Death Toll Climbs Across Texas Over New Year Holiday
The New Year holiday period swelled the death toll to 46 with violent fatalities across Texas. A Wichita Falls crash killed 19 year old Richard L. Stover as his companion William Frey escaped unharmed. Deputy Sheriff Carroll Copeland, 36, of Shamrock, was fatally shot after pursuing two gas thieves. Nashville, Tennessee native Robert K. Zelle, 22, died from a collision on Interstate 30 near Sulphur Springs. Four Elgin residents perished in a two-car crash east of Austin. Additional details describe fatalities on streets and highways, a fatal bridge crash near Dallas, and other late Sunday deaths.
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Associated Press
Texas
Carroll Copeland
Shamrock
Texas Panhandle
Copeland
Chase
Oklahoma
Robert K. Zelle
Nashville
Elgin
Austin
Johnny Jones Sr
Johnny Jones Jr
Kenneth Jones
Charles Tenner
Beaumont
Silsbee
Marcus Artega
Brownwood
William H. Palmer
Oklahoma City
Tia Michele
Houston
Interstate 45
Palmer
Alfred A. Svonek
Bastrop
Texas 71
Mattie Belle Pettey
Cates Nis Pettey
Houson
Onecimo Ruiz Jr
Halletsville
Terry Lee McMiller
McMiller
Robert Lee Houston
Bartonville
Denton County
Apolinar M. Fiero
Deborah
el Paso
Tomas Gutierrez
Dallas
Farm Road
Frankston
Anderson County
Robert Louis Person
Lawrence C. Baugh
South Amana
Iowa
U.S
Terry Glenn Harrison
New Caney
Montgomery County
Cleveland
Harrison
Carrie Miller
Glidden
Ruby Jean Gibson
Borger
William T. Goodwin
Pasadena
Longview
Juan Chavez
San Antonio
Rodolfo Flores
New Braunfels
Jack Rowland
Central Expressway
Richardson
Dale Trees
Midlothian
Margarito Garcia
Roma Lex
Boerne
Harry Lanham
Harris County
Lanham
Medical Center Hospital Admits and Discharges Day by Day
A dense roll of patient names records admits and discharges at Medical Center Hospital across December 25 to December 31. The lists include dozens of individuals with dates, accompanying births, and separate traffic accident notes, reflecting a busy hospital week with multiple births and injuries.
Damage Light In Six Fires
Odessa firefighters battled six weekend fires including two trash container blazes at 500 North Grant rear and at 13th and Center where only paint was harmed. Four grass fires included one intentional, two undetermined, and one from fireworks. a North Texas alley fire burned trash and grass with no damage. Additional fires at 10th and Whitaker and 2113 Spur caused no damage. a blaze at 1215 Patton Drive damaged about three-quarters of a backyard and firefighters said it started from an unknown source.
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Odessa
North Grant
13Th and Center
North
Texas
10Th
Whitaker
Spur
Patton Drive
Tomorrow In Odessa Tomorrow In Odessa NOON-Grandview Lions Club
A roundup of Odessa area noon meetings plus a 6:30 p.m. chess club session at Odessa College and 8 p.m. events including the American Legion hall gathering and a Sand Hills Rodeo at the Ector County Coliseum. Also mentions later statewide highway accident and crime news with multiple fatalities.
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Odessa Chess Club
Odessa College
Sand Hills
Ector County Coliseum
Rites Held for Woman in Odessa Area Death
Services were held for Mrs. Tilden (Violette) Jones 61 at First United Methodist Church Odessa with burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens. The death was ruled accidental carbon monoxide poisoning with the car stationary and ignition on. Jones taught at Fannin Elementary, born July 20 1911 in Frederick Oklahoma. The obituary notes her family and community ties including Texas State Teachers Association membership.
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First United Methodist Church
Tilden
Violette) Jones
East 21St
Justice of the Peace
Howard Williams
Three Victims Hospitalized After Weekend Injuries
Three persons were listed in satisfactory condition at Medical Center Hospital after weekend injuries. Lena Mae Drake aged 83 from Idlewood suffered a fractured right hip from a fall at home. Inez Marcelino 40 of Lubbock slipped and fractured his left leg after a fall from a table. Nancy L. Solman 75 of Crane required meat removal from the throat. David M. Pritchard four years old, son of James Pritchard, was released after a fall at home fractured his right elbow. Debbie Bushong 17 of Madera fractured her right ankle in a motorcycle fall near Odessa. Betty Najera 35 of Grande Mesa fractured her left thumb in a home accident and was released.
