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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1968
Page
5
Members of Mount Gilead Baptist Church Women’s Missionary Union will sponsor a Women’s Day program at 7:20 p.m. at the church on Fir Avenue with speaker Mrs. L A Vadley of Lubbock. The theme will be Christian Women Dedicated, Willing and Working.
Mitchell 68 a Tulia resident found dead at his home Friday. service to be held at first Baptist Church Tulia with Rev. Frank Pollard officiating. Burial at Rose Hill Cemetery under Wallace Funeral Home. Masonic rites will follow. Survivors include wife daughter six sisters and a grandchild. He married Elsie Cutrell in 1942. He belonged to Lakeview Masonic Lodge and Khiva Shrine. He died of an apparent heart attack. his wife was at home. Mitchell moved from Artesia New Mexico. born in Sherman.
Mrs Dora Florence Green 80 died Friday at her home. Services at 3 p m in First Baptist Church with Rev John Ferguson officiating. Burial Seagraves cemetery under Singleton Funeral Home. Survivors include husband Cumby, three daughters Bonnie Freeman Lubbock Bernice Freeman Seagraves Helen Sellers Denver City, two brothers Clarence Oliver Imperial CA Dale Sweetwater, four sisters Bertha Shirley Odessa Edith Patton Philadelphia Saffie Welch Bakersfield Marie Mads Sweetwater, two grandchildren 24 great grandchildren.
Jess M. Wells 76 of 2303 17th St died at 5 p.m. Saturday after a lengthy illness in West Texas Hospital. Funeral services set for 10 a.m. Monday at First Baptist Church with Rev. David Ray and Rev. J T Balding officiating. Burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery. Wells native of Matador came to Lubbock from Plainview. Survived by wife Alice two sons Dr Ben Wells of Houston and Jack of Chicago two sisters Mrs Mary Hamilton Plainview and Mrs Sally Speed Laponte California and five grandchildren.
Funeral services for Jacob Clements 35 resident here since 1955 will be at 10 am Monday in Lemons Memorial Chapel. The Rev CL EL Wainscott will officiate. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Cemetery Odessa. Clements died after being dead on arrival at 7:15 am Saturday at a local hospital. He is survived by Susan two sons Jerry and Garry two brothers Paul Odessa Billy Wichita Falls and two sisters Mrs Fred Carter Fort Worth and Mrs Billy Carrout h De Leon.
Services for Mrs. Clara May Foster of Lovington will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at Hillcrest Baptist Church with Rev. Ed Scarborough and Rev. Billy Foster officiating. Burial follows at Resthaven Cemetery under Smith-Rogers Funeral Home direction. Survivors include two daughters, a sister, a step sister, and two grandchildren.
Services for Arthur Shuttlesworth 54 longtime Sudan resident will be at 8 00 p m today at First Baptist Church Burial will be in Littlefield Memorial Park under Payne Funeral Home direction Shuttlesworth a postal clerk died at 1 40 p m Thursday at Methodist Hospital in Lubbock after a lengthy illness Survivors include wife a son a daughter three brothers and three sisters
The bank occupies the west area of the first six floors and all of the seventh floor of the 15 story central building. Co-owner Pioneer Natural Gas Co plans to move in within a few weeks. Construction continues in many areas as formal opening kicks off in early November with tours and receptions through December.
Mrs. Mary Campbell longtime La Mesa resident died at 8 50 p m Saturday in a Lubbock rest home where she had been a patient about one year Services are pending at Branon Philips Funeral House She was born in Callins Mississippi moved to La Mesa in 1925 Survivors include two daughters Mrs C V Ball and Mrs John Bizzell both of Lamesa three sons Harmon San Jose Calif Laurence Gardena Calif and Cyril McGilvray Puerto Rico three sisters Mrs T W Mayfield and Mrs C L Allen both of Axtell and Mrs H A Messer of Haynesville Mississippi four brothers H H Gilvray of Grosebeck Texas TH W of Fort Worth and J B of Los Angeles 15 grandchildren and 22 great grandchildren
Vernon A Craven 50 former Tech student and Abilene area resident dies after extended illness in an Abilene hospital. Services set at 2 pm today in North Funeral Home Chapel Abilene with burial at Ross Cemetery Baird. Craven native of Matador attended Tech three years Baylor civil engineering 1960. He moved to Abilene in 1964 from Waco to work for West Texas Utility Co. He leaves Frances a son John A Tech student a daughter Mrs Gerry Festerman of LaMarques his mother Mrs G S Craven Matador two brothers D Craven Matador and A B Craven Midland and a grandchild.
