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According to Ancestry.com Glen A. Barber died
April 6, 1993 in Big Spring, Texas. We
do not have an obituary for Glen and hope someone will furnish us with one
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Services for Jean Blair, 58, Andrews, will be 2 p.m. Friday, April 8, 1994 at Means Memorial Methodist, Andrews. Charles Whittle, Rev. Bruce Parks, and Rev. Wesley Daniel will be officiating. Burial will be 4:30 p.m. Friday in Trinity Memorial Park, Big Spring, under the direction of Singleton-Easterling Funeral Home. Mrs. Blair died April 5 at Lubbock Methodist Hospital after a brief illness. She was born Jan. 5, 1936 in Big Spring and
married Earl Blair in 1954 in Sterling City. She moved to Andrews in 1992 from Plainview.
Mrs. Blair was a member of Means Memorial Methodist Church, Andrews
Garden Club, and United Methodist Women. Survivors include her husband: Earl Blair, Andrews; one son, Greg Blair, Haskell; one daughter: Jan Rambo, Lubbock; her parents: Pat and Imogene Boatler, Big Spring; one sister: June Kennemer, Big Spring; and four grandchildren. She was preceded in death by one son, Norman Scott Blair.
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Jann Brooks Bresnahan
Jann Bresnahan passed away on
June 26, 2006 in a Plano hospital. She was 69 years old. |
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Laura "LaFaye" (Stanley) Boubek 
Laura "LaFaye" Boubek, 67, died Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2004, in Medical Center Hospital in Odessa. Funeral Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Myers & Smith Chapel with Ralph Anderson of Birdwell Lane Church of Christ, officiating. Burial will be at Trinity Memorial Park. She was born Oct. 12, 1936, in Winters. She had been a resident of Big Spring since 1969. She graduated from Howard College. She worked at the Big Spring State Hospital for more than 20 years, first as a counselor and later administrative assistant in the chapel. She was a member of the Birdwell Lane Church of Christ. She is survived by two daughters, Kris Moore of Big Spring and Sandra Evans of Baytown; father, Nolan Stanley of Midland; two brothers, Marcus Stanley of Midland and Lynn Dale Stanley of Hutto; and seven grandsons. Arrangements are by Myers & Smith Funeral Home. Pay your respects online at www.myersandsmith.com. |
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We received an email on January 18, 2001 from Jim Stelling that Nancy Gray had passed away. He had heard from Nancy’s husband, Richard Gray, of Robinson, Illinois. Nancy died on March 14, 2000. This was also checked on Ancestry.com. According to this, Nancy was born on March 6, 1936. Hopefully, we will receive an obituary from someone reading this note. |
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JOHN CULPEPPER (Jackie) Services for the Rev. John Culpepper, 58, Palestine, will be at 9 a.m., Monday, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Bishop Edmond Carmody and Father Harold Paulsen officiating. Rosary will be 6 p.m. tonight at Bailey and Foster Funeral Home. Burial will be in St. Joseph's Cemetery. Father Culpepper died Friday, Sept 10, 1993, at his home. He was born Jan. 27, 1935, in Big Spring. He received his M.DIV. from the Church of Divinity School of the Pacific; and his Bachelors Degree from West Texas State University. He served in the US Air Force. He was a 3rd degree Knights of Columbus, Palestine. For 28 years he has been a Catholic clergyman. Survivors include his wife, Linda A. Culpepper, Palestine; one daughter, Elizabeth Attaway, Palestine; three sons: James B. Culpepper, Paul Culpepper, both of Palestine, and Mark Culpepper, Tyler; his mother, Jean Culpepper, Big Spring; one sister, Billie Edmiston, Big Spring; one brother, Carter Patillo, Locust Grove, GA; and three grandchildren. Family suggests memorials be made to the Hospice of East Texas, 1909A Rickety Lane, Tyler, 75703; or the Sacred Heart Catholic Church building fund, 503 N. Queen St., Palestine, 75801. (Printed in the Palestine Herald-Press) |
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Norman Dudley passed
away in Choctaw, OK on September 11, 2001. He is interred in
Soper, Oklahoma along with
his daughter, Dianne Wahl and her son Eric Wahl, who preceded him in
death, and his parents Luther Eugene and Virginia Jones Dudley who
are interned in Arroyo Grande, California. Virginia passed away May
1977 and Eugene in Feb 1978.
