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Newspaper

Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 14, 1972

Page

6

Escape suspect captured after raid in Lubbock

Ramirez, a 5 feet 5 inch, 140 pound fugitive wearing an orange shirt and brown pants, was arrested after deputies and safety officers raided a north Lubbock residence. A small amount of heroin was found. Rufus Rodriguez faced misdemeanor aggravated assault on a DPS officer and $400 bond after pleading innocent.

Orance Randy Helly Joe Wood Jerry Boures Ramirez Priday North Lubbock Department of Police Safety Rufus AL Rodriguez Basler St Edwin H. Boedeker

Lovington Woman Thola Mae Eubanks Dies at 59

Mrs. Thola Mae Eubanks, 59, died Thursday night at Lavington Lea General Hospital after illness. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. at Jackson Avenue Baptist Church with Rev. Joe Vernon officiating. Burial in Resthaven Memorial Gardens. She had lived in Lovington since 1960 and was active in Jackson Avenue Baptist Church and Midland Rebekah Lodge 91. Survivors include two daughters, two sons, a mother, three sisters, three brothers, and eight grandchildren.

Lovington Thola Mae Eubanks Lavington Lea General Hospital Jackson Avenue Baptist Church Joe Vernon Resthaven Memorial Gardens Smith Rogers Funeral Home Ebanks Jackson Avenue Midland Rebekah Lodge Chloe Luedas Panama City Fla Roger Langbecker Darrel Eubanks Darwin Fubanks Grace Murtishaw Bronte Tex Mildred Wojtek Robert Lee, Tex Mary Sharp San Angelo Maurine Sparks Colorado City Tex H. C

J. W. Kelly Dies in Muleshoe at 71

J W Kelly 71 died at 4 30 p m Thursday in West Plains Memorial Hospital Muleshoe after a lengthy illness Services set for 11 a m today at Singleton Ellis Chapel with Rev J W Fowler officiating Masonic graveside rites at 3 a m today in Amarillo Liano Cemetery He moved from Borger to Muleshoe in 1951 worked for Mobile Oil Co until June 1 He was born in Cherryvale Kansas and was a 32nd degree Mason Survivors include his wife a sister Mrs D R Holloman Cascade Colo and his nephew Dudley Holloman Jr Oklahoma City

Muleshoe J. W. Kelly West Plains Memorial Hospital Singleton-Ellis J. W. Fowler First United Methodist Church Liano Cemetery Amarillo Kelly Borger Mobile Oil Co Cherryvale Kan

Hollowell Infant Dies In Odessa

Graveside services for Mathew Alexander Hollowell two day old son of Mr and Mrs George P Hollowell will be at 230 pm Sunday at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Rev Ralph Thompson of Kingston Avenue Baptist Church to officiate with Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home in charge. The infant died Friday at Medical Center Hospital. Survivors include grandparents George L Hollowell and A L Hines both of Odessa.

Odessa Mathew Alexander Hollowell George P. Hollowell Sunset Memorial Gardens Ralph Thompson Kingston Avenue Baptist Church Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home Medical Center Hospital George L. Hollowell A. L. Hines Carrol Ray Pyle Independent Mission Baptist Church Sunset Memorial Gardens Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home Pyle St. Petersburg Fla

Tech biology lecture announces distinguished speaker

Texas Tech University biology department launches a Distinguished Speakers Series with a public talk by Dr. William A. Jensen, chair of the University of California Berkeley Botany Department, in Qcom 10 of the Biology Building. The report also lists multiple funeral services, mover notices, and local community events across Lubbock and surrounding towns.

Texas Tech University Department of Biology William A. Jencen University of California, Berkeley Reuben G. Bullard Geology University of Cincinnati Tell Gezer Tarael Pam Texas Tech Museum

Desiderata 1692 plaque including wise servant rules

Poem style verse by Julien C Hyer citing Proverbs 17 2 and urging honesty steadiness gentleness and self faith. Advises speaking truth keeping ideals high and avoiding trickery to achieve success. emphasizes calm over expedience and personal career focus.

Julien C, Hyer

Mrs. Patricia Rangel Rites Planned

Mrs. Patricia Rangel sixty six died early Friday at Littlefield Hospital after a three week stay. Services are set for 2 p.m. today at Memorial Baptist Church with Rev. Silbiano Rangel officiating. Burial will be in Littlefield Cemetery with Hammons Funeral Home directing. Survivors include her husband Eumenio and fifteen children along with many grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Littlefield Patricia Rangel Littlefield Hospital Memorial Baptist Church Silbiano Rangel Littlefield Cemetery Hammons Fortunato Silbiano Matilde Vincente Pueblo Rangel Selistialas Cristan Elisa Alvarado Juanita Villa Franco Alicia Smith Utah Leonardo Capetilo Elias Capetilo Francisca Chavarria

Services Planned Today for Mrs. J. W. Coffee

Mrs. J. W. Coffee 71 dies in Cogdell Memorial Hospital. Funeral 2 pm today at Bell-Scale Funeral Home Chapel with Pat Abbananto. Burial Hillside Memorial Gardens. She was Brownwood native, married 1925 in Lorain. Survived by daughter C V McDaniel Jr and three sons Jimmy Mack Bob, plus sisters, brother, 18 grandchildren, two great grandchildren.

