Cooper Review (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. 94, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 14, 1973 Page: 8 of 8
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OBITUARIES
Houston Bates Jr.
Funeral services were held
for Houston Hates Jr., 33year-
old native of Delta County, Sun-
day afternoon at 2 o’clock m
Murray-Orwosky Chapel in Sul-
phur Springs. The Ke\. John
Cullen and the Ke\. Bilf> Dan-
iels officiated. Burial was made
in the Charleston Cemetery.
Mr. Bates died Frida.' of in-
juries sustained in an automo-
bile accident north of Sulphur
Springs.
Bom June 9, 1933, in Delta
County, Mr. Bates was a son
of John Bates Sr. and the for-
mer Miss Page George. He was
employed as a crane operator
and was a member of the Bap-
tist Church.
Survivors include his par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Houston
Bates Sr., of Sulphur Springs;
a son, AlanBaiesofCharleston;
a daughter, Rhonda Bates of
Charleston; a brother, Randell
Lee Bates of Sulphur Springs,
and two sisters, Mrs. Patricia
Keeling and Mrs. Helen Boles,
both of Sulphur Springs.
James Craig and Mary Fliz-
abeth (Cummings) Cumming.
Survivors include one daugh-
ter, Mrs. Ralph Dickson of San
Francisco, Calif.; one grand-
son, William Hubert Dickson of
San Francisco; two brothers,
Dan Cumming and Wayne Cum-
ming, both of Dallas, and one
sister, Mrs. Travis Tone.' of
Cooper.
Serving as pallbearers for
the service were C. W. Alley,
R. W. Dial. Nance Carrell,
W. G. Kastman, II. L. Burns,
and Mar\ in Shows.
Mrs. Ava R. Elmore
Weldon Cumrr.^ng
Funeral services for James
Weldon Cumming, age 57, were
held Saturday morning at 11:30
o’clock in the Dudley M. Hughes
Funeral Home Chapel on Jeffer-
son in Dallas, with the Rev.
Russell Regan officiating. Bur-
ial was made in Laurel Land
Memorial Park, Dallas.
Mr. Cumming died Thursday
morning about 3 o’clock of an
apparent heart attack. He had
been in ill health for several
months.
Born October 13, 1915 in Del-
ta County, he was a son of
Mrs. Ava Roselee Flrnore,
72 .'ears of age. died in Dallas,
Wednesda'. June 6. She was a
former resident of Delta Coun-
ty.
Mrs. Elmore was born July
8. 1900, the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Leonard Bledsoe.
Funeral services were held
Friday afternoon at one o’clock
in the Charleston Methodist
Church with the Re\. Tom Peel
officiating. Burial was made in
the Charleston Cemetery under
the direction of Delta Funeral
Home.
Mrs. Elmore is survived by
two sons. Ray Elmore of Ft.
Worth, and Charles Elmore of
Plano; one daughter, Mrs. Mar-
gie Baugh of Wylie; two bro-
thers, Newman Bledsoe ofMes-
quite and Roy Bledsoe of Tex-
as City; two sisters, Alfa De
Shazo of Mesquite and Nadine
Red of Roaring Springs; eight
grandchildren and two great-
grandchildren.
Friday afternoon at 3 o’clock
in First Baptist Church. Inter-
ment was made in oaklawn
Cemetery under the direction of
Delta Funeral Home.
Mr. Pratt was born July 6,
1887. He was the son ofGeorge
Washington and Elizabeth (Kel-
sey) Pratt. He married trie
former Miss Sal lie Adeline
Shepphard July 5, 190s and her
death occurred in 1962. He was
a retired farmer and had lived
in Delta County most all of his
life.
Survivors include one son,
Johnnie Pratt of Arizona; one
daughter, Mrs. Will H. Crouch
of Klondike; two brothers, W al-
ter F. Pratt and Roy R. Pratt,
both of Cooper; two sisters,
Mrs. Hattie Brackeen of Dal-
Im wd Mra. l ola Martin of
Arizona; four grandchildren and
10 great grandchildren.
Serving as pallbearers were
Rufus Howse, Mancel Mosley,
Lige Boles, Gilbert Sansing,
Felix Harland and Alton Neal.
NEWS FROM ENLOE
Mrs. Velina Hart
ASCS Farm News
John M. Scott
W. T. Pratt
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Thursday , June 14, 1973
PAGE 8
William Thomas Pratt, 85,
passed away at 5:40 p.m, Tues-
day, June 5. at the DeltaCounty
Nursing Home where he had
been a resident for the past
seven months. His home was at
421 E. Kaufman St.
Funeral services were held
Funeral services for John
Morgan Scott, 35, of Waco, an
inspector with the Texas State
Department of Health, was held
at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Boze-
Mitchell Funeral Chapel in
W ax all ac hie. Burial was made
in Hillcrest Burial Park, Wax-
ahachie.
