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Saturday, July 5, 2014Nation valleystar.com A7 Death Notices HARLINGEN Jose Santos Rivera, 75, of Harlingen, TX passed away Thursday, July 3, 2014. Arrangements are under the direction of Rudy Garza Funeral Home. SAN BENITO Angelo Christian Martinez, 5, of San Benito, Texas, passed away on July 3, 2014 at Valley Baptist Medical Center in Harlingen. Funeral arrangements entrusted to Thomae-Garza Funeral Directors in San Benito. PORT ISABEL Fredrick Bennett, of Port Isabel, passed away at his residence, on July 4, 2014.

Funeral arrangements are under the guidance of sunset memorial funeral home in Brownsville BROWNSVILLE Eduardo Arturo Fayette, 57, of Brownsville Passed away on July 3rd, 2014, at valley regional medical center in Brownsville. Funeral arrangements are under the guidance of sunset memorial funeral home in Brownsville. SAN BENITO Patricia Thomae, 85, passed away at a local hospital, on July 4, 2014. Services are pending with Henry Thomae Funeral Home 701 N. Bowie San Benito.

HARLINGEN Lorelle Youngblood, 90, passed away June 4, 2014 at her residence. Arrangements are under the direction of Buck Ashcraft Funeral Home. RIO HONDO Atanacia Tello, 80, passed away Friday, July 4, 2014 at Harlingen Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Trinity at Harrison Funeral Home. Funerals Today HARLINGEN Funeral services for Esperanza G.

Tanner will be held today at at Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Church. All services will conclude at the church. Arrangements under the direction of Rudy Garza Funeral Home. HARLINGEN Funeral services for Infant Jenika Janay Garza Lopez will be held today at in the Rudy Garza Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow at Ashland Memorial Park. Arrangements under the direction of Rudy Garza Funeral Home.

HARLINGEN Funeral services for Jose R. Lira will be held today at at Queen of Peace Catholic Church with burial to follow at Ashland Memorial Park. Arrangements under the direction of Rudy Garza Funeral Home. SAN BENITO Funeral mass for Ofelia Villegas will be held today at 10 am at St. Theresa Catholic Church.

Interment will follow at Mont Meta Memorial Park under the direction of Thomae-Garza Funeral Directors. LA FERIA A graveside service for Dorothy Jones will be held today, Saturday, July 5, 2014, 11:00 a.m., at Restlawn Memorial Park. Arrangements are with Buck Ashcraft Funeral Home. WESLACO Funeral mass for Valentin Urenda will be held today at San Martin de Porres Catholic Church-Weslaco at 10:00 am. Interment to follow at Highland Memorial Park.

Under the direction of McCaleb Funeral Home. CORPUS HARLINGEN Graveside service for Lynwood Roberts will be held today, Saturday, July 5, 2014 at 10:00 AM at Combes Cemetery. Alicia C. Anguiano Angelo Christian Martinez SAN BENITO, TX. Alicia C.

Anguiano, 64, entered into heaven on July 2, 2014, followed by her grandson, Angelo Christian Martinez, 5, on July 3, 2014. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, July 8, 2014 from 1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., with a prayer service at 7:00 p.m., at Thomae-Garza Funeral Home in San Benito. Funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, July 9, 2014 at Thomae-Garza Funeral Home Chapel.

Services will conclude and cremation will follow. You may view the full obituaries and sign the online guest books and send words of comfort, flowers, or sympathy cards to the family of Alicia C. Anguiano and Angelo Christian Martinez at: www. thomaegarza.com. Funeral arrangements entrusted to the care of Thomae-Garza Funeral Directors, 395 S.

Sam Houston, San Benito, Texas, (956) 399-1331. Odie Fred Wallace Starkville, Odie Fred Wallace, II, 57, passed away on July 1, 2014 at his residence in Starkville, MS. He attended Longview Methodist Church, where he was a Sunday school teacher. He is survived by his wife, Jeanette C. Wallace; daughters, Ashley Taylor Wallace and Allison Paige Wallace, all of Harlingen, TX; son, Odie Fred Wallace, III of San Antonio, TX; mother, Lou Wallace of Starkville, MS; brother, Bradley K.

Wallace (Katerena) of Hernando, MS; and grandchild, Attliyn Isabella Wallace of Harlingen, TX and nephew, Samuel Wallace of Hernando, MS. There will be a private graveside service. Memorial donations may be made to Longview Methodist Church in Starkville, MS. Welch Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Sign the guestbook at: www.valleystar.com/obituar- ies Notice- For more information on submitting an obituary, please contact the Valley Morning Star by phone: 956-421-9805 (Weekdays) or 956-430-6206 (Weekends).

You may email your request to or fax to 956-430-6231 (Weekdays) 956-4306233 (Weekends). Death notices and funeral announcements are provided free of charge by the Valley Morning Star as a public service. For families who want a complete story, including a photograph, an obituary is available for a nominal charge. Information for this service will be accepted by 1:30 p.m. daily.

