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Itf-A THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS Tms, Meriln, Deaths and Funerals Abilene Mrs. Woldrop TT TM, uc naiiiRiRr two Drouers, Mark of Mrs. Bertha WaWrop, 89, died Saturday to Melton's Chapel of Ooessf and A. J. of Ballinger; at 5:35 p.m.

Friday In the West Memories with the Rev. Ivan Texas Medical Center after extended illness. Funeral will be at 3 p.m Sunday in Elliott's Chapel of tery south of Breckenridge. Memories with the Rev. Clyde Mrs.

Cantrell died at 7 p.m Smith of Wylie Methodist Tuesday at her home after Church officiating. long illness. Burial will be In Caps Born Ada Samuels Feb. 8, Cemetery. 1912 in Comaoche County, she She was born June 27,1881, In married C.

C. Cantrell Aug. a Cleveland County, Ark. She wa MM in Weatnerford. Thej married to Thomas G.

Waldra in Dallas County, Ark. in 1899. 1981. She was a member of the The Waldrops moved to Church of God. Taylor County from Arkansas in Survivors include her hus- 3916.

She was a member of the D3 id; a daughter, Mrs. Gler Wylie Methodist Church. Sanders of Breckenridge; Survivors i two sister, Mrs. R. L.

Huse daughters, Mrs. R. C. Trammell Breckenridge; and three grand of Rt. 5, Abilene, and Mrs.

Joe children. Ilenslee of Bakersfield, Pallbearers will be W. one son, Roy G. of Rt. 3 Clark, Aivin Berkley, R.

Abilene; five grandchildren; Mace, Cliff Pruitt, E. V. Mer nine great-grandchildren; one rilt and Gary Sanders, great-great-granddaughter and a i I I number of nieces and nephews. MfS. Willie Ldngley Pallbearers will be R.

Underwood. Big Country 1 p.m. Friday in Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas. Funeral arrangements are pending with Palterson-McCo Funeral Home. Born Sept.

6, 1893 in Yoakum moved here with her par aits, the late Mr. and Mrs. W. Pipkin in 1912. She married Mr Dec.

19, 1917 in Sweet Mrs. J. L. Ford MUNDAY (RNS)-Funeral for Mrs. J.

L. (Buster) Ford, 74 will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday a the First Baptist Church here with Rev. H. B.

Graves, pastor, officiating. He will be assisted by Cecil Cox minister of th Munday Church of Christ. Burial will be in Johnson Memorial Cemetery under the direction of McCauley-Smith 1 Funeral Home. Hospital for 15 years. i Pallbearers will be Roe Allred, Alvin Reid Um e1 ChurcJ Browning, Thurman Gulley, Ke Jun 29 1947 Collon Smith, and Jasper Bea- I ver member of the First United Mrs.

Ford died Thursday In a 11 and was Knox City nursing home. attlve ta church Bom March 12, 1806. In Bel! llru i she married J. L. Ford there lamest Lee Jr.

of Hereford am Funeral Sunday LeonV of Colorado CUy NACOGDOCHES Funeral for M. B. (Bert) Morris, 70 former associate professor ol education at McMurry College City; two and ass.slant curriculum ami and Robert personnel supervisor in Ihe and 2fl Abilene schools, will be at 2 Sunday in the First BapUst Mrs. Haslev Church of Garrison. R.

E. Barkley, pastor of COMANCHE (RNS) Mrs the Silsbee First Baptist Church, Exia Fannie Hasley, 72, and Rev. Carl Greer, pastor of Houston, fanner resident the First Baptist Church in Comanche, died Friday at 4:40 Garrison, wiH officiate. a.m. in a Houston hospital afte Burial will be in Greenwood a sudden illness.

Cemetery under the direction of Funeral will at 4 Oakley-Metcalf Funeral Home. Sunday In the Comanehe Mr. Morris died at 1 p.m. Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Thursday In Memorial Hospital S. J.

Isham, retired Baptis In Nacogdoches of an apparent minister, officiating. heart attack. Burial will be in Oakwood He was born Sept. 19, 1899 and Cemetery. married Alcene Jopling June 3, Bom Aug.

17, 1898 1928. He began his teaching Comanche, she was a beautician career in Texas in 1920 in here for many years, and ha Hcmphill where he taught and lived in Comanche for 66 years served as elementary school Slie had lived in Houston six principal. He was principal of years. Mi-s. Hasley a Plainview Rural School from member of the Baptist church 1925 to 1926 and then served as She married Lewis Hasley here Pineland High School principal in 1920.

