Mrs Martin Dies Saturday At Memphis
Mrs Maggie Irene Martin 81 of Memphis died at Hall County Hospital at 10 10 a m Saturday Jan 5 Her son Wayne Martin survives Services were held Jan 7 at Travis Baptist Church Memphis with Rev Ronnie Tucker and Rev Joe S Allen officiating Burial followed at Fairview Cemetery Memphis Pallbearers included Keith Randy Teddy Kent Wood Kevin Wood Kerry Wood Dwight Hubbard Alvie Butler Jim Francis and Rodey Waites She was born April 18 1903 in Idalou La and married Johnny H Martin Oct 3 1920 in Memphis She was a Travis Baptist Church member Survivors include her husband three daughters Opal Waites Gwen Hill Billie Wood two sons Leroy Martin Wayne Martin a sister Opal Richards 7 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren
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Maggie Irene Martin
Memphis
Hall County Hospital
Wayne Martin
Travis Baptist Church
Ronnie Tucker
Joe S. Allen
Childress
Fairview Cemetery
Spicer Funeral Home
Keith Martin
Randy Martin
Teddy Martin
Kent Wood
Kevin Wood
Kerry Wood
Dwight Hubbard
Alvie Butler
Jim Francis
Rodey Waites
Rodeo Association Sets Election Meeting January 14
The Wellington Rodeo Association schedules a meeting Monday January 14 at 7 30 p m in the Farm Bureau Building to elect 1985 officers. Secretary Brenda Ferguson urges all members to attend after a prior meeting lacked enough members to hold the election.
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Wellington Rodeo Association
Farm Bureau
Brenda Ferguson
Obituary of Robert Sherwood Dies After Long Illness
Robert Lee Sherwood, 59, of 1011 Childress St., died Friday January 4 at Collingsworth General Hospital after a long illness begun in 1981. He was yard foreman at Owens Salvage and had lived in Wellington since 1952, previously in Shamrock after WWII service. Born October 19, 1925 in Eufaula, Oklahoma, he married Pearl Underwood November 6, 1947 in Shamrock. Services were held January 6 at First Baptist Church with burial in Memorial Gardens. He is survived by his wife, four sons, two daughters, two sisters, five grandchildren, and was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers.
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Robert Lee Sherwood
Childress St
Collingsworth General Hospital
Mr. Sherwood
Owens Salvage
Wellington
Shamrock
Eufaula
Okla
Frank and
Louise Whisenhunt Sherwood
Pearl Underwood
Quail Baptist Church
First Baptist Church
Elvis Pitts
Keith Bruce
Robert Wayne Powell
Robert Owens
Johnny Shaver
J.D. Farrar
Kenneth Maxwell
Jack Needham
Yates Parker
Loyd Vines
Memorial Gardens
Schooler- Gordon
Pearl Sherwood
Bobby Sherwood
Billy Sherwood
Joel Sherwood
James David Sherwood
Lavona Aguirre
Childress
DeAnna Jett
Wheeler
Alma Throckmorton
Amarillo
Shirley Maxwell
Groesbeck
Hollis Woman Alice Holleman Dies at 77
Alice Holleman of Hollis aged 77 died January 7 at Colonial Manor Hollis. Sister Lena Lindsey of Wellington survives. Funeral at First Baptist Hollis January 9 officiated by Rev Rex Horne. Burial Fairmount Cemetery Patterson Funeral Home. Born October 3 1907 in Hollis she was pianist for local singing conventions and with late husband ran a doughnut shop. Survivors include daughter Lorell McDowell La Marida California son Jackie Bilbrey Lubbock two sisters Ola Campbell and Lena Lindsey seven grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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Alice Holleman
Hollis
Colonial Manor
Lena Lindsey
Wellington
First Baptist Church
Rex Horne
Fairmount Cemetery
Patterson Funeral Home
Holleman
R.P
Ella Masters Box
Lorell McDowell
la Marida
Calif
Jackie Bilbrey
Lubbock
Lindsey
Ola Campbell
Temple
Services For Former Quail Woman Held Here
Adele Pate Moore 66 of Lynwood California died Saturday December 29 after a lengthy illness Funeral services January 5 at Schooler Gordon Funeral Chapel with Rev Elvis Pitts officiating Burial in Fairview Cemetery beside her parents She was a retired telegraph operator born May 18 1918 in Quail later living in Wichita Falls Electra California Survived by two daughters Nita Kemmis Orva Dozier one son William J Moore a sister Opal Aycock and two aunts plus 17 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren Relatives in Wellington include Jack Brown and Mrs Pauline Patterson
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Quail
Adele Pate Moore
Lynwood
Calif
Schooler-Gordon
Elvis Pitts
Quail Baptist Church
Fairview Cemetery
Schooler Gordon
Moore
Jim Tom Pate
Cola Brown Pate
Wichita Falls
Electra
California
1St Baptist Church
Nita Kemmis
Fountain Valley
Orva Dozier
Buena Park
William J. Moore
Houston
Opal Aycock
Arizona
Ruby Ann Nolan
Ione Pate Cartee
Pampa
D R Bud Hicks Dies Following Graveside Service
World War veteran Douglas Ray Bud Hicks age 61 died Monday Jan 7 in Veterans Administration Hospital Amarillo. Graveside services were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday Jan 9 at North Cemetery with details of the ceremony and attendees noted in the obituary.
