Rain floods South Plains as officials report widespread showers
Record rainfall blankets Aldmantown and western Permian Basin with high totals in Andrews and Odesan. Officials say low-lying streets flood while several towns report two inches or more. two men jailed over Friday assault near Lamesa as weather and police actions anchor a chaotic day.
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Aldmantown
Permian Plains
A Park Lake
Basin City
Panhandle
Midland-Odessal
NWS
Austin
South Plains
Nite Caps
Denise McSchooler
Mt Lomesa
Plains
Yoakum County
Pan
Pioneer Natural Gas Co
Methodist Hospital
Amherst
Broadway
Lamesa
Sharing Highway Funds Sparks Midland Warning
Texas Highway Commissioner Charles Simons warned Midland Chamber and Rotary members that federal revenue sharing proposals could destroy the state local highway partnership. He argued the plan would rewrite funding by diverting federal taxes, save for the interstate system, and erode existing programs. He spoke amid rainfall reports and other local notices during a noon luncheon.
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Midland
Texas
Charles Simons
Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club
Simons
THC
Permian Basin
Highway Week
Preston Smith
Funda Mandal
Jeueu
Lions Club
Chamber
Areltha Abastian
Congress
Federal Highway Trust Fund
Services Today For Mrs. Davis In Sanders Memorial Chapel
Mrs. Davis dies after long illness. services at 2 p.m. in Sanders Memorial Chapel with Dr. Dudley Strain of First Christian Church officiating. Burial in Lubbock City Cemetery, under Sanders Funeral Home. Survived by husband, one daughter Mrs. Glen Mary Flake of Dallas, and two grandchildren.
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Dudley Strain
First Christian Church
City of Lubbock
Sanders Funeral Home
Davis
Commerce
Anderson Brothers Jewelers
Lubbock
Quanah
Plainview
Glen’ Mary Flake
Dallas
Ruthardt Rites Set In Levelland For Morton Farmer
Loyd Ernest Ruthardt 59 of Morton died after midnight in a Morton hospital from an apparent heart attack. Services at 3 p m in First Assembly of God Church Levelland with three ministers. Burial City of Levelland Cemetery. Survivors include wife Mary Alice three sons James Ernest and Bob, two daughters Irene Blackwell, and others.
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Loyd Ernest Ruthardt
Rt. 2
Morton
Morton Hospital
Ruthardt
Assembly of God Church
Charles Gibson
Virgil Pace
Melrose
G. A. VanHoose
City of Levelland Cemetery
George Price
Paris
Ruthardts
Morton Assembly of God Church
Mary Alice
James
Ernest
Bob
Irene Blackwell
Lubbock
Spur Rites Slated For Mrs. Vernon
Mrs. Hulda Vernon 89 of Spur died in Ontario California after a short illness. Services set for 10 a m Monday at First Baptist Church with Rev Norris Taylor officiating and Rev John Vernon assisting. Burial in Spur Cemetery under Campbell Funeral Home direction. She was born March 2 1882 in Alabama arrived in Dickens County in 1910 and later moved to Ontario where she lived since 1938. Survivors include six sons Sam F F Morris Harvey Fred Hollis a daughter Bertie Graham three brothers twenty grandchildren and 39 great grandchildren.
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Spur
Hulda Vernon
Ontario
Calif
First Baptist Church
Norris Taylor
John Vernon
Lovington
N. M
Spur Cemetery
Campbell Funeral Home
Alabama
Vernon
Dickens County
Hockley County
Sam
Seattle
Wash
F.F
Morris
Abilene
Harvey
Cave Junction
Ore
Fred
Hollis
Arcadia
Bertie Graham
Lubbock
Joe Draper
Ellis Draper
Paul Draper
San Angelo
Bob Nerton
Clinton Herron
Joe Hahn
Jimmy Hahn
George Keene
Draper Keene
C. L. Graham
Marion Truett
Wilburn Ball
MM. Copeland
Rites for Theodore Haynes Held in Littlefield
Theodore Haynes 69 died after a heart attack at Medical Arts Hospital Littlefield. A native of Oklahoma, he moved to Lamb County in 1947 and farmed locally for 14 years. Services Saturday at Hammons Funeral Home Chapel with LDS officiant. burial in Littlefield Memorial Park. Survivors include his wife Camalete, three sons, three daughters, two sisters and 15 grandchildren.
