This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Anna Bell Ward Monahans Pioneer and Volunteer Leader
Anna Bell Ward, known as the doll lady, built a life rich in service from Monahans to Ward County. She raised five children, operated Gulf Camp Drug Store, ran Ward Beauty Salon, and led hospital auxiliaries, church groups, and charity drives. Her decade of teaching and youth work, plus art and crafting, earned local honors and community admiration.
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Monahans
Mission Committee
Ladies Missionary Union
First Baptist Church
Anna Bell
Odessa Beauty College
Ward Beauty Salon
Ward Memorial Hospital
Texas Association of Hospital Auxiliaries
Red Cross Blood Bank
Monahans’ Physicians’ Recruitment Incorporated
PRI
Mental Health Center
Opportunity School
Ward County
O.C. Ward
Anne Bell
E.T. Wiggins
Welex
Halliburton Services
Jackie Zweiger
Bobbette Flores
Elizabeth Price
Rachael Martinez
Doris Faucett
Xi Beta Omega
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Nancy Blakely
Betty Roeber
Mes
Treet Poer
Frank Baron
Bill Maxwell
Florence Pope
Hal Price
W.L. Turney
Fern Tatum
de Blores
Max Hammond
Conrad Dunagan
O. G. Radyo
Glenn Ratliff
JS. Reynolds
James Man
Desert Sands Garden Club
First State Bank
First National Bank
Sands Art Association
Texas Savings Association
American Cancer Society
The
Heart Fund
Salvation Army
Ward County Manor
M.D. Anderson Hospital
Big Spring Hospital
Eastern Star
Ruth
Esther
Martha
Tau Lambda Study Club
Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs
West Texas
Anna Bell Wiggins