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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1968
Page
5
Services were conducted for Mrs. L C Holt at 10 a m in Slaton First Methodist Church with burial in Inglewood Cemetery. Englands Funeral Home directed. She died Wednesday in Mercy Hospital after a long illness. Survivors include a son and grandchildren.
Sallye M. Taylor 70 of 1520 24th St died at 11:55 am Thursday at Methodist Hospital after two years of illness. Services 2:30 pm Saturday at Sanders Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Dr. E Harold Henderson and Rev Jack Welch officiating. Burial City of Lubbock Cemetery. Survived by daughter Peggy Fay Lovell Wichita Falls. son Derwood Lubbock. brother L. D. California. sisters G A Barnett Olney Emma Lunn Sa Angelo. four grandchildren and a great grandchild.
Services for Melvin Lee Isaacs 68 of Odessa set for 2 p m today at Mth Street Church of Christ. Burial in Lamesa Memorial Park. Branon-Phil ips Funeral Home directing. Isaacs died Thursday at Malone-Hagan Hospital Big Spring after 14 days hospitalized. Survived by wife Beatrice a daughter Wilma Isaacs of Odessa a son Ike of Lamesa two sisters two brothers and two grandchildren.
A 58-year-old Lubbock man was discovered around 3 p m Thursday on the Jess Koonsman ranch about 15 miles west of Fluvanna. The Plymouth linked to James Holder, KFYO worker, with a rubber hose in exhaust suggests possible carbon monoxide. Autopsy ordered to determine cause of death. services pending at Sanders Funeral Home.
In a space experiment from Mountain View California NASA reports pepper plant leaves twisted downward while in orbit and wheat seedling roots grew up and sideways, illustrating strange weightless effects.
Funeral services for 62 year old Mrs. Nettie Newman of Cochran County will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church Morton with Rev. Fred Thomas officiating. Burial follows at Morton Memorial Cemetery. Survivors include three sons four daughters a sister four brothers and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Verne Martin 46 of Mesa remains in serious condition after a Monday heart transplant at Methodist Hospital in Houston. The operation, led by Dr. Michael DeBakey, used the heart of 17 year old Michael Ray Jennings. Of 52 recipients, 26 survive. Houston cases show 10 of 16 patients survive.
The excerpt centers on multiplication as a universal force, with biblical echoes from Genesis about fruitful increase. Julien C Hyer muses that God multiplies people, drops, and grains to build a world of seas, continents, and events, portraying progress as driven by the constant will to multiply.
Services for Mrs. Mattie C. Tucker 100 of Lamesa will be held at 2 30 p m Saturday at Bryan Street Baptist Church. Rev. Lynn Stephens will officiate with burial in Lamesa Memorial Park. She died Thursday at Medical Arts Hospital after a 23 day stay. Survivors include two daughters Mrs May Olds of Lamesa and Mrs Nora Jaynes of Detroit Tex 14 grandchildren 38 great grandchildren and 11 great great grandchildren.
Ellen Gupton 43 longtime Muleshoe resident died after brief illness in Temple Texas Burial will be in Bailey County Memorial Park following services at First Baptist Church Survivors include husband Connie Dale son David and daughter Susan parents W T and Mrs Goodson of Childress sisters C M Privitt Dallas Mrs Frank Ford Newhall Calif Mrs Frank Cox Albuquerque NM brothers Marion Goodson Andrews and Harold Goodson Amarillo Church and funeral details provided
Venturo Gomez 73 will have a rosary at 7 p m today at Henderson Funeral Home Chapel. Requiem Mass at 10 a m Saturday at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church with Rev Curtis Hoffmann officiating. Burial in Peaceful Gardens. He died Wednesday in Methodist Hospital after a two week illness. Born in Tom Green County, he came to Lubbock in 1956. A retired laborer. Survivors include son Audon Gomez of Morton, daughter Mrs Juan Montes of 2902 Cornell, and half sister Mrs Simona Segura of San Angelo.
Services for Paula Aguilar 75 of 223 N Boston Ave Lubbock will be at 1 p.m. today at Liberty Mission with graveside rites at 1 30 p.m. at Plainview Memorial Park Burial is under Henderson Funeral direction She died Wednesday afternoon in Methodist Hospital Survivors include three daughters and three sons
Services for 55 year old Laverne Miller will be held at 3 30 p m today at First Baptist Church with Rev A B Lightfoot officiating Burial will follow at Hillside Memorial Garden Bell Seale Funeral Home.
Hugh Haynes 67 a Dawson County resident since 1915 will be buried at Lamesa Memorial Park after services at 3 p m Saturday at Downtown Church of Christ Weslie Mickey minister will officiate Haynes died about noon Thursday at his home from an apparent heart attack He was a native of Comanche County He leaves a daughter Margie Mrs Don McCandless of Brownfield four sons Troy and Gerald of Fort Worth Ray of Garland and Bobby of Dallas one sister Nites Tom Cathey of Welch and one brother Charles I of Amarillo
Texas Tech graduate student Unfred will release the first daily pollen count from four Hub City sites in the Avalanche Journal. City sanitarian Comer Sharp explains the pollen data will show which allergens rise or fall daily and aid physicians and allergy sufferers.
Marcello Caetano a 62 year old lawyer and educator was proclaimed premier of Portugal replacing Antonio de Oliveira Salazar who suffered a stroke ten days earlier and has not regained consciousness. President America Thomaz announced Caetano s appointment in a television speech marking Salazar s forty year rule. Salazar 79 remained on oxygen in Lisbon Red Cross Hospital with slim chances of survival. Thomaz called the move deeply distressing yet inevitable as Caetano was expected to be sworn in.
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