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Littlefield
Theodore Haynes
Medical Arts
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Lamb County
Tuscahoma
Okla
Hammons Funeral Home
Church of Latter-Day Saints
Littlefield Memorial Park
Camalete
Robert Clifton
Fairbanks
Alaska
Orville Eugene
Theodore David
Goldsboro
N. C
Rose Wynne Grant
Falls Church
Emma Arzinna O'Dell
Amarillo
Coral Jayne Waynes
Ethel Mayberry
Tuskahoma
Nora Riggins
Tacoma
Wash
Andrew Dunford Services Slated
Andrew Jackson Dunford 62 of Spade will be laid to rest with services at Hammons Funeral Home Chapel at 10 a.m. Saturday conducted by Rev. Johnny Lee Jr. Graveside rites follow at Albany Cemetery at 4 p.m. after a stroke led to his death at Medical Arts Hospital. He is survived by wife Mary two sons Richard of Bowling Green Va two daughters Shirley Davis Snyder and Lavone Townsend Henderson two sisters Lucille Seed Blanket Lula Domm Fort Worth and 15 grandchildren.
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Littlefield
Andrew Jackson Dunford
Spade
Hammons Funeral Home
Johnny Lee Jr
Albany
Dunford
Medical Arts Hospital
Mary
Richard
Bowling Green
Shirley Davis
Snyder
Lavone Townsend
Henderson
Lucille Seed
Blanket
Lula Domm
Fort Worth
Sneezy Dies in Hollywood Veteran Comic Billy Gilbert
HOLLYWOOD (UPI) Billy Gilbert died at 78 in a convalescent home. The ventriloquist of sneeze comedy appeared in about 300 films and voiced Sneezy in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. He built a career from vaudeville to stage, movies, and television.
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Hollywood
UPI
Billy Gilbert
Gilbert
Sneezy
Walt Disney
Ler
Death announcements for Arthur Herring and Robert Webb
Obituaries report the deaths of 86 year old Arthur Herring of Brownfield and 50 year old Rev. Robert Wesley Webb. Herring's funeral set for Saturday at Brownfield services with burial in Terry County Memorial Cemetery. Webb to be buried in Lubbock Memorial Cemetery after services at First Presbyterian Church officiated by Rev. Webb and Rev. Grace Chapel. Survivors listed for Herring include wife Elsie and six sisters. Webb's survivors include wife Mrs Cletus Caswell and son R W Webb plus several grandchildren. Both ceremonies directed by Brownfield Funeral Home and Sanders Funeral Home respectively. The notices note Herring was a longtime Terry County resident and farmer. Webb was employed as an attendant at Rip Griffin Truck Stop and lived in Labm moved to Dawson and New Deal communities prior to settling in Brownfield. The Mayflower reference appears as a partial, historically detached line.
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Apthoe Hugh Herring
Terry County
Brownfield General Hospital
Robert Wesley Memorial Chapel
Webb
48Th St
Cletus Caswell
Union
Baptist Church
Highland Hospital
Frank
Inj Brooks
First Grace
University
Presbyterian Church
Arnold Pope
Inj Memorial Cemetery
City of Lubbock
Brownfield Funeral
Sanders Funeral
Hill County
Dot Rose
Rip Griffinsj
Peoria
Lab
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Terry
Courty
Elsie
R. W. Webb
Dallas
Herring
Perry
Looney
Marvin Looney
John
Lord
Kiethel Henery
Rip Grif-f
W.B
J.C
Olan
Fin
Scott Ellison
Pilgrims
England
Mayflower
Funeral Pending For Mrs Reina
Mrs. Simon Reina 41 of 2905 St Place died about 1 45 p m Wednesday in Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital after a lengthy illness. She lived in Lubbock 15 years and is survived by her husband Simon four sons Tony Jesse Daniel Simon Reina Jr and Susan all of the home. Services are pending at Sanders Funeral Home.
