Funeral Home
Wood County
Malone
Swisher County
Harry Bell Dies in Plainview at 83
Harry D Bell 83 of Plainview Texas died Tuesday night in Central Plains General Hospital after months of illness. Funeral services held at Lemons Memorial Chapel with Rev Carlos McLeod officiating. Burial at Plainview Memorial Park. native of Pennsylvania moved to Plainview in 1954 from Borger. He was Gulf Oil Co supervisor for 49 years. Survivors include wife two daughters Mrs Leo Hull Plainview and Mrs J R Thomas Electra a son W A Bell Graham a brother William A Bell Estes Fla nine grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren.
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Plainview
Harry D. Bell
Elminview
Central Plains General Hospital
Ilness
Lemons Memorial Chapel
Carlos McLeod
First Baptist Church
Plainview Memorial Park
Pennsylvania
Bell
Borger
Gulf Oil Co
Leo Hull
J. R. Thomas
Electra
W. A. Bell
Graham
William A. Bell
Estes, Fla
Mrs Rene Jeffery Rites Pending in Amherst
Rene Jeffery 72 former Amherst resident died on arrival after a sudden illness at South Plains Hospital. She lived in Plainview and California before returning to Amherst in 1963. Survivors include two sons and a brother. services are pending with Payne Funeral Home.
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Amherst
Rene Jeffery
South Plains Hospital
Jeffery
Plainview
California
First Baptist Church
Robert Jeffery
Phoenix
Gerald Jeffery
Autra James
Fort Worth
Payne Funeral Home
Fred Bendsus Dies at 60 in Lubbock Rites Set
Fred Bendsus 60 of 7802 Quirt died about noon Wednesday in West Texas Hospital after a heart attack. Services slated for 2 p.m. Friday at Sanders Memorial Chapel with Bob Mize officiating. Burial at Grandview Cemetery under Kay Funeral Home direction. A native of Germany he moved to Lubbock in 1948 from Reno New and worked for A&B Mattress. Survived by wife and son Bill McClure of Dallas.
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Fred Bendsus
Quirt
West Texas Hospital
Bill McClure
Dallas
George J. Gruis Rites Set Today
Funeral services for George J. Gruis age 55 are set for 10 a.m. in Wheeler-Starlight Chapel with Rev. Hugh Frazier officiating. Burial will follow in West Lawn Memorial Cemetery. Gruis, an Eastern New Mexico University employee, died Monday afternoon of a heart attack. He was treasurer of University Baptist Church, a World War II veteran, and a house parent for the Baptist Children’s Home of Portales. He is survived by his daughter Barbara, two sons Bobby Gruis of Dixon Alabama and Andy Gruis of Carles Illinois, a brother Adolph Gruis of Wayland Michigan, four sisters Margaret Willitte and Lavon Lindgren of Blue Earth Minnesota, Irene Guckeen of Guckeen Minnesota, and Pearl Lloyd of Town Falls Iowa, and three...
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Barbara
Bobby Gruis
Dixon, AL
Andy Gruis
Carjles
Adolph Gruis
Wayland
Mich
Margaret Willitte
Lavon Lindgren
Blue Earth
Minn
Irene Guckeen
Guckeen, Minn
Pearl Lloyd
Town Falls
Iowa
Mrs Stephens rites planned in Hale Center church
Services set for 2 p m today at Hale Center First United Methodist Church for Mrs Lloyd A Stephens 72 who died Tuesday night at High Plains Hospital Funeral will be at Park Lawn Memorial Gardens with Rev Carrol Green of Hale Center First Baptist officiating She was born in Taylor and lived in Hale Center since 1942 She is survived by her husband two sons three daughters a brother two sisters 13 grandchildren and three great grandchildren
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Janie Caracus
Hale Center
Interstate 27
FM 1424
Lubbock's Methodist Hospital
Mary Ann Beeson
Odessa
First United Methodist Church
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Rix Funeral Home
Lloyd A. Stephens
Taylor
Abe Weatherwise Predicts Record Snows for 1973
A UPI report from Dublin New Hampshire cites Abe Weatherwise of the Old Farmer's Almanac predicting a harsh 1973 with heavy snows from the Dakotas to New England and as far south as Cincinnati. The almanac also forecasts floods and drought, a white Christmas, near record 30 inches of snow in New England after Christmas, and up to 50 inches in late February.