He died Feb. 12, 1957. Survivors are one son, Dan of for eight years. A i as Midland; two daughters, Mrs superintendent of the Pineland Myrtle Lou Seay of Houston ant Independent School District and Mrs. Thelma Jean Christiansen as principal of Uvalde High of Omaha, three sisters School, he came to Abilene in Mrs.

Thelma Ubenhour and Mrs 1959 as director of curriculum in Alma Hopkins both of Fort the Abilene School District. He Worth; Mrs. Lillian Atkinson was promoted to assistant Brownwood; 11 grandchildren superintendent In charge of and one great-grandchild curriculum and personnel in the Abilene schools in i98i. Cotton Hendricks After retiring in 1966, he became a McMurry associate BALLTNGER (RNS)-Sherman professor of education. He (Cotton) Hendricks, 55, died retired after the 1970 spring at nis tome, 408 lllh, at 12:15 semester and moved to Garrison Pm Friday.

He had been in last week, poor health for several years. A deacon In First Baptist Funeral will be at 16:39 a.m Church, he was in the Downtown Saturday at the Allen Davis Lions dub, a member of the Chapel with the Rev. Robert Maanos and active in Boy Scout Gauer, pastor of the Seventh work. Street Baptist Survivors we his wife; two officiating. Bisters, Mrs.

Jane Fort of Alvin Mr. Hendricks was born Dec and Mrs. Mary Smith of 25, 1914 in San Saba and lour brothers, Homer attended schools In Junction. He both of Baytown, came to Ballinger from Junction JMOD of Broom and Verdell of Eheppord, Mrs. Cantrell BRECKENRIDGE (RNS) -Funeral services for Mrs.

C. Cantrell, will be at p.m War a sergeant la the U.S. I Ones where her husband Is Army and a retired ranchman, branch manager wi.u UK, "ui gi skiers, MTS, oaugnier, iseveny tery south of Breckenridge. r.M r.TM. Wells and Billv tau, of a ut 1 p.m.

Thursday. 62, a Breckenridge resident fa moved here from Rochester la Edgediff Nursing Home in Mrs. Florence Mton and Mrs. C. W.

Miller of weetwater; six grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. rirs. Lucy Young STEP11ENVILLE (TINS) Irs. Will 11. (Lucy) Young, 86, ied at 1:20 p.m.

Friday at her ome at 213 Morgan Mill Road fter a short illness. Funeral will be at 3 on the eltj commission was a member of lhe board for 12 years serve at Simm 1 Memorial He wa th WUJt tW 1 D. 0 daughters, Green Jr. ant! (Jean) Casey of two Clute Mrs. Ernest Graves of Clovis one brother, Fred Pipkit of Sweetwater; 12 grand one great Hall (RNS) Maggie COLORADO CITY May 5, 1911.

They moved to Knox Cily in 1926. She was a member of Munday First Baptist Church. include her husband; Mrs. A A. Hollar of Munday and Mrs Graham Akers of Hinesdale N.H.: nine sons, Robert Malcolm and Ralph, all Munday, Paul of Shreveport Molvin and J.

Jr. of Joe of Garland Ray of Fort Worth and Lynn of Sweetwater; one sister Mrs. R. GUdewell of Dallas, Mrs. Maggie Hall, 89, died a IL? 006 6 3 OPm-Friday in Root Valle' Sherman; 26 grandchildren and Fair Lodge after a long illness.

8 great-grandchildren. Funeral is pending at Kiker and Son Funeral Home. MAVVIC Mrs HaH born May 3 1881. in Johnson County and married R. D.

HaU Nov. 1, 1896 Johnson County. They came to Mitchell County in 1905. Mr. Hall died several years ago.

Mrs. Hall was a member of 22nd and Austin St. Church of Christ. Survivors include three daugh ers, Mrs. Fred McElyea, Mrs Annie Cox, both of Odessa and Mrs.

w. H. Prescott of Colorado Survivors i her usband; six daughters, Mrs. larice Barham of Stephenville, Irs. Clemmie Ross of Midland, irs.

Clois Marcin and Betty oung, both of Fort Worth, Mrs. Icta Hall of Houston and Mrs. Mary Jarrett of Bishop; two ons, Curtis of Lake Jackson nd W. H. Jr.

of Jackson, three sisters, Mrs. Mary Guess Bisbee, Armie alter of Kingman, Ariz, and Irs. Ruth Shaddox of Fort 'orth; 20 grandchildren; and 12 1931. He was veleran of WorW --j Miam.li iiMuoKm. inmerai Home for a Survivors include his mother, She was a member of the Breckenridge man who drowned i tfrs.

