Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 96, No. 14, Ed. 1 Sunday, November 30, 2003 Page: 3 of 12
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Seminole (Texas) Sentinel, Sunday, November 30, 2003, PAGE 3
Obituaries
Lilly Beldsoe
1925-2003
Graveside services for Lilly Sword Bledsoe, 78, of Andrews, the
sister of Kermit Sword of Seagraves, were held Friday, November 28, at 10
a.m. at the Gaines County Memorial Cemetery North with the Rev. John
McQueen, pastor of McKinney Acres Baptist Church in Andrews officiat-
ing. Arrangements were by McNett Funeral Home of Andrews.
She died Wednesday, November 26, at Permian Residential Care
Center in Andrews.
She was bom July 20, 1925 in Jonesville, Virginia and married
Joseph Bledsoe. She was a homemaker and had also worked as a waitress.
Her husband preceded her in death.
Survivors include a daughter, Geneva Garner of Andrews;
two brothers, Kermit Sword of Seagraves and Aurther Sword of Ba-
kersfield, California; two sisters,. Mary Pogue of Monahans and Esta
Kirk of Marian, Indiana; two grandchildren; and five great-grand-
children.
Bobby Glenn Henderson
1933-2003
Services for Bobby Glenn Henderson, 70, of San Angelo, the
father of Scotty Henderson of Seminole, were held at 11 a.m. Friday,
November 28 in the Robert Massie Riverside Chapel with buddy Trull of-
ficiating. Burial followed in Fairmount Cemetery with services under the
direction of Robert Massie Funeral Home.
He died Monday, November 24, in a San Angelo Hospital,
v He was bom January 25, 1933 in Blackwell and was an army
veteran, serving in the Korean War. He worked and retired after 28 years
for El Paso Natural Gas as a plant operator. He married Gloria Brazeal
September 22, 1956 in Hobbs, New Mexico. He enjoyed fishing, travel-
ing and meeting people and enjoyed all kinds of sports. He was one of the
founders of the San Angelo Senior Games and a lifetime member of VFW
Post No. 1815. He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers and
a sister.
Survivors include his wife, Gloria of San Angelo; a son, Scotty
Henderson and his wife, Linda of Seminole; two daughters, Korby
Cooke of Trophy Club and Tracy Kimbrell of Coppell; a sister, Doris
Clements of Roscoe; two brothers, G.B. Henderson of Yuma, Arizona
and O.L. Henderson of Robert Lee; four grandchildren; and numer-
ous nieces and nephews.
Almeda Dickey Hickam
1922-2003
Graveside services for Almeda Dickey Hickam, 81, of Lubbock,
formerly of Gaines County, were held Saturday, November 29 at 2 p.m. in
the Gaines County Cemetery South with Quanah Jobe and Keith Jobe of-
ficiating. Burial was under direction of Boyer Funeral Home of Seminole.
She died Thursday, November 27, at Yoakum County Hospital in
Denver City following an illness.
She was born January 29, 1922 in Colgate, Oklahoma and was
raised in Gaines County. She was a Baptist, a homemaker and a nurses
aide. She worked at University Medical Center in Lubbock for many years.
She was preceded in death by a son, Robert Donald Meeks and a daughter,
Kathy Marie Dumas.
Survivors include two brothers, Quanah Jobe and Roy Dean
Jobe, both of Midland; and two sisters, Tinnie Goza of Georgetown
and Atha Hamm of Brownfield.
County F ilings to
Begin Wednesday
HOLIDAY SHOPPERS
Christmas shoppers took advantage of early "After Thanksgiving"
bargins, as lines formed through all the checkout stands at Wal-Mart
and other local businesses early Friday morning, for the first official day
November Sales Tax
Rebate to City Up
of shopping for the holiday season. Traditionally, the day after Thanksgiving
is considered to be the busiest shopping day of the year, with the average
American spending $1,000 on that day, according to a CNN /USA Today poll
relieased Friday morning.
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Filing for county posi-
tions up for election in 2004 will
begin this Tuesday, December 2.