He is survived by
his wife, Virginia (Ginger) Dudley, three children, daughters, Vicki
Tripp, of Sacramento, Karen Dudley, also from Sacramento, and a son,
Scott Dudley, who resides with his Mother in Hugo, Oklahoma. Scott
was paralyzed in an auto accident in 1996 and spends most of his
days in a wheelchair. Norman and Ginger also had eight grandchildren
and one great grandchild at his death.
Norman was born in
New Castle, Texas October, 25, 1935. He was the first child and only
son of Luther Eugene and Virginia Jones Dudley.
Norman graduated
from Big Spring High School in 1953. He was an avid football player
and went on to Texas Tech in Lubbock. He married Virginia “Ginger”
Hatch in 1954.
Norman and Ginger
moved to California in 1958 where he worked at various jobs while he
still attended college in Fresno, California.
He became a general
contractor in the 1962, building houses at the time. He did this
until he took over his father’s water drilling company in 1972.
After his parents deaths he and Ginger decided to move to Oklahoma.
Norman was 65 when
he passed away. He had been sick for some time. He suffered from
heart problems, having had a by pass in January of 2001, from which
he never recovered. His kidneys had failed also. He died in a Paris,
Texas Hospital, just minutes before the attack on the twin towers.
He is missed.
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Big Spring - Perry Hall, 60, died Friday, Dec. 22, 1995, in a Lubbock hospital. Service will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday in the Nalley-Pickle & Welch Rosewood Chapel with burial in Trinity Memorial Park. He was born Jan. 16, 1935, in Coahoma. An Army veteran, he worked at the Veterans Administration Hospital until retiring in 1992. He had also owned and operated Halls Bicycle Shop, was a free-lance photographer, a member of the East 4th Baptist Church, Chamber of Commerce and the Howard County Volunteer Fire Department. Survivors include his wife, Mary Ann Hall of Big Spring; two sons, Perry Dean Hall of Big Spring and Tony Hall of Plano; his mother and stepfather, Lois and Maurice Meek of Big Spring; a brother, R. B. Hall, Jr., of Austin; three sisters, Jeanette Florence of Linden, Letress Tavaglione of Fort Worth and Phillis Mitchell of San Angelo; and numerous nieces and nephews. |
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Sam H. Hall (Lt. Col. Retired)
He joined the Air Force ROTC at the end of his first year of Law School. He was called in to serve his 3 years which became 21 years. He and Martha served n many foreign countries including Europe and Asia. After that he returned to Law School and got his degree in 1981. He went to work at the Law School in March of 1981 as an Associate Dean. He left the Law School in 1985 to go into partnership with Ken Mackey and other firms. Sam leaves to Honor his memory his wife of 46 years, Martha J. Hall of Austin; Sam H (Page) Hall of Houston, Mary K. Hall of Dallas, and Christopher T. (Jennifer) Hall of Austin; four grandchildren, Sam H. Hall IV, Zack D. Hall, Jessie Nicole Hall and Haley Elizabeth Hall. A private family memorial service will be held Saturday November 20, 2004. The family requests that in lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society or the Assistance League of Austin Building Fund. Austin-Peel and Son Funeral Home, Inc., 607 East Anderson Lane, Austin, Texas 78752 (512) 419-7224.