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Medical Center Hospital
Lena Mae Drake
Idlewood
Inez Marcelino
Lubbock
Nancy L. Solman
Crane
David M. Pritchard
James Pritchard
West 35Th
Debbie Bushong
Madera
Odessa
Betty M. Najera
Grande Mesa
Final Rites Slated Today For Several Odessa Area Deaths
Funeral services set for Jerry Miles Campbell 62 at First United Pentecostal Church after a heart attack at Medical Center Hospital. Henry Winfield Reid 75 of Roswell died in hospital. services at Ballard Funeral Home Chapel with burial at Memory Lawn Memorial Cemetery. James C. Jones 83 of Seminole to be buried in Seminole Cemetery with services at Singleton Funeral Home Chapel of the Chimes. Aristadis C. Barrientes Jr. 27 of Houston dies after shooting. autopsy pending. William Dehlinger 76 of Big Spring to be buried at Mount Olive after 11 a.m. Tuesday funeral at River Welch Funeral Home Chapel. Mary Taylor 87 of Lubbock dies after long illness. services held at First United Methodist Church in Shamrock and later details noted.
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Martha Jane Greer Brownwood
Davis-Morris
Martha Jane Greer
Zephyr
Bert R. Greer
Odessa
Bertie Clements
Midland
Brownwood
Greer
Texas
Cecil C. Boles Overton
Cecil C. Boles
Charlotte
N.C
Pearson Funeral Home
Ebenezer Cemetery
Arp
Boles
Houston
First Baptist Church
Nell Smith
Ozona
United Methodist Church
Cedar Hill Cemetery
Janes
R.P. Tull
Dallas
J.P. Pool
Victoria
Frank Russell
First United Pentecostal Church
Jerry Miles
Jay) Campbell
Judy
Peace
Howard Williams
Medical Center Hospital
Sunset Memorial Garden
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Campbell
Lincoln County
Oklo
Ora Lea Smith
Carlsbad
N. M
Henry W. Reid
Roswell
N.M
Henry Winfield Reid
Ballard Funeral Home
Memory Lawn Memorial
Reid
Cleveland
Ark
Mae Henry
Okay
Oscar Reid
Bill Reid
Henry W. Reid Jr
Hobbs, N.M
James C. Jones
Seminole
Singleton Funeral Home
Seminole Cemetery
Scurry County
Gaines County
William Bryan Jones
A.C. Barrientes Seminole
Aristadis C. Barrientes Jr
Harris County
Barrientes
Karnes City
Todd Shipyard
U.S. Air Force
Danny Ray Barrientes
Larry Linn Barrientes
Blanche Gonzales
Lilly Pinon
Denver
Caio
Elsie Barrientes
Daniel C. Barrientes
Hawaii
U.S. Army
William Dehlinger
Big Spring
River Welch
Muunt Olive
el Paso
Dehlinger
Clara May Baker
Texas and Pacific Railway
Jimmy Lewis
Monahans
E.E. Kienle
Shamrock
Mary Taylor
Lubbock
First United Methodist Church
Birmingham
Ala
William Edgar Taylor
Mangum
Wheeler
Alice Close
Bill Taylor
Weir
Kan
Margary Powell
Miami
Fla
Alice Frye
May McNatt
Mabel Bullock
Amarillo
Burl Self
Burl
Maye) Self
Ruidoso
Newnie W. Ellis
Resthaven Memorial Park
Corsicana
Conroe
Kilgore
Sandra Kendrick
Annie Armstrong
Wenver City
St. William's Catholic Church
Denver City
Stanton Catholic Cemetery
Stanton
Clonna Cool
Sligo
Ireland
Miss Armstrong
Yoakumn County
Odessan man dies after December crash injuries
M. Howard Votaw 66 of Odessa died at Medical Center Hospital from head injuries suffered in a Dec 4 collision at 13th and Hancock. He was hospitalized since the wreck that also involved a southbound 1964 auto driven by Joseph N Parker. Votaw’s death brings Odessa's 1972 traffic toll to nine. Funeral plans set for Parkview Church of Christ with burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Survivors include his widow, a son, a daughter, a sister, and four grandchildren.
