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TUESDAY, JULY 7, 1998 GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS Protestants, Catholics angry with ruling in N. Ireland The Associated Press BELFAST, Northern Ireland Seeking to contain Protestant fury, a. government-appointed commission ruled Monday that Belfast's most disputed Protestant march should be permitted to pass a hostile Catholic neighborhood. The Northern Ireland Parades Commission admitted that its verdict on the planned march in Belfast's Lower Ormeau section took into account widespread Protestant anger including gangs of rioters over the ongoing blockade of a separate and bigger march in Portadown. Portadown is the rural heartland of the Orange Order, a Protestant fraternal organization.

"This isn't justice. This is obviously just giving in to Orange pressure and trying to buy off the mob in Portadown," said former Irish Republican Army prisoner Gerard Rice, who is leading opposition to the Lower Ormeau march. The July 13 march by several hundred Orangemen would be the first Protestant parade allowed past Lower Ormeau's eight hard-line Catholic side streets in more than a year. Rice refused to say whether Catholics would try to block Ormeau Road, as they have done since 1995, in defiance of the commission's ruling. Despite the Belfast decision, Protestants determined to overturn the ban on the march in Portadbwn, 30 miles southwest of Belfast 4 protested or rioted for a second straight night Monday across Nothern Ireland.

Thugs hijacked and set fire to a bus and two cars in Craigavon, Portadown's neighbor. Soon Orangemen and other Protestants formed human blockades on several main Belfast roads and Shaftesbury Square, where youths began bombarding riot police with stones and bricks. As darkness fell, billowing clouds of smoke from burning cars could be seen at several points along the skyline. In religiously polarized west Belfast, rival mobs of Protestants and Catholics threw rocks, bricks and bottles at each other over the high fencing that separates their two neighborhoods. There was no immediate confirmation of any casualties or arrests in connection with Monday nighf riots.

Police said they arrested about 30 people during the first night's rioting in Belfast, Londonderry and smaller towns. A police inspector's skull was fractured by a mob burning a car near Lon- donderry. Outside Portadown's rural Drumcree Anglican church, where their march has been blocked since midday Sunday, Orangemen and their supporters pitched tents and had picnics behind the army's barricades of barbed wire and trenches. The crowd, which fluctuated from a few hundred to more than 1,000, cheered as Orangemen thumped massive drums and blasted traditional Protestant tunes over a public address system christened "Radio Orange" in the direction of nearby Garvaghy Road. Catholic residents along that road have tried to block the annual march since 1995, setting the scene for a confrontation that has triggered violence across Northern Ireland for three consecutive years.

David Trimble, the embattled Protestant head of Northern Ireland's new cross-community government established under the April peace agreement, warned that the crisis "could put at risk all the political progress we have achieved." Trimble, an Orangeman, is finding himself having to toe a more conciliatory line in public and is being lambasted by Orangemen as a traitor because of it. Paul Lee KEMAH Paul Lee, 26, of Kemah, passed away Saturday, July 4,1998. Funeral arrangements are pending at Jack Rowe Funeral Home. Darlene K. Stults GALVESTON Darlene K.

Stults, 50, of Dickinson, passed away Monday, July 6, 1998, in Galveston. Funeral arrangements are pending at Jack Rowe Funeral Home. Elvelia King GALVESTON Elvelia King, 79, died Monday, July 6,1998, at John Sealy Hospital in Galveston. Arrangements are pending with Carnes Brothers Funeral Home of Galveston. Vickie Lynn Johnson GALVESTON Ms.

Vickie Lynn Johnson, 35, of La Marque passed away Sunday at UTMB Hospital in Galveston. Funeral arrangements are pending at Mainland Funeral Home in La Marque. Sybil Mazzantini GALVESTON Sybil Mazzantini, 79, of Galveston, passed away Monday, July 6, 1998, at UTMB Hospital in Galveston. Services are pending at Malloy Son Funeral Home. Rosa Lee Taylor GALVESTON Rosa Lee Taylor, 89, departed this life on Monday, July 6,1998, at UTMB Hospital.

Funeral arrangements are pending with Fields Funeral Home Inc. John Cantu Jr. GALVESTON John Cantu 74, of Galveston passed away July 3, 1998, at his residence surrounded by his family. Funeral Mass will be held at 11 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Galveston, Tuesday, July 7,1998, with Father Frank Fabj celebrant.

Burial will follow at Calvary Catholic Cemetery in Galveston. Visitation will be held from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Tuesday, July 7, 1998, with a vigil for the deceased and a Rosary to be held at 6:30 p.m. with Deacon Tommy Hunter officiating, at Carnes Brothers Funeral Home in Galveston. Mr.