OBITUARIES Fireworks, music, hurricane on the 4th The Associated Press The United States marks 238 years as an independent nation as it celebrates the Fourth of July with fireworks, food and music. Nature and politics also play a role this ear, with Hurricane A rthur crashing holiday parties along the East Coast and subdued festivities in Moscow amid growing anti-American sentiment over the crisis in Ukraine. Here are some highlights of Independence Day celebrations across the globe: FIRE IN THE SKY Tens of thousands of people crammed the narrow cobble stone streets of a landmark seaport and the closed lanes of a riverfront highway to watch the Fourth of July fireworks show in New York City. A brilliant 25-minute show of reds, whites and blues lit up the sky from three barges on the East River, sandwiched between Brooklyn and lower Manhattan and even some from the Brooklyn Bridge itself. says more than 1,600 shells were launched per minute during the display.

the largest Fourth of July fireworks celebration. One World Trade Center marked the holiday by lighting its 400-foot antenna red, white and blue. Other major fireworks shows were being held in Chicago on Lake Michigan and in San Francisco over the bay. WEATHER WORRIES The first hurricane of the season, Arthur, forced many East Coast cities to switch the dates of their Fourth of July celebrations. Boston officials moved the annual Boston Pops July 4 concert and fireworks from Friday to Thursday.

Then they cut short the concerts so the fireworks could begin. Shortly after the dazzling display thundered to a close, a drenching rain began falling. Meanwhile, several cities in Maine, New Hampshire and New Jersey moved their fire- orks shows to either Saturday or Sunday. Augusta, Maine, moved its fireworks to Aug. 2.

When it crossed North Outer Banks late Thursday, Arthur narrowly missed becoming the first hurricane to make landfall on July Fourth, according to National Hurricane Center research that dates to the 1850s. In Phoenix, the first dust storm of the summer arrived with blinding winds that forced the cancellation of holiday plans, knocked out power and grounded flights. INSPIRING MUSIC In Washington, composer John Williams debuted a new arrangement of Star-Spangled featuring choirs, trumpets, an orchestra and cannons on the National Mall. This year marks the 200th anniversary of the national anthem. Francis Scott Key was inspired by the sight of the flag over Fort McHenry in September 1814 after a 25-hour British bombardment.

A fireworks display set against the Washington Monument electrified the night sky, along with the screens of thousands of smartphones in the hands of onlookers poised to snap photos for their friends and family who make it to annual the Independence Day celebration in the capital. Earlier, thousands of people celebrated the Fourth in the capital under clear skies, despite initial fears rain could ruin their fun. Visitors to the Mall gazed at the White House and the Washington Monument and strolled through the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, which featured food, music and cul- tural demonstrations. INDEPENDENCE HALL Vice President Joe Biden, addressing the annual of ceremony at Independence Hall, said the lessons of the civil rights movement show that the struggle for freedom that began in Philadelphia more than two centuries ago is not over. EX-PATS IN CANADA Julie Buchanan, treasurer of Democrats Abroad, planned to celebrate at a Toronto bar with red, white and blue sparklers, about 125 of her American ex-pat friends, and life-size cutouts of President Barack Obama and the first lady.

really miss the patriotism of America; so many of us crave that sense of pride and camaraderie from back said Buchanan, an Alabama native who moved to Toronto from Memphis, Tennessee, in 2000. At 116, Arkansas woman named oldest American By JILL BLEED The Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, ARK. A south Arkansas woman celebrated her 116th birthday Friday with cake, a party and a new title now officially the oldest confirmed living American and second-oldest person in the world, the Gerontology Research Group said. Gertrude Weaver spent her birthday at home at Silver Oaks Health and Rehabilitation in Camden, about 100 miles southwest of Little Rock. This festivities included the new award from the Gerontology Research Group, which analyzed U.S.

Census records to determine that Weaver is the oldest living American, rather than 115-year-old Jeralean Talley, who was born in 1899. The research group, which consults with the Guinness Book of World Records, found that the 1900 Census listed Weaver as 2 years old putting her birthday in 1898, said Robert Young, the research database administrator and senior consultant for Guinness. That makes Weaver the second-oldest person in the world behind 116-year- old Misao Okawa of Japan and the 11th oldest person of all time, he said. 116 would be old enough to be the oldest Young said. kind of heavy competition at the Weaver was born in southwest Arkansas near the border with Texas, and was married in 1915.

She and her husband had four children, all of whom have died except for a 93-year- old son. Along with Census records, the Gerontology Research Group used 1915 marriage certificate, which listed her age as 17, to confirm her birth year, Young said. Although no birth record exists for Weaver, she celebrates her birthday each year on July 4 and did the same this year. At her 115th birthday party last year, Weaver was and just eating it all said Vicki Vaughan, the marketing and admissions director at Silver Oaks. people want to know, can she Vaughan said.

health is starting to decline a little bit this year I can tell a difference from last year, but she still is up and gets out of the room and comes to all of her meals, comes to activities. laugh and smile and Weaver first stayed at the Camden nursing home at the age of 104 after she suffered a broken hip, Vaughan said. But Weaver recovered after rehabilitation and moved back home with her granddaughter, before returning to the nursing home at the age of 109. Weaver cited three factors for her longevity: in the Lord, hard work and loving ABOVE: Fireworks light up the sky above the Brooklyn Bridge during Fourth of July fireworks show, Friday, in New York. ARK ENNIHAN HE A SSOCIATED RESS RIGHT: Vice President Joe Biden greets a young spectator as he marches in an Independence Day parade, Friday, in Philadelphia.

ATT OURKE HE A SSOCIATED RESS ANNY OHNSTON HE A SSOCIATED RESS Gertrude Weaver, right, talks with her son Joe Weaver, Thursday, July 3 at Silver Oaks Health and Rehabilitation Center in Camden, a day before her 116th birthday. The Gerontology Research Group says Weaver is the oldest person in the United States and second-oldest person in the world. Read more about how North Carolina handled Hurricane Arthur.