Rain News From Rockdale Weekend
Rain fell at Rockdale Saturday and Monday with .30 to .80 inch recorded Monday afternoon and a trace Saturday afternoon. Community quilting, visitors, and church services filled the period with many locals and neighbors attending, hosting, or traveling between Stamford Haskell and Abilene while flood relief quilting sent two donations to flood victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Cobb
Rockdale
Berryhill School House
Mmes
C. G. Raughton
Ellis Bean
Lorene Raughton
Lawrence Ekdahl
Leo Mc.Keever
Ollie Wilson
T. C. Ferrell
Stamford
Tom Gibson
Funeral for Bessie Brooks Held in Calvary Baptist Church
Funeral services for Bessie Brooks 89 of Stamford were held Saturday at 2 pm at Calvary Baptist Church in Seymour with pastors Arthur Tigert and Ron Meador officiating. Burial followed in Henson Cemetery. Born September 24 1888 in Baylor County she lived most of her life in Seymour and Stamford before dying August 24 in Stamford Memorial Hospital. She was survived by two stepdaughters one stepson a sister and several nieces and nephews. One daughter Victoria died in 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Brooks
Stamford
Calvary Baptist Church
Seymour
Arthur Tigert
Ron Meador
First Assembly of God
Henson Cemetery
Brooks
Stamford Memorial Hospital
Baylor County
John
The
Baptist Church
D. F Stiles
Alvin Rogers
Edgar Brooks
Bowie
Sally Austin
Cushing
Oklo
Victoria
Old Glory school adds three new teachers this year
Old Glory welcomes three new faculty members Keith Fry from Knox City teaching math Lance Jameson from Matador teaching English and Barbara Capps assisting in offices and lunchroom. Returning staff include Superintendent William Nekee Principal Clay Bourne Terry and teachers Katherine Marburger Elizabeth Moore John David Konvicka Lynda Burris Billy Jo Roberson Anita Baldree among others. Local residents note family visits and travel, while mourners report the death of Mrs Edwina Daniel of Haskell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice D. White
Lynda Burris
Elizabeth Moore
Billy Jo Roberson
Anita Baldree
ESEA
Herman Dugan
Terry
Maria Barrera
Barbara Capps
Ex-resident buried Friday in Abilene
Yvonne Todd Parnell 51 of Abilene, native of Stamford, buried Friday at 2 p.m. in Elliott-Hamil Chapel of Faith Abilene with Rev. Bobby Hines officiating. Burial followed at Elmwood Memorial Park. She died Aug 24 at Hendrick Medical Center after a gunshot wound. She moved to Abilene in 1971 and was a LVN at Stamford Memorial Hospital for about 15 years. Survived by husband Jeff, daughter Georgann Herpeche, sister Connie Mitchell, brother W J Todd, three grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yvonne Todd Parnell
Abilene
Stamford
Elliott-Hamil Chapel of Faith
Highway 277
Bobby Hines
Richardson
Elmwood Memorial Park
Pannell
Hendrick Medical Center
Stamford Memorial Hospital
State
LVN Association
Jeff
Georgann Herpeche
Connie Mitchell
W. J. Todd
Lubbock
Lueders
Stamford Memorial Hospital Auxiliary installs officers and honors volunteers
About 55 people attended the Stamford Memorial Hospital Auxiliary installation and awards banquet. Eight members received service pins for 200 to 300 hours of volunteer service. New officers for 1979 were installed with Mrs Mills elected president and other posts filled by Mrs Cooper, Mrs Watts, Mrs Rainwater, Mrs Gregory, Mrs Lane, Mrs Hansen, and Mrs Olson. Outgoing officers included Mrs Olson and others. John B Martin acted as master of ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford Memorial Hospital Auxiliary
Erland Olson
Gene Shackelford
Eugene Olson
Jack Mills
Mills
Sam Baize
C. L. Cromwell
Jerry Cooper
Juliette Smith
Cooper
Eugene Watts
Doris Rainwater
Cecil Gregory
Richard Lane
Fern Hansen
R. C. Cobb
Leroy Lundgren
Gregory
Cromwell
Hansen
F. W. Upshaw
Don Connally
R. N
John B Martin
Ex-resident James Blue buried in California service held