Cantu was born January 14, 1924. in Gonzales, Texas, to John and Martha Sada Cantu Sr. He moved to Galveston at the age of 16. and joined the Merchant Marines where he later met and married his wife, Pauline Ttenavidez. Whwt honrw between and after his retirement he loved to cook for his family and friends, being well known for the delicious menudo that he created.

His later love was to play with his many grand and great- grandchildren. He always was known for his generosity and giving spirit, never refusing to help those in need. He was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church of Galveston. Predeceased by his parents; grandsons, Miguel Dominguez and Daniel Joseph Ruiz Cantu and brother, Joe Cantu, Mr. Cantu is survived by his wife of 45 years, Pauline Cantu of Galveston; daughters, Frances B.

Morales and husband, Juan and Yolanda Golden and husband, Don all of Fort Worth, Texas, and Martha T. Rodriguez and Lisa N. Borsellino and husband, Donald Jr. all of Galveston; sons, Freddy Dominguez and wife, Socorro, Gilbert Cantu and wife, Sophia, Joe B. Cantu and wife, Lori and Jimmy Cantu all of Fort Worth and Miguel Dominguez, Robert Cantu, Jesse Cantu and Vincent Cantu, U.S.

Navy, all of Galveston; 21 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; sister, Sally Soto of Bay City, Texas; brother, Mike Cantu of Gonzales, Texas; special niece, Juanita Lopez and husband, Bonifacio; special family friend, Yolanda Gomez of Galveston; numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends. Pallbearers will be his eight sons. Leonora Elizabeth Plowden Bridges Leonora Elizabeth Plowden Bridges, born September 26, 1911, in Houston passed away Sunday, July 5, 1998, at 2:05 a.m. She attended San Jacinto High School, Rice Institute and The University of Alabama earning her bachelor of science degree. She was a member of Delta Delta Delta social sorority, Daughters of the Confederacy, Daughters of the American Revolution, Service League of Baytown, Grace United Methodist Church and the Harris County Ladies Auxiliary Medical Association.

She was the first registered medical technologist in the state of Texas. Mrs. Bridges resided in Baytown (Goose Creek), Texas, most of her married life. She is preceded in death by husband, William Hillory Bridges M.D., father, Charles Wrigley Plowden; mother, Lyda Marion Daughdrill Plowden and brother, Charles Wrigley Plowden Jr. Survivors are her sons, Charles Plowden Bridges M.D.

of La Mesa, California, and William Hillory Bridges Jr. of Houston; sister, Lyda Mae Plowden Wright of Dickinson, Texas, and many nieces, nephews and cousins. The family will receive friends between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. at Earthman Funeral Home, 3919 Garth Road, Baytown, Texas.

Services will be held at 10 a.m., Tuesday, July 7,1998, at Grace United Methodist Church, 304 North Pruett Street, Baytown, Texas. Interment will be in Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery. Pallbearers are Ron Buescher M.D., Carl Kuehnel, Robert (Foxy) Matherne, Skip McCarthy, Jim Monfries, Bob Oliphint, Jack Walmsley and John Walmsley. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to the charity of your choice. Earthman Funeral Home, Houston, Texas Ralph L.

Lowe FRIENDSWOOD Ralph Lawrence Lowe, 79, born on September 17, 1918, and died July 5,1998. He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Marge, and his eight children and their spouses, Penelope and Tom Burke, Cis and Jes Dickson, Larry and Gloria Lowe, Janis Lowe, Megan and Chris McGhee, Lisa and Henry Abel, Shana and James Appel, Blake and Karen Lowe; his brother, Clyde Hopkins Lowe; 36 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. Beloved husband, father, father-in-law, grandfather, and friend, he served the city of Friendswood for 16 years as mayor. He faithfully served the Armed Forces in World War II and was honorably discharged in 1945. Funeral services will be held at 6 p.m.

at Stevenson Park, Friendswood, Texas, on Wednesday, July 8,1998. Interment immediately follows at Friendswood Friends Cemetery. Pallbearers will include his 22 grandsons. Honorary pallbearers are Freddie Matthews Sr. and Freddie Matthews Jr.

Friends may call at Forest Park East, 21620 Gulf Freeway, Webster, Texas, Tuesday, July 7,1998, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Friendswood Emergency Medical Service (EMS) or Bo's Place, formerly The Grief Center of Texas, (713) 942-8339, P.O. Box 271165, Houston, Texas 77277-1165. Abel Joseph Carroll HOUSTON Abel Joseph Carroll, born August 13, 1919, died July 2,1998, at age 78.

