Dr Rupert N Richardson Honored as Texas Baptist Elder Statesman
Dr Rupert N Richardson, noted Baptist educator and historian, named Texas Baptist Elder Statesman of the Year by the Independence Homecoming Association of Waco. The honor recognizes his work as writer, teacher, and leader in Baptist higher education and historical societies.
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Waco (Ap
Rupert N
Texas Baptist Elder
Independence Homecoming Association
Richardson
Baptist Higher Education
Texas State Historical Association
The
Texas Philosophical Society
Gordon G. Singleton
Baylor University
Association
Independence
Republic of Texas
E. N. Jones
Christian Education Commission
Baptist General Convention of Texas
Guy Newman
Howard Payne College
Brownwood
South Plains
Greater Southwest
Carl Coke Rister
Texas
Lone Star State
Simmons College
Hardin-Simmons
University of Chicago
University of Texas
Kennedy Nominates Higginbotham to Federal Trade Commission
President Kennedy names A. Leon Higginbotham Jr. to a seven year FTC term, making him the first African American appointed to a U.S. federal regulatory agency. Higginbotham, 34, is a Democrat from Philadelphia with prior private practice and a stint as an assistant district attorney. He has roles with the Pennsylvania Fair Employment Commission and the local NAACP.
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UPI
Kennedy
Leon Higginbotham Jr
Philadelphia
Federal Trade Commission
White House
Higginbotham
William O. Kern
Pennsylvania Fair Employment Commission
The
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Clovis Rites Set For Joe Bailey
Services for Joe W. Bailey a Clovis rancher and cattleman who died Tuesday at age 55 are set for 2 p.m. today at the C V Steed Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev Leonard Gillingham of Kingswood Methodist Church will officiate with burial at Mission Garden of Memories Cemetery. Survivors include wife Lena Merie a daughter Jo Adrian Tice a sister Della Bailey and a granddaughter. Pallbearers are Tommy Klebold Jimmy Hardgrove B J Pierce Carl Williams Bill Thomas Z R Felton Paul Rodman and Paul Williams.
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Clovis
Joe W. Bailey
C. V. Steed Funeral Home
Leonard Gillingham
Kingswood Methodist Church
Mission Garden of Memories
Bailey
Lena Merie
Jo Adrian Tice
25Th St
Lubbock
Della Bailey
Tommy Klebold
Jimmy Hardgrove
B. J. Pierce
Carl Williams
Bill Thomas
Z. R. Felton
Paul Rodman
Paul Williams
Charles Stroud Services Pending in Lamesa
Charles D. Stroud 76 of 2220 S 1st St died 4:22 pm Wednesday at Reese Air Force Base Hospital near Lubbock. Higginbotham Funeral Home Chapel will host services with burial at Lamesa Memorial Park. Survived by two sons James W of Long Island NY and Charles Jr of Fort Walton Beach FL a sister Mrs J H Ward of Hominy OK and a brother Sam W of San Antonio.
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Lamesa
Charles D. Stroud
S. 1St St
Reese Air Force Base Hospital
Lubbock
Higginbotham Funeral Home
Lamesa Memorial Park
Missouri
Stroud
James W
Long Island
N. Y
Charles Jr
Fort Walton Beach
Fla
J. H. Ward
Hominy
Okla
Sam W
San Antonio
Former Brazilian Prime Minister Dies After Rally
Francisco Brochado da Rocha, 52, former prime minister, died in Porto Alegre from a cerebral hemorrhage suffered at a political rally. He had resigned during a congress crisis over President Joao Goulart’s powers. The Council of Ministers declared three days of national mourning as Goulart praised him as a great public figure.
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Brazil
Francisco Brochado da Rocha
Brochado da Rocha
Congress
Joao Goulart
Brasilia
Council of
Goulart
Mrs Susie Saunders 76 Dies in Hale Center Visit
Hale Center Texas Mrs Susie Saunders 76 of Hale Center died at 11 30 a m Wednesday while visiting her son Wayne Thrush at 2214 22nd Street Lubbock Services set for 10 a m Friday at Hale Center Methodist Church Arrangements were pending at Rix Funeral Home She was a member of the Hale Center Methodist Church moved from Amarillo about ten years ago Survivors include husband Art sons Donald Lucerne Valley Calif two daughters Mrs George Coffey Hale Center Mrs Cecil R Williams Pampa eight grandchildren and six great grandchildren
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Hale Center
Susie Saunders
Wayne Thrush
22Nd St
Lubbock
Hale Center Methodist Church
Rix Funeral Home
Saunders
Amarillo
Art
Donald
Lucerne Valley
Calif
George Coffey
Cecil R. Williams
Pampa
Berkness Rites Set At Roswell
Oscar B. Berkness 89 a retired U S Indian Service employee will have services at 10 a m today at Ballard Funeral Home Roswell Burial will follow at Memory Lawn Memorial Park Roswell He died Tuesday at Memorial Osteopathic Hospital He lived in Roswell since 1942 retiring after 34 years in the Indian service Survivors include daughter Mrs E D Beall of Roswell and three grandchildren
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Roswell
Oscar B. Berkness
U. S. Indian Service
Ballard Funeral Home
Memory Lawn Memorial Park
Berkness
Memorial
Banister Rites Slated At Clovis
Arthur Everett Banister 79 of Portales died Tuesday in a Clovis rest home. Services set for 4 p.m. today at Steed Memorial Chapel with Dr. Herbert Berstrom officiating. Burial will be in Floyd, New Mexico. Survivors include wife Millie and brother Harve. Abilene Grandnephews will be pallbearers.