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Douglas Ray
Bud) Hicks
Veterans Administration Hospital
Amarillo
North
Hicks service noted at Fairview Cemetery
Funeral director Schooler Gordon directs services for Hicks born October 16 1923 in Munday son of Roy and Elsie Hicks. A World War II veteran with two Bronze Stars, he moved from Amarillo to Wellington in 1977. Survived by daughter Linda Barker two brothers three sisters mother and two grandchildren. Preceded in death by son Billy and sister Lucille.
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Fairview Cemetery
Schooler-Gordon
Larry Boyd
New Life Assembly of God Church
Hicks
Munday
Roy
Elsie Griffith Hicks
Embelle Knight
Amarillo
Wellington
Southlawn Baptist Church
Linda Barker
Marlow
Oklahoma
Weldon Hicks
Tustin
California
Ralph Hicks
Alta Fay Yancey
Nadean Nesmith
Abilene
Pauline McGee
Euless
Elsie Hicks
Firewood as insect harborage warns homeowners
Winter heating drives use of fireplaces and wood stoves, bringing wood infested with insects indoors. Insects may emerge inside homes or from stacked firewood near dwellings. Most firewood pests are nuisance. powder post beetles avoid seasoned or sealed wood, while cockroaches psocids spiders earwigs and scorpions rarely threaten structures.
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Panhandle
Bowen Will Speak At VFW Meeting
James R. Bowen, county veterans service officer, will address Glynn Moore Post VFW and the Auxiliary at a joint social meeting on Tuesday January 15. He will explain veterans rights and benefits after the monthly dinner, which starts at 7 p.m. in the VFW building dining room. All members are urged to attend.
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James R. Bowen
Glynn Moore Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Bowen
VFW
Band Members Picked For All-District Band
Junior High Firecracker Band members Johnny Shepard and Nickie Dodson qualified for the All-Region Band to be held Saturday January 16 in Canyon at West Texas State University. Alternate tuba player Jay Anders from Skyrocket may join if needed. 56 cornets and 18 flute players competed with 16 cornets and 18 flute making the final groups.
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Firecracker
Canyon
Frank Aue
Johnny Shepard
Nickie Dodson
Dennis Cudd
Mycal Garcia
Greg Cozad
Jack Shepard
Rinda Green
Cassie Marple
Jay Anders
West Texas State University
Aue
Nickie
Anders
Langford Promoted To Plano Merchandising Role At Mervyns
Connie Langford, a Mervyns department manager in Amarillo, is promoted and transferred to the Plano executive office as merchandising assistant and buyer. She will start January 30 and move to the Plano Dallas area in about two weeks. Langford, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Langford, is a Wellington High School 1978 graduate and Texas Tech University 1982 alumna, formerly employed at The Wellington Leader.
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Connie Langford
Mervyn's
Amarillo
Mervyn’s
Plano
Plano-Dallas
Miss Langford
Jimmy Langford
Wellington High School
Texas Tech Tech University
Wellington
Wellington Leader
Tate Accepted By Baylor University School of Law
Lynn Tate of Abra has been accepted to Baylor University School of Law in Waco and will begin classes on February 18. He was among about 70 spring admittees. Baylor also accepts 70 for fall and 30 in summer. Tate, son of Mr and Mrs Rudie Tate, holds an agricultural economics degree from Texas Tech and graduated top of his class in Agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn Tate
Abra
Baylor University School of Law
Waco
Baylor Law School
Tate
Rudie Tate
Texas Tech University College of Agriculture
County Students Named to WISU Semester Roll
WTSU at Canyon reports fall honor roll lists 709 students from 5 towns across 12 states and 2 countries. Wellington students include Joan Cochran 4.0 GPA biology education junior and wife of Grady Cochran. Katie Davis 3.50 elementary education junior. Chad Holland 3.57 business freshman. Jay Warrick 3.50 business freshman.
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WTSU
Canyon - West Texas State University
Wellington
Joan Cochran
Grady Cochran
Katie Davis
Steve Davis
Chad Holland
Kent Holland
Jay Warrick
Glen Warrick
Holland
Warrick
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Pauline Patterson
D.R
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Don Reeves
North Side Square
Rainbows
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Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary’s Office
Congressional Affairs Office
Senate
Economic Research Service
USDA
Sumnerwood School
American Express
Inge
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