He was an oxygen technician for a number of years in Galveston at UTMB and worked at the Veterans Administration for 30 years. Survivors are his wife, Ida Mae Carroll; two daughters; one son; three brothers; two sisters. He is survived by the families. Visitation will be from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

on Thursday. Entombment will be at VA National Cemetery in Houston. Funeral services will be at Bill Clair Mortuary, 2603 Southmore at Live Oak, Houston, Friday, 11 a.m. Mary Williams W. TEXAS CITY Mary Williams of Texas City, passed away July 2, 1998.

At her request, her body was donated to UTMB. Memorial services for Mrs. Mary Williams, will be 10 a.m., Wednesday, July 8, 1998, at the Progressive Baptist Church, 320 Bell Drive, Texas City, Texas with the Rev. J.D. Steele officiating.

Memorials may be made in her name to the Progressive Baptist Church, Texas City. Lillian Dorothy Williams ALGOA, Texas Mrs. Lillian Dorothy Williams, age 73, of Algoa, Texas, passed away Saturday, July 4,1998, at her residence. Mrs. Williams was born on October 28,1924, in San Antonio, Texas, and was a lifetime resident of Algoa.

She was the Galveston Memorial Park PROTECT YOUR FAMILY YOUR ASSETS! Probate Power of Attorney Divorce Child Support Name Changes Adoption Paternity M. Smith AT I A 607 6th Street CityTx 77590 owner and operator of the Starlight Drive-In Grocery and was a member of the First Baptist Church of Algoa, Texas. Mrs. Williams was preceded in death by her brother, William Hill, and by her parents, William Lee and Lillian Hilton. Survivors are her husband, Cleo C.

Williams of Algoa, Texas; daughters, Dixie Young of Algoa, Texas, and Delilah Kirkley of Jonestown, Texas; sons, Earl Williams of Alvin, Texas, and Kenneth Williams Sr. of Algoa, Texas; sisters, Alma McGee of Algoa, Texas, and Helen Stokesberry of Longview, Texas; brother, John Hill Sr. of Algoa, Texas; 12 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; numerous nieces, nephews, and other relatives and friends. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 8, 1998, in the Froberg Funeral Home Chapel, 115 North Hill Street, Alvin, Texas with the Rev.

Odie Young, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Algoa and the Rev. Earl Williams, officiating. Interment will be in The City of Alvin Oak Park Cemetery under the direction of Froberg Funeral Home 115 North Hill Street, Alvin, Texas (281) 331-3194. The family asks that memorials may be made to the charity of your choice. Froberg Funeral Home Mary Emma Ware BAYTOWN Mary Emma Ware, passed away Sunday, July 5,1998, at Green Acres Convalescent Center in Baytown.

A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 8, 1998, at Malloy Son Funeral Home with Mr. Allen Isbell officiating. Burial will follow services at Grace Memorial Park in Alta Loma. Visitation will be from 5 p.m.

to 7 p.m., Tuesday, July 7,1998 at Malloy son Funeral Home. Mrs. Ware was born December 28,1901, in Rocksprings, Texas. She was a seamstress for E.S. Levy Company and Nathan's then went into business for herself.

She was a longtime member of Broadway Church of Christ and a resident of Galveston since 1943. t-rl G.AIVESTON TrJEmiLYNEWS U.S.P.S. 213400 Founded In 1842 Texas' Oldest Newspaper Dedicated to the growth and progress of Galveston and all of Galveston County. Published every morning by Galveston Newspapers 8522 Teichman Road, Box 628, Galveston, Texas 77553. Second class postage paid at Galveston, Texas.

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Pallbearers will be Howard Ayrhart, Larry Smith, Jay Johnson (grandson), Christopher Ayrhart (great-grandson), Corey Smith (great-grandson) and Kerby Smith (great- grandson) Memorials may be sent to Broadway Church of Christ of Galveston. Malioy Son Funeral Home Services Gordy Funeral services for Alfred E. Gordy will be today at 2 p.m. in the chapel of James Crowder Funeral Home in La Marque. Burial to follow at Galveston Memorial Park Cemetery.

Biggers Funeral services for Mae Bell Biggers will be today at 11 a.m. at Carnes Brothers Funeral Home in Galveston with burial at Mainland Memorial Cemetery in Hitchcock, Texas. Longo A Mass of Christian burial will be held at 10 a.m. today at St. Peter The Apostle Catholic Church in Galveston.

Burial will follow at Galveston Memorial Park Cemetery in Hitchcock, Texas, under the direction of Broadway Funeral Home. Rathburn A memorial service to honor Richard "Rick" Matheson Rathburn will be held today at 7 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 1903 Church, Galveston under the direction of J. Levy Bro. Funeral Directors.

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