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Clovis
Arthur Everett Banister
Portales
Steed Memorial Chapel
Herbert Berstrom
First Baptist Church
Floyd
N. M
Banister
Millie
Harve
Abilene
Tulia Services Set For Mrs. Etta Gross
Rites for 65 year old Mrs. Etta Gross are scheduled at 10 a.m. in the Wallace Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. H. B. Coggin officiating. The former Tulia resident died Tuesday in Corpus Christi and had lived in the Love community before moving to the coast. Survived by brother-in-law Bonnie Blont, brother Ernest Patty of Plainview, and sister Mrs. Maggie Macon.
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Tulia
Etta Gross
Wallace Funeral Home
H. B. Coggin
Tulia First Methodist Church
Gross
Corpus Christi
Love
Bonnie Blont
Ernest Patty
Plainview
Maggie Macon
Tourists Flood Poland With Visitors This Year
More than 100000 travelers have visited Poland this year. About 20000 come from the United States and Canada, according to the travel bureau.
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Poland
Warsaw
United States
Canada
Mishap Victim Services Pending in Tulia
Mishap victim dies from injuries after a tractor accident near San Jacinto School in Swisher County. Funeral services are planned for Friday at First Methodist Church with Rev. Roland Moore and Rev. Jerry Terry officiating, burial in Rose Hill Cemetery, Wallace Funeral Home directing. Survivors include wife Eula son Eugene and brothers Erick and Earl.
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Tulia
Swisher County Hospital
Roland Moore
Jerry Terry
Baptist Church of
San Jacinto School
Swisher County
Amarillo
Parker County
Malone
Vigo
Eula
Eugene
Erick
Earl
Turkey Woman's Services Slated
Services for Mrs. Opal Faye Rogers 44 wife of Sheriff Clyde Rogers are set for 10 a.m. Friday at First Baptist Church Turkey. The Rev. Darwin Scot will officiate. Mrs. Rogers died Tuesday in a Memphis hospital after ill health. She was born in Farmersville and moved to Turkey in 1925 and married Rogers in 1937. Survived by two sons Keith at Fort Lewis Wash and Tommy at home. two daughters Janice and Marsha at home. parents Mr and Mrs Frank Tyner Estelline. five sisters Mrs Claude Arnold Estelline Mrs Walter Simmons Oxnard Calif Mrs Arlis Crump Childress Mrs Michie Maupin Turkey and Mrs Wilma Floyd Bell Gardens Calif. two brothers Walter Tyner Memphis and Raymond Tyner Oxnard.
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Turkey
Opal Faye Rogers
Clyde Rogers
First Baptist Church
Darwin Scot
Rogers
Memphis
Keith
Fort Lewis
Wash
Tommy
Janice
Marsha
Frank Tyner
Claude Arnold
Walter Simmons
Oxnard
Calif
Arlis Crump
Childress
Michie Maupin
Wilma Floyd
Bell
Mrs. Clare Tydings Rites Planned in Missouri
Mrs. Clare Tydings 71 died Tuesday in a local hospital. Services are set for Friday at Fort Henry Methodist Church Huntsville Missouri. She had been in ill health three months and was mother of R N Tydings Hobbs Public Schools manager. Surviving are daughter Mrs G E Green San Mateo California three sisters three brothers and two grandsons.
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Hobbs
Clare Tydings
Fort Henry Methodist Church
Huntsville
Happy Living Through Godly Wisdom And Psalms
James 5 11 expresses happiness for endurance. Psalm 144 offers information about a happy nation. Proverbs 3B shows how one who keeps God’s statutes feels. 1 Peter 3 14 notes joy of righteousness. Psalm 128 shows happiness with God. Julien C Hyer.