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Simon Reina
St Place
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
Lubbock
Reina
Simon
Tony
Jesse
Daniel
Simon Reina Jr
Susan
Sanders Funeral Home
Services for Opal Collins Pending in Amherst
Mrs. Opal Margaret Collins 59 former Amherst resident died Wednesday in Tulsa. Services are pending at Payne Funeral Home Amherst. She lived last year with daughter Mrs. Lewellen Nichols of Bartlesville Oklahoma. Survivors include daughters Mrs. Nichols Bartlesville and Mrs. Sue Fields Goliad, mother Mrs. P. O. Lane of Amherst, brothers Bill Lane Phoenix and Sid Lane Vernal Utah, and six grandchildren.
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Amherst
Opal Margaret Collins
Tulsa
Payne Funeral Home
Thomas Motley Funeral Pending in Odessa
Thomas Charles Motley 79 died about 9:30 a.m. Thursday at Medical Center Hospital after a short illness. A retired carpenter born in Oklahoma, he moved to Odessa in 1937 and was World War II veteran. Survivors include two sons R W Motley of Odessa and Thomas Motley of Amarillo, two daughters Louise Goodgame of Hobbs and Ina Manning of Odessa, a brother Ernest Motley of Alderson Oklahoma, 12 grandchildren and a great grandchild.
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Odessa
Hubbard Kelly
Thomas Charles Motley
Medical Center Hospital
Motley
Oklahoma
Hel
R.W. Motley
Thomas Motley
Amarillo
Louise Goodgame
Hobbs
Ina Manning
Ernest Motley
Alderson
Okla
Am I Shepherd am I Shepherd FolKs in a sermon line
Julien C Hyer asks readers to classify themselves among three types: those who make things happen, those who watch what happens, and those who hear and see but do not act. He challenges self reflection on personal agency and responsibility.
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Jonah
Julien C. Hyer
Rites Today for Alvin L. Thomas Local blacksmith at Cotton Center
Services for Alvin Louis Thomas 80 longtime Cotton Center resident will be at 10 a.m. in Cotton Center United Methodist Church. Thomas who moved to the South Plains in 1911 worked as a blacksmith in Cotton Center Halfway and Fence Lake New Mexico native and survivor list includes five sons two brothers two sisters eleven grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Burial follows at Plainview Memorial Park with Rev. Raymond Jones and Rev. Ray Forbes officiating.
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Cotton Center
Cotton Center United Methodist Church
Alvin Louis Thomas
Hale Center
Raymond Jones
First Baptist Church
Ray Forbes
United Methodist Church
Plainview Memorial Park
Thomas
South Plains
Spade Ranch
Halfway
Fence Lake
N.M
Oklahoma
Earl and
Douglas Thomas
Corpus Christi
Louis Thomas
Plainview
Alvin Thomas Jr
Ponca City
Okla
Wendell’ Thomas
Claude Thomas
M. E. Chick
Belen
Odie Defur
Santa Cruz
Calif
Charles Graham's Services Today
Charles C Graham 59 longtime Canyon businessman dies at home after WWI service. Funeral 4 p m today LaGrone Chapel with Rev J Frank Perry. burial Dreamland. Survivor list includes wife Lillian Green Graham and several children. Graham Grocery owner for 30 years also involved in real estate and Kiwanis member.
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Canyon
Charles C. Graham
LaGrone
J. Frank Perry
First United Methodist Church
Dreamland Cemetery
LaGrone Funeral Home
Graham
Mt. Kisco
N.Y
Lillian Green
New York
Canyon High School
Kiwanis Club
A] Andrews (Special) — Ranson, David, A Student and al J. Williford Jr
Midwestern University
Randal J
Gene Richardson Williford Sr
Andrews
Lubbock
Permian General Hospital
Andrews Cemetery
Burt Hungerford
Second Baptist Church of
Youth Cleared For Trial In Officer Slaying
Dist. Judge Paul A. Martineau certified 11 year old Richard B. Ridgolph as an adult for the sniper slaying of a police officer in Corpus Christi. A complaint will be filed with the district attorney and turned over to the grand jury.