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Dublin
N.H
UPI
United States
Abe
U.S
Dakotas
New England
Cincinnati
Alice
Central States
Missouri
Mississippi River
Great Plains
CFA
Psalmist Faith and Daily Praise By Julien C Hyer
A religious meditation urges daily blessing of God, citing Psalm 145:2. The author contrasts faltering faith with those seeking peace, urging readers to maintain trust in God's word and begin each day with faith in their heart.
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Julien C, H
John A. Jones Rites Set Today
Funeral services for John A. Jones 62 of 401 38th St will be held at 3 p.m. today at Resthaven-Singleton-Wilson Funeral Home. Rev J R Church of Western Hills Baptist Church will officiate. Mr Jones a Mead-Co Inc truck driver died about 5 a.m. Wednesday in West Texas Hospital. He was born in Roxton and moved to Lubbock in 1946. He is survived by wife Gladys two daughters Peggy Coffer and Carrie Hickman a brother Albert Jones seven pallbearers Gordon Lee Tinney Lloyd Campbell Ross Spencer Ted Gouldy Jr and Otis Owens.
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John A. Jones
38Th St
West Texas Hospital
Resthaven-Singleton-Wilson Funeral Home
J. R. Church
Western Hills Baptist Church
Burka
Resthaven Memorial Park
Jones
Mead-Co, Inc
Roxton
Lubbock
Gladys
Peggy Coffer
39Th St
Carrie Hickman
Albert Jones
Paris
Gordon
Lee Tinney
Lloyd Campbell
Ross Spencer
Ted Gouldy Jr
Otis Owens
Hudson Funeral Set At Portales
Funeral services for Kathryn Louise Hudson 27 are set for 2 p.m. Friday at Wheeler Starlight Chapel with burial at Portales Wheeler Mortuary. Officiating will be Revs Walter Hunt Frank Taylor Eloy Romero Hugh Frazier and George Blake. She died Tuesday in Clovis Memorial Hospital after months of illness. She was born and raised in Portales. Survivors include three children Sheila Kay Cynthia Denise and James Edwin all at home. parents Edwin and distant Portales. a brother Eddie J. Stephenson of Portales. three sisters Maxine Kerby Margaret Spriggs and Elizabeth Stephenson of Clovis.
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Portales
Kathryn Louise Hudson
Wheeler Starlight Chapel
Portales Cemetery
Wheeler Mortuary
Walter Hunt
Frank Taylor
Eloy Romero
Hugh Frazier
George Blake
Edwin Stephenson
Eddie J. Stephenson
Maxine Kerby
Margaret Spriggs
Elizabeth Steiphenson
Clovis
John Gay Dies in Childress at 64
John Gay 64 died at 1 30 p m Wednesday in Childress born in Dickens funeral set for 2 p m Friday at Childress Church of Christ burial in Childress Cemetery. Survived by sons Murry Amarillo and Jerry Seattle Wash a wife Elner Gay Lubbock a brother prank Dallas. sisters Louise Long Lubbock Marguerite Key Lubbock Ruth Granville Spokane and three grandsons.
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Childress
John Gay
Dickens
Childress Church of Christ
Childress Cemetery
Murry
Amarillo
Jerry
Seattle
Wash
Elner Gay
27Th St
Lubbock
Prank
Dallas
Louise Long
22Nd St. Lubbock
Marguerite Key
S T
Ruth Granville
Spokane
Evans Teacher Ray Culp Rites Held
Evans Junior High teacher Ray Van Culp 43 of 3014 58th St. was found shot to death in a storage shed behind his home. Funeral services set for 4 p.m. at the First Christian Church with burial at City of Lubbock Cemetery. Culp taught seven years at Evans and held a bachelor’s degree from 1956 and a master’s in 1958 from Texas Tech. He moved to Lubbock in 1954 and was born in Gatesville. He is survived by wife Celia and son Dean, his parents, and two brothers, Albert of Slaton and Ned of Howe.
