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Abilene Reporter-News from Abilene, Texas • Page 35

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Deaths and Funerals Abilene Nettie Dodson Funeral for Nettie Rebecca Dodson, 66, 918 Poplar will be at a.m. Thursday at Elliott's Chapel of Memories with Dr. H. O. Wynne officiating.

Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery. She was pronounced dead on arrival Tuesday at Hendrick Memorial Hospital to Macon H. Ha.vnie. iksj in Coving-i Kaynie was a member of the ton. He died in Methodist church.

ire two daughters, Survivors include her husband; iMrs. McCollum of one sister, Mrs. Velola Steele of ard Pauline Houston; three sJ.IbhnstoB of Shyder; three sons, Marvyn Bowman and ArleyiHerman, Jim and Clarice, all of Bowman, both of Brownwood Big- Spring; three sisters, Mrs. and R. L.

Bowman of Lubbock. i Viola Barnes of Corpus Christi, 1900. Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Mrs. J.

F. decider B. J. Cleckler, both of Nephews will be pallbearers. Mrs.

Iva Riggs CROSS Mrs. Iva PLAINS (Ernest) (RNS) Riggs, 'Mrs. Elsie: Bryih of Waco and'Odessa and Margel H. of Lub- Mrs. Josif of 16 grandchildrwi; 13 greatthree: grandchildren; ID great-'grandchildren; one sister Mrs 1 1 1 'IN J.

Taylor of Blackwell; two I brothers, L. A. Bramlelt of Lub- jbook and J. H. Bramlctt of grandchildren.

79. 'Cothie' Brooks LUBBOCK Funeral for Nursing Home in Roscoe for the Porterville, Mrs. Ruby past five years. Mrs. Williams Elliott of Houston Mrs Winnie had lived in Nolan County since Whittington of Amarillo, and Mrs.

AJlie Tidwell of DeKalb; 'ive grandchildren; two great grandchildren. Mrs. Sudie Pugh BRCKENRIDGE (RNS) Funeral services for Mrs. Jess (Sudie) Pugh, 81, who died at 7 a.m. Wednesday in Stephens Memorial Hospital, will be at 4 p.m.

Thursday in Melton's Chapel of Memories. Roscoe, and Mrs. J. C. Suggs of Sweetwater; two sons.

J. of Home in Abilene and Lawn. She was a member of the South Side Baptist Church. Her husband, J. W.

Dodson, preceded her in death. tw P- at tn at Higginbotham Maurice 10 a.m. Cecil Crone ANSON (RNS) Funeral ser- a Rix Funeral vices (or Mrs. Cecil (Lealand) Funera) Hom Chapll in Cross Ijlbbock with Dr pa M. Crane.

67, former Anson rat- TM sh plains yTM s(B umpers of First United Mmho-'dent, will be at 2 p.m. Thursday Crawford of Taylor officiatine dlst ehurcn officiating, assisted in Lawrence Funeral Home the Cross i i i Chapel with Bill Hardage, Graveside services will be at 4 pastor of First Baptist Church, I Burial will Plains Mrs. had had been several nieces and nephews. rrhursdav Park Elmwood, officiating. Burial will THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS Abilene, Texas, Thursday Morning, June 1979 3-A WHITE MEN SAY NOT Indian Medicine Men Leader Improved I (AP) spo appeared above Oakes'jold Samoan, Tommy Prilchard Three Indian medicine and extended across his'wilh intent to commit murder i-nrt 4 i i 1 i i i SAN FRANCISCO treating their critically injuredichest.

leader Richard Oakes with a specially brewed hoi-b portion, said Wednesday (he patient The Rev. W. A. Cockorcll of.showed some improvement. 6 Bentonville, former pastoriwhite hospital officials said yawning and wiggling his toes of Caddo Methodist Church, willjOakes' condition was unchanged officiate.

Burial will be in Mooniand ordered a stop to the Indian east of Breekenridge. Born Sudie Ellen Hunt Dec. 2, 1888, in Hunt County, she mar- on Oakes, who was felled in a "We increased his dosage as'Mission District bar frequented (lie moon turned its Indians and some Samoan Mad Bear said. "Richard re- immigrants. sponded by moving his head, ried Jess Pugb March 10, 1907, treatment.

Oakes, 28-year-old Mohawk jwho led llic Indian invasion of Alcatraz Island last November, Angleton Man on Trial I OL i a i a i iaai i i i i here She had lived Stephens has been in a coma since being CHinn MY- A1W. r-n County since 1900. Mr. and Mrs. Pugh farmed and ranched seven be in Ml.

