Whitewright Nursing Home News Easter Visitors and New Patients
In Whitewright the nursing home reported 53 in church Sunday services with special music from Jeanette Geers Pat and Cynthia Marlow and Rhonda Bonds. New patients include Mrs Suzanne White of St Petersburg Fla and Mrs Charlie Davis Tom Bean along with Mr Silas Philpot of Greenville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanette Geers
Pat
Cynthia Marlow
Rhonda Bonds
Whitewright
G.a.’S of the Baptist Church
Y Gils
Dallas
Nuresing
Suzanne White
St. Petersburg
Fla
Charlie Davis
Tom Bean
Silas Philpot
Greenville
Mary Sharp
H. E. Richardson
Grande Premirie
Delphia Rich
Worth
G. E. Hemphill, Jr
McKinney
Ed McCarley
Wichita Falls
Elmer Brown
Tillman Tallent
Scoy Caster
Kim
Tonya
San Antonio
Annie Stephens
Lester Horn
Howard Hollandsworth
Sheerman
George Chenault
Nannie Hulett
Visits Abound Across Texas Communities
A string of social visits spans multiple towns with Mrs. Myrtle Biggerstaff in Corpus Christi hosting, and Sherman, Whitewright, Ector, Ladonia, Dallas, Trenton, Gainesville, and Mesquite residents visiting various local residents. Many guests include extended family and friends from Plano, Bonham, Leonard, Greenville, Celeste, and McKinney for weekend and Sunday gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. L. Bigeerstaff
Corpus Christi
E. F. Biggere
Sherman
Myrtle Biggerstaff
Fay Clark
Whitewright
Chat Beasley
Ector
W. T. Beasley
Gladys McLerran
Amanda Gault
J. J. Kenney
Sheerman
Kenney
H. A. Smoot
Plano
L. B. Withrow
Blue Ridge
Cynethia Hollis
Denny Riley
Tre Enton
Bill Wileson
Bonham
Neal Berry
Leonard
Ella Wilson
Sybil
Fred Waldrop
Gainesville
Clye Waldrop
Ella
Bethel
Betty Bow
Whitewreight
Rosie Lee Summereville
Fred Novey
Mesquite
Mary Denton
Mrs. Jarvis
Erman Alexander
Celeste
Dolly Brown
Trenton
Finis Griffith
Mr. Griffith
Eura Hughes
Services for Sgt Jimmy Burchfield Held in 1969
Sgt. Jimmy Burchfield 23, killed in Vietnam March 20, honored at 2 p.m. April 5 at Barnheart Funeral Chapel with full military rites at Oak Hill Cemetery. Baptist ministers Rev. Leroy Martin, Rev. Ross Bourland, and Rev. Houston Garner officiated. Survived by parents Mr. and Mrs. Byrd Burchfield, siblings J W Burchfield, Mrs Sonny Smith, Mrs Lewis Sheridan, Mrs George Christopher, and grandfather Jerry Burchfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Burchfield
Vietnam
Barnheart Funeral Chapel
Oak Hill Cemetery
Leroy Martin
Ross Bour
Houston Garner
Burchfield
Enterprise Baptist Church
East Texas State
Bonham Firm
Serice
Byrd Burcherfield
Whitewright
J.W. Burchfield
Deport
Sonny Smith
Wheitewright
Lewis Sheridan
Paris
George Christopher
Howe
Jerry Burchfield
Glenwood
Ark
R O Miller R O Miller funeral held April 1969 Whitewright connections
Funeral services were held Wednesday April 9 1969 for R O Bob Miller of St Louis Missouri. He was the brother of the late John Henry Miller of Whitewright and uncle of Mrs Billy Muirhead of Whitewright. Burial at Oak Hill Cemetery. Survivors include four sisters Mrs Clay Horton Mrs C M Hughes Mrs Prentiss Compton and Mrs P H Binion. Miller was a Desert Community native and a professional baseball player and manager who worked for the Dallas Spears and other Texas and New Mexico clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. O
Bob) Miller
St Louis
John Henry Miller
Whitewright
Billy Muirhead
Oak Hill Cemetery
Tate
Desert
Dallas Spears
Texas
New Mexico
Clay Horton
C. M. Hughes
Prentiss Compton
Sherman
P. H. Binion
Arkansas
WMU Bible Study Session Held at First Baptist Church
The WMU met at the First Baptist Church at 2 pm to study Colossians chapters two and three. Mrs. Carl May gave opening prayer and Mrs. Adah Gillispie presided. participants included Mrs. Gene Hughes Elizabeth Jones Velma Sadeler W. L. Hatfield and Mrs. A R McMurry gave the mission story. the meeting closed with prayer by Mrs. J H Gosnell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.M.U
First Baptist Church
Bible Ste Udy
Colossians
Carl May
Adah Gillispie
Gene Hughes
Elizabeth Jones
Velma Sadeler
W. L. Hatfield
A. R. McMurry
J. H. Gosnell
Death of Mrs Clara Lawrence 75 in Sherman after long illness