Mr. Scott died Thursday in
Austin.
A native of Waxahachie, he
received his B. S. and Master’s
degrees from Baylor Univer-
sity. He received his Ph.D. from
the University of Denver. He
was a member ofCentral Pres-
byterian Church in Waco.
Survivors include his mother
and father, Mr. and Mrs. Gan-
away Scott of Waco; also a
grandmother, Mrs. Lutie Scott
of Pecan Gap.
Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Blevins
of Cisco; Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Laiimore, Mr. and Mrs. Doal-
on Thompson, Austin; Mr. and
Mrs. Donald Jones and family,
Slaton, were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Truett Carrington over
the weekend and attended the
Blevins reunion held inFellow-
slup Butldmg ofthel nloe Meth-
odist Church. Mr. and Mrs.
Ted Carrington. Robin and
Shane attended the family re-
union in the home of her mother
Mrs. Minnie Lee Little, Klon-
dike.
\ isiting Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Troy Stockton were Mrs.
Lillian Btggerstaff, SulphurSp-
rings, Mrs. Ray Horbaiy, Wills
Point; Caroline Taylor, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Kesler and
Rodney, Dallas. Mr. and Mrs.
Terry Kesler, Jan and Gregg,
Paris.
Visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Patterson Sunda' were Mr. and
Mrs. Lochridge, Mrs. Golda
Laschke, Honey Grove.
Marcus Voyles
Funeral services for Marcus
Franklin Voyles, age 79. at the
Delta Funeral Home Chapel w ith
the Re\. Tom Peel and the Rev.
Jimmy Westbrook officiating.
Interment was made in Oak
Lawn Cemetery , Cooper.
Mr. Voyles died Wednesday
afternoon at 4 o’clock in a Paris
hospital. His home was Cooper,
Route 3 and he had lived in
Delta County most of his life.
Son of Samuel Homer and
Martha (Cain) Voyles, he was
born February 4, 1894 in Hunt
County. He was a veteran of
World War 1 and a retired
farmer. He was a member of
the Enloe Baptist Church.
Mr. Voyles is survived by
two brothers, Marvin Voyles
and Gene Voy les, both of Chico
California; three sisters, Mrs.
Zada Pickard and Mrs. Ruby
Marler, both of Chico, Calif.,
and Mrs. Ada Bench of Green-
ville; a sister-in-law, Mrs.Eu-
nice Voyles of Cooper, and
several nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers were Luther
Johnson, Curtis Hicks, Bob
Carrington, Joe Cregg,Truman
Whitlock and Ted Carrington.
Johnnie Patterson spent the
weekend in May Pearl with his
brother-in-law and sister, Mr.
and Mrs. Murray Winnie, and
girls.
Visiting Mr. and Mrs. A. G.
Hancock Saturday were their
granddaughter, Debbie Hancock
and her triend, Bill Hudson, ot
Richardson.
Miss Kathy Penny of Garland,
spent last week with her grand-
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W, l.
Murphy.
Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Hart
visited in Sulphur Springs last
Thursday with their daughter
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Wil-
liam Edwards, Susan E liana and
Clay.
Tommie Maddox, Mrs. Eva
Pendergrass and Mrs. Vera
Toppins visited Mrs. Pender-
grass’ sister, Mrs. Edna Wal-
lace, Dallas, last Thursda.'.
Mrs. Clarice Maddox and her
mother, Mrs. Eva Pendergrass,
spent the weekend in Ft. Smith,
Ark, with Mrs. Pendergrass’
brother and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Bush.
Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Tucker,
Hugo, Oklahoma, visited Mr.
and Mrs. T. B. Whitlock Fri-
day. J. C. Eli is, Dai las, spent
the week with the Whitlock.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wood of
Ft. Worth, visited her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Emm it Grant, o'-
er the weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Fore,
Sulphur Springs; Mr. and Mrs.
George Hayes, Commerce; Mr.
and Mrs. Preson Eschols, Mr.
and Mrs. Eldon Bond and Ed-
ward of Cooper, visited last
weekend in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. A. 0. Echols.
Mr. and Mrs. Basil Foster,
Levelland, are visiting her par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Ech-
ols, this week.
By Lane Murphy
SE Students
Att«nd Can,,
LAST DAN FOR PRE\ I N TED
PLAN TING - Ei iday, June 15 is
the last da' to file your re-
quest for prevented planting
credit. H you have been unable
to plant due to the weather, you
must come in and file your re-
quest and pa' for a farm visit
to inspect the area. This is ex-
tremely .important. N ou must
have either plantedyourcropor
received prevent planted credit
in order to protect your history.