Memorial services were held Aug. 19 in Inglewood California for James Hervey Blue 63 a former Stamford residentHe died Aug 17 in Tacoma Washington after an apparent heart attack while vacationing with his wife and friends Born March 15 1915 in Quanah he played football at Baylor University 1938 and was offered a place with the Philadelphia Eagles He coached football in San Angelo before enlisting in the Navy in 1942 served as a lieutenant He later worked in Stamford with Modern Food Store before returning to Baylor to pursue a doctorate in education He taught and counseled in Torrance California for 25 years He was an elder in the Church of Christ He is survived by wife Aden son James S Blue Huntington Beach Calif daughter Alicia Ann Blue Redondo Beach Calif sister Mrs Morris Chowning Dallas and two Stamford area aunts and two uncles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Hervey Blue
Inglewood
Calif
Stamford
Manchester Chapel
H. Douglas Dean
Mr. Blue
Tacoma
Wash
Quanah
Baylor University
Philadelphia Eagles
Blue
San Angelo
Navy
Jack Fuqua
Modern Food
Baylor
Torrance
Church of Christ
Aden Macon
Aden
James S. Blue
Huntington Beach
Alicia Ann Blue
Redondo Beach
Retired art teacher dies in Austin
Mrs Nowlin born Byrnece Mannix June 5 1899 Sioux City South Dakota taught 16 years in Fort Worth moved to Stamford 1942 was an art teacher in Stamford 1946 1964 also taught in Trinton Nebraska Allen Nebraska Centrahoma Oklahoma died in an Austin hospital after sudden illness funeral held Kinney Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Ross Dunn burial Highland Memorial Cemetery survivors include husband Joe one sister Margie White Brownsville and one nephew pallbearers named Carlton Strand Harold Wilka Hap Davenport Bob Harrison Arnold Wedeking Lendall Prewit
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe (Burnece) Nowlin
Stamford
Austin
Kinney Funeral Home
Ross Dunn
St. John’s United Methodist Church
Highland Memorial Cemetery
Nowlin
Byrnece Mannix
Sioux City
S. C
Fort Worth
Joe Nowlin
Trinton
Neb
Allen, Neb
Centrahoma
Okla
Carlton Strand
Harold Wilka
Hap Davenport
Bob Harrison
Arnold Wedeking
Lendall Prewit
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Orient Street Church of Christ, Stamford
Don Cobb
Kevin
Leo McKeever
Alan McLennan
Eddie McKeever
Jan
Haskell
Lucille Watts
Amarillo
C. G Raughton
Rochester
Kenneth Griffith of
Tye
L. H. Simpson
Temple Shafer
Oliver Street Church of Christ, Stamford
James Merle Raughton
Paint Creek
A. W. Shaver
Arnold Shaver
Don Cobbs
Mmes. C. G. Raughton
T. N. Gillespie
Raymond Medford
W. W. McCown
Raughton
Perry Force
Roof Coating Service
M. T. Spraberry
Anson, Texas
Old Glory School
George Rhoads
Sherry
Tom Lee
Six Flags
Paul Cox
Betty Patton
Paul and
James Cox
Terry Pace
Adeline Letz
Big Spring
Thomas Letz
Sweetwater
Tony Letz
David Letz
Ed Letz
Reno Herttenberger
Malcolm Herttenberger
Rule
Don Hertzenberger
Steve Ridgel
Duncanville
Roy Wienke
Center Point
Katie Gerloff
Mid Johnson
West Texas Medical Center
A. R. Sawyers
Lemuel Snider
Graford
Ollie Sawyers
Tim Jennings
Thad
Leslie
Mathew
Gene Linder
Edwina Daniel
Stanford
Funeral Insurance
S. Columbia
Tyndale House
California
Morris Chowning
Dallas
Mr. Chowning
Hazel Fuqua Overton
Lynn Flowers
Roy Macon
Cleo Macon
Charles Dickens
David Copperfield
the Artful Dodger
Dodger
God
Jesus
Stamford Electric Motor Service
Hamilton Business
J. Reid
T. Thomas
Louis Jantorial Service
Wetherbee St
Texas
D&d Hydraulic Casing Tong
Jones County Implement CO
Pizza Hut
West Texas
Herman Cox
Cablevision Corporation
West Hamilton
N. Swenson
General Welding
Christ Jesus
First National Bank
Stamford, Texas
Ibson
Jesse
JRB Supermarket
W. McHarg
Anders
John Earl Anders
John Earl Anders, Jr
McClellan's Motor Machine Service
Stamford Electric Cooperative, Inc
Joe Hudspeth
Goodyear
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