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W. A. Byram,
Death of Bride
Said Accidental 72, Succumbs
2.A THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS
4 n Abilene, Texas, Tuesday Morning, October 39, 19«
Detectives investigating the ergs
shooting death of Mrs.. Janet
Maurine Frye, 16, said Monday
written statements taken from
- witnesses present at the time of A
— the shooting said it was accident- W
al. a
Det. Lt. C. V. Strickland said a
that Troy Dewain Jean, 19. of S
1926% Sayles, indicated in his W
statement that the .22 rifle was W
in his possession when it dis-
charged accidentally
Strickland also said that Mrs.
Jean, wife of Troy Jean, and w
Jerry Dewaine Malone, 19, 5301 X
William A. Byram, 72. of
--- 830 Green, died at 5 45 p.m. Mon-
diy at Hendrick Memorial Hospital
after a lengthy illness.
Born May 11. 1890, in Louisiana,
1 he came to Abilene in 1909 from
T. P. Hornback
Dies in Houston
Louisiana. He married Maude
Payne here in 1912.
A retired farmer in the Hamby
and Elmdale areas. Mr. Byram
was a member of the Trinity
Baptist Church.
Funeral will be held at 2 p.m.
Wednesday at Elliott's Chapel of
Memories with the Rev Howard
Ingram, pastor, officiating. Bur-
ial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Surviving are his wife; two
sons, W A. Jr. of 1326 Clinton
and Mack, who lives southeast of
Abilene; six daughters, Mrs. B.
0. Cleckler of 2918 Anson Ave.,
1 Mrs. Mason Hubbard of 1957
T. P Hornback, 69, retired
mill manager of Paymaster Oil
Mill Co. in Abilene, died at 2 p m.
Monday in a Houston hospital fol-
lowing an illness of nine weeks.
Mr. Hornback, who lived at
Lake Brownwood in recent years,
was born Dec. 25. 1892, at Hanni-
T. L. Steele
Pueblo, also signed statements in-
dicating the shooting was acci-
dental
District Attorney Tom Todd said
that after talking to police Monday
he is not filing any charges
in the case at present but will
take the matter before a 104th
District grand jury meeting Nov.
5. He said it is his policy to take
all deaths of this nature before a
grand jury.
Strickland said that according to
Jean's statement he (Jean) and
Malone had been out hunting in
the afternoon, and returned to the
JANET MAURINE FRYE
... gunshot wound fatal
Sayles Blvd., Mrs. Loyd King of
ing officer said, playing with 1309 Shelton, Mrs. Lannie Frank-
the 18-inch long 22 rifle and lin of 1417 Victoria, Mrs. Clifton
thought the safety was on when Hedges of 2717 S. 20th and Mrs.
it discharged striking Mrs. Frye Buddy Bryant of 1726 Lillius; two
in the forehead, brothers. Maurice of Grand
•T took the rifle out Monday Prairie and J. D. of Shreveport,
and checked it out and found that La.: four sisters, Mrs. Blanche
it sometimes fired even though Collins of Alexandria, La.. Mrs.
the hammer was in the half-cock- Clifford Cochran and Mrs. Eva
Services Set
bal, Mo. He married Elizabeth
Rhine May 3, 1914, at Gainesville.
Mrs. Hornback died on Dec. 19,
1960.
He had been active in the cot-
tonseed oil industry since 1925
when he started with the Rule-
Jayton Cotton Oil Co.
He moved to Abilene in 1938 to
become manager of Paymaster's
mill. Known to employes as "Mr.
Tom," he served as mill mana-
ger until May of 1951, when he
was named special sales repre-
sentative. Mr. Hornback retired
Dec. 31, 1957.
Closely connected with area
BIG SPRING (RNS) - Funeral Agricultural projects, Mr. Horn-
Travis Lee Steele 56 long- back was a longtime member of
a * the agricultural and livestock
time police officer and former committee of the Abilene Cham-
Snyder police chief, will be held her of Commerce and aided work
at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the 14th and of the West Texas Fair Assn., 4-
Main St. Church of Christ H Clubs and the Future Farmers
C Dale Brooks minister of the of America and the West Texas
pioneer parno ChrehCh E Hereford Breeder’s Assn.
for
He was a member of the First
Lubbock, will officiate, assisted Christian Church
by Curtis Camp, minister of the Funeral will be held at 11 a.m.
local church. Wednesday in Davis - Morris Fu-
Burial will be in City Cemetery neral Chapel at Brownwood and
under the direction of Nalley-at 3:30 p.m, in Abilene at Kiker-
Pickle Funeral Home. Warren Funeral Chapel.
Masonic graveside rites will be Officiating here will be the
Rev. Norman Conner, pastor of
Cycle Victim
Rites Today
Funeral for Michael Miller
Newman, 23, killed Sunday in a
motorcycle racing accident in
Shreveport, La , will be held at
2 p.m. Tuesday at Elliott's Chap-
e of Memories.