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M. Howard Votaw
Odessa
Votaw
West 14Th
Medical Center Hospital
13Th
Hancock
Parkview
Josephine Hill
Big Spring
Wotan
Joseph Newton Parker
East
Ector County
L. A. Johnson
Floydada
Lawrence Allen Johnson
First Baptist Church
Moore-Rose Funeral Home
Johnson
Denton
Clara Belle Good
Hollis
Oklo
H. O. Ginn
J. L. Ray
S. E. Johnson
Electra
L. F. Johnson
Andrews
R. F. Johnson
Garden Grove
Calif
Marfa
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Francico Mata
Brewster Memorial Hospital
Alpine
Kelley Funeral Home
Presidio County
Mata
Henry Mata
Ruben Mata
Santa Clara
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Lisa Theisman
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Thomas Clark
Thelma Branum
Aderie Kenner
Robert Bankhead
Georgie Koonce
Patricia Sparks
Lucy Everett
Flora Orr
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Jody Johnston
Jeffery Hamilton
James Arbuckle
Brenda Rogers
Brian Vance
Sharon Rogers
Matthew McDonald
John Porter
Kenneth Percifield
Wynta Dudley
Clara Coleman
Francis Norris
C.A. Bradshaw
Odessa Hanes
Maria Vaca
Reba McCurdy
Oneta Bitner
William Hilda Brite
Jim Leascher
Haywood Branch
William Swindell
Ernest Brown
Kathryn Walker
Marinel Edgron
Elnora Baker
Join Smith
Anne Weaver
Ignacio Herrera
Theodora Thompson
Hester Klueber
Linda Wilson
Nancy Grizzell
William Jackson
Gary King
Charles Moomy
Shelia Stalmaker
Edna Shepard
Ben Washington
Andrea Haugenater
Scawn
North Graham
Javier V. Bejarrano
East Clements
Robert Taylor
Johnny P. Spears
East 43Rd
Darold G. Little
North Washington
Dee R. Prieto
Sally L. Gooch
Dana K. Hakill
Cynthia J. Reynolds
Dorothy Smith
Arlie T. Hogue
Homer Barnes
Bernice B. Moreland
Janie R. Cuellar
Jewell G. Motley
Jewell H. Smith
Timotia Romero
Dorothy R. Marrs
Joe H. Taylor
Horace L. Jackson
Una J. McDonald
Walter Guy
Lisa R. Neves
Deloris Sargent
James D. Ball
Yora Gentry
Barbara Gosnell
Sandra Forga
Miguel Barrandey
Genaro Galindo
Tina Wallace
Michael Wilson
Jessie Lamance
Carl Hetrick
Marvlynn Walters
Sarah Williams
Raymundo Gomez
Richard Wells
Finis Fox
Murray Burks
Tracy Moorer
Billy Marlowe
Benjamin Andrews
Osric Milller
Char Osborne
Dustin Nichols
Wanda Scott
Paula
Jesus Nunez
Wilson
Bobby Gooch
Jimmy J. Hakill
East 63Rd
David C. Reynolds
Pinon
Boz
Joe A. Smith
Shirley. Gawlik
Nancy L. Foss
Fay Chandler
Wanda J. Baunham
Debbie Anderson
Carol J. Foust
Charles &. Shive
John R. McEntyre
John H. Burgin
Jose L. Hinojos
Darie W. Green
Ora Keirsey
Lana G. Pool
Elmer L. Harvick
Mary L. White
C.P. Hales
Johnny Molinar
Lashara L. Gaede
Virgil O. Foss
Redbud
Chester Baucham
Wabash
Billy Chandler
Milburn
Perry L. Anderson
Bernard Mangeret
West 1Ath
Jerry Foust
West 48Th
Jimmy Lopez Herrera
Eisenhower
MacArthur
University and Hancock
William H. Sanders
Judkins
Edith Solas Brantley
North Whitaker
William Arthur Bomar
North Belmont
Aattie Faye Owens
West
Billy Jack Scales
Melody Lane
Mary Lynn Watkins
Tommy E. Blount
Royalty
Laverne Miller Benton
Larron Ed McLaurin
East 35Th
West Fifth
Barbara Poole Damron
42Nd
Andrews Highway
Alisa Kay Quinn
NOON
Grandview Lions Club
Sands Restaurant
Odessa A&m Club
Inn of the Golden West
American Legion Post
Legion Hall
Eighth and Pueblo
Permian Basin Chinchilla Club
West Second
Ctor County
Quarter Horse Association of
West Texas
L. C. Smith
Lovington, N.M
Pat Scott
QHAWT
Flake Tompkins
Jackson Parker
Stephney Moore
Stephney Lynett Moore
Kenneth , Moore
Thomas Funeral Home
Twilight Gardens
Midland Memorial Hospital
Stacy
Thelma Moore
Royce Vernon
W. R. Whitlow
Waco
Mrs
Odessan
Everett G. Ernst
Margaret
Joseph D. Young Crane
Sheppard Funeral Home
Joseph Dudley
Jake) Young
Crane Garden of Memories
Ranger
Young
Bobbie Hannah
Mexico
American Legion
Crane County
Paul A. Young
Abilene
Gayle N. Young
Jessie W. Young
Temple
Samuel M. Young
McCamey
Johnny Bryan
Fort Stockton
Fort Stockton Funeral Home
Bexar County Hospital
Trans-Pecos Suffolk Ranch
San Angelo
Bryan
Episcopal Church
Marion Bryan
Virgina Wimberley
Hayes Bonner
Firinavel Gngetads
Corley
James Andrew Bonner
Springdale
Oakwood
Bonner
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Alton Hughes
Arlington
Terry Fluker
Lake Jackson
Jeff Womack
Robert Boyd
Eureka
D.A. Nichols
Austin Purcell Coleman
Mildred) Purcell
Coleman
Stevens Funeral Home
Coleman County
Austin Purcell
Clinton Grady
W. J. Maes
Littleton
Colo
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