Bootmaker recalls era of old-time craftsmen
Retired bootmaker Robert Stanley recalls San Angelo’s once thriving handmade boot trade. He recalls mentors from the World War II era, shops along Chadbourne and Coliseum Drive, and the pride of boots made by hand in a culture now faded.
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Robert Stanley
Stanley
San Angelo
Angelo
F.A. Flynn
Gene Walker
Irvin Riggs
19Th Street
Carl Jones
W.H. Shannon
Charley Wartenback
Mason
Dow Tate
Leddys
Bronte
Big Spring
Brownwood
Hobbs, N.M
41St Street
Lu Ella
Coliseum Drive
Stanleys
Goodyear
Joe Friday
North Chadbourne
Nathan
Aubrey Duvall
Henry Leopold
Texas Boot Shop
Otho Rink
Concho
South Chadbourne
Neal Becknell
Leddy
Educator Guidry inducted into Texas Hall of Fame
PORT ARTHUR AP Educator Ar render Guidry, longtime Lincoln High School teacher and track coach, was inducted into the Texas Black Sports Hall of Fame in Dallas. At 80, she remains the oldest active Texas educator, instructing English and health while shaping generations on Port Arthur’s west side.
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Arrender Guidry
Lincoln High School
Lincoln
Guidry
Texas
Texas Black Sports Hall of Fame
Dallas
Prairie View Interscholastic League
God
Deaths in West Texas District Include Five Notables
Odessa area notices list George Wade Light 78 of Odessa died December 27 1997 burial at Pyron Cemetery Scurry County survivors Mabel Riggs Velma Tolbert and Wilma Campbell sister Carroll Light brother Odessa. Lucie Nunez 3 months died December 27 1997 in Andrews services at Andrews Babyland Cemetery survivors Junior and Silvia Lucio Sab rina Lucio Marcos Gloria Nunez Hippolito Lucio. Ernest McCafferty 88 Odessa retired carpenter died December 27 1997 services at Belmont Baptist Church burial Sunset Memorial Gardens survivors Jo Anne Terry Jo Karen Tillman Beulah Jewell four grandchildren and one great grandchild. Maria A Pedraza 77 Kermit homemaker died December 27 1997 services St Joseph Catholic Church burial Kermit Cemetery survivors Feliciano Pedraza Jose Lupe Montoya Demetrio Antonio Rufina Josefa Gloria four grandchildren. Bertha Stapp 90 Monahans homemaker died December 27 1997 services Harkey Funeral Home Chapel burial Sunset Memorial Park survivors Barbra Audean Evelyn Dewey Barbara four grandchildren seven great grandchildren and five great great grandchildren. Opal Stephens 86 Odessa died December 27 1997 services Frank W Wilson Funeral Directors Chapel burial Garden of Memories Cemetery survivors Ole Butler Jeanne Collum Steve Stephens seven grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.
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Odessa
New Horizon Nursing Center
Bell-Cypert-Seale Funeral Home
Snyder
Rex Reynolds
Pyron Cemetery
Scurry County
Bell-Cypert- Seale Funeral Home
Mabel Riggs
Velma Tolbert
Wilma Campbell
Lamesa
Carroll Light
Andrews Babyland Cemetery
Bernard Gully
McNett Funeral Home Inc
Andrews
Junior
Silvia Lucio
Sabrina Lucio
Marcos
Gloria Nunez
Genoveno
Crescencia Lucio
Hippolito Lucio
Monterrey
Mexico
Ernest McCafferty
Belmont Baptist Church
Rex Clayton
Leonard Hartley
Jo Anne McCafferty
Terry Lee McCafferty
Sugar Land
Karen Jo Burney
Tillman McCafferty
Wichita
Kan
Beulah Williams
Moore, Okla
Jewell Bartlett
Seattle
Wash
Kermit
Maria A. Pedraza
Medical Center Hospital
St. Joseph Catholic Church
Ralph Barrenger
Kermit Cemetery
Cooper Funeral Chapel Inc
Alpine
Monahans
Bertha Stapp
Parks Methodist Nursing Home
Harkey Funeral Home Chapel
Sunset Memorial Park
Harkey Funeral Home
Relfe
Barbra Redford
Audean Duggins
Mesquite
Evelyn Stapp Thorton
Midland
Dewey Veatch
Ft. Worth
Opal Stephens
Odessa Regional Hospital
Frank W. Wilson
Melvin Warren
Garden of Memories
Sweetwater
Odessa Area Death Notices Policy Summary
The Odessa American notes no charge for death notices of residents within its 21 county circulation and accepts notices for relatives outside. Paid obituaries may include life history, pallbearers, and tributes, with photos only in paid notices. Notices must come from or be confirmed by an established funeral home. 4:30 p.m. submission typically yields next-day publication.
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Odessa American
Teens arrested after homeowners return to trashed house
LUBBOCK AP. Five teenagers were found inside a home trashed after a holiday trip. Police reported marijuana odor and debris with $12,000 in damage. A 17-year-old and an 18-year-old faced burglary charges. another 17-year-old faced drug paraphernalia and tobacco by a minor counts. two others may be charged with burglary.
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Lubbock
Rick Don Wilson
Wilson
Taos
N.M
Wilsons
Ex Howard University leader and U N ambassador dies at 97
James Nabrit Jr., former U N ambassador from 1965 to 1967 and Howard University president in two terms, died at Walter Reed at 97 after an extended illness. He joined Howard’s law faculty in 1936 and helped win Bolling v Sharpe challenging DC school segregation. Nabrit was born in Atlanta in 1900 and educated at Morehouse and Northwestern Law.
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U.N
Washington
James Nabrit Jr
United Nations
Walter Reed
Nabrit
Howard
U.S. Supreme Court
District of Columbia
Bolling
Atlanta
Morehouse College
Northwestern University Law School
Chicago
Norma Walton
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Gloria Grado
Lake Arthur
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Jeanne Collum
Grand Prairie
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Tempe, Ariz
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N. Midland Dr
Fairmont Park Shopping Center
Midland, Texas
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Municipal Plaza
4Th and Lee Street
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Presidential Museum
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