Dr. Frank Royal, pastor of the
South Side Baptist Church, will
officiate, assisted by Hollis Swof-
ford. Church of Christ minister.
Burial will be in Elmwood Me-
morial Park.
Newman, foster son of Milton
Newman of 618 Vine, was born
in Abilene July 29, 1939. His
father, the late Virgil Miller, died
the same year and Newman was
reared by his foster father from
the time he was eight months
old.
Pallbearers will be Jay Hay-
hurst, Jerry Altman, Mike Kin-
caid, Ronnie Doyle, Larry Beall,
John Miller, Sgt. Robert Boldra
and Dan Antilly.
Museum Board
Meets Toniqht
BALUNGER (RNS) - Everett
J. Grindstaff, president of the
Ballinger Museum Board, said
Robert M. While
Dies In Kentucky
Robert M White, 79, former
longtime resident of Abilene and
West Central Texas, died Sunday
at Lewisport, Ky ., where he had
lived in recent years. Funeral will
be held Tuesday in Lewisport.
Mr. White was the brother-in-
law of Dr. Rupert N. Richardson
of Abilene and Mrs. D. A. Mat-
thews of Lubbock, Mrs. White,
who died in 1944, was the for-
mer Mabel Richardson, sister of
Dr. Richardson and Mrs. Mat-
thews.
A native of Kentucky, Mr. White
moved to Texas in the early
1900's and was in business at
Caddo, Stephens County, for about
10 years. He worked at a bank in
Mineral Wells for several years,
then moved to Abilene where he
operated the Simmons Supply
Store for about 20 years prior
to World War II.
He had been retired and in poor
health for the last few years.
Dr. Richardson and Mrs. Mat-
thews are the only surviving re!
atives of Mr. White in Texas, al-
though he had other relatives
in Kentucky.
Abilenian Injured 4
In Auto Accident
Gather West Heflin, 72, 734 Mer- .
chant, was treated and released
at Hendrick Memorial Hospital
Monday night after the car he
was driving went out of control
and hit a house at 640 Merchant.
Lewis Donald Kite, 17, a pas-
senger in the auto, was also re-
portedly injured but was not
treated at the hospital.
The house struck by the car is
owned by B. C. Davis.
Fifty-seven of every 100 non-
farm homeowner properties in the
United States were mortgaged
and a total mortgage debt of
$117.2 billion was reported in
the 1960 census of housing.
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Jean home about 7:30 p.m. ed or safety position." Strickland Cochran, both of Smackover, Ark ,
In the statement Strickland said. and Mrs Delle Miller of Oakland,
said Jean told of returning a pick- Mrs. Frye was rushed to the Calif.; 30 grandchildren and 12
up truck they had borrowed and hospital and died at 5:30 a.m. great-grandchildren,
returning to his home where Monday. She had been married
his wife was preparing supper, four months ago in the hospital
While Malone and Jean were after her husband had an emer- WarrON
waiting to eat Mrs. Frye came to gency appendectomy. I BI Jn VVGITVH
the house to visit Mrs. Jean, with Mrs. Frye is the daughter of
whom she had gone to school, work at a local bakery at the j
Following supper, Malone and time of the shooting. A6 1
Jean went to buy playing cards Mrs Frye, is the daughter of ATV I VUG I
so that the four could play canas- Mr. and Mrs. Harley D. Bate-
ta. According to the statement man. 2902 Waverly Dr. BIG SPRING (RNS) — Funer-
Strickland said, all four were sit- Mrs. Frye was born April 8. al will be held at 10 a.m. Wednes-
ing at a table playing cards when 1946, in San Francisco, Calif., and day in the First Baptist Church
the gun went off. Jean was sit-bad lived in Abilene since she here for Mrs. Roy Lee Warren,
ting at the table, the investigat-was one month old. She had at-77, of Knott Route, Big Spring,
tended Cooper High School before who was killed Sunday night in a
she married Joe Elmer Frye June two-car accident east of Snyder.
22.1962, at the hospital. .Officiating will be the Rev. De- —......--------------
Dr Paul Southern, Church of Witt Seago. pastor. Burial in Trin- ery of the Masonic bodies at 3ny- 9
Christ minister who performed lity Memorial Park will be direct- der and of the Odd Fellow Lodge,
theirlia cad final C ETTORE Mil ofc ed by Nally-Pickle Funeral Home. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Ida"
conducted by Lodge No. 1340.
Mr. Steele died about 9:30 p.m. the First Christian Church, and
Sunday in a Big Spring hospital a Brownwood minister. Burial will
after suffering a heart attack ear-he in ”-----M---al De-k
be in Elmwood Memorial Park.
Surviving are one daughter.
6Mrs. C- Q. Davis of Brownwood;
Pallbearers will be Byron Cur- two sisters, Mrs. S. A. Blewett
rm. Dr. R. B. G. Cowper, Aubrey and Mrs. Byron R. Smith, both of
Standard, Jay Banks, Miller Har- Dallas, and five grandchildren,
ris and Leo Hull. | Pallbearers will be Ben R. Bar-
lier in the day.
