Abilene Reporter-News from Abilene, Texas (2024)

ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS Abilene, Texas, Sat. Apr. 5, 1986 Deaths and Funerals Rubiedick Hawes Rubiedick Hawes, 92, of 1502 Cherry, former Red Cross volunteer at. Hendrick Medical Center, died Friday at a local nursing home. Graveside services will be 3:30 p.m.

Saturday at Cedar Hill Cemetery, directed by North's Funeral Home, 242 Orange. Dr. Bill Bruster will officiate. She graduated from Abilene High School and was a member of First Baptist Church. She was the widow of H.R.

Hawes. Survivors, include Abilene; a two son, brothers, H.R. Lawrence W. of Fort Worth and William Hale Kirby of Plainview; two grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Memorials may be made to Hendrick League House or West Texas Rehabilitatio Center.

Elizabeth Hayter Elizabeth Hayter, 72, died Friday at her home. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday at Elliott-Hamil Funeral Home, U.S. Highway 277, with Dr. Bruster and Dr.

Joe Temple officiating. Burial will be in Elmwood Memorial Park. Judge releases shooting suspect BIG SPRING Police have released a 16-year-old boy after a district judge ruled there is insufficient evidence to hold him as a murder suspect. The boy was released to the custody of relatives who live outside the county after Judge James Gregg of the 118th District Court made his ruling Thursday, said Margie Thompson, a juvenile probation officer. The boy was taken into custody March 24 after the March 22 shooting death of Albert Gonzales, 23.

Gonzales died after he was shot in the face outside a car at 610 N.W. Eighth Police Sgt. Ray Meek said. The boy was held in the Taylor County Youth Center until the hearing Thursday. No other suspects in the shooting have been arrested, Meek said.

Jogger admits he shot himself BIG SPRING A 20-year-old jogger, who told police Sunday he was shot by a passing motorist, said Thursday he shot himself. Police Lt. Jerry Edwards said the man disclosed he was wounded when his pistol dropped from his waistband and discharged accidentally. Miles Ray Anguiano, who is hospitalized in stable condition at Malone-Hogan Hospital, originally told police he was jogging near Farm Road 700 and Cedar Road at 8 p.m. when he suffered a sudden pain in his stomach, as a vehicle passed by.

He was hospitalized with a single gunshot wound to the stomach. Edwards said he does not pect criminal charges to be filed in the case. Clyde man hurt in auto accident HAWLEY A 30-year-old Clyde man was injured in an auto accident along U.S. Highway 83. north of here about 9 p.m.

Friday. Chester Arledge was in undetermined condition at Hendrick Medical Center Friday night. Katya knocks U.S. food MOSCOW (AP) Katerina Lycheva, the 11-year-old Soviet girl who made a whirlwind tour of the United States, said Friday she was pleased with the celebrity she attained, disappointed with the food and frightened by the movie "Rocky IV." Her trip, sponsored by the private Franciso group Children as Peacemakers, was patterned after the 1983 trip to the Soviet Union by Samantha Smith of Manchester, Maine, who died in an airplane crash last summer. Katerina, or Katya for short, returned to Moscow on Thursday after 12 days in the United States and a trip to Mexico City.

Asked how she liked American food, Katya said food in private homes was good but in restaurants "it had a real chemical taste to it." She was born in Winters and was a member of the First Baptist Church and a resident of Abilene for more than 60 years. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. 0. D.

Dillingham, established one of the first creameries in the area. graduated from Abilene High School and attended Hardin-Simmons University. Survivors include her husband, W.0. Hayter of Abilene; a daughter, Patricia "Cleber" Massey of Abilene; two sisters, Pauline Peay of Midland and Margaret Golightly of San Angelo; a brother, Richard Dillingham of Dallas; four, grandchildren; and five Memorials may be made to the donor's favorite charity. The family will be at 1440 Tanglewood.