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Ray van Culp
58Th St
Evans
First Christian Church
Alan C. Lynch
City of Lubbock
Justice of the Peace
Wayne LeCroy
Culp
LeCroy
Evans Junior High
Texas Tech University
Gatesville
Lamesa High School
Lubbock
Celia
Dean
Ray Culp
Lamesa
Albert Culp
Slaton
Ned Culp
Howe
Friona Woman of the Year Mra Lange Dies
A native of Dyer Indiana Mra Lange longtime civic reader in Friona Texas died after a five day illness. Burial will be in Friona Cemetery with Parsons Funeral directing. She held roles in the Women's Fellowship of the Union Congregational Church Friona Women's Club PTA and American Red Cross county chairman. Survived by band O F Lange three sons Charles Coneway Houston Albert Coneway Harlingen Robert Coneway Kansas City Miss Kay Jonte Chicago Carolyn Lynn Doris Lange and nine grandchildren eight
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Dyer
Ind
Mra
Lange
Friona
Women's Fellowship
Union Congregational Church
Friona Women's Club
Friona Pta
American Red Cross
Women's Auxilary
The
American Legion
O. F. Lange
Charles Coneway
Houston
Albert Coneway
Harlingen
Robert Coneway
Kansas City
Kan
Kay Jonte
Chicago
Iil
Carolyn Lynn
Doris Lange
Santana Torrez Dies and Rites Set
Santana Torrez 48 of 3523 E 15th Place died on arrival at West Texas Hospital from natural causes. Services 2 p.m. Friday at Calvary Church of the Nazarene with Ismael Rueda officiating. Burial City of Lubbock Cemetery. Henderson Funeral Directors in charge. Torrez was minister of the Philadelphia Mission and came to Lubbock in 1948. He was born in Woodsboro and survived by three sons Fermin, Gilbert, Cello. three daughters Irene, Sylvia, Mary Salazar. two brothers Steve of Fort Worth and Porfirio of Fresno. and other relatives.
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Santana Torrez
West Texas Hospital
Calvary Church of the Nazarene
Ismael Rueda
City of Lubbock Cemetery
Henderson Funeral
Torrez
Philadelphia
Lubbock
Woodsboro
Obituary for Mason native Jones in Lubbock service
The service will be officiated by Garnie Atkisson of Northside Church of Christ and burial at City of Lubbock Cemetery. Jones, a Mason native and 25-year Lubbock resident, was a retired carpenter and lived at Ray's Hospitality Home. Survived by W. L. Jones and John Jones of Lubbock, sister Mrs. John Millwee, brother L. B. Jones Sr., seven grandchildren. Pallbearers listed as Hugh Dixo n, Quay Hodge, Jack Louden, Buck Johns, Doug Greenlee, Johnny Gower.
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Garnie Atkisson
Northside Church of Christ
City of Lubbock
Mason
Jones
Lubbock
Ray
W. L
John Jones
John Millwee
L. B. Jones Sr
Hugh Dixon
Quay Hodge
Jack Louden
Buck Johns
Doug Greenlee
Johnny Gower
Mrs Sheppard Rites Scheduled in Plainview Church
Mrs Wanda Jean Sheppard 38 of Plainview died Tuesday in an Oklahoma City hospital. Services set for 2 p.m. Friday at Seth Ward Baptist Church, with burial in Memorial Park under Lemons Funeral Home direction. She was a native of Stillwater and had lived in Oklahoma and California before moving to Plainview in 1949 from Compton California. She is survived by daughter Mrs David Palmer of Blair Oklahoma and son Doyle Gene Sheppard of Plainview plus siblings L J Van Zandt Kenneth Van Zandt Paul Van Zandt and Mrs J C Reeeben.
