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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 28, 1998

Page

11

John Held Jr. Ozona restaurateur dies at 97

John Held Jr. long time Ozona restaurant operator died Thursday August 27 1998 at Crockett County Care Center aged 97. He built a local culinary legacy at Hiway Cafe and managed multiple eateries while serving as Ozona Chamber of Commerce organizer and Texas Restaurant Association president. Funeral 5 p.m. Friday August 28 1998 at First Baptist Church. Burial Cedar Hill Cemetery. Memorials to charity.

OZONA John Held Jr Crockett County First Baptist Church Bill Fuller Cedar Hill Cemetery Preddy Funeral Home John Held Greenville Texas John A. Held Annie Hardie Held Held Central Texas Natchez, Miss Dr. Held John McKinney Tyler Natchez Taylor San Marcos Stamford Bryan Texas A&m University Mexia California U. S. Army Philippine Islands Quartermaster Corps Houston Shiner Lubbock Ennis Berta Mae Howard Navasota Temple Longview Vinita Oklahoma Odessa Victoria Hiway Cafe Hiway Circle Bar Inn of the West Berta Mae San Angelo Helds John Charles Crockett Country Care Center Missy Ozona Chamber of Commerce Texas Restaurant Association Regional Selective Service Board Ozona First Baptist Church Joan Heid Emilie Byars Peoria Ill Elizabeth Davis Waco Ann Adi Austin Shane Schiemeyer Shawn Schiemeyer Shelly Rice Jeffery Held James Held George Schieymeyer Bill Mason Michael Schiemeyer Joe Tobar Lighthouse For the Blind Leukemia Society of America Shriner's Hospital For Crippled Children

Flood death toll rises in Del Rio and across border

The death toll from Tropical Storm Charley remnants climbs to 17 in Texas and Mexico with three more bodies found along the Rio Grande. In Del Rio hundreds displaced, searches continue. one victim identified, Calendario Paredes. Funeral services held for Border Patrol agent David Pyatte and his mother-in-law Jo Ann Schumann as residents begin to rebuild amid widespread damage to about 1,000 homes and businesses and federal disaster aid being approved.

del Rio Rio Texas Mexico Ciudad Acuna San Felipe Creek Judy Altom Texas of Public San Felipe Calendario Paredes Jose Fernandez Fernandez Border Patrol David Pyatte Jo Ann Schumann Pyatte Ms. Schumann Martin Mata Creekside Mara Lions Club Red Cross del Rio Civic Center Notimex Clinton Worcester Mass Charley Bonnie Atlantic North Carolina Laredo Webb County Sheriff’s Department

Morton, ex Odessa College dean, dies at 72

Luis M. Morton Jr once led Odessa College from 1956 to 1965 and built the American Educational Complex in Killeen. The 72 year old chancellor emeritus died of cancer in Harker Heights, leaving a legacy of strong fundraising, university teaching, and statewide political links. He helped bond Hispanic communities and shaped bond issues, later expanding to Central Texas College with a $100 million budget and 100000 students.

Luis Morton Odessa College Luis M. Morton Jr Killeen Harker Heights Morton Bernhard Sedate Laredo St. Mary’s University San Antonio University of University of Houston University of Texas Sedate Reinhart Central Texas College

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