If you have any questions, con-
tact the office at once, because
it could affect any future pay-
ment.
reported immediately by the
Texas Slate ASCS office to
Washington. They are then for-
warded to the office of Oil and
Gas. I. s. Department of inter-
ior.
Cross Roads
Club Meets
Jl LN 2. IS FINAL DAN - Mon-
day. July 2, 1973 is the final day
for certify ing your planted ac-
reage for 1973. As soon as you
know the amount of your acreage
y ou need to certify.
CONTRACT COTTON - Cotton
farmers are making increased
use of forward contracting to
“lock in” their margin of pro-
fit, in many cases, before the
crop goes into the ground.
1 . s. cotton growers indicat-
ed that they had 42 percent of
the 1973 upland cotton crop for-
ward contracted on April 1,
1973. This compares to 36 per-
cent last year, according lo the
Statistical Reporting Service.
For your information, here is
a chart comparing cotton con-
tracting in 1973 to 1972;
i972
Southeast 23%
Delta 66%
Okla. & Tex. 13%
Western 24%
U. S. 36%
1973
34%
78%
16%
40%
42%
The Cross Roads Good Neigh-
bor Club met May 31 at the home
of Mrs. Howard Garner for their
annual picnic and fishing party.
Mrs. Boyce Bailey,president
called the meeting to order and
members responded to roll call
with a scripture verse. Mrs.
Cleo Brannon read minutes of
the previous meeting. The sil-
ver drill prize was won by Mrs.
Clarence Whitlock and Mrs.
Bill Griffith received an anni-
versary Secret Pal gift.
In the fishing contest, Mrs.
J. A. Garner was awarded the
prize for catching the biggest
fish; Mrs. Paul Hanna, the
smallest, and Mrs. Homer lat-
um, the most.
Thirteen members and four
guests, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred
Garner of Honey Grove; Bill
Griffith, and Sonya Sharp, at-
tended the outing that was host-
ed by Mrs. Cleo Brannon and
Mrs. Griffith.
This is the last meeting of
the club until October 4 when
meetings will be resumed.
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L,eld 0,1 1Fannin H
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a Joint cooperatj >1
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Rams counties
Special
p,L“ attending *ere R?1
P°lds‘ Vi^ie Tayior**]
ayior, Charlotte
Leasa Millev. I0u.e, l
»r Grimes.^
attending 3
•sue Peters and mJs S
Whitlock. ‘
The Participant, h*(
tences in camping SwiB1
use of small craft* tJJ
" a' *' meets, andgriupj
non win urama aloitotrid
tertainment. |hese J
were planned to allo*3
to develop self confi^ 1
with others!
handle group respond
•eh Ellis, director n|
sis'»*d by Nmerican Redo
volunteer instructors^
ed medical personnel, '
Mrs. Ruby Jeter, irvn
•eler. Grapevine; Mr.andj
•>. G. Kesler and Keith 1
quae. Visited Mr. and 1
Willard Cotton last k«|
and attended the Brushy!
Reunion at the Delta Ca
Club.
Ennis (Buddy) Morgan, re-
tired AF Sgt. is a patient in
Wilford Hall, Ward 5, W ing T,
Room 11, in San Antonio. Mor-
gan, a Delta native, is a son of
M organ.
FEEL SHORTAGE - If any of
you have any trouble getting
any fuel, do not hesitate to re-
port it to the Delta County ASCS
office. ESDA has been monitor-
ing the farm fuel supply since
February through more than
2800 ASCS County offices. Any
shortage that you report w ill be
Returning from the Brushy
Mound reunion Sunday, Mrs. E.
T. Trapp was visited by three
nieces she had not seen for many
years. They were Mr. and Mrs.
Andy Chaney, Albuquerque,
New Mexico; Mr. andMrs.Nick
Esquibel, Mr. andMrs. Maurice
Bedwell of Dallas. The ladies
were Frances, Muriel and Betty
Ruth Hudson before their mar-
riages.
Miss Debbie Oats of Pic
is visiting her gra
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Oats,!
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Olen
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil M«
Mrs. Lena llendley of j
Mr. and Mrs. Charles!
and Mark, Grand Bratriejj
and Mrs. Jackie king, j|
and Jaclyn, Mr. and Mrs.I
dell Preas visited in the I
Of Mr. and Mr*. M. W.\
during the weekend.
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SUGAR WAFERS.......53*
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are temporarily out of any
advertised special,
ask at the checkout stand
for a
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the item at
the special price the next
time you are in the store.
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