Hope miles east of Breekenridge all of Big Country Mrs. Mary Hamilton BIG SPRING (RNS) Mrs. E. W. (Mary) Hamilton, 51.

of Midland died at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the home of her mother, Mrs. Herbert C. King of Big Spring, following a sudden illness. Funeral will be at 2 p.m.

Friday at Nalley Pickle Rosewood Chapel with the Rev. Claude Craven, pastor of Trinity Baptist Church, officiating, with burial in Trinity Memorial Park. Mrs. Hamilton was born Sept. 1, 1918, in Ellis County, and moved to Midland in 1947.

She married E. W. Hamilton Sept 23, 1955, there. She was a member of the Church of Christ. Survivors include her husband; a son, Gerald (Jerry) Cox of Big Spring; her mother, Mrs.

King; three grandchildren. Mrs. Minnie Kellum SNYDER (RNS) Funeral services for Mrs. Minnie 68, will be 4 p.m. Thursday at the Northside Baptist Church with the Rev.

J. M. Dean, retired Baptist minister, and the Rev. Raymond Hall, pastor of First Baptist Church officiating. Burial will be in Snyder Cemetery under the direction of Bolger Funeral Home.

Mrs. KeUum died Tuesday In Cogdell Memorial Hospital. Surviving are her husband; two sons, Harold C. and Wendell McDonald, both of Snyder; two sisters, Mrs. Johnnie Conner of Lubbock and Mrs.

Louise Dalton of Newhall, a brother, Wesley Woods of Canyon. Mrs. Sparkman SEYMOUR (RNS) Mrs. Martha Elliott Sparkman, 54 daughter at Seymour residenl Buford Elliott, died Wednesday at 1 p.m. in a Fort Smith, hospital.

Funeral will be held Friday in Fort Smith. Survivors include her husband Ed Sparkman of Fort Smith, two sons, Elliott of the home anc Roger of Germany; one brother Manford Elliott of Seymour; two grandchildren. John W. Cluck BIG SPRING (RNS) Funeral for John William Cluck 72, will be Thursday at United-pair were married Aug. 31, lember of the First rlethodist Church of Cross; 1940, in Abilene.

He was a pie ot and ivfon- lalns jniember of the Methodist rovia, Calif, She was married to Ernest W. ttggs Dec. 8, 1908, in Cross i The i owner of Brooks Claim! R. L. King lains.

(Service in Lubbock, he moved' She is survived by one daugh-! tllere rom Odessa in 1953. er, Mrs. Patsy Harris Bush of Survivors include his wife; a urkett; one grandson, Gaylonr au SW? Sfl ri of the home; Harris of Council Grove, Bother, Maurice of Abilene; ortune, Audrey Gaylon Harris, Gene Slangier, Franzel Odom and C. B. Westerman.

Felix Oglesby CROSS PLAINS (RNS) eral for Felix Oglesby, 81, will at 2:30 p.m. Thursday in ligginbotham Chapel with the lev. E. V. Brooks of First Baptist Church officiating.

Burial will be in Cross Plains Cemetery. Mr. Oglesby died at West 'exas Medical Center Tuesday, 'here he had been a patient 11 days. He had lived in Cross Plains ix years moving here from 2addo Peak, where he was born an. 27, 1889.

He married Gussie Sreeding Upton at Cottonwood une 22, 1924. He was a stock farmer. Surviving are his wife; a son, W. Joe; two granddaughters; hree step grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Dick Ackerly Baptist the Rev.

Roy a.m. in the Church with Haynes, pastor rf the Yale Baptist Church, officiating. He'wil be assisted by Rev. M. A McCasland of Weatherford.

Burial will be in Fair Haven Cemetery in Ackerly under the direction Nalley-Pickle Funeral Home. Pallbearers will be Earl New comer, Howard Armstrong Marlin Gibson, Larry Billing sley, Vernon Shortes and Floyi Blagraves. Mr. Cluck was found dead in his home near Ackerly at ID: 3 a.m. Tuesday.

Survivors include two sons Norman of Ackerly and Alfret of Redwood City, on daughter Mrs. W. R. Gray Fort Worth; two grandchildren twn brothers, Ben of Ardmore and Tom of Munday three sisters, Mrs. Pearl Self Rule and Mrs.

Jessie Ashley Killeen, Mrs. Annie Calloway of Waco. Mrs. Amie Haynie COMANCHE Mrs Amie Haynie, 78, forme resident of Cross Plains living ii Brownwood, died Tuesday in Brownwood nursing home a fit a brief illness. Funeral will be Thursday at p.m.

in the Comanche Funera Home Chape) with the Rev. Ra Elliott, Methodist minister from Brownwood, officiating. Burial will be in Indian Creel Cemetery. Mrs. Haynie had lived 1 California for years, movini to Brownwood a year ago.

