New families join Old Glory community in 1978
Bernice D. White notes drought and goatheads as backdrop to the year. Old Glory Rural High School District becomes Old Glory Independent School District as state funding shifts. local duties transfer to county and Education Service Center. New residents, visits, and weddings fill the scene as families relocate from Abernathy, Abilene, and nearby towns.
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Bernice D. WI
Old Glory Rural High
Old Glory Independent
William A. McKee
McKee
Old Glory Board of Trustees
ESEA
Education Service Center
Abilene
Ex Old Glory area teacher Hattie Bartlett Puckett dies
Funeral services for Mrs. Hattie Belle Bartlett Puckett were held August 15 at Restland Memorial Park in Dallas. A Kaufman County native, she taught in Stonewall County's Brandenburg community from 1912 to 1916 and is remembered by former pupils in Haskell and Stonewall Counties. Born January 28, 1892, she is survived by her son Porter Cawthon of Fort Worth. Pallbearer Carl Reber is noted for providing her room and board during teaching days in Old Brandenburg.
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Hattie Belle Bartlett Puckett
Restland Memorial Park
Dallas
Puckett
Kaufman County
Stonewall County
Brandenburg
Haskell
Stonewall
Carl Reber
Old
Blackwoods Set Concert at Abilene Civic Center
The Blackwood Brothers, acclaimed as the best known name in sacred and gospel music, will appear at the Abilene Civic Center on Saturday September 2 at 8 p.m. Admission is free.
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Blackwood Brothers
Abilene Civic Center
Local resident’s father Victor M Sanchez Sr dies in Haskell
Victor M Sanchez Sr 68 of Haskell died at 6 20 am Tuesday in Haskell Memorial Hospital after a long illness Funeral at 4 pm Thursday at St Ann’s Catholic Church with Rev Stephen White officiating Burial in Highland Cemetery Rosary was 8 8 pm Wednesday at Kinney Funeral Home Chapel Born March 6 1910 in San Marcos he was the son of the late Mr and Mrs Vicente Sanchez He had lived in the area since 1949 and in Haskell since 1955 He married Aurora Ramirez Sept 6 1930 in Gonzales A retired employee of Boggs and Johnson Furniture Co in Haskell he was a member of St George Catholic Church He was an Army veteran of World War II Survivors include his wife four sons and six daughters 47 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren Grandsons will be pallbearers. The Blackwood Brothers and related acts have gained national prominence with multiple TV appearances and Grammy wins through the 1950s to 1970s.
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Victor M. Sanchez Sr
Haskell
Stamford
Haskell Memorial Hospital
St. Ann's Catholic Church
Stephen White
Highland Cemetery
Rosary
Kinney Funeral Home
San Marcos
Sanchez
Leila Purcell Buried in Mineral Wells Area
Leila Mae Purcell, 83, buried August 16 at Baum Carlock Bumgarner Funeral Chapel Mineral Wells with graveside rites at Lueders Cemetery. Born September 7, 1894 in Morgan she married Ott Purcell in 1913 and lived in Lueders area. Survived by two daughters two sisters and several nieces and nephews.
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Leila Mae Purcell
Baum-Carlock-Bumgardner
Mineral Wells
Lueders Cemetery
Purcell
Leisure Lodge
Morgan
Ott Purcell
Lueders
Ruth
Yorba Linda
Calif
Eula Lawson
Palo Pinto
Winnie Olander
Suliphur
Okla
Anita Corley
Stamford
Ex coach and principal O M Isbell dies at 63
Death ruled natural causes after Isbell was found near his Lake Stamford cabin August 16. A longtime educator, he coached Rotan and Paducah football before serving Stamford High as principal then county supervisor. Survived by wife Trudie, son Bob, two brothers, a sister and a grandson. funeral held at St. Johns United Methodist Church with burial at Sanger Cemetery.
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O. M. Isbell
Lake Stamford
St. John’s United Methodist Church
Ross Dunn
Sanger Cemetery
Haskell
B. O. Robertson
Mr. Isbell
Sager
Trudie Newton
San Benito
North Texas State University
McMurry College
Isbell
Rotan
Paducah
Jones County
Stamford Bulldogs
Trudie
Bob Isbell
Andrews
J. B. Isbell
Sanger
Ted Isbell
Wagon Mound
N. M
Alice Skinner
Lubbock
Tony B. Selmon
Ferdie Walker
Bob Harrison
Willie Medford
Milton Martin
Kevil Coffman
Weldon F. Walker
Eldred Link
F. E. Upshaw
Weldon Holbrooks
Joe B
Births and remembrances from Abilene family
A birth is recorded for Melvin Raymond Jr. born August 18 to Mr. and Mrs. Melvin R. Rose of Abilene. The family asks that remembrances be sent to the American Cancer Society. The notice lists Milton Payne Earles Don Walker W E Mayes James Wilson Roland Kelley Everett Beavers and Bill McClellan.
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Melvin Raymond Jr
Melvin R. Rose
Abilene
Former Stamford Resident Dies at Temple
Mike Watson, who lived in Stamford several years ago with the Soil Conservation Service, died August 14 at Scott and White Hospital in Temple after a period as a patient. Survivors include his brother Jack Watson of Stamford.
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Mike Watson
Stamford
Soil Conservation Service
Scott and White Hospital
Temple
Jack Watson
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T Thomas
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Wetherbee St
Texas
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Jones County Wplement CO
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West Texas
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J L. Herman and
Burney
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