Loraine C. V. McDaniel Jr Snyder Jimmy W. Coffee Jr Casper Wyo Mack Coffee Big Spring Bob Coffee Odessa Lara Hester Odessa McCann Annie Lee Shafner Brownwood Frank Evans Blanket

Mrs. Crocker Rites Planned in Brownfield Area

Mrs E H Crocker 93 died Friday in Wilson Jones Hospital Sherman. Services set Sunday at First Christian Church Van Alstyne with graveside to follow Monday at Terry County Cemetery Brownfield. Survivors include two sons, three daughters, 17 grandchildren and several great grandchildren.

Brownfield E. H. Crocker Wilson Jones Hospital Sherman First Christian Church van Alstyne Flesher Funeral Home Terry County Jack Garrett Bill Crocker Lubbock Ernest Crocker Long Beach Calif Ray Smith Howard Phames Big Spring W. ‘Lh. Pickett

Mrs. Moyland Ed Courtney 80 dies in Plainview

Hale County resident Mrs. Moyland Ed Courtney died after brief illness in Central Plains General Hospital. She had lived in the Bellview community since 1918 and later in Plainview. Survived by two sons M. H. Courtney and Thomas Lee Courtney and three grandchildren. Burial in Plainview Memorial Park under Lemons Funeral Home care. Mrs. Courtney active in church and Hale County affairs.

Plainview Moyland Ed Courtney Hale County Central Plains General Hospital First United Methodist Church Mark Williams Plainview Memorial Park Lemons Funeral Home Aldrich Courtney Bellview Hale County Home Demonstration Council

Rites Planned for Phillip Orman Ford in Levelland

Services set for 10 a.m. at George Price Funeral Home Chapel for Phillip Orman Ford 59 of Levelland who died after a long illness. Pervis Williams pastor to lead burial in Levelland Cemetery. Ford, born in Greenville Kentucky, had lived in Levelland since August after moving from Santa Cruz California. survived by wife Velma Perrin and seven grandchildren.

George Price Levelland Antonio Torres Sundown Cook Memorial Hospital Phillip Orman Ford Lubbock’s University Hospital Pervis Williams Missionary Baptist Church City of Levelland Greenville Ford Santa Cruz Calif Velma Perrin St. Louis Paul Edward Perrin Fort Smith Ark Raymond Whitney Worms Germany A. D. Strickland Elden Lewis Murray L. Ford Azusa Harold D. Ford Central City

Mrs Vilie Patton Rites Set Sunday

Inez Patton 75 longtime Tatum New Mexico resident died Thursday at Ray's Hospitality Home in Lubbock after an extended illness. Services at 2 p.m. Sunday at Church of Christ Tatum with Lou Hardesty officiating. Burial in Tatum Cemetery under Smith-Rogers Funeral Home direction. Lubbock arrangements by Rix Funeral Directors.

Lovington Vile Inez Patton Tatum, N.M Ray Lubbock Church of Christ

Services Set for Rev. Robert Huckabee Minister with 65 years in United Methodist Church

Obituary notes the life of Rev. Robert N. Huckabee 85 of 3405 28th St who died Friday at Lubbock Medical Center Hospital. Funeral Monday at First United Methodist Church with three pastors officiating. Burial at Rest Haven Memorial Park. He served as associate pastor at Lubbock and Amarillo churches from 1951 and 1907 beginnings, with extensive Masonic and community work and a large family.

Andrew HU. Essary First United Methodist Church Lamesa Newton Starnes Lubbock Resthaven Branon Funeral Home Lamsa Essary St. Paul's Hospital Dallas Robert N. Huckabee 28Th St United Methodist Church Huckabee Lubbock Medical Center Hospital Paul Bumpers J. O. Haynes Marvin Boyd Resthaven Memorial Park Northwest Texas Ralls Wellington Lockney Rotan Paducah Shamrock Quanah Brownfield Borger Floydada Haskell Muleshoe San Jacinto Tenth Avenue Amarillo Georgetown Methodist Church Mexico Jackson Parish Southwestern University Vanderbilt University Texas Caddo Mills Central East Texas Af&am Yellow House Masonic Lodge Hella Temple of Khiva Temple Grand Lodge of Texas Legion of Honor South Plains Shrine Club Lubbock Commission On Knife and Fork Club Epworth League Hughes-Caperton Fund Anne Campbell Nashville Tenn Lois Riveire Elizabeth Vetesk Denver Colo Mary Kaser Rockford, Ill John Riveire Fort Worth Bill Riveire Houston

Funeral Slated for Mrs. Cecil E. Eubanks

Mrs. Cecil E. Eubanks 66 of Moheetie died at 3 a.m. Friday in a Wichita Falls hospital. Funeral services are set for 10 a.m. Monday at Owens Brumley Funeral Home in Wichita Falls with Rev. Jim Phillip Eubanks of Seattle officiating. Survivors include her husband and two sons Floyd Eubanks of Hereford and Bill Eubanks of Wichita Falls.

