The Bogata News (Bogata, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 18, 1975 Page: 3 of 6
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Mrs. Charles Ray
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Mrs. Charles Ray of Dubuque,
Iowa, December 10 Funeral
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Mrs. Tom Dunn of Pampa; four
brothers, Wiley, Rant and
Hershel Stone, of Clardy, and
Mike Stone of Paris; and one
sister. Miss Delia Stone of
Pleasant Grove Nursing Home,
Paris
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Mrs. Frances
Pauline Brown
Mrs Frances Pauline Brown
died December 12, 1975 in
Wadley Hospital, Texarkana.
She was born in Titus County
on October 4, 1926, and resided
in Talco.
Mrs. Brown leaves her
husband, Jesse L. Brown; two
daughters, Shirley Zim-
merman of Hooks and Pamela
Douglas of Texarkana; one son,
David Brown of Hooks; her
mother, Mrs. Mattie Brown of
Mount Pleasant and three
grandchildren.
Also surviving are three
sisters, Bobbie Temples and
Geraldine Goss, both of Mount
Pleasant, and Sue Evans of
Tyler; two brothers, Douglas
Brown of Tyler and Johnny
Mac Brown of Mount Pleasant.
Services were held Sunday at
2:00 p.m. in Smith-Bates
Chapel with Alvin Blalock
officiating. Burial was in the
Gladewater Cemetery
Pope, Sulphur Springs.
Out of town relatives at the
Smith service were Mrs. G. C.
Fillet te and Mrs John Wyatt of
Texarkana, Mr. and Mrs J. R.
Travillion and Mr and Mrs.
Jack Slaton of Clarksville, Mr
and Mrs. Carl Ragland,
Daingerfield, Juarez Jordan,
Paris, Hack Baker of Winn-
sboro and Jim Igou, Athens,
Oklahoma.
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Mrs. A. G.
Coleman
Mrs A. G. (Mattie Stone)
Coleman, widow of the Rev. A.
G. Coleman, and former
resident of Paris, died Satur-
day in McKinney where she had
resided several years.
Funeral services were held at
10:30 am. Monday at
Turrentine - Jackson - Morrow
Funeral Home in McKinney.
Graveside services were at 2:30
p.m. Monday at Evergreen
Cemetery in Paris with Fry and
Gibbs Funeral Home in charge
of local arrangements.
Mrs. Coleman was born in
Clardy in 1886, a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Stone.
She is survived by two sons.
Bill Coleman of Ocala, Florida
and Marvin Coleman of An-
chorage, Alaska; three
daughters, Mrs. Joe W.
McKnight of Dallas, Mrs.
Margie Dunn of McKinney and
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OPEN FOR BUSINESS
Under
New Management
S. W. Blassingame
J. N. Lee and Mrs Leon Tuck
and Helen were in Fort Worth
Wednesday for the funeral of
Sid W Blassingame, who died
Tuesday. Services were held at
Greenwood Chapel at 3:30 p.m.
with burial in Greenwood
Memorial Park.
Survivors include a daughter,
Mrs. Yvetta L. Whitten of
Paris; two sons, Cecil
Blassingame of Duncanville
and Hershel Blassingame of
Fort Worth; brother-in-laws, to
Leon Tuck and J. N/ Lee.
Mrs. Robert
Earl Sims
Mr. and Mrs. Gus Swaim,
Mrs. Josie Fennell and Buster
Smiley were in Mount Pleasant
Tuesday to attend the funeral of
Mrs. Robert Earl Sims who
died Sunday.
Services were held in Smith-
Bates Chapel with burial in
Forestlawn Cemetery.
Survivors include her
husband, a former Bogata
resident
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the First
Church,
followed
"GOOD WORD
from the Ihblt
A discarded curtain rod, at-
tached to the inside of a
closet door, makes a handy
shoe rack
And he lifted up his
eyes on his disciples,
and said:
Blessed are you poor
for yours is the kingdom
of God.
Blessed are you that
hunger now for you
shall be satisfied.
Blessed are you that
weep now, for you shall
laugh.
R. S. (Rip) Loftis
OVERTON—R. S. (Rip)
Loftis, 52, District Extension
Agent-Agriculture for the
Texas Agricultural Extension
Service, died Monday,
December 15, 1975 at Medical
Center Hospital, Tyler, after a
lengthy illness Funeral ser-
vices were to be at 10:00 a.m.
Wednesday, December 17, at
United Methodist
Overton. Burial
with Masonic
graveside services at the
Odd Fellow Cemetery, Far-
mersville, Texas.
Loftis / joined the Texas
Agricultural Extension Service
in 1948 and served as county
agent in Cooke, Dallas and
Fannin Counties. He served
briefly as a ranch manager in
Red River County from 1953 to
1956 and returned to the Ex-
tension Service in 1956 as agent
in rural development. He later
served as area resource
development specialist for
Extension District 5. In 1963, he
was named District Extension
Agent-Agriculture for the 19
counties in District 5 with
headquarters in Mount
Pleasant. He transferred to
Overton in 1967 with the
opening of the Texas A&M
University Agricultural
Research and Extension Center
at Overton. As District Ex-
tension Agent, he supervised
the work of County Extension
Agents-Agriculture in the 19
Northeast Texas Counties’ He
also served as coordinator for
the Build East Texas economic
growth program.
