Rainstorms flood West Texas towns and halt highways
Heavy rains across the Odessa Midland region caused flooding on FM 1787 and State 349 near Midland, closing routes for days. Streets filled, helicopters aided rescues, and debris damaged vehicles as tornadoes and high winds struck towns from Pecos to Andrews. Officials warned flash floods could linger while a large school bond issue passed in Pecos as the area contends with widespread storm damage and recovery efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Texas Highway Department
State
Midland
Lakes Catch Runoff From Saturday Rain Grants Big Spring Spots
CRMWD lakes J. B. Thomas and E. V. Spence were set to receive 5,000 acre feet as runoff from heavy weekend rains pushed Bull Creek diversions higher. Observers reported up to four inches on Ball Creek and Cavitt Creek sheds, with Mitchell County towns seeing rapid rises along the Colorado River system and inflows to Lake Spence, Lake Colorado City, and Cosdon Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado River
Gavitt and Bull
Colorado
Ball Creek
Cavitt Creek
U.S. 180
Gaile
Spade Ranch
Mitchell County
Silver
Lake
E. V. Spence
Colo' Pada River
Colorado City
Texas Electric Service Co
Moss Creek
Big Spring
Powell Creek
Devils Creek
Forsan
Republicans clash over redistricting amid party rifts
A group called the dirty 30 splits Republicans as about a dozen minority lawmakers face no safe districts and must run against other representatives for reelection. The final decision rests with federal court while the Senate planned a Saturday vote on senatorial redistricting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erals
Senate
Deaths Services Set Here Wednesday Eddie T Thursday 77
Obituaries list death notices for Eddie T Thursday 77 of 406 South Muskingum died Saturday in Medical Center Hospital. Services 2 p.m. Wednesday at Rix Funeral Home Chapel with burial Odessa Cemetery. Survivors include wife Victoria two sons Robert Lee Thursday Sherman G Teales a daughter Lizenetta Cooper two brothers and others. Also funeral details for Mrs Erma Young Stanton resident died Friday with services Tuesday at First Baptist Church. Angelita Valenzuela of Alpine funeral 2 p.m. Monday at Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church with burial Holy Angel Cemetery. Survivors include Fernando husband seven daughters Roy son and large extended family.
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Eddie T
South Muskingum
Medical Center Hospital
Rix Funeal Home
Odessa
Pittsburg
Tex
Victoria
Robert Lee Thursday
Richiardson
Sherman G. Teales
San Francisco
Calif
Nota
Jamie
Loretta
George
Tom Valenzuela
Alpine
Woody Valenzuela
San Jose
Jesus Valenzuela
Congressional redistricting bills seek two in one district
The Senate and House redistricting bills would pair two congressmen in the same district and boost Houston and Dallas Fort Worth representation, while Senate plans shift Angelina County from Dowdy's district to alter its composition. A separate weather section notes tornado watches in West Texas with counties alert and rainfall totals easing across Panhandle and Permian Basin areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Graham Purcell
D-Tex
Wichia Falls
Bob,Price
R-Tex
Pampa
Houston
Dallas-Fort Worth
Charles Wilson
Angelia
John Dowdy
Tex
Angelina County
Tep
Chole Haynes
Victor
Four Year Old Drowns In Fort Davis Stock Pond
Fort Davis Texas reports the accidental drowning of Ismael Villanueva Jr., 4, who wandered from friends near a small eight foot pond and died in about five feet of water. Justice of the Peace George Spencer ruled accidental drowning. Funeral at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church with burial in St. Joseph’s Cemetery. Survived by parents and a sister Delma, along with maternal and paternal grandparents. Rosary held Saturday night at St. Joseph’s Parish.
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Fort Davis
Ismael Villanueva Jr
Ismael Villanueva
Justice of the Peace
George ‘Spencer
Spencer
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Alpine
Delma Villanueva
Robert Rojo
Marfa
Pete Villanueva
St. Joseph's Parish
Odessan Dies Rites Pending
Prentice E Brown 52 of 123 Ciclo Vista Place died at 10 am in Medical Center Hospital after a brief illness. Services pending with Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home. Born Oct 3 1919 in Deweyville. Married Niobe Ziegler Beatty April 22 1951 in Kountzen. Field gauger for Gulé Oil Co, in Odessa two months from Centralia Illinois. WWII Air Force veteran, Baptist, VEW member. Survived by wife two brothers two sisters.
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Prentice E. Brown
Ciclo Vista Place
Medical Center Hospital
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Deweyville
Niobe Ziegler Beatty
Kountzen
Gulé Oil Co
Odessa
Centralia
Gul
The
Baptist Church
VEW
Leslie Brown
Netherland
Os|car Brown
Woodville
Imogene Williams
Houston
Eris McKnight
Denver
Local Woman Dies Of Illness In Kentucky and Texas deaths
Obituary notices report the death of 79 year old Nelle Young of Bowling Green Kentucky followed by multiple brief notices from Tahoka Texas including Audra Cade former county official and Homer Delmar Wood. Surviving relatives, birth dates, and funeral plans are listed for each item.