Mrs Clara Etta Lawrence 75 housewife died at 1 15 a m Monday night in Sherman after an extended illness. Funeral Tuesday at 3 in Renfro Barrett Funeral Home Chapel with two ministers officiating. Burial Cedar Cemetery. Pallbearers Wayne Oneal Homer Turley Olen Blankenship Adolph Belew E B Simpson Euell Biggerstaff. Survived by husband Homer P Lawrence two sons Hubert P Lawrence Sherman Lonzo P Lawrence San Leandro Calif one brother Delmer Belew Tom Bean one sister Myrtle Joyce Tom Bean two grandchildren one great grandchild. Born January 22 1894 in Salem Mo daughter of the late W T Belew. Lived area 73 years attended Tom Bean school. Member Key Memorial Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Etta Lawrence
Sherman Hospital
Renfro Barrett Funeral Home
Calif
Delmer Belew
Tom Bean
Myrtle Joyce
Funeral for Joe C. Tate Held in Whitewright
Funeral services for Joe C. Tate who died Sunday March 29 1969 at a Waco hospital were held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Earnheart Chapel in Whitewright with remaining details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe C. Tate
Waco
Earnheart Chapel
Whitewright
Hole in One Prize Battles Court Over Game of Chance
The PNE Lawyer notes a golf course advertised fifty cents per shot with a five thousand dollar hole in one prize. A judge ruled the contest a game of skill, not chance, ordering payout. The piece discusses how courts view games of chance versus skill, with examples like dice roulette and chess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Bar Association
State Bar of Texas
Will Bernard
Golden wedding anniversary for Kirkpatrick couple noted
Mr and Mrs Roscoe M Kirkpatrick marked their 50th anniversary at home they moved into after marrying on April 3 1915 The couple wed at the Bo nham Methodist Church parsonage Their family includes sons Gene Kenneth and Glen and daughter Mrs Frank Haynes Grandchildren attended and one grandson David Kirkpatrick serves in Vietnam Ector voters approve 1 percent sales tax by 29 to 15 margin Robert Bellows elected mayor. council members re elected and holdovers named Also Royal service program at Ector Baptist WMU with Mrs Gaylon Murray hosting and Mrs John W Smith leading the program
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe M. Kirkpatrick
Bonham
Kirkpatrick
Southwest Pump Company
Gene Kirkpatrick
Dallas
Kenneth
Glen
Irving
Frank Haynes
David Kirkpatrick
Vietnam
Ector
Maregin
Robert Bellows
James Henson
Joe Bellows
Aubrey Jenkins
Joe Charles Ross
Lynwood Hogue
Ector Baptist Church
WMU
Gaylon Musrray
Calendar of prayer and business session observed
Mrs. Clyde Gallager read the calendar of prayer and Mrs. Earl Porter presided over the business session. Refreshments were served to eight members.
Spring and Summer Fashion Signals Return of Femininity
New York designers unveil spring and summer lines to buyers and press. No radical changes. mini-skirts endure for the young while mature women pick flattering lengths. Shirt dresses return in soft pastels with slim or full skirts, belts returning, jumpers recur, and the blouson dress shines. Colors stay classic black, brown, navy, white with red white blue accents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Texas court citation for divorce by cruel treatment
The citation commands Amos Perkins to answer the petition filed August 5 1968 in Grayson County Texas District Court. Karene Perkins sues for divorce on cruel treatment grounds. The document notes issuance March 12 1969 and sets appearance by 10 am April 28 1969.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Texas
Amos Perkins
A.D
Fifteenth District Court
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
Karene Perkins
E.R. Broadhead
Louise Hauschild
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Sarah Outelaw
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Ocie Allison
Beula Allieson
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R.O
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Reece Electric
N. Center
Clara Lawrence
PNE
Chance
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My Church
Freeman Lambert
Wes Ferguson
H. D
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Kentuckytown Baptist
Enterprise Baptist
J. S. Tipton
Training Union
Lionel Lindley
First Presbyterian
C. C. Dooley
Marvin United Methodist
George Topper
Nursing Home Service
Harry Stanley
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Church of Christ
1St Baptist Church
H.W. Windfield
Western Beauty Christian Methodist Church
Lonnie Stinson
Dawson
Propane
Holcombs
Grayson
Collin
Nicely’s Mobil Station
OK Feed Mill
Whitewright Nursing Home
George Hight
First United Methodist
W.S.C.S
Guild
Bethel Baptist Church
Charles Pierce
Herman Lancaster
Assembly of God
Janice Hall
Brown’s Variety Store
Carl’s Sausage Company
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