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Julien C. Hyer
John S. Green Rites Are Friday
John S. Green 84, a Wanette Oklahoma resident and former Paducah resident, dies on his birthday in Oklahoma. Services 2 p.m. Friday at Missionary Baptist Church with burial in Garden of Memories Cemetery. Norris Funeral Home in charge. Survivors include three daughters Mrs J E Ward Miss H F Grant and Mrs Sidney Manning, plus 16 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren.
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Paducah
Missionary Baptist Church
John S. Green
Wanette
Okla
Green
Oklahoma
Richard Bolt
Garden of Memories
Norris Funeral Home
J. E. Ward
Levelland
H. F. Grant
Sidney Manning
Gt Field
John Calcote Rites Planned Here Today
John G Calcote link obituary notes funeral 2 p m at McDonald Funeral Home Chapel Temple Ave for a man who died Tuesday at Methodist Hospital after a lengthy illness He was a retired cafe operator who lived in Lubbock 20 years moving from Clarksville Survivors include his wife a daughter Mrs Johnnie Lois Bedrosian two sons Ira Glen Rose and Everett three sisters Mrs Bertha Rasberry Mrs Byrd Lucas and Mrs Iraine 13 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren Pallbearers listed Albert Bledsoe Bobby Haney Jimmy Haney Preston Carver Leo Teck and Jim Moriarty.
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McDonald Funeral Home
John G. Calcote
Temple Ave
Methodist Hospital
James Patterson
Pioneer Memorial Methodist Church
Resthaven Memorial Park
McDonald
Calcote
Lubbock
Clarksville
Johnnie Lois Bedrosian
San Jose
Calif
Ira
Glen Rose
Everett
California
Bertha Rasberry
Nacogdoches
Byrd Lucas
Ira Eine
San Augustine
Albert Bledsoe
Bobby Haney
Jimmy Haney
Preston Carver
Leo Teck
Jim Moriarty
Johnson to Open Midland Air Show
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas will open the seventh annual Midland Jaycees air show Sunday in Midland.
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Midland
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Midland Jaycees
Stowe Services Scheduled Today
Simon G. Stowe 3 died at his Meadow area home after months of illness. Services are set for 2:30 p.m. at Meadow Church of Christ with Bobby Reynolds officiating. burial in Meadow Cemetery under Brownfield Funeral Home direction. Survived by wife, six sons, five daughters, three sisters, six brothers.
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Meadow Church of Christ
Simon G. Stowe
Bobby Reynolds
Meadow Cemetery
Brownfield Funeral Home
Terry County
Stowe
Bonham
Oklahoma
Church of Christ
L. D
Simon Jr
Frederick
Okla
Larry Wayne
Abilene
Larry Ray
Marty Glenn
Johnny Ray
Gloria Lee Tidwell
Ruby Faye Wade
Mesquite
Doree Ann Salinas
Wolf City
Carolyn Sue Cline
Linda Lou Stowe
Wife of Ex-Texas Congressman Dies
Mrs. Thomas L. Blanton, widow of a former Texas Congressman who served the 17th district in the 1920s, died Tuesday night near Albany after several weeks illness. Funeral arrangements were pending Wednesday in Albany. Mrs. Blanton owned the Lambshead ranch near Albany.
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Albany, Tex
UPI
Albany
Thomas L. Blanton
Pioneer Leane Floyd Rites Planned Friday
Leane Floyd pioneer resident will lie in state at 2 p.m. Friday in the First Methodist Church with Rev. James Carter officiating. Burial will follow in Lockney Cemetery under Carter Funeral Home direction. Floyd, a cotton buyer for years, had been hospitalized in Raymondville and ill for months. Survivors include his wife four sons two daughters and eight grandchildren. He moved to Lockney in 1906 with his parents and was a charter member of the church and a Mason. His golden wedding anniversary with his wife was Nov. 27.
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Eeats
Leane Floyd
James Carter
Mondville
Lockney Cemetery
Carter Funeral Home
Floyd
2Nd St
Raymondville
Lockney
C. A. Floyd
Masonic Lodge
First Methodist Church
Lewisville
Mrs Workman Rites Are Friday at Rix Funeral Home
Services for Mrs Henry A Bertha Workman 77 of 2611 37th St are set for 2 p m Friday at Rix Funeral Home Chapel burial will be in Green Memorial Park Wilson The widow moved to Lubbock from Cheyenne Wyoming in 1954 and had previously lived in Slaton Survivors include three sons Robert Henry and Floyd two sisters Mrs Dora Blakney and Mrs Alice McGee eleven grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren Funeral details list Bob Hoover minister of Van Delia Village Church of Christ officiating
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Henry A
Bertha) Workman
37Th St
Rix Funeral Home
Robert
36Th St
Henry
Denver
Floyd
Amarillo
Dora Blakney
Alice McGee
Levelland
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