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Friday, November 26,2004
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For Obituary information, call 281-425-8013 or 281-422-8302
Number of births out of wedlock slows
5.3
1990s
2000s
0.2%
5.2
SOURCE: National Center for Health Statistics
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Almeda Bernice
Conway
Almeda Bernice Conway
passed away Wednesday,
November 24,2004, at a
Houston hospital. She was
bom September 22, 1925 in
Baytown to Nolan and Esther
Conway. She was a retired
secretary with Exxon and was
the first woman ever to retire
with 50 years of service.
Almeda was a member of
Memorial Baptist Church
where she headed the prison
ministry known as Right Way
Minnie Rankin in Pelly, Texas.
He was a member of Cedar
Bayou Baptist Church, a 50-
year member of Masonic
Lodge No. 321, a Past Master
of the Lodge, and a 32nd
Degree Mason.
He is preceded in death by
his parents. He is survived by
his wife of 61 wonderful
years, Wilma Rankin of
Baytown; daughter and son-in-
law, Sharon and David Sawyer
of Baytown; grandchildren,
Casey Sawyer and wife Tonya,
Aaron Sawyer and wife
Brandi; great grandchildren,
Trinity and Mason Sawyer and
Christopher, Cameron, and
Cathrine Sawyer.
Funeral services are sched-
uled for Saturday, November
27, 10 a.m. at Cedar Bayou
Baptist Church with Rev.
Mike Coker officiating.
Masonic rites will be adminis-
tered following the funeral
service by Bill Wilkie. Burial
will follow at Cedar Bayou
Masonic Cemetery. Visitation
will be Friday evening from 6
subdue the insurgent stronghold.
Ten of those killed in Al
Anbar Province this month were
from Texas, a casualty rate that
far surpasses the state’s already
son David as a single parent, about Louis,’ and they nodded
their heads,” Qualls continued, she’s scheduled to become the
eases, say supporters of compre-
hensive sexual education.
each year.
Teaching only about absti-
nence means students will be
sex before they leave high
school. While the nation’s
teenage pregnancy rate is
Adrian, Alton and Farrah were
dead in the home. Two weeks
later, Newton was arrested and
charged with murdering her
annually leads the nation in exe-
cutions, Newton will become the
fourth woman executed in Texas
since executions resumed in
1976, the 11th nationally.
Doris Gilmore
Doris Gilmore, 90, of
Baytown was bom January 1,
1914 in Sherman, Texas and
passed away Saturday,
November 20, 2004 in a local
ly heavy toll on Texas troops.
At least 71 U.S. soldiers and
Marines have died in combat in
the Iraqi province that includes
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Ministries. She worked at the
Community Center in Crosby
and was a member of Beta
Sigma Phi Sorority. Her joy
was her grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by
her parents. She is survived by
her daughter and son-in-law,
Carla and Paul Petrash of
Crosby; sister, Marge
Trenckmann of Dallas; broth-
er, Ken Conway of Baton
Rouge; grandchildren, Paul
Lucas Petrash, Cara Ann
Petrash, Regan Elizabeth
Petrash; niece apd nephews,
Cathy arid Rick Felix and John
Conway and numerous other
nieces, nephews, and friends.
Funeral services are sched-
uled for Saturday at 3 p.m. at
Memorial Baptist Church with
Rev. Brad Hoffman officiat-
ing. Burial will follow at
Memory Gardens Cemetery.
Visitation will be Friday
evening from 6 to 8 p.m. at
the funeral home. Pallbearers
will be Ken Hill, Robert
Archer, Jerry Orgeron, Mike
Cook, Terry McDaniel, and
Charles Babcock.
Arrangements are under the
direction of Navarre Funeral
Home, 2444 Rollingbrook,
Baytown, 281-422-8111.
ByTA BADGER
The Associated Press
By MARK SHERMAN
The Associated Press
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OBITUARIES Abstinence education expected
to increase in Bush’s second term
Theodore ‘Buck’
Rankin Jr.
Theodore “Buck” Rankin Jr.
passed away Monday,
November 22, 2004 at a
Houston hospital. He was
bom April 6, 1921 to Pete and to 8 pm at the funeral home.
Arrangements are under the
direction of Navarre Funeral
Home, 2444 Rollingbrook,
Baytown, 281-422-8111.
hospital. She was a homemaker
™ and a member of Second
I Baptist Church.
Her family will receive
| friends at Navarre Funeral
■ Home Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m.
I Graveside services will be
I Monday, November 29, 2004,
I at 10 a.m. at San Jacinto
I Memorial Park.