Bon March 17, J892 in Comanche County, she was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jim Bowman of the Indian Cree community. CtawwmanM April X.W7 QS A iCharlton, pastor of St. Paul! Mrs.

Crane died Monday in She was born April 12, thodist Church. -a Scarbrough. She was Mr. Brooks and Miss Ruth Chula Vista, Calif. Survivors include her husband, two brothers, A.

L. Tem- SWEETWATER (RNS) Rex husband's death in 1964. Survivors include a son, Bill Tug) and a daughter, Mrs. Acie layden, both of Breekenridge; 'hree grandsons and seven great grandchildren; one halt sis- tansas; one great-grandson, effrey Dale Harris of Council Kansas; two sisters, Irs. Will Fortune of Cross 5 lains and Mrs.

Ed Whittington Abilene; one sister-in-law, Irs. Gladys Riggs of Cross lains; several nieces and ephews. Pallbearers will Jack Anderson of Lubbock. Members of the State Insurance Claim Adjusters will be wnorary pallbearers. Mrs.

Donie Hughes GORMAN (RNS) Vtassie Dpnie- Hughes, 94, died Garth Tuesday at the Bangs Nursing SVagner, TeJ Souder and Chuck Woody of Cross Plains; Tod Newton of Balrd; Bruce Wingo of Pasadena and Al Pierce of Clyde. Hanson DUBLIN (RNS) Mrs Florence Matilda Hanson, 69, died Wednesday morning in itephenville Hospital. Funeral will be at 4 p.m liursday in Harrell Chapel in Dublin with the Heickman, pastor of De jean First Baptist Church, offi- liating. Burial will be in Proctor Cemetery. Born July 31, 1900, in Comanche County, Mrs.

Hanson had jeen a resident of Dublin for the past 20 years. Home. Funeral services will be held Thursday: at 2 p.m. at Higginbotham Funeral Home Chapel with Robert Bostick, Church of Christ minister of Gorman, officiating. Burial will be Murray Memorial Cemetery.

Born June 13, 1886 in Arkansas, ter survivors include one son, Slmer of Gorman; two daughters, Mrs. Olena Brown of Odessa and Mrs. Gladys Davis of len Rose; 13 grandchildren. Mrs. Williams SWEETWATER (RNS) Mrs.

Maude Williams, 78, died King 74, died Wednesday at 1:45 p.m. in Shannon Hospital in San Angelo. Funeral arrangements are pending with Patterson McCoy Funeral Home here. Born Oct. 13, 1895, jji Brown he was a retired service station operator.

He married luth May Allen June 1, 1918, in Eastland. Mr. King had been a resident of Sweetwaler for 39 years. Survivors include his wife sons, R. L.

Jr. of Texas City, Allen L. of San Angelo, and 3award W. of San Angelo; two srothers, Clyde C. of Midland Claude of Lubbock; two sisters, Mrs.

Mable Aven of Hart ant Mrs. Ruby Pearl Ralliff of Ola eight grandchildren; gre at-grandchiltlren. Claude C. Smith SWEETWATER C. Smith, 72, was dead at Wednesday in Simmons Memorial Hospital.

Funeralwill be'held at 4 p.m Thursday at the Lamar St. Church of Christ with Preston and Fluitt, of Christ ministers, Cotham. Church officiating. Cate Spencer Funeral Home. Born Dec.

28, 1891, in Mis sissippi, she married Louis Williams 27, 1909, in Roscoe. Mr. Williams died in April, 1965. She was a member of the Lamar St. Church of Christ and had been a resident of Morris heir married life and she felled with a pool cue in a barroom fight June 10.

He underwent a four-hour with a small tuft of fea'tii- gical operation the next day andjers on the crown, said he and slaylng of Houst0n er, Mrs. Esther Whitehead Abilene. Pallbearers will be Onis 1 son, Byrel Hitlsrm, Womble, Travis Robbins, of when we told him to." Charles Mondedero, adminis-, trator of San Francisco General! Hospital, said (he medicine men were allowed lo visit Oakes be-i cause "in the eyes of the medi-' ANGLETON, Tex. (AP) cal staff they were performing Charles V. Harrelson, 31, of religious Houston will go on trial for mur- heiid- der July 27 in connection with i i mt; in-Ai ucij tinu '-i un nit I I I I a lit nIKl at the ranch after her doctors warned his family heWitton arrived Monday.

Alan Berg. I was in grave danger. The three medicine Until it was discontinued! Harrelson is charged with ac- men, Wednesday morning, hospitaljcepting to kill Berg, whose officials had been giving was found in Brazoria vlad a teaspoon of cooked five months after he dis- rva- herbs" every two hours. The ad-' a Ppeared from a southwest Harrelson is also charged in in at 3:35 p.m. Simmons Memorial on arrival nesday at Hospital of an apparent heart attack.

