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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1969
Page
7
Nursing Home News lists new admissions and visitors from multiple Texas towns. It notes 47 residents attended Sunday church services and reports on several local residents visiting, plus funeral arrangements for Mr. Vandagriff and family survivor details.
Funeral services for Lon L Porter 67 who died June 21 were held at Ector United Methodist Church with Rev Johnny Carr officiating. Burial in Carson Cemetery. Porter a retired Civil Service worker suffered a heart attack at home and died at a Bonham hospital. Born January 8 1902 in Breck Oklahoma he was a Methodist and oil field worker before Perrin Air Force Base. Survivors include his wife two brothers Bryant Porter Las Vegas and Cecil Porter Bunkie Louisiana four sisters Lottie Crittenden Concord California Cleo Key Tulsa Oklahoma Della Seigler Ardmore Oklahoma and Millie May Map Fort Worth. Pallbearers H D Ray M E Ray Grady Bush Rudolph Pierce John Smith Earl Porter. Services also held at Wilson Funeral Chapel Leonard for R Lester Simpson a cousin of Mrs Paschal Farley with burial in Leonard Cemetery. Simpson born February 1905 in Leonard was a retired mechanic and Methodist. Survivors include a son R Lester Simpson Jr Pasadena two brothers Paul Simpson Leonard Mervin Simpson Hempstead one sister Gertrude Spinks Amarillo and six grandchildren. Pallbearers Scott Jackson W J Boutwell Lillace May Jack Farley G H Simpson and Homer Sanderson. Cemetery services directed by Flesher Funeral Home for bush family member born April 30 1894 in South Carolina and married Eula Barbee May 27 1918 in McKinney a farmer World War I veteran and Sedalia Baptist Church member. Survivors include wife six daughters seven grandchildren one great grandchild two sisters and four brothers.
Robert E Butler 45 native of Leonard died Friday in San Antonio where services were held. He was a sales manager for Texas Pacific Railroad, born November 3 1924 near Leonard, son of Ray and Butler. Surviving wife LaVerne three sons Hal David Robert a daughter Joanne and four sisters. Burial in Ft Sam Houston National Cemetery. Alamo Funeral Home arranged the rites.
Doc L. Bush, 75, died Friday at his Sedalia home. Funeral services were held Sunday at 3 p.m. in the Van Alstyne First Baptist Church with Rev. Ed Rinn and Rev. Bill McNatt officiating and burial in Van Alstyne.
Grayson County residents receiving monthly Social Security checks are urged by Gus Jones, SSA manager in Sherman, to report address changes or other events affecting benefits to the Sherman office. Reports may be mailed, by phone, or in person using forms available at the Sherman office. The new process uses high speed communications to transmit data to record centers.
Texas A and M University breeders introduced Caprock, a second semi dwarf or shorty wheat, and Sturdy the first hard red winter with short stature. Caprock and Sturdy, along with Tascosa Caddo Crockett Quanah Milam, cover Texas growing regions with Caprock excelling on irrigated High Plains and Sturdy yielding in Central Texas. Caprock and Sturdy are suitable for bakery flour and were developed with USDA cooperation. Caprock will be available after the 1969 harvest. Sturdy already grown in Texas and Oklahoma.
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