Pedro Ramon Pedro Mareno Ramon of 5818 Atlantic Ave. died Friday at a local hospital. Services are pending with McCracken-Allen Funeral Home. Beulah Massey CARROLLTON Services, for Beulah Ford Massey, 84, formerly of Abilene, will be 3:30 p.m Saturday in Snyder Cemetery with the Rev. H.B.

The Terry service the direction of Elliott-Hamil Funeral Home, 542 Hickory. She died Thursday at a Carrollton nursing home. She was born in Emory. She was the widow of James (Jim) Ross Massey and a member of the Methodist Church. Survivors include a brother, Melvin Jesse Ford of Houston.

Big Country Olan Helms BURKETT Olan Wesley Helms, 76, retired fence builder, died Thursday at a Brownwood nursing home. Graveside services will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Burkett Cemetery, directed by Walker Funeral Home in Coleman. The Rev. Ted Bigham will officiate.

He was born in Fisher County and attended the Baptist Church. Survivors include a daughter, Emma Louise Hall of Amarillo; three sisters, Nonie Trout of Brownfield, Lizzie Underwood of Rotan and Mildred Freeman of Midland; two brothers, Pat Helms of Blossom and Clarence Helms of New Mexico; four grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. James Fulton BROWNWOOD James Douglas Fulton, 59, died Thursday at a Fort Worth hospital. Services will be 2 p.m. Sunday at the Davis-Morris Funeral Home with the Rev.

R.J. Elkins officiating. Burial will be in Greenleaf Cemetery. He was born in San Angelo. He was a paint contractor and lived most of his life in Brownwood.

Survivors include his wife, Mary Fulton of Brownwood; a son, Timothy E. Fulton of Brownwood; three daughters, Suzy Still and Cindy Newsom, both of Brownwood, and Diane Kinsey of Andrews; his mother, Lena Fulton of Brownwood; four brothers, Eddie (Demp) Fulton of Brownwood, Jack Fulton and Bill Fulton, both of Temple, and Johnny Fred Fulton Corpus Christi; four sisters, Frances Richardson, Jean Cox and Linda Windham, all of Brownwood, and Bonnie Long of Fort Worth; six grandchildren. Rowena Cameron ROSCOE Lady Rowena Cameron, 71, of Roscoe, a retired beautician, died Thursday night at a Sweetwater hospital. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Cate-Spencer Funeral Home in Sweetwater.

The Rev. Norman Patton will officiate. Burial will be in Johnson Station Cemetery in Arlington at 4 p.m. Saturday. She was born in Mitchell County.

She was the widow of Robert F. Cameron. Survivors are a son, Derrol Cameron of Arlington; a brother, Walter Richburg of Rising Star; and two grandchildren. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, American Diabetes Association or a favorite charity. Faye Norred Faye Norred SWEETWATER Faye B.

Nor- red, 90, a longtime Sweetwater resident, died Friday afternoon at a Sweetwater hospital. Services will be 4 p.m. Saturday at First United Methodist Church. Dr. Darris Egger will officiate.

Burial will be in Garden of Memories Cemetery, directed by CateSpencer Funeral Home. She was born in Nineveh, Pa. She had lived in Sweetwater since 1938, and she her husband owned the Norred Motor company. She was a resident of Holiday Retirement Center and the widow of Albert R. Norred.

She was a member of the First United Methodist Church. Survivors are a son, Bill Norred of Sweetwater; two sisters, Mrs. Stark of Sun City, and Mrs. Ellis Davies of Redlands, three granddaughters; and a great-grandson. Floy Couch COMANCHE Floy Cornelious Couch, 75, of Gustine died Thursday at a Hamilton nursing home.

Services will be 2 p.m. Sunday in the Comanche Funeral Home with the Rev. Ronnie Calcot officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery. She was born in Fleming.

She was a cook in the Comanche Public Schools for 17 years. She was a member of the Pettit Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband, Preston Couch of Gustine; a son, Bruce Couch of Arlington; a daughter, Juanell Wright of Hamilton; two brothers, Troy Pettit of Gustine and Earl Pettit of Arlington; two sisters, Kathleen Seay and Ruby McPherson, both of Gustine; three granddaughters; and three greatgranddaughters. C.J. Harris Jr.