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Garland Harrison Garland Harrison, 68, of Coahoma died at 5:10 a.m. Tuesday, June 22, 2004, at his home. Funeral service will be 10 a.m. Friday in the Myers & Smith Chapel with the Rev. Herb McPherson, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be at Trinity Memorial Park. |
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Bobby Dell Howell Bobby Dell Howell, 67, of Big Spring, died on Thursday, July 24, 2003, in a local hospital. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, July 28, 2003, at the Nalley-Pickle & Welch Rosewood Chapel Big Spring with Dr. Kenneth Patrick, chaplain of Baptist Memorial Center, San Angelo, officiating. Interment will follow at Sweetwater Cemetery, Sweetwater at 1:30 p.m. Monday. He was born on March 28, 1936, in Sweetwater and married Frances Smithson on January 19, 1980, in Las Vegas, Nev. Bobby served his country in the United States Air Force from 1954 to 1957 as an aircraft mechanic. He received a National Defense Service Medal and a Good Conduct Medal. He was an Airman 2nd Class and a member of the National Guard. After returning from the service he worked with his uncle in the oilfields of New Mexico. He then went to work as an electrician for Cosden Oil & Chemical for 21 years, retiring in 1980. He was disabled from 1982 until his death. He loved working with his hands and in the yard. He loved traveling and being outdoors. He also loved his dogs, "Darling" and "Paddles", very much. Bobby enjoyed his Sunday breakfast with his friends, Gene and Tiny and he loved to dance to country and western music at the Stampede. He had been a member of the Sheriff's Posse and the Lions Club. He was a Baptist. Survivors include his wife, Frances Howell of Big Spring; one son and daughter-in-law, Jack and Kathy Smithson of Tahlequah, Okla.; two daughters and sons-in-law, Lisette and Daniel Patrick of Big Spring and Sherry and Alan Harman of Fleet, Hampshire, United Kingdom; his grandchildren, Jackie Ray Smithson and wife, Farrah, of Broken Arrow, Okla., Michael Eugene Smithson and wife, Becky, of Owasso, Okla., Craig Eugene Smithson of Henryetta, Okla., Laurie Harman, Dave Harman, Adam Harman and Harry Harman all of Fleet, Hampshire, United Kingdom, Brittany Price of Big Spring, Heather Templeton Ham and husband, Troy of Arlington, and Tammy Sue Smithson of Oklahoma City, Okla.; three great grandchildren; his uncle, Carl Howell of Roswell, N.M., and several cousins. He was preceded in death by his parents, Clyde and Florence Howell; one daughter, Candace Howell; and one son, Larry Smithson. The family suggests memorials to the: American Heart Association, 3205 W. Cuthbert, Ste A-8, Midland 79701. The family will
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Information obtained from the Big Spring Herald Jerry Don Hughes, 63, Big Spring, died on Saturday, Jan. 23, 1999, in a local hospital. Service will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 25, 1999 at Nalley Pickle & Welch Rosewood Chapel with Rev. Keith Wiseman, assistant pastor of First United Methodist Church of Lubbock, Dr. Ed Williamson, pastor of First United Methodist Church of Big Spring, and Don Swinney officiating. Interment will follow at Trinity Memorial Park. He was born on October 16, 1935 in Big Spring, and married Becky Morrow on August 17 1973 in Big Spring. Jerry Don was a lifelong resident of Big Spring and graduated from Big Spring High School in 1954, and attended Texas A&M College. He worked as a welder for Hughes Oil Field Service and had worked for Hester & Robertson Mechanical for several years. He worked for Price Construction for 18 years and then owned and operated Hughes Welding and Muffler until retiring due to ill health in 1994. He was a member of First United Methodist
church and was a veteran of the United States Army. Survivors include: his wife, Becky Hughes of Big Spring; one son Scott Hughes of Big Spring; one step-son, Larry Morrow of Odessa; two daughters, Paula Hughes and Jenny Perry, both of Big Spring; his mother Leona Hughes of Big Spring; two brothers and one sister-in-law, Roy and Karen Hughes of Dallas and James Hughes of Austin; and six grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his father, Earl Hughes and one brother, Dennis Hughes. Pallbearers will be Mike Burrows, Don Caldwell, Roy Hester, Gary Hise, Jimmy Parks, Gerald Cox, Jimmy Johnson and Ray Austin. The family suggests Memorials to the donor’s favorite charity. Arrangements under the direction of Nalley-Pickle and Welch Funeral Home |
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Gay Jones Hart 
FORT WORTH Gay Hart, 64, a
homemaker, died Monday, Jan 1, 2001, at a local hospital. Shannon Rose Hill Funeral Chapel 7301 Lancaster, (817) 451-3333 Fort Worth TX |
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June Boatler Kennemer June Kennemer, 70, of Luther died Monday, February 20, 2006, in Hospice of Midland Inpatient Unit. Funeral Services will be at 2:00 PM Wednesday at Myers & Smith Chapel with Rev. Earl Blair, retired Methodist Minister of Canyon, Texas and Mr. Larry Marshall, minister of the Knott Church of Christ, officiating. Burial will be at Trinity Memorial Park.