Candidates will file as
either Republican or Democrat
with the respective county chair-
man.
As of presstime Friday,
it was unknown where Demo-
cratic candidates would file,
while Republicans should file
with county chairman Glynn
Chandler. More filing details will
be included in Wednesday'sSentinel.
County offices up for elec-
tion include, both Precinct 1 and 3
Commissioner; Tax Assessor-Collec-
tor; Sheriff; and County Attorney. The
District Attorney’s office is also to be
contested in 2004.
Filing for offices will con-
tinue until January 3. The primary
elections are in March, 2004, while
the general election will take place in
November, 2004.
Sales tax rebates for
both Seminole and Seagraves
rose in November, according to
the monthly report from the Texas
Comptroller's Office.
Seminole received a pay-
ment of $70,631.74 in November,
compared to $59,145.95 in No-
vember of 2002, an increase of
19.41 percent. For the year. Sem-
inole has received $638,402.67,
compared to $551,319.54 a year
ago. an increase of 15.79 percent.
Seagraves' payment in
November was $5,647.04, com-
pared to $5,441.33 a year ago,
an increase of 3.78 percent. For
the year, however, Seagraves has
received $55,345.30, compared
to $63,109.90 a year ago, a loss
of 12.30 percent.
Statewide, the Comp-
troller's office over $271 million
in rebates to Texas cities, up 7.5
percent compared to November
of 2002. November sales tax re-
bates represent September sales
reported to the Comptroller in
October by monthly sales tax
filers and July, August and Sep-
tember sales reported in October
by quarterly sales tax filers.
In neighboring cities,
Andrews was down 16.76 percent
for the reporting period and down
25.90 percent for the year; Lamesa
was up 2.71 percent for the period
and up 2.68 percent for the year;
Brownfield was up 18.89 percent
for the period and up 8.71 percent
for the year; Kermit was up 6.31
percent for the period and down
4.01 percent for the year; Denver
City was down 13.67 percent for
the period and down 28.02 percent
for the year; and Plains was down
1.83 percent for the period and up
.43 percent for the year.
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Annual Christmas Parade
Happening December 4th
The 13th annual lighted
Seminole Area Chamber of Com-
merce Christmas parade will take
plage Thursday, December 4 be-
ginning at 6:30 p.m. This year’s
theme is"
Christmas.
Those wishing to par-
ticipate in the parade with either
a float, vehicle or other units
should complete an entry form
and return it to the chamber by
December 1.
Cash awards and prizes
will be awarded to be determined
by the number of float entries.
All participants in the
parade should have their entry
at the football field parking lot
between 5:30 and 6:10 p.m. De-
cember 4 so they can be lined up.
Floats to be judged will follow
the regular parade route then turn
west in front of the chamber of-
fice and proceed to the front of
the courthouse. Entries not be-
ing judged will leave the parade
route at the West Texas National
Bank parking lot on Southeast
Local Pastor
Elected to
Baptist Board
Dan Dale, pastor of
South Seminole Baptist Church,
was elected to the Texas Baptist
Executive Board during the Bap-
tist General Convention of Texas
annual meeting in Lubbock No-
vember 10-11.
The executive board
conducts the business of the con-
vention between annual sessions.
2nd Street. lighting; and use of audio (music
All entries will be judged on or other),
how well the float follows this year's More information may
theme; creativity; spirit/enthusiam be obtained from the chamber of-
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Congressman
RANDY NEUGEBAUER
Is Coming To Gaines County
*Agriculture
*Energy Policy
*Medicare
*Economic Recovery
CONGRESSMAN
NEUGEBAUER
INVITES YOU TO LET HIM KNOW
HOW YOU FEEL
Gaines County
Town Hall Meeting
Thursday, December 4th
2:00-3:00 p.m.
City Hall
City Council Chambers
302 South Main
Seminole
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Fisher, David. Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 96, No. 14, Ed. 1 Sunday, November 30, 2003, newspaper, November 30, 2003; Seminole, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth804439/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Gaines County Library.