BLACKWELL C.J. Harris Jacinto City, former Blackwell resident, died Thursday in Houston. Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday at the San Jacinto Funeral Home in Houston. Local will be 10 a.m.

Monday at Blackwell Cemetery, directed by Cate-Spencer Funeral Home. Survivors include his wife, Esther Harris of Jacinto City; a son, Eugene Harris of Brazoria; two daughters, Lisa Harris of Jacinto City and Linda McAnaspy of Houston. Marie Swanson ASPERMONT Marie Swanson, 63, died Friday at a Hamlin hospital. Services are pending with McCoy Funeral Home. Euel Ray Ray MERKEL Euel Clifford Ray, 87, of Merkel, a retired stock farmer, died at 11:45 a.m.

Thursday at a hospital in Lafayette, after a short illness. Services will be 4 p.m. Saturday at the United Method- ist Church in Merkel with the Rev. Lynward Harrison, a retired pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery in Merkel, under direction Starbuck Funeral Home.

Born in Navarro County, he lived in the Merkel area since 1951. He was a a member of Pioneer Memorial Methodist Church. He was the widower of Margery Butman. Survivors include two sons, Kenneth of Merkel and Vernon of Cisco; three daughters, Loyce Bauerschlag and Peggy Thorne, both of Houston; and Becky Pyburn of Lafayette, one brother, Everett of Coleman; a sister, Eva Mae Ferguson of Coleman; 14 grandchildren; and 10 greatgrandchildren. Adella Eubank BALLINGER Adella Eubank, 74, a bookkeeper, died Thursday at a San Angelo hospital.

Services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Rains-Seale Funeral home with the Rev. Ferris Akins officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery. She was born in Brownwood.

She was a member of the First Baptist Church of San Angelo. She was the widow of Joseph M. Eubank. Survivors include two daughters, Gayle Vancil of Ballinger and Jo Ann Daugherty of San Angelo; two sisters, Ruth Sandusky of Fresno, Former Brady mayor pro tem dead at 58 BRADY William A. "Bill' Dodds, 58, of Brady, a former city councilman and mayor pro tem, died Thursday afternoon at a Brady hospital after a sudden illness.

Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Sunset Ridge Church of Christ. Stanley Maiden and Henry McBroom will officiate. Burial will be at Resthaven Cemetery, directed by Colonial Funeral Home. McCulloch County native was a director of Brady National Bank and was at one time one of the largest electrical contractors in the Southwest.

He ranching in- and Virginia Crimm of Ede five grandchildren; and four gret grandchildren. Mattie Holcombe BIG SPRING Mattie Holcomb 74, of Wichita, formerly of Spring, died Thursday in Wichita. Funeral services will be 1:30 p.1 Monday at Nalley-Pickle Wel Funeral Home. Dr. Claude N.

Cr ven will officiate. Burial will be in Mount Olive morial Park. Born in Atoka County, sl had lived in Wichita, sin 1980. She was the widow of Roy He combe. Survivors are three sons, Robe L.

Morgan of Wichita, Presto L. Morgan of Warner Robins, Ga and Jerry W. Morgan of El Pas three stepsons, N.R. Holcombe Big Spring, D.W. Holcombe Altus, and Cotton Holcoml of Monahans; three stepdaughter Marzell (Mrs.

Theo) Earnest and Simmons, both of Big Spring, an Letha Peek of Denver, a si ter, Edith Erwin of Newkirk, Okla 22 grandchildren; and 26 grea grandchildren. Funerals today Kathryn Deaton, 39, of 922 Rus wood Circle, wife of David Deator 10:30 a.m. at First Central Presby terian Church; burial in Elmwoor Memorial Park, directed by North' Funeral Home, 242 Orange. Associated Press ARMED SUPPORT: A young Shiite Moslem woman holds a poster of re-elected Shiite Moslem militia leader Nabih Berri in a West Beirut street Friday. Holding a gun to her left is her grandmother.