The family suggests memorials to Relay for Life, % Diane Wood, Box 254, Coahoma, Texas 79511. Arrangements are by Myers & Smith Funeral Home. |
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Doyle Lamb Sunday, October 25, 1998 LUBBOCK AVALANCHE JOURNAL LEVELLAND (Special) - Services for Doyle Lamb, 62, of Levelland will be at 10 a.m. Monday in Geo. C. Price Funeral Directors Chapel with the Rev. Jessie Hodge, pastor of First United Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be in the City of Levelland Cemetery. Lamb died Saturday, Oct. 24, 1998, at Methodist Hospital in Lubbock. He was born Nov. 10, 1935, in Big Spring. He moved to Levelland from Big Spring in 1988. He married Irene Owings on Sept. 28, 1962, in Oklahoma City. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was a U.S. Marshall in Red River, N.M. He attended South Plains College, Texas Tech, North Texas State University and Eastern New Mexico University. He was a master scuba diver and instructor. He had an EMT license. He was a building contractor and master plumber. He worked for the Mental Health and Mental Retardation in Fort Worth and Wichita Falls. He was a fellow of the American Academy of Medical Administrators. He was a retired health care executive and a member of First United Methodist Church. Survivors include his wife; two sons, Monte Lamb of Fort Worth and Randy Lamb of Levelland; two daughters, Beva and Doylan; a brother, Pat Lamb of Red River, N.M.; and eight grandchildren. |
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Funeral Services for Mrs. Mary Jo Porter, 33, of 2420 Arcady, were held Wednesday at Restland Memorial Chapel with Rev. Richard Nelson officiating.
Burial was in Restland Memorial Park.
A Garland resident for 11 years, Mrs. Porter died Monday in a local
hospital.
She was born August 2, 1936 in Big Spring, Texas.
Survivors are her husband, Robert B. Porter; sons, Robert Louis
Porter and John David Porter; a daughter, Bonnie Diane Porter, all of
Garland; sisters, Mrs. Patricia Mittel of Woodland Hills, California, Mrs.
Martha Kirby of Tokyo, Japan, Mrs. Edna McCoslin of Houston and Mrs. Julia
Bird of Amarillo; brothers, Hugh Cochron of Odessa, Bill Cochron of Big
Spring and Rosser Cochron of El Paso. |
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Don Reed, 70 March 27, 2006
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Morris Cecil Rhodes
Morris Cecil Rhodes, 68, of Big Spring died Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2004, in a local hospital. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 11, 2004, in the Nalley-Pickle & Welch Rosewood Chapel with the Rev. Dennis Teeters, pastor of First Baptist Church, officiating. Interment will follow at Trinity Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. He was born June 1, 1936, in Snyder and married Sandra Neas Jan. 23, 1959, in Abilene. Morris graduated from Big Spring High School and from Hardin-Simmons University. After graduation he went to work for Cosden Oil and Chemical. He then went to work for Guthrie Oil & Gas and had worked there for more than 25 years. He was a member of the First Baptist Church and a member of the pastor's Sunday school class. He was a longtime member and past president of the Lions Club. He had served as secretary-treasurer of the Big Spring Country Club for more than 20 years and had also served as president. Morris loved his family, especially his grandchildren. He enjoyed playing golf and dominoes. Survivors include his wife, Sandra Rhodes of Big Spring; his daughter and son-in-law, Neasa and Brandon Iden of Luther; his son and daughter-in-law, Jeff and Michelle Rhodes of Coahoma; his grandchildren, Berkley, Brayden, Braxton, Reagan, Mia and Brynlea; one brother and sister-in-law, Tony and Charlotte Rhodes of Amarillo; and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, Cecil and Alma Rhodes, one son, Derek Rhodes and one brother, Joe Rhodes. Pallbearers will be Stanley Haney, John Freeman, Gerald Wooten, Ellis Britton, Jim Mathews and Kimball Guthrie. Honorary pallbearers will be A.C. Neighbors, Duane Thomas, C.G. Griffin, Bob Stewart, A.J. Pirkle, James Welch, R.H. Weaver, Howard Carleton, Jack Cook, Bill McClendon, B. Broadrick, Wayne Henry, Jackie Thomas and Delnor Poss. The family suggests memorials to the Gideon's International, P.O. Box 133, Big Spring 79721-0133, the American Cancer Society, in care of Lucy Bonner, P.O. Box 2121, Big Spring 79721-2121 or to the American Heart Association, 3205 W. Cuthbert, Ste A-8, Midland 79701. Arrangements under the direction of Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home & Crematory of Big Spring. Online condolences can be made at www.npwelch.com. |