She was preceded in death
I by her husband, R. L. Gilmore
I and is survived by her daugh-
I ter, Nancy Montoya; grandchil-
I dren, Amy Montoya and
I Anthony Montoya, both of
I Houston, and Jonathan
the Iraq war. -
The last one was Marine (
Lance Cpl. Louis Qualls of
Temple, who was killed in Al <
SAN ANTONIO— This
month’s fighting in and around
Montoya of Stafford and great Fallujah has exacted an unusual-
granddaughters, Alyssa
Montoya and Abigail Godfrey,
both of Houston.
Services are under the direc-
tion of Navarre Funeral Home,
2444 Rollingbrook Drive,
Baytown, Texas 77521,
281-422-8111.
David, left, looks at him during burial services for Lance Cpl. Qualls
at the Dallas-Fort Worth Memorial Cemetery in Dallas, Tuesday. on?y Ibe'performed'oute'ide’a doc-'
Nearly 70 U.S. soldiers and Marines have died in combat in the tor’s office if a medical doctor, a
Iraqi province that includes Fallujah since Nov. 8.
Fallujah offensives take
toll on Texas troops
physician’s assistant or an
advanced-practice nurse is super-
vising on the site at all times.
Some laser removal specialists
say it's simply a matter of derma-
tologists angling for a piece of the
pie. Laser hair removal business-
es have been sprouting up at
urban area shopping malls since
the technology became available
seven years ago.
“This is a turf war over money.
They’ve redefined hair removal. It
While the number of children bom to single women has steadily
increased since the 1960s, it has slowed dramatically since its peak
between 1980 and 1990 when the percentage grew 9.6 percent.
Percentage of all births to unmarried women, 1940-2002
35 percent ^3.2
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heavy share of military deaths in Qualls read those anguished
words, there was a knock on the
door.
“David answered it and he
came back and said, ‘Three
Marines are on the front porch
14-year-old found with
man in San Francisco
HOUSTON — A 14-year-old
League City girl has been found
in San Francisco after the 22-
year-old man accused of corre-
sponding with her on the Internet
then kidnapping her last month
sent an e-mail to the girl’s moth-
er.
-Authorities captured Paul
Lance Cameron Bennett and the
teenager on Wednesday in what
Houston FBI spokesman Bob
Doguim called a “homeless
park.’’
The FBI found them after trac-
ing an e-mail Bennett sent to
Cindy Wilkerson from a nearby
McDonald's. The e-mail was in
response to one Wilkerson-sent
to her daughter and Bennett after
the girl left home Oct. 25, plead-
ing for her safe return.
Doguim told the Houston
Chronicle in Thursday’s editions
that an agent in San Francisco
spotted the girl and Bennett at
the park near the Haight neigh-
borhood.
The Wilkersons were sched-
uled to leave late Wednesday for
San Francisco to reunite with
their daughter.
The Associated Press
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Ministry, 805 Montana, El
Paso, Texas, 79902.
The family invites you to
send condolences at
www.grimesfuneralchapels.co
m by selecting the “Send
Condolences” link.
Funeral arrangements are
entrusted to Grimes Funeral
Chapels of Kerrville.
830-257-4544.
nephew, Hardie Webb Jr. and
numerous other cousins.
Graveside services will be
on Saturday, November 27, at
2 p.m. at Garden,of
Memories in Kerrville, Texas.
In lieu of flowers, please
make donations to First
Baptist Church El Paso Music Anbar on Nov. 16.
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Task force to target
human trafficking
SAN ANTONIO — A new task
force is being set up to fight
human trafficking and slavery,
problems that authorities say are
rampant in the United States.
Federal, state and local offi-
cials will announce the formation
of the San Antonio group Monday.
Johnny Sutton, U.S. attorney
for the West Texas District, head-
quartered in San Antonio, said
human-trafficking cases get pros-
ecuted, but investigators haven't
even come close to unearthing
countless other unknown abuses.
“A lot of people can’t even
imagine that in the United States,
in 2004, there is slavery,’’ Sutton
said in Thursday’s editions of the
San Antonio Express-News. “It’s
an underground world, and we
need people to get vigilant and
report crimes.”
A similar task force was set up
in Houston earlier this year.
Beulah Webb Laird
Beulah Webb Laird went to
be with the Lord November
23, 2004, in El Paso, Texas.
She was bom October 8,
1916 to Thomas B. and Lou
Glenn Webb in Manor, Texas
and married Carman L. Laird
on June 25, 1954. He preced-
ed her in death.
A member of First Baptist.
Church, both in Kerrville and
El Paso, she is survived by
her son, Thomas A. Laird and
wife Cherie; son, James
Laird; four grandchildren,
Traci Laird, Brad Laird and
wife Andrea, and Pier Laird.