TWA suspect got Beirut flight just before jet landed ATHENS, Greece (AP) The prime suspect in the TWA bombing spent six hours in the Athens transit lounge and left on a flight to Beirut minutes before the crippled American jet made an emergency landing nearby, police said Friday. Italian police have said the woman, traveling under the ame May Elias Mansur, is a known terrorist, but a senior Greek security officer said, "'We were never alerted that she was a suspected terrorist." "According to our records she hadn't been in Greece before. We're trying to trace passengers who might have noticed her on the Athens-bound flight" of the same TWA jet Wednesday from Cairo, Nikos Kokkinakis told The Associated Press. The Boeing 727 flew from Cairo to Athens then to Rome and back to Athens. Officials say the bomb exploded as the jet approached the Greek capital on the return trip under seat 10F, the one Miss Mansur is said to have occupied.

Four Americans were blown out of the plane to their deaths through a 9-by-3-foot hole made by the explosion. Kokkinakis said Miss Mansur left the TWA plane at Athens, entered the transit lounge immediately and boarded a Middle East Airlines flight six hours later that took off for Beirut minutes before Capt. Richard F. Petersen landed the bombed plane. Officials of Middle East Airlines, the Lebanese national carrier, would not confirm that Miss Mansur was aboard Flight 254 from Athens on Wednesday.

A statement denying involvement in the bombing, purportedly signed by Miss Mansur, was distributed Friday to reporters in the north Lebanon city of Tripoli. It said she "had nothing to do with" planting the bomb and would sue everyone "who falsely accused" her of it. There was no way to determine whether the statement was authentic. A Christian Beirut radio station, the Voice of Lebanon, said Miss Mansur had returned to Lebanon and was a member of the Revolutionary Brigades terrorist group. The radio quoted unidentified sources as saying she is a Lebanese Christian, the widow of a Druse militiaman known as Abu Nisrin who was killed last year in Lebanon's civil war.

It said Mansur was her maiden name. According to the radio, she divides most of her time between Moslem west Beirut and the village of Qbayat in the Syriancontrolled Bekaa Valley of eastern Lebanon. Little is known of the Revolutionary Brigades, but the radio said its main training camp is at Qbayat. A group calling itself the Arab Revolutionary Cells claimed responsibility for planting the bomb. Palestinian sources familiar with terrorist operations said Thursday that was a new name used by Abu Nidal, the terrorist leader widely blamed for the Dec.

27 airport massacres at Rome and Vienna. prime suspect. That's the leading South Africa weighing prison term for Tutu Scripps Howard News Service JOHANNESBURG, South Africa The South African government is pondering whether or not to jail Bishop Desmond Tutu for his defiant call for economic sanctions against his homeland. In a move that could earn him five years in prison, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Anglican bishop made the plea for sanctions to compel "real change" within South Africa. Over the past 18 months the bishop frequently has made reference to sanctions and boycotts having a beneficial effect, but he has been extremely careful to avoid actually calling for them.

A year ago, Tutu said he would call for full economic sanctions if meaningful steps were not taken within 12 month to dismantle the apartheid system. His latest action means Tutu could be charged under South African law with sabotage and taken before a court. The laws under which Tutu could be charged date to 1963 when sweeping amendments labelled the "Jackboot by Lucinda Lynn Lomas, infan daughter of Marcos and Ros: Lomas, 720 Grape; 10 a.m. at Elm wood Memorial Park, directed bi Elliott-Hamil Funeral Home, 54. Hickory.

BRECKENRIDGE Wanda Eve lyn Griffin, 65; 10 a.m. at Morehar Mortuary; burial 2 p.m. in Howard Cemetery in Desdemona. SAN MARCOS Ricky Hall mark, 24, of Loraine; 2 p.m. at Lo First United Methodist Church; burial in Loraine Cemetery directed by Kiker-Seale Funera Home in Colorado City.