Cecil E. Eubanks Moheetie Lubbock Wichita Falls Owens- Brumley Funeral Home Jim Phillip Eubanks Seattle Wash J. Farris Eubank 28Th St Floyd Eubanks Hereford Bill Eubanks Wichita

Armacost Funeral Pending in Idalou Family Business

Charles E. Armacost 48 of Idalou died at 5 30 a m Friday in the Veterans Administration Hospital Albuquerque New Mexico. He owned Allied Appliance and Television Store in Idalou services are pending with Rix Funeral Directors Lubbock

Idalou Charles E. Armacost Veterans Administration Hospital Albuquerque N. M Armacost Allied Appliance Rix Funeral Directors Inubbock

David Lytle Dies Funeral Tomorrow in Brownfield

David Lytle died of a heart attack and funeral services are set for Monday at 2 p.m. at Laing Funeral Home in Brownfield with the Reverend officiating. Burial will follow in Terry County. Lytle, born in Van Alstyne, moved to Brownfield in the early 1940s from the Plains and was a cotton compress operator. He is survived by his brother Harry Lytle of Brownfield, a sister Mrs Henry Roper of Grover, and several grandchildren.

Siedey Terry County Brownfield F Funeral Home Lytle van Alstyne Brownfield Ae Plains

Mrs Wingren Rites Arranged in Lampasas

Nellie Wingren 72 former Lubbock resident died in a San Angelo hospital. Services set for 10 a.m. at Briggs-Games Funeral Home Chapel Lampasas with Dr. Adrian Coleman First Baptist officiating. Burial in Watson Cemetery. Wingren retired as a Lubbock school teacher in 1963 and was a Mary Hardin Baylor College graduate and First Baptist Church member.

Lampasas Nellie Wingren Lubbock San Angelo Briggs-Games Funeral Home Adrian Coleman First Baptist Church Watson Cemetery Wingren Mary Hardin Baylor College

James Mayo Sr. Rites Set Today

Funeral services for James Boyd Mayo Sr. 48 a former Lubbock resident will be held at 4 p m today at Wilke Clay Funeral Home Chapel burial will follow at Assumption Cemetery Austin He was a Veterans of Foreign Wars member survived by daughter Susan Ann Mayo and son James Mayo Jr both of Austin four brothers Foster Mayo Farming ton New Mexico George Mayo Artesia New Mexico Eldo Mayo Odess a and Floyd Mayo Valley View

Austin James Boyd Mayo Sr Wilke-Clay Funeral Home Assumption Cemetery Mayo Veterans of Foreign Wars Susan Ann Mayo James Mayo Jr Foster Mayo Farmington N.M George Mayo Artesia, N.M Eldo Mayo Odessa Floyd Mayo Valley View

Jeff Lemley Dies in Crosbyton at 74

Jeff Lemley 74 died about 4 a.m. Friday in Crosbyton Hospital. Services Sunday at 3 p.m. in First Baptist Church Crosbyton with L. M. Handley officiating, Luther Porter of Paducah assisting. Burial in Crosbyton Cemetery under King Funeral Home direction. A Palo Pinto County native, he moved to Crosby County in 1921 and ran the Aie Motor Court in Crosby. Survivors include his wife, son J. H. Lemley of Idalouy and four grandchildren.

Crosbyton First Baptist Church Carl Grissom Andrews King Funeral Home Reed Crosbyton Hospital Jeff Lemley L. M. Handley Luther Porter Paducah Palo Pinto County Lemley Crosby County Aie Sson J. H. Lemley Idalouy

Also Mentioned on This Page

Hollowell EWS Briefs J.E Iva) Shewbert Labbock W. W. Rix Shewbert M. Attelfroy National University Fixtension Association Atlanta Spurgeon Jones Perkins Garden of Memories Norris Funeral Home Perkins Richard Memorial Hospital Janice Wilhite Clovis St. Mary of the Plains Hospital Avenue Q David Perez Dimmitt Methodist Hospital Perez N. University Avenue FE. 4Th Street Willie Law E. 56Th St West Texas Hospital Don Bilbrey Ave. Ro House of Maranatha 14Th St Ave. X Jeff Waller Ed Robb Mike Simmons Bryan Rudd Maranatha Singers Rix Funeral Home Grace Aggerson Justice of the Peace J. A. Purifoy Arnett-Benson Community Council Kay Trevino Harry Arthur Textile Research Center Far East Texas Natural Fibers Arthur Textile Mills i 28Th Street Indiana Avenue Stella Herod 17Th St Franklin Farneworth 55Th St Steven Mitchell 17Th Street Avenue A Della Lopez Erskine St 4Th Street Avenue G Desiderata Nash Ambulance Service West Texas Mrs. Crocker P. O. Ford Vilie Patton White Sands Missile Range Las Cruces Missile Range Robert Huckabee Rev Robert H. Huckabee Lubbock Monument Works Georgia Bill Linn Peaceful Gardens Memorial Park U.S. 87 Woodrow David Lytle James Mayo Sr Quasar Royce
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