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Corpus Christi
UPI
Paul A. Martineau
Richard B. Ridgolph
Martineau
Grand Jury
Funeral Saturday For Mrs. Tidwell
Mrs. Floyd Jackie Tidwell 50 of 3413 46th St died about 4 a.m. Thursday at Methodist Hospital after illness at home. Services at 4 p.m. Saturday at Oakwood Baptist Church with Rev. Stan Blevins and Rev. John Martin. burial at Memorial Park. She was an information clerk at the post office for 16 years and a member of the supervisors auxiliary and Oakwood Baptist. She moved from Que Mada, New Mexico, to Acuff at age 2 and lived in Lubbock since 1941. Survived by husband, two daughters Charlotte and Janice Tidwell, father J. B. Meador, two sisters and two brothers. Pallbearers: C wart, Johnston, Strickland, Searcy, Hardin, White.
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Jackie) Tidwell
46Th
Methodist Hospital
Oakwood Baptist Church
Stan Blevins
John Martin
Bellaire Baptist Church
Memorial Park
Sanders Funeral Home
Supervisors
Oakwood
Jerry Biffle
Anton
Floyd Kempner
San Diego
Calif
Morris Meador
Alton Meador
Acuff
Marvin Cowart
Sidney Johnston
Bill Strickland
Hubert Searcy
Morris Hardin
Riley White
Hereford Man Drowns After Pickup Swept From Bridge
Joe Benavidez 20 of Hereford was found drowned in Terra Blanca Creek after his pickup went off the Dairy Road bridge during rising water. He had been reported missing after failing to show for work at Three R Feed Yards southeast of Hereford. His body was found downstream as the creek subsided. Benavidez moved to Hereford from Tucumcari New Mexico in 1968 and is survived by his wife Fannie Marquez Benavidez, married in June. Gililland Funeral Home handled local arrangements.
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Joe Benavidez
Terra Blanca
Dairy Road
Benavidez
O ‘Arm
Ralph Hodge’s Rites Slated
Ralph Hodge Sr. 68 of Lubbock died at Methodist Hospital. Service at Bethel A M E Church with Rev. A W Wilson. burial in Peaceful Gardens under South Plains Funeral. Survived by wife, five daughters, two sons, a foster son, sisters, a brother, and many grandchildren.
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Ralph Hodge Sr
Lubbock
Methodist Hospital
Bethel A.M.E
A. W. Wilson
Peaceful Gardens Cemetery
South Plains Funeral Home
Caldwell County
Hodge
Northtext Hide Co
Bethel A.M.E. Church
Julia
Mrs. Cristina Combest Rites Planned in Odessa
Services for 90 year old Mrs. Cristina Bessie Combest are set for 10:30 a.m. today at Sherwood Church of Christ with burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens under Rix Funeral Home direction. She died Wednesday at Medical Center Hospital after a short illness. A native of Dayton Tennessee she moved to Odessa from El Paso in 1961. Survivors include two sons Cecil E. Combest of Odessa and Fred Combest of Tulsa a daughter Mrs Elizabeth Johnston of El Paso 13 grandchildren and 21 great
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Odessa
Cristina
Bessie’ Combest
Sherwood Church of Christ
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Rix Funeral Home
Alton Davis Rites Pending In City
Services are pending at Sanders Funeral Home for Alton Davis 37 of 1603 Adrian who died Wednesday at the Veterans Administration Hospital Big Spring after two months illness He had lived in Lubbock since 1950 and was a Baptist Survivors include a son Lotus Davis Houston two daughters Peggy Sue Davis Huntington Ark Joann Davis of Houston his mother Letus Davis of 1603 Adrian four brothers T W Davis Sherman Aubrey Davis Brownfield L B Davis and David Davis Lubbock and three sisters Lucille Cates Lubbock J M Carty Woodville and Henry Davis of Woodville
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Sanders Funeral
Alton Davis
Adrian
Veterans Administration Hospital
Big Spring
Lubbock
Lotus Davis
Houston
Peggy Sue Davis
Huntington
Ark
Joann Davis
Letus Davis
1603
T. W. Davis
Sherman
Aubrey Davis
Brownfield
L. B. Davis
David Davis
Lucille Cates
J.M. Carty
Henry Davis
Woodville
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Rites Today
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19Th St. Lubbock, Texas
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Mes
Floyd Tidwell
Ralph Hodge
Peaceful Gardens Memorial Park
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