MERKEL Joe Bray Cypert, 77 retired Taylor County commissioner: 10 a.m. at the Church Christ; bur ial in Rose Hill Cemetery, directec by Starbuck Funeral Home. MERKEL Emma Lou Wilson, 63; 2 p.m. at Starbuck Funeral Home; burial in Rose Hill Cemetery. BAIRD Florene Boyd, 68; p.m.

at Parker Funeral Home; burial in Ross Cemetery Annex. ROBY Cleto Aguilar, 67, farmer; 10 a.m. at St. Joseph Catho lic Church; burial in Roby tery, directed by Weathersbee Funeral Home. CISCO John David Conger, 77, automobile mechanic; 2 p.m.

at Cisco Church of the Nazarene; burial in Oakwood Cemetery, directed by Kimbrough Funeral Home. CLEBURNE Gladys Brady Watts, 81, widow of Oscar Watts; 1 p.m. at Lacy Funeral Home; burial in Morran Mill Cemetery. BIG SPRING Justice of the Peace Lewis Edward Heflin, 66; 2 p.m. at Nalley-Pickle Welch Funeral Home; burial in Mt.

Olive Memorial Park. Ray terests. He had served with the Merchant Marines. Survivors are his wife, Ann Akins of the home; two sons, Kevin Dodds and Corey Dodds, both of Brady; three daughters, Linda Dodds Vela of Waco, Lisa Dodds Whiteley of Brady and Karla Dodds Hohmann of San Angelo; his parents, C.A. and Lola Mae Dodds of Brady: a brother, Charles Dodds California; three sisters, Lille Elder of Lubbock, Victoria Covil of Rankin and Glenda Barker of Mercury; and eight grandchildren.

BRECKENRIDGE Elizabeth Akin, 79, widow of Henry Lee Akin; 2 p.m. at Melton Funeral Home; burial in Post Oak Cemetery in Stephens County. GORDON George L. and Nora F. Jones, 71 and 79 years old respectively, who died within a few hours of each at a Stephenville hospital; 2 p.m.

at the Gordon First Baptist Church; burial in the New Gordon Cemetery, directed by Edwards Funeral Home in Strawn. Obituary policy opposition groups were introduced to existing security legislation. Since then, there have been further amendments and "tightening up" legislation, but the fundamental legal position remains as it was 23 years ago. The legal moves broadened the definition of sabotage. The 1963 legislation also altered procedure, switching the burden of proof from the prosecution to the defense and introducing a statutory minimum term of imprisonment.

Anyone found guilty of "sabotage" faces at least five years in prison. It is into this tricky legal maze that Tutu deliberately has set foot. Now it is up to Pretoria. The government will have weigh which course of action will damage it more: arrest Tutu or grit governmental teeth and sit tight. The former would curtail sanctions calls, provoke inter'national outrage.

The latter would gain something in public relations but perhaps trigger more calls for sanctions. The Reporter-News will publish death notices of all persons in the 26-county Big Country area. Information for these free obituaries comes from the funeral homes. In the case of a death a person living outside the Big Country, the information usually comes from a family member. The name of the funeral home must be provided so the information can be verified.

The obituaries, for which the Reporter-News does not charge, will include the following information: Name, age, address, occupation and immediate survivors of the deceased, when he died, when and where the funeral burial will be, and the name of the funeral home conducting the services. A recent photograph of reproducible quality may accompany the obituary, also at no cost. The photograph will be returned if a name and address are written on the back of the photo. Other information in the free obituary may include the deceased's contributions to the community, such as holding public office, church membership or organizational leadership. Information must be received by the Reporter-News no later than 8 p.m.

for the Big Country edition of the morning edition; 9 p.m. for the Abilene edition of the morning edition; and 10:30 a.m. for the afternoon edition. of Because of the number of obituaries published each day, the Reporter-News cannot always print all the information a family may want to include. of If the family wishes to have addiof tional information published, a paid advertisem*nt may be purchased by of calling the classified advertising department, 676-7355, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.

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