She is also survived by one
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an interview. “It’s a change to
recognize if we really want to updating its findings for the
help our poor, we want to give Department of Health and
them some choice of programs Humans Services. A second
.” report was supposed to be
The argument about sexual released earlier this year, but has
Surveys indicate that roughly 50 that promotes education about education has raged for years, been pushed back, said HHS
; birth control and condom use.
and that his unit was in the thick
of it
“I think I’m truly scared
Fallujah since Nov. 8, according because not just fm
to the Defense Department. That going to be in a fight, but I fear
was the day American-led forces it>s a fight for my life” Louis
began its successful offensive to wrote. “Dad, I need your prayers
and advice more than ever. I
know you’ve always been there
for ’ ie. and I know you always
will oe.”
About an hour after Gary
New laser hair removal
rale in effect Wednesday
AUSTIN — Beginning
Wednesday, laser hair removal in
Texas must only be done under a
medical professional’s supervi-
sion, sparking outrage from those
who run lucrative businesses that
perform the procedures.
“This is like a hairdresser with
scissors in their hand," said
Nancy Bennett Holmes, who oper-
ates Hair Removal of Houston.
_____ ___________ "What if you had to go to the doc-
Temple Daily Telegram photo/Dana Centola tor’s office to get your hair cut?"
GARY QUALLS, father of Marine Lance Cpl. Louis Qualls who died Th® naw rTule was pas®ed lastr
in Fallujah, embraces the flag from his son’s coffin as his son EiX^aSTundSe °f
David, left, looks at him during burial services for Lance Cpl. Qualls regU|ation, laser hair removal can
WASHINGTON — President
.Bush’s re-election ensures that
more federal money will flow to
abstinence education that pre-
cludes discussion of birth con-
trol, even as the administration
awaits evidence that the
approach gets kids to refrain
from sex.
Congress last weekend
included more than $131 mil-
' lion for abstinence programs in
a $388 billion spending bill, an
increase of $30 million but
about $100 million less than
Bush requested. A national eval-
uation of abstinence programs
has been delayed, with a final
report not expected until 2006.
Ten state evaluations, com-
piled by a group that opposes
abstinence-only education,
showed little change in teens’
behavior since the start of absti-
nence programs in 1997.
The president has been a
strong proponent- of school-
based sexual education that
focuses on abstinence, but does
not include instruction on safe
sex.
“We don’t need a study, if I
remember my biology correctly,
to show us that those people
who are sexually abstinent have
a zero chance of becoming preg-
nant or getting someone preg-
nant or contracting a sexually
transmitted disease,” said Wade
Hom, the assistant secretary of
Health and Human Services in
charge of federal abstinence
funding.
Those who say schools also
should be teaching youths how ' cy for safety belts,” said James
to use contraceptives say Hom’s Wagoner, president of and providers.’
argument ignores reality. Advocates for Youth, a group
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The push for abstinence is one about sex promotes promiscuity
of several Bush policies popular and those who say teens will
with religious conservatives, make better choices if they are
declining, young people 15 to Also topping the agenda: the fully informed.
24 account for about half the faith-based initiative, which The “abstinence-only” initia-
new cases of sexually transmit- aims to open more government tive was part of the 1996 welfare
ted diseases in the United States programs to religious groups, law. Because programs are so
That push will continue into a young, there has been little con-
second term, said Jim Towey, elusive research about their
who directs the White House effectiveness. Independent
less able to prevent pregnancy Office of Faith-Based and researchers said in 2002 there is
and sexually transmitted dis- Community Initiatives. no reliable evidence whether
“This is a culture change in these programs are effective in
the way the government pro- reducing teen sex, pregnancy or
“The only 100 percent way to vides social services,” he said in the transmission of disease.
avoid a car collision is not to an interview. “It’s a change to The same team has been
drive, but the federal govern-
ment sure does a lot of advoca-
last week to get his mind off the
war, and when he got home a
letter from Louis was waiting.
The young Marine wrote was never the practice of medi-
about the Fallujah offensive, that cine, ” Holmes said.
it was expected to include some
of the fiercest battles of the war, Death date nears for
convicted woman
GATESVILLE — Alton was 7.
Farrah was almost 2.
The first letters of their names
were meant to reflect the initials
of their dad and mom — A and F,
Adrian and Frances.
The last time
Frances Newton
. I saw her hus-
I band and chil-
I dren was more
than years
ag0,
%”■ evening of April
•' I 7,1987, five
days before her
Newton 22nd birthday.
She’d run a few
Qualls, a football and track that want to talk to you,” he said, errands and was accompanied by
standout with a black belt in tae “I told him, ‘No, don’t tell me a cousin as she returned to her
kwon do, chose the Marine that’ He knew that was my Harris County apartment.
Corps Reserve after finishing at greatest fear.
Temple High School in 2001. “I started to cry and I went
Gary Qualls, a retired soldier ahead and opened the door for
who raised Louis and younger them and said, ‘Don’t tell me it’s famiy
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worried a lot after his boy was
Convicted and condemned,
deployed to Iraq. He and a friend “It was the first time in my life first black woman executed in
went hunting in northeast Texas that my knees totally collapsed.”
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