Rosa Hendricks of Christum Church and the Thursday while in a grandchildren, allinver: twtf hrnthen. Mark rf American lotion Auzillarv. TM k. OA XVCIIUIlLIta UC VUUll.ll WJI two brothers. Mark of American Legion Auxiliary Mrs.

M. R. Brown of Mrs. Grace Grants Pass, and Mrs. Norma Walking of Odessa.

C. Dial ASPERMONT (RNS) G. C. Dial, 83, died at 9 a.m. Friday in of Wells and Billy, both of Monahans; a sister, Mrs.

Evelyn one grandson, Ricky Martin of Big Spring. weetwater. Funeral arrangements are ending with Llttlepage Funeral ome here. He had lived in Sweetwater or seven years, moving there rom Clairmont. Born Nov.

5, 1906 in Hasse, he Grassland of Caml1 of wmancne County. He mamed Mrs Burial wUlte in Era Garden 1 Memoriet directed bv Ycwitt-Reed Funeral Home Mrs oumy m3 and had Wd In i Stcphenvule the past 30 She married VAiinn nv- 1 1W Youn brolhcrs Hasse and C. A. of Comanche; three sisters, Grady Land Mrs Glover Hass e. 1Irs Susle Henderson AnnibeU Fisher Kenneth Croker, and H.

Guyton ospital after a long Funeral will be at 3 p.m. Saturday in Wilkerson Memorial hapel with Jay Channel, wen of Christ minister, offi- Bunal will be In Rest Haven Bom April 2, 191Y In Mountain nee 1926 and was a member the Church of Christ. Survivors include her hus- id Mrs "ulsa, Martha Smith of otin hurch, officiating. Burial will be lemonal Park. the Born June 2, 1917 In Edna Hill Auxiliary in Cisco.

Comanche County, she Survivors i Cliff ig Spring orked as in 1M7 and a bookkeeper for alley Copper State Freight of Ethel Huey in Cisco. Breckenridge Mon Boalrighf Drowns in Hubbord Services Saturday Survivors are husband; a Lake Mrs. Beverly Carol EdWH1 2:10 a.m. Friday. Hollingsworth was swimming he disappeared.

COMANCHE (RNS) -Edwin Numerous rescue units and Justice of the Peace Ottls sept 3 accidental death married' in feet of water when months and a patient'in the nursing home since July 25. Funeral is tentatively set lor 3 m. Sunday in the Paducah first Baptist Church with the Rev. Robert Beck officiating. Wesley Gotten, 83 ofHasse died volunteers searched for the body nTlndav at 5:56 p.m.

Thursday at lus in a oourinv rain fnr lire uuuy p.m. Thursday at his in a pouring rain for about two Hfr was hours. Mr. Hollingsworth was born rv April 2,1944, in Childress. Funeral will bej p.m.

Sunday He had been employed by a ln Vintage Homes here for the past two years, but had lived in Albany until June 1, 1979. He of was a World War veteran. Survivors include his wife; two gy Ara Mrs. Albany; U-eThoraton March 9, HoUingsworth Rule; Altany, 0. C.

DOtUle1 RuSSeU Chuch nurcn. Mrs Fort Cot en died in 1966. a a te Mrs. Thompkins real-grandchildren. Mrs.

Thompkins grew up In Mrs. Melton Ballinger and finished high Wayside; six sisters Mrs Ethe Mrs. Taylor school there. She lived In Brooks of Tuple, Miss Mrs Lamesa before moving to Anson Catherine Hannon of BRADY (RNS) Mrs. Edna in 1944.

She married John HI, Mrs. lay Taylor, 53, died at 11:30 Tompkins in Abilene in 1958. She Joshua, rs err Kin Thursday at a Dallas was a member of the Baptist Tulsa, Mrs Grace Harvpv after a lon illness. church brothers, Glenn Anson Esmond of ark, she married Jesse Lamesa, Graydon of Anson and aylor. She had lived In Brady Harve of Austin.

Mrs. RoborfS and; one aon, George R. of 1800 (RNS) Mrs. Essie tonarillo; one daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Rooarts, 84, died yndon Myrick of Brady; one Thursday In a Sloam rother, Kenneth Forehand of Ark hospital.

ort Worth; three sisters, Mrs. Funeral will be at 10 a.m., Udred Castello of Angelo, Saturday in Wasson Funeral BRECKENRIDGE Funeral Mrs. ite Homo for cove on the east side of Hubbard ffi Robert M. ijw ana W9A AL BRECKRIDGE (RNS) Hen- i rlght 1 est Texas State and rk la TMf" "ill be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the University of Texas.