Motorcycle Mishap Hurts Claude Toles Jr at Highway Exit
Claude Toles Jr 38 of 1318 Gary Mane was to be admitted to a medical center hospital Saturday night for observations after a motorcycle mishap. He was tossed from the bike on a stretch 14 miles northwest of the city, suffering abrasions to his arms and face. Lamesa area resident Elmer Walls 70 died at Methodist Hospital in Lubbock after an extended illness. Funeral arrangements are Branon Funeral Home in Lamesa with services at Bryan Street Baptist Church and burial at Lamesa Memorial Park. Walls born May 24, 1901 in Erath County leaves a wife Margaret a son Gene of Lamesa a daughter Mrs Hollis Meek of Odessa two brothers four sisters seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Ada May Franklin, 72, Eastland, dies. funeral 23 pm Armington Chapel Eastland with burial Eastland Memorial Cemetery. Born June 7 18% in Erath County she married James Ester Franklin in March 1921. Survivors include three sons Ester Carl Boyd Cart Franklin of Odessa Vernon L Franklin of Jamestown two daughters Mrs Hazel Steddim of Eastland Mrs Marie Hollander of Cisco one brother J F Langley of Ranger one sister Mrs Ella Goats of Athene 17 grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
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Department of Public
Jurda
Sema
Midland
Charles Nance
Snyder
Fort Stockton
Rankin
Odessa
Channel Dam
Grant
University Blvd
Firestone
Brent
Wood
Cayanosa
Santa Rosa
East County Road
Gardendale
Adams
Monahans
Rees
Pecos
Bar
Vocational-Technical Midland
Orla
Parkview Hospital
List Church
Saragosa School
Barstow
Stanton
FM 3033
McCamey
C. W. Wright
Pecos-Barstow
Desse Poarch
Texas
State Highway Department
Ile
Erma Young
First Baptist Church
F. J. Ferguson
Evergreen Cemetery
Gilbreath Funeral Home
Jon Young Jr
David Young
Otis Young
Lubbock
Susie Floyd
Los Angeles
Calif
Mary £. Tippens
Emma S
Marion
Denver
Cole
Ostaphene Walker
Willie B. Gaston
Winnet ‘Brown
Betha Ski
Mary F. Thomas
North Amburger
Hubbard-Kelly
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Thayer
Kan
Guy E. Thomas
Coffeeville
Kansas
Orlessa
Atlanta
Christian Church
lug @ roNgeHyse
Pendin With
Hardy and Son Funeral Home
Bowling Green
Rix Funeral Home
Kentucky
L Odessa
Avery Young
Dorothy Logsdon
Melody Lane
Nella Montgomery
Helen Douglas
Verde
Russell Harvey
Lula Frodge
Chicago, Ill
Tahoka
Audra M.cade
Tooka
Brownwood
First United Methodist Church
Aubrey White
Sudan
Hugh Daniel
Tohoka
Cade
Doris Rutherford
Gold Beach
Ore
Iris Turner
Ohio
Mary Lou Davidson
Annie Russell
Corrine Haynes
Roswell
N.M
H. M. Cade
Slaton
V. L
Andrews
Homer
Delmar Wood
Justice of the Peace
Williams
P .A
Sheets Qu Co
Maxine
H Wood
Temple
First Christian Church
Singleton Funeral Home
Claude Toles Jr
Gary Mane
Tical Center Hospital
Toles
Murs
Theyerm
Lamesa
Elmer Walls
Methodist Hospital
Yim
Bryan Street Baptist Church
Ural
Lamesa MemorialPark
Branon Funeral Home
Bob Whitten
Walls
Erath County
Margaret
Gene
Hollis Meek
Justice Walls
Wisley Walls
S. P. Anderson
Richmond
Addy Kerth
Kervulle
Derbert Oehter
Vina Poston
Upland
Cali
Ada May Franklin Eastland
Armington Funeral Chapel
Eastland
Eastland Memoril
Ada May Franklin
Easland Memoral Hospital
Franklin
James Ester Frankl
Seymour
Calvary Baptost Church
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Yukon Road
North Muskingum
42Nd
Webb Air Force Base
North Odessa
Weather Service
West Texas
Big Lake
Crane
Denver City
Lake Spence
Mrs
Angelita Valenzuela
Big Bend
Our Lay of Peace Catholic Church
Holy Angel Cemetery
Geesha
Fernando
Juanita Luna
Petra Rod|ériguez
Rosa Valenzuela
Fidela Valenzu Ela
Rita Valenzuela
Dominga Valenzuela
Roy Valenzuela
Keven Steet
Katerad
Pom
Ieee Cies Weiter
U.S. 87
San Angelo
Big ‘Spring
National Weather Service
Bailey
Cochran
Dallam
Deaf
iTerry
Yoakum
Fasiland
Abikere
Chidress
Formut
Panhandlers
Moe
Mol Fang
Abine
Roghes
Lake Fort Phantom
Deep Creek
Wecome
Stock Pond
Odessan
Gloria Gonzales
Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church
Geestin Funeral Home
Homer Delmar Wood
Nelle Young
Followinno Lonethy Ilinsee
Audra M. Cade
Cole’ Ware
Fritz Franklin
7Th & Dixie
W. Grandview
Circstation Department
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