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J.W. Thompson J.W. Thompson, 67, of Killeen, formerly of Big Spring, died Jan. 5, 2005, at his residence. Services are 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 8, 2005, at the Heritage Funeral Home in Harker Heights with Tommy Odell, Tunis Schuurman and Mike Daily officiating. Burial follows in Pleasant Hill Cemetery. He was born Aug. 20, 1936, in Trent and was raised and educated in Big Spring, He worked as an electrician for 30 years and was a pastor for 40 years. He was preceded in death by his parents, J.M. and Beulah Thompson and his father-in-law, John B. Randolph. He is survived by his wife, Hazel Thompson of Killeen; son, Richard Thompson of Killeen; daughters, Sharae and husband, Reb Thompson-Weedon III of Harker Heights and Christie Thompson of Houston; brother, Luke and his wife, Pat Thompson of Roswell, N.M.; and sister, Juel Deen and husband, Irland McCormick of San Angelo. The family will receive visitors today from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. at the funeral home. Arrangements are under the direction of Heritage Funeral Home. |
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E.T. Tucker Elmer "Sonny" Tucker, 67, of Vealmoor died at 11:40 p.m. Monday, Oct. 27, 2003, at the Veterans Administration Medical Center following a long illness. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Vealmoor Cemetery with Howard Hornsby officiating. |
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Received
in the mail from Chris Westfall: June
9, 2002
Sadly,
I must inform you that David Westfall passed away suddenly and
unexpectedly on Saturday, March 25, 2002. He was working at his farm that
he loved. Enclosed is a copy of his obituary. His funeral was on
Thursday, May 30, 2002. The
doctors told us that although he fell from the tractor, an aneurism in his
brain caused the fall and quickly took his life thereafter. David had asked me to prepare some information for your forthcoming book about his high school class. Regretfully, I am providing it in the form of an obituary. From
the Dallas Morning News of May 29, 2002: David
Westfall, 65, passed away suddenly Saturday, May 25, 2002. Born in
Glen Cove, TX, in 1936, he practiced law in Dallas in general civil
litigation. He
graduated from Big Spring High School in 1954. A graduate of Texas A&M
University in 1958, he attended law school at Southern Methodist
University Law School. He
began the practice of law in 1963 with the firm of Bailey, Williams,
Westfall, Lee and Fowler. He was with this firm for 19 years until
establishing his solo practice in 1982. He was successful in the courtroom
and was respected throughout the state for his legal expertise. He
was also a successful cattleman who was progressive in combining new
technologies with the traditional methods, earning the respect of his
peers worldwide in the cattle industry. David
had a positive and vibrant personality with the true Aggie spirit. He had
a big beautiful voice, a ready, contagious laugh, and a sharp-witted sense
of humor. He believed in working hard. Living by his credo, he set the
pace for all around him. David had an exceptionally fine, creative, even
visionary mind. He
was a person with diverse interests. He loved his law practice because he
helped people by solving their problems. He loved the cattle business
because of the creativity in improving them; the pleasures of working with
them and the land, and its international venue. He
was respected and admired by his peers. He was truly loved by his friends.
David
was devoted to his family. He was extremely proud of his children and the
outstanding individuals they have become and the mates they chose. He was
a doting grandfather to his grandchildren who in turn adored him. David
Westfall was a private man who safeguarded his family and enjoyed every
moment he spent with them. He will be greatly missed by all of us who so
dearly love him. He is survived by his wife Christina of Dallas, daughter Stefani Podvin and husband John of Dallas, son John Westfall, an anesthesiologist, and his wife Marguerite of Fredicksburg, as well as grandchildren Jack, Caroline, James, and Will. He is also survived by his mother Thelma Westfall of Abilene, sister and her husband, Helen and Norman Laugham, of Garland, brother and his wife, Ronnie and Beverly Westfall of Abilene, and sister Linda Miller of Abilene, along with nieces and nephews. |
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