Before Clyde Chester (H. ElUs Cook's Chapel in Austin with going to the University of Tekas, a Breckenridge resident for burial in Clearest Cemetery in he taught at West Texas State vrAirw rlld ni A Home. He had 1924, Effie in Rule and Lou Davidson Memories Cemetery in Paducah a son, under (he direction of Norris Funeral Home in Paducah. Satterwhite Funeral Home was in charge of local arrangements. Born March 27, 1908 in he married llva March 1, 1930 They lived in King and before Rochester and David of Wichita four a and the Paducah Ice Co.

rom 1950 1964. He operated Alexan V-n i Pfaine Funeral rfU )- Ued be in Barrel! Memorial Chapel here at 4 Claud Sand R. una wfll be In EraOi Garden Memories Cemetery. in Born 15 1893 Gariandville, he was the son of the late Mr and Mrs ANSON (RNS) Mrs. June Henry Clayland.

He married Esmond Thompkins, 52, of Leah Ivy Rankin Jan 10 1923 in Miami, formerly of Anson, died Thursday in a Miami hospital after a sudden illness, Graveside rites will be at the Evergreen Ballinger at 3 p.m. Sunday Rev- Bob Ekhind of Park Heights Baptist Angelo of ficiaUng. Russellville, Ark. His wife anc two of his children preceded him in death. Survivors Include daughters, Mrs.

P. A Davis ol Ballinger at 3 p.m. Sunday with Long Beach, Mrs Victor Rev- Bob Ekhind of Park A. Gilles of Gainsville Fla and Heights Baptist Church in San Mrs. John A.

Moore" oi Arlington; one step-daughter of Electra, and Mrs her Mobley of Tulsa Okla one church. Survivors i usa husband; one son, Roy Leonard grandchildren- and of Midland; three grand- grandchild children; three sisters Mrs. W. Pallbearers Tu J- Cox of Whitney, Mrs. Rose McPherson, McPherson Matejawsky of Odessa and Mrs.

Dock Gregory Jake Slain and be Guy EtU Wat Bruett of Z3 Mrs. Jessie Webb of a i the Abilene Christian College campus. He taoght Eagttft it unirarritjr from to UV. a professor emeritus' of AUSTIN Services for noted foUdorist and English teacher the University of Boatrtght was secretary-editor of the FUktan Society from IMS to MM. Included te hfc books are 'Folklore of the Oil Industry" ind "Tall Tales tram Texas Cow Camps." Boatright was born In Ooto- City and was educated at years, died at 5:30 a.m.

forseveral and Sul Ross State University. He died at 9:30 a.m. Thursday Survivors include one daughter at Hendrick Memorial Hospital Mrs. Frances Speck of Abilene; Abileoe after suffering an two sisters, Myrtle Boatright, it heart attack. 1028 Victoria and Mrs.

M. Rus- apparen Dr. 'ered the heart attack last K. Boatright of Corpus Christ! Sunday following an automobile one brother, Roy B. of 888 accident while he and his wife Beech.

were driving to Abilene to at tend his sisters funeral. He had been in the intensive ne nan ueen in uie miensive Bunal will be in Garden of care unit at the hospital since Sunday. In April ofl970 he spoke at the West Texas Historical Association's annual meeting held on here in der Ice Co and a Swain of Breckenridge and Mrs Rose Marie Jeter of Paducah son, Jerry of Arlington; om sister, Mrs. Floyd Smith o1 ttus; two brothers, 0. W.

oi Abilene and L. E. of Aspermont; and four grandchildren. Die long stick an artist rests his hand on while painting called a maulstick. Boatright apparently suf- sell of Bronte; one son, Mody CLIP A MAIL A LEARN TO EARN INCOME COURSE 0 lir Md fKmf twmtot tr ENROLL NOW! Start September 14 Write or Call 2638 So.

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The body wi 11 arrive in Cisco and one grand- at P- nl Saturday and will lie in r. state in the Rust-Martin-Rhyne She was preceded in death by Funeral Home here until graveside rites are held at 10 a.m. Monday In Oakwood Cemetery. laughter. She wai one brother.

Pearson SPRING (RNS) Mrs a Jca a ack (Helen) Pearson, 53, died longtime lease-broker in Cisco. 6:10 a.m. Friday in a local Following his death in 1959, she al moved to Gentry, Okla. hluieral will be at 3 p.m. They were married in 1915 in aturday i Nalley-Pickle Tulsa, Okla.

She was born Dec osewood Chapel with the Rev. 1,1885 in Chelsea Okla. and was Beard, of First Christian a longtime member of the Episcopal Church. In Trinity Mi-s. Robarts was a member American Legion wrried Jack Pearson Oct.

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