Funeral services for James Lee Sheppard 25 will be held Monday at 3 p.m. in Lyons Chapel Baptist Church with Rev. J Alexander officiating. He died Tuesday in a Denver hospital from gunshot wounds suffered two weeks earlier. He leaves Mary Shedina Michael and his parents, several siblings and other relatives from Lubbock. Burial in Peaceful Gardens Cemetery directed by South Plains Funeral Home.
English star Michael Caine, rising from a London fish market family, sold on acting to become a movie icon. He discusses wealth, marriage, and his screen persona while filming The Italian Job in Turin, noting his Rolls Royce, Grosvenor Square apartment, and a $4 million minium per film budget.
Mrs. Tilden B. Armstrong wife of a former area minister died Saturday at her Abilene home after a lengthy illness. Services are set for 4 p.m. in the First Methodist Church Abilene. She lived in Floydata and Andrews in the 1950s when her husband Dr Tilden B Armstrong was minister of First Methodist Churches there and later served as superintendent of the Pampa and Abilene districts before moving to Abilene.
Friona weekly The Friona Star changes ownership with Bill Ellis purchasing the paper from Joe Osborn of Austin. Ellis has served since 1962 as editor and since 1963 as editor-manager after Osborn bought interest from W. H. Graham Jr. and Bert Nedley, with the Star noted for offset printing and multiple press awards.
Thelma McNabb of 709 km Fordham found six of eight puppies Saturday night. Two puppies were later located in an abandoned water well sixteen feet deep. Firefighters struggled with a small top opening but retrieved one pup by 10:20 PM and worked to rescue the second, which fell back into the hole.
Lee Tracy, famed for a rapid speech delivery on stage and screen, died in Santa Monica at 70 from liver cancer. A Broadway The Front Page star and later film and TV actor, his widow Helen survives. Funeral set for Tuesday at Pierce Brothers Mortuary with burial in Shavertown, Pennsylvania.
Teri McKinley, El Paso native and South Plains Maid of Cotton, enjoys campus life at Texas Tech. The 20 year old freshman balances class at 10:30, sorority duties with Kappa Gamma, study hall and signature drives for actives, while dreaming of the national Cotton Maid contest in Memphis and a Cotton Bowl queen ride in Dallas.
Ideal warm weather spread over Texas on Saturday with a virtually cloudless sky. Highs reached the mid eighties by afternoon as winds eased and no rain was expected until at least Monday. Forecasters predicted a sharp drop Sunday night with dry air and clear skies, though South Texas could see some clouds.
Mrs. Annie B. Crain 76, former Floydada resident, died in Hamilton. Survived by daughter Mrs. Robert B. Jones of San Antonio, sister Mrs. Cora Battey of Hereford, six brothers and one half brother. Services Monday at First Baptist Church Floydada, Rev. B C Bradley officiating. Burial Floydada Cemetery. Moore-Rose Funeral Home directs.
Truman Young, 65, of 2401 aoth St., died 12:40 p.m. Friday in Methodist Hospital from injuries from an automobile crash two weeks earlier. He lived 26 years in the area, worked for Plumbing Service Co., and belonged to Plumbers Local 629 and Sunset Church of Christ. Funeral is 2:50 p.m. Monday at Sunset Church. Burial in Resthaven Memorial Park. Survivors: son TD. L. Young of 2020 Yard St. brother Royce Young of Melissa, Texas. two granddaughters Sharon Prather of San Angelo and Nancy Young of 3020 35rd St. His wife preceded him in death in June. Services by Henderson Funeral Directors.
Mrs S B Lennie Sivells 87 of S425 Sith Street died Saturday after an extended illness at West Texas Hospital. Services set for 3 p m Monday at Waldo Funeral Home Sherman with Akers Cemetery burial. Survivors include three sisters and a grandson.
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