Obituary of Lee Jerrell Parker in Pyote
Lee Jerrell Parker 66 died after a two week illness. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Friday at the Pyote Methodist Church with burial in Pyote Cemetery. Born September 18 1902 in Matador he lived in Pyote sixty years and served as Ward County Precinct Four road foreman. A World War II veteran and Methodist Church member, he is survived by widow Inez Parker and two sons Lee D. Parker of Huntsville Alabama and others.
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Methodist
Pyote
Lee Jerrell Parker
Mr. Parker
Matador
Ward County
Methodist Church
Inez Parker
Lee D. Parker
Hunteaville
Ala
Parker Family Notice From Houston To Las Cruces
The obituary mentions Lonnie Joe Parker of Houston and Christine Cligney of Las Cruces New Mexico among relatives. It lists Lonnie Parker of Springdale Arkansas Troy Parker of Monahans and Dorothy Gray of El Paso as siblings and ten grandchildren.
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Bama
Lonnie Joe Parker
Houston
Christine Cligney
Las Cruces
New Mexico
Lonnie
Springdale
Arkansas
Troy Parker
Monahans
Dorothy Gray
el Paso
Mass Read For Mrs Maria Subia In Monahans
A funeral mass was held Friday at St Johns Catholic Church in Monahans for Mrs Maria C Subia of Grandfalls who died after a two week illness in Ward Memorial Hospital. Burial followed in Grandfalls Cemetery. Born September 1888 in Onjinga Mexico she was a long time Ward County resident with four sons nine grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren among survivors.
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St. Johns Catholic Church
Monahans
Maria C. Subia
Grandfalls
Ward Memorial Hospital
Grandfalls Cemetery
Onjinga, Mexico
Ward County
Dulcesnombres Subia
Julian Subia
Sevina Subia
Comese Subia
Los Angeles
California
Nina Aguilar
Card of Thanks for Support During Illness and Surgery
My wife and I express thanks to friends who comforted and aided us during my illness hospitalization and surgery. Particular gratitude goes to Pete Eyans Helen Walsh Gussie and Betty Rushing for their kind deeds. Mr and Mrs Mack Moore L and M Motel.
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Pete Eyans
Helen Walsh
Gussie
Betty Rushing
Mack Moore
L. and M Motel
Family of Maria C Subia expresses gratitude
The family thanks friends and community for sympathy and love shown during Maria C Subia's sorrow and loss.
Allen couple attends cousin’s funeral in Elysian Fields
Mr and Mrs Stewart Allen returned Monday from the funeral of Curry Mitchell a cousin of Mrs Allen in Elysian Fields. Mitchell died Thursday of natural causes.
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Stewart Allen
Chamber Seeks Youth Help in Monahans
The Monahans Chamber urges youth to register for part time work and asks residents and businesses to call 943 3721 for yard work cleanup babysitting or summer help. Chamber Manager Joe Corby says the program must work both ways with youth registering and employers contacting the chamber.
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Chamber
Harry King
Monahans
Joe Corby
New Daughter for Earl Cockerham's Family
Mrs. Earl Cockerham announces the birth of daughter Susan Leigh on June 12 at Winkler County Hospital in Kermit. She serves as secretary treasurer of the Monahans Girls Softball League and quips they have added a little third baseman to their team.
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Earl Cockerham
Susan Leigh
Winkler County Hospital
Kermit
Cockerham
Monahans
Donkey Monument Sparks Northeastern Brazil Parody
In Santana de Ipanema Alagoas mayor Adeildo Nepomuceno plans a donkey monument to honor centuries of burro service. Citizens joke about a statue for the mayor while papers cite regional donkey population and historic tribute. some push for a formal inauguration by the president.
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Maceio
Brazil
Adeildo Nepomuceno
Santana de Ipanema
Alagoas
San Francisco
Nepomuceno
Arthur da Costa E Silva
Recife
Jornal Do Commercio
China
Ethiopia
Mexico
Poco Das Trincheiras
Bethlehem
Nordestinos
Santana Do Ipanema
Santana
Texas Youth Council Phases Out Summer Training Credits
Conradt notes budgeted funds allow elimination of June July August training steps. Legislature's appropriation bill adds 6.8 percent pay raise for Home employees effective September 1. Readers praise Monahans Police Department for vigilant home checks while owners away, plan to display support stickers. Nepal's slowest profitable train runs 20 miles from Jayanagar to Janakpur, departs noon, arrives four.
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Conradt
Texas Youth Council
Monahans
A.M. Bush
Doris Monahans
Texas
Katmandu
Nepal
Jayanagar
Janakpur
Farm Bracero Debates and Racial Tensions Roil 1960s South
The piece links the 1965 end of the bracero program to complaints by growers led by Teague and Wirtz over labor discrimination. It details vigilante patrols, union suppression, and deportation threats against migrant workers, plus rising Northern migration of Black tenants and the political influence of Mississippi Senator James Eastland, including cotton price-support schemes and racial rhetoric.
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Congress
Teague
W. Willard Wirtz
California
Limoneira Ranch
Mississippi
Louisiana
Alabama
Sunflower County
James O. Eastland
Eastland
Senate Agriculture and Forestry Committee
Allen Ellender
D-La
Senate
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Kentucky Wonder
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Chamber Service
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Associated Press
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