Funeral Is pending with Cate- Spencer Funeral Home. Dies in Hawaii Dr. Frank D. Owen, 48, a missionary-physician to Indonesia, died late Wednesday in Hawaii from an apparent heart attack. He was en route (o Indonesia, following a year's furlough in Abilene.

Funeral is pending until his body can be flown here. Dr. Owen lived iii Abilene for the past year and was on the staff of Hendrick Memorial Hospital. He was a member of First Baplist Church here. He was reared in Bangs and p-aduated from Brownwood ligh vSchool and Howard Payne College in Brownwood.

Survivors include his wife, Virginia; two daughters, Karah and Barbara, both of Uie home; 'hree sons John, Gordon, and Mark, all of the home. asked to visit Oakes by his wife, officials had teen giving was found in Brazoria identified themselves as Mad Bear of the Tuscarora reserva lion near Niagara Falls, N.Y.;]minislralor said doctors had Houston night club May 28, 1968. Peter Mitten from Ontario, draughts abmil the herbs (aralion wore not mirier control jthe Jiily 11, 1968, slaying of Sam They prepared the herbs in hospital personnel. 'Degelia a Hearne grain form in the hospital Doctors said Oakes remainsidealer. jaml the unconscious Oakes in critical condition, although hei Degelia's former partner Pete swallowed them through a tube.

sliowed a fluctuation in pulscjThomas Scamardo, of Hearne Five mmules alter the firsthand temperature after takingiwas convicted March 31 of being the Indians reported, a.lhs herbs. Jan accomplice in the murder "We fell the herbs wouldn'tUixl received a probated seven- hurt the palienl," the hospitallyear sentence. Born Jan. 26, 1898, in Cannon, he had been a resident of Sweetwater since 194L Mr. Smith retired from the U.S.

Gypsum Co. in 19S3. He married Myrtle Trimm In 1916 in Cannon. Survivors include his wife, Burial will be in Coffee daughters, Mrs. Otis Wil- Cemetery under the direction of Hams of ModesU, Mrs.

Oleta Blocker of Amarillo, Mrs Ben Monroe of Sweetwater, and Mrs. J. Plante of Hopewell, one son, Clifford of Arlington; three brothers, Arthur of Abilene, Marvin of Dangerfield and Eugene of Rome; four sisters, Mrs. Dude Holder of Breck Insurance Suii Is Settled BKECKENRIDGE (RNS) -The civil suit brought against the Royal Insurance Co. by Mi's.

James R. Coody Sr. and Charles Robert Coody set for trial Wednesday was settled out of court, according to Judge E. H. Grii'- fin.

The jurors selected earlier to hear the case which dealt with the theft of some guns from the home of Mrs. Coody paid and dismissed, Griffin said. Kaskell Man Injured In Fiery Crash A fiery pickup crash on Highway 84 near the I.H. 20 overpass north of Abilene sent a Haskcll nan lo Hendrick Memorial llos- )ital in critical condition Wednesday at 7:10 p.m. 1 Robert Glenn Wheatley, the! injured man, was quoted by wit-l nesses at the scone as that his right front tire blew oul.j The vehicle landed upside down and caught fire.

Wheatley was reported to be suffering from first, second and third degree burns as a result of the accident. The vehicle was completely destroyed by the fire. administrator said, but lie added thai he will restrict the medicine men's role in the future lo charged as an accomplice in the P' ltu 1 consultation. Berg case and is free on $60,000 bond. Harrelson has remained in Survivors include son, Buster E.

of De Leon; a daugh- Mrs. Lavenia Derrough of Sefugiq; five grandchildren; sisters, Mrs. Lorene Wells of Port Lavaca, Mrs. Katie Thompson of Corpus Christi, and I Mrs. Ora Standridge of Dallas; two brothers, Clarence Garner I and W.

C. Garner, both ofH Dublin. Mrs. Cora Hartley SNYDER Funeral for Mrs.l] Cora Hartley, 91, resident of Snyder for 44 years who died Monday in Goddell Memorial Hospital, will be at 3:30 p.m. Thursday in Bell-Seale Chapel.

I Pat Abananto, minister of 37th St. Church of Christ, will of-f ficiate. Burial will be in Snyder Cemetery. Born May 11, 1879 in Murray, II she married Pete Special Sale! Offer Good Till June 30th! Our Entire Stock Of Fine Jewelry Regular Low Prices THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS Published flatly except Saturday and Sunday by fhe KCFOKTEII CO. No.

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