Members of the Big Spring po- bee. R. C. Fry. W. D. Watkins.
New Shipment
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4 p m. Tuesday in Elliott's Chap-
el of Memories. Burial will be in
Elmwood Memorial Park.
Mrs. Frye was a member of the
16th and Vine Church of Christ
She is survived by her husband
her parents, and a sister, Mrs. Bill
Wallace ot 1610 Chestnut.
The family will be at 2902 Wav-
erly Dr.
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lice department will be honorary Leonard Kuehler, George Hall,
pallbearers. W. C. Rhoden, Roy Mack and C.
He was a member of the M. Chapman.
Church of Christ of Masonic Employes of Paymaster Oil
VSSUA T UL 14lA10L, U a u 8 .
Lodge No. 174 in Corsicana, of the Mill Co. will be honorary pall-
Chapter. Council and Command- bearers.
Seriously injured in the wreck Mae Steele of Big Spring: two •
in which Mrs. Warren was killed sons, James Richard of Richard- •
were her husband, 76, and John- son and H. Lee of Midland; one a
ny Harrol Garner, 25, of Midland, step-son, Billy Cooke of Big,
driver of the other car. Both were Spring; two step - daughters, Mrs. •
hospitalized at Snyder.
Delores McCuistion of Big Spring •
Mrs. Warren was born Nov. 21. and Mrs. Janie Jones of Snyder; •
1884, and came to Howard County his mother, Mrs. Carrie Steele of •
in 1914 from Anson. She taught Corsicana: four brothers, Ray-
school at Green Valley for many mond of Odessa, Homer of Odes-
years and was a member of the sa- Elery of Gladewater, and Ed- 9
| Methodist Church and of the ward of Corsicana; and nine I
church Women's Forum. grandchildren. •
Surviving are her husband: one
son. Hal Farley of Dallas; three
brothers, Jayson Harris of San
Angelo, Ralph Harris of Corpus
Christi, and Van Harris of Hut-
ton; one sister, Mrs. T. L. Lol-
C. R. Greenway
Of Slamford Dies
hr of Snyder, and four grand- ,
children STAMFORD (RNS) — Charles
Pallbearers will be Bill David-
son, Charles Read, Hezzie Read,
Roger Read, Lawrence Davis,
Charlie Wolf, Bill McIlvain and
Red Petty.
Stamford Infant
Dies; Rites Set
that a meeting of the board will
be held at the Chamber of Com-
merce office Tuesday at 7:30
p.m.
He said that meeting is impor-
tant as the board needs to make
definite plans on development of
the museum property and set a
date for dedication ceremonies.
Deeds have been signed on the
purchase of the museum proper-
ty, he said. The property is locat-
ed at the corner of Strong Ave.
and Fifth St. A historical struc-
ture is on the site and will nouse
the museum, the chairman said.
"We have several offers for the
donation of property to be placed
in the museum and we need to
act as soon as possible," the
chairman said.
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Ray Greenway. 60. Haskell and
Jones County resident since 1925,
died at 6:30 p.m. Sunday at Co-
manche. Mr. Greenway, a truck
driver, was en route to Galveston
when he suffered a heart attack.
| Born April 12. 1902, in Fannin
County, he maried Lucy L. Da-
vis Sept. 21. 1925, in Haskell Coun-
ty. She died Dec. 12. 1960.
Funeral will be held at 10 a.m
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STAMFORD (RNS) — Barbara Church here with the Rev. Jack
Jean Phillips, infant daughter of Southerland, pastor, officiating.
EMDI Avepe A as At TE V a e Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Phillips of Burial in Highland Memorial
E M FLO T ER© M AN OF I EAAS Stamford, died at 11 a.m. MondayCemetery will be directed by Kin-
at Hamlin Memorial Hospi- ney Funeral Home.
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Surviving are one son. Charles
Graveside rites were held at of Baird; one daughter. Mrs.
5 p.m Monday at the Highland Boyd Andress of Fort Worth; four
Cemetery under direction of Kin-grandchildren; four brothers, Er-
ney Funeral Home, nest and Clifford of Fort Worth,
Surviving are the parents, one Lester and Chester of Grand
brother, Kenneth Wayne, and one Prairie, and one sister, Mrs. Lee
sister, Lawana Ann, all of the
home, the maternial grandparents.
Mr. and Mrs. Bat Morris of Stam-
ford; the paternal grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Phillips of
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Pallbearers will be L. R. Jeter.
L. H. Simpson, Nort Cole, Joe
Benton, J. C. Coleman and Wade
Watts, Wilburn Sorrels and Ed
Sorrells.
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Star: 12 grandchildren and nine
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Pallbearers will be Jay
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Funeral will be held at the
Wolf Valley Baptist Church in
Brown County at 2:30 p.m. Tues-
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