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Plainview
Wanda Jean Sheppard
Oklahoma City
Seth Ward Baptist Church
Don Cass
Walter A. Jones
Ing
Nursing of Lemons Funeral Home
Stillwater
Okla
Sanders Memorial
Sheppard
Oklahoma
California
Compton
Calif
J. C. Sheppard
David Palmer
Blair
Doyle Gene Sheppard
L. J. van Zandt
Lynwood
Kenneth van Zandt
William C Powell Dies At Snyder
Snyder resident William Clinton Powell 51 died at Cogdell Memorial Hospital after a lengthy illness. A Cass County native who lived in Scurry County a decade he was a farmer married to Lillie Vaughn in 1940 in London. Survivors include his wife a daughter seven sons and seven sisters.
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Snyder
William Clinton Powell
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Naples
Cass County
Powell
Scurry County
Lillie Vaughn
London
Jessie Merle
Mickey Powell
William Powell
Richard Powell
James Powell
Ronnie Powell
E. B. Jenkins
M. C. Gardner
Spencer Barnes
J. W. Hicks
Ethel Rick
Cross Plains
Emmy Wright
Hot Springs
Ark
Karl Brook
Idabell
Okla
Cagle Services Set For Friday
James Marlin Cagle 64 died after a long illness at his Tulia home. Funeral 2 p.m. Friday at Wallace Funeral Home with Gerald Tidwell pastor of First Baptist officiating. Burial at Rose Hill Cemetery. Cagle a Hale County native lived in Tulia 42 years retired construction worker Lions Club member ICCF. Survived by son Richard of Tulia daughter Linda Cloyd of Canadian and four grandchildren.
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Tulsa
James Marlin Cagle
Wallace Funeral Chapel
Gerald Tidwell
First Baptist Church
Rose Hill Cemetery
Hale County
Cagle
Tulia
The
Lions Club
1.C.C.F
Richard Cagle
Linda Cloyd
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Lattrel
Doris
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Pends
Carrol Ray Pyle
W. L. Rowlett
Calvary Baptist ‘Church of
Andrews Cemetery
Singleton Funeral Home
Rowlett
Permian General Hospital
Hiram Dunaway
Levelland
Seagraves
Douglas E. Brooks
Willis Brooks
56Th St
St. Mary of the Plains Hospital
56Th Street
E. G. White Jr
140Th District Court
Westhaven
White
Ollie Marrie Edwards
Cherry Ave
Jamison Funeral Home
Edwards
Debra Miller
43Rd St
Methodist Hospital
19Th Street
Boston Avenue
Harvie Hensley
King County
Guthrie First Baptist Church
Guthrie Cemetery
Norris Funeral Home
Padujeah
Hensley
Richard Memorial Hospital
Paducah
E. C. Coomer
Hamilton United Methodist Church
Shire Cemetery
Hamilton
Coomer
Paula Martines Rodriguez
Bovina
St. Anne’s Catholic Church
Parsons-Ellis Funeral Home
Rodriguez
Sam Conner
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Harry O. Murphy
McKean County Memorial Park
Bradford
Koch- Chatley Memorial Chapel
Murphy
Medical Center Hospital
Nora ‘Pearl Jennings
Central ‘Church of Christ
Antonio Hernandez
319 Ave. W
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Peaceful Gardens Memorial Park
Henderson
Hernandez
Big Spring Hospital
Abernathy High School
Buckner
Mackenzie State Park
Texas Tech Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority
Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity
Maud Terrel
42Nd St
Harwell Heights Baptist Church
Sanders Funeral Home
Toni R. Turk
Western Texas Colllege
South Plains Genealogical Society
Municipal Garden and Arts Center
University
Farley Russell
Harry Bell
George J. Gruis
Hudson
Palmer Com Hospital
Paul Lee
Friona Cemetery
Parsons Funeral
Aphlsitone
William C. Powell
Nash Ambulance Service
Peaceful Gardens
Memorial Park
U.S. 87
Woodrow
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