A native of Collin County,
Loftis graduated from
Josephine High School and
received his B.S. and M.S.
degrees from Texas A&M
University. He also did ad-
ditional study at East Texas
State University, University of
Wisconsin, North Carolina
State University and George
Washington University. He
served as an officer in the U. S.
Navy from 1942-1945 He was a
member of the Masonic Lodge,
First United Methodist Church
of Overton, and numerous
professional organizations and
fraternaties
Loftis is survived by his wife
Billie and four daughters, Mrs
John Frampton and Mrs. Barry
Wilson, both of Richardson,
Mrs. James Underwood, Jr.,
Clovis. New Mexico and Mrs
Jay Riley, Terrell. Also sur-
viving are his parents. Mr. and
Mrs. M. T. Loftis, Far-
mersville. and three grand-
children.
All County Extension Agents-
Agriculture in Extension
District 5 will serve as
honorary pallbearers Funeral
arrangements are under the
direction of Pearson Funeral
Home, Overton.
James C. Smith
James Cecil Smith, 77, of
Bogata, died at his home
Wednesday afternoon,
December 10, 1975. He was a
retired construction worker.
Funeral services were held at
2:00 p.m. Friday at Bogata
United Methodist Church with
the Rev. David Griffin of-
ficiating. Burial was in Bogata
Cemetery, under the direction
of Bogata Funeral Home.
Active pallbearers were A. D.
Stephenson, Clarence Barnett,
Galen Legate, Maxie Lewis,
Dean Ward, Gerry Screws, Jim
Igo, and Jack Baber. Honorary
pallbearers were Leonard
Kisner, Curtis Wilkerson, John
Lee, Britt Lassiter, Roy
Tillman and Travis Morgan.
Smith was born March 26,
1898, in Detroit, a son of James
W. and Louise (Aycock) Smith.
He had been a resident of
Bogata most of his life. He
married the former Miss Josie
Marie Moore on November 29,
1927, in Bogata
Survivors include his widow;
one daughter, Mrs. George
(Jimmie Lou) Pope of Bogata
and two grandchildren, Andy
Jones and Cathy Jones, both of
Bogata; and ■ two step-
grandchildren, Ralph Pope,
New York City and Frank
Bogata Paint And Body Shop
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1973 Chevrolet Vega
1972 Chevrolet Monte Carlo
1970 Cadillac DeVille
1970 Plymouth Fury III
1969 Ford Galaxie 500
1966 Pontiac Station Wagon
1964 Olds 98
1963 Pointiac 4-Door
1963 Chevrolet 6 cyl.
CHRISTMAS
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1973 Chevrolet 34 Ton
Super Cheyenne
1973 GMC ’/a Ton 6 cylinder
1974 Ford ’/a Ton
1969 Chevrolet ’/a Ton
Standard Transmission
Personalized Service- If
you don't see the car you
want on the lot, come in
and place your special
order and we will have
your car in two or three
days. Extra special hard to
find orders ten days to two
weeks.
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Open 9:00 a.m. To6:00 p.m.
Hwy. 37 and 271
Bogata 632-4346
VAKITkL) I'D BUY - Old guns,
coins, antiques. Call Shep-
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COMPLETE FRONT END WORK
ALL WORK GUARANTEED
Bogata Paint & Body
Bogata 632-4182
UPGRADING—Community
Public Service employees
were busy last week near
Bogata upgrading service by-
changing out transformers.
Pictured on the pole are J. B.
’LOWERS for all occasions.
Call Mrs. Gordon Allen, ____ ______
lepresentative, Clarksville paid’s Grocery,
Tot Sts (tfC) Hagansport
band should have a ’’procto”
regularly. That’s one way
fo detecting a very common
kind of cancer, bowel can-
cer, when it is most curable.
If all argument fails, you
might think of giving him a
checkup as a birthday pre
sent •• after all. good health
is the best gift!
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’’I’ve checked you out and
you are in fine health.” Re-
mind him that a regular
checkup gives his physician
a good basis for sound
preventive health care. You
might note that today we can
save one out-of-three lives
from cancer but we could
save one out of two if people
had checkups that make
early detection and treatment
possible. By the way. after
4n ».-•»» -.on an(j your hue-
Harville and John Brooks.
John Hudson. Clarence
Barnett and Dick Caldwell
are on the ground. (Staff
Photo).
FREE PUPPIES, good
Christmas gifts. 632-5471. A
L Vaughan. Bogata
Question: ‘‘Is unusual
bleeding always a sign of
cancer?”
ANSVERIise: No. But.
unusual bleeding is a signal
that something is wrong and
when It occurs, a physician
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aad except for vaccinations
and a bout with the flu last
year. he never sees a doctor.
1 tell him that he should have
u checkups but I might
ill be talking to a brick
What can I say that
get through to him?”
lERIIas: Try a poai-
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Thursday. December 18, 1975
Do you bate further
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Wright, Pat. The Bogata News (Bogata, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 18, 1975, newspaper, December 18, 1975; Bogata, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1297231/m1/3/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Red River County Public Library.