Obituary for Melvin Lee Graves of Stanton
Melvin Lee Graves of Stanton died Wednesday after a lengthy illness. Funeral services were Thursday at the Stanton Church of Christ with burial at Trinity Memorial Park in Big Spring. Graves, born September 10 1910 in Collins County, lived in Martin County 70 years, was a retired farmer, and worked 25 years for a Farmers Co op Store. He served as Martin County Farm Bureau director, on the Walcott School Board, and belonged to the Church of Christ in Stanton. Survived by wife Zona Doris Atchison, one son Lee, two daughters Zona Clarene Graves and Olga Modene Lundgren, a sister Lorena Flowers, five brothers Luben Harold Lester Ray I T, four grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Acknowledgments to Drs Brachetta and Davison and Ward Memorial Hospital staff.
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Melvin Lee Graves
Stanton
Lora Lucy Miller
Monahans
Stanton Church of Christ
Trinity Memorial Park
Big Spring
Graves
Collins County
Martin County
Farmers Co-op
Martin County Farm Bureau
Walcott School
Church of Christ In
Zona Doris Atchison
Howard County
Lee of
Zona Clarene Graves
Carlsbad
Tex
Olga Modene Lundgren
el Paso
Lorena Flowers
Midland
Luben
Harold
Lester
Tarzan
Ray
Littlefield
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TEC to close 59 offices in Texas on Feb 1
The Texas Employment Commission will shut 59 offices statewide on February 1 due to two major budget cuts since October 1. Chairman Nolan Ward says funding reductions affecting more than 1,300 positions left little choice. In San Angelo District only Lamesa and El Paso Northeast face closures.
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Texas Employment Commission
Nolan Ward
Ward
Monahans
Chamber of Commerce
San Angelo
Ward County
Lamesa
el Paso
Burial and loan VA benefits Q and A overview
An honorably discharged World War II veteran asks about burial expense payments and VA home loan prepayment. VA pays 150 dollars for a wartime burial plot for eligible non national cemetery burials. As of Oct 1 1981 an allowance of 300 dollars is available to veterans who are or were receiving disability compensation or pension at death. A VA guaranteed loan may be paid off in full or partial at any time without penalty.
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Veterans Administration
National Cemetery
Veterans Administrations
Motel project and airport hangar on Monahans council agenda
The Monahans City Council will hear the plat for the Mark II motel on 10.57 acres in Gramsey Subdivision along West 15th Street and an adjacent apartment site. Al and Lyn Pakeyk seek ground rental at the airport for a hangar while a renewal of the Ward County fire fighting contract is considered. Additional agenda items may follow.
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Monahans
15Th Street
15Th
Gramsey
al and
Lyn Pakeyk
Monahans Municipal Airport
County to set salaries and open bids
As of Friday the county commissioners listed two non routine items for Monday. They will set 1982 salaries for county employees and open bids and hospitalization insurance for employees. Also on the agenda is authorization to insert a TV camera into an older well at Hogg Ranch to inspect air pumping. Depending on the TV scan they may consider sonic cleaning of the screen.
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Jack Forga
Hogg Ranch
Forga
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Sid Richardson
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