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Seminole (Texas) Sentinel, Sunday, February 15, 2004, PAGE 3A
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Sentinel Obituaries
Clifton Joe
Brown
1949-2004
Graveside services for Clif-
ton Joe Brown, 54, of Andrews,
who was born in Seminole, were
February 14, at First United Meth-
odist Church of Tulia with the Rev.
Rob Lindley, pastor and the Rev.
Tommy Ewing officiating. Burial
was in Rose Hill Cemetery, with
services under the direction of Wal-
lace Funeral Home.
held Friday, February 13, at 2
p.m. at the Andrews North Cem-
etery with the Rev. Ted Short
officiating. Burial followed in
Andrews North Cemetery under
the direction of Andrews Funeral
Home.
He died Monday, February
19, in Midland Memorial Hos-
pital.
He was born March 22,
1949 in Seminole and was an
electrician for 25 years. He
worked for Cass-Fitts off and on
over those years. He graduated
from Andrews High School and
loved to play golf.
Survivors include his
mother, Jean Martin of San
Antonio; his father and step-
mother, Eugene and Dorthy
Brown of Andrews; five broth-
ers, Gary Brown of Midland,
Aaron Brown of Andrews,
Curtis Brown of Odessa, Amos
Allen of Houston and Kenneth
Allen of Houston; two sisters,
Mary McCain of Andrews and
Zelda Brown of Austin; and nu-
merous nieces and nephews.
Mettie Ann
Jones
1914-2004
Graveside services for Met-
tie Ann Jones, 89, a long-time
resident of Hodges, the mother
of Walter B. Jones of Seagraves,
were held at 2 p.m. February 12
at Midway Cemetery with the
Rev. Rocky Burrow officiating.
Burial was in Midway Cemetery,
with arrangements under the
direction of Elliott-Hamil Funeral
Home of Abilene.
She died Tuesday, February
10, in Lubbock.
She was born March 1,
1914 in Hawley and attended
school in Truby and Hodges.
She finished dental assistant
school in Lubbock and married
Tilton Jones in 1931. She later
married Buster Jones of Hodges
in 1971. She was a dental assis-
tant until her retirement and had
been a resident of Lubbock since
1988. She was a homemaker
and a member of Hodges Baptist
Church. She was preceded in
death by her husband, Buster, in
1988, a daughter, step-daughter,
a brother and a sister.
Survivors include a son,
Walter B. Jones of Seagraves;
a daughter Jeanie Jones
of Lubbock; a brother, Lee
Thompson of Lamesa; a sister,
Jettie Mae Gillitt of Merkel; 14
grandchildren; and 14 great-
grandchildren.
W.H. “Bill”
Lavender
1924-2004
Services for W.H. “Bill"
Lavender, 79, of Tulia, the father
of Jack Lavender of Seminole,
were held at 2 p.m, Saturday,
He died Thursday, February
12, in Amarillo.
He was born July 29, 1924 in
Hall County and married Vern T.
Duren May 28, 1943 in Memphis.
Survivors include his wife;
four sons, John Lavender and
wife, Rosa of Kerrville, Jim Lav-
ender and wife, Kathy of San
Antonio, Joe Lavender and wife,
Nancy of Tulia and Jack Laven-
der and wife. Gay of Seminole;
10 grandchildren; seven great-
grandchildren; and a great-
great-grandson.
The family suggests members
to th£ Senior Citizen Center in
Tulia or the Tulia Cemetery As-
sociation.
Dr. E.M. (Mac)
munity leader
in Seminole
and the Texas
Optometric
Association
and was
named Texas
Lions Club Hears About Hot Check
Writers from County Attorney
Wright
1931-5004
A memorial service for Dr.
E.M. (Mac) Wright, 72, longtime
Seminole resident, will be held
today (Sunday, February 15) at
2pm at First Baptist Church of
Seminole.
Dr. Wright was a heart trans-
plant recipient who considered
each of this years, especially the
past 10 with his donor heart, a
blessing. Befitting his support of
the organ donation program, Dr.
Wright donated his body to the
Texas Tech Medical School.
He died ’ednesday, February
IT, at Covenant Medical Center in
Lubbock.
He was born in Bryan County,
Oklahoma, April 17, 1931 and
graduated from Achille High School
in Achille, Oklahoma in 1950. He
joined the U.S. Army in 1953 and
married his wife, Melba Prichard,
in 1956. They were married 47
years. The couple ultimately went
to Chicago with their two young
sons to attend the Illinois College
of Optometry. The Wrights moved
to Seminole in 1963, when they
purchased the optometric practice
of Dr. N.C. Steger. Mrs. Wright has
been the optometric practice’s of-
fice manager since it began.
Dr. Wright was an active com-
Optorne trlst
of the Year
in 1990. He
served as the
first and second vice president
and president of the Seminole
Area Chamber of Commerce and
was chosen Seminole’s “Citizen of
the Year” in 1991. He also served
on the Seminole Hospital Dis-
trict board and was active in the
Seminole Noon Lions Club since
1963, serving numerous leader-
ship posts, including president.
He was Lions Club District 2-T-2
Deputy District Governor twice
and served on numerous Lions
Club district committees over the
years. He was a board member of
the Great Plains Lions Club Eye
Bank Board of Directors for many
years.
He considered providing chil-‘
dren a quality education among
his highest priority and served
seven years on the Seminole
school board. In 1974, he was
also President of the Permian
Basin School Board Association.
In 1983, he was chairman of the
Committee on Public Education,
which led to the construction of
the new elementary school in
Seminole.
He was a longtime member
of the First Baptist Church and
served on the finance committee
and as a Sunday School Super-
intendent, Sunday school class
teacher and department director
over the years.
Survivors include his wife,
Melba; two sons, David and
his wife, Sheryl of Seminole
and Gary and his wife, Kim of
Annandale, Virginia; a brother,
Frank, of Denison; three sisters,
Imogene Nelson of Fremont,
California, Dortha Adams of
Marietta, Oklahoma and Judy
Bolen of Denison; six grandchil-
dren, Lacy (Adkins) and hus-
band, David, Lance, Danielle,
Melody, Mackenzie and Taylor;
and one great-grandson, Ryan.
The family suggests memori-
als to the charity of the donor s
choice.
County Attorney Sterling
Harmon presented a program
on Hot Check collections for
Seminole Lions Club s luncheon
meeting Tuesday at Thelma s.
Harmon said his office
had collected more than $93,000
plus fines and fees during 2003.
He explained that a hot check
is that comes back marked as
account closed or insufficient
funds. A “cold check he said
is a bad check which was issued
as payment of an account and
punishment by up to $500.
Hot Check collection
is available to anyone, a private
person or business He urged the
club members to look for good
identification with photo Be
suspicious of low check num-
bers and check with cartoons
printed on them. An unpaid
hot check for under $ 1,500 is a
Swim Program
Discussed at
Rotary Club
Seminole High School
swimming coach Tim Sage and
four of his swimmers presented
the program at the regular
meeting of the Seminole Rotary
Club Thursday.
The season ended recently
with several Seminole swimmers
earning regional competition.
Senior Emily Haltom,
junior Ryan Anderson, sopho-
more Billy Teichroeb and fresh-
man Norma Enns were also at
the meeting and they each told
of the events they swam.
Sage said the main aspects
of swimming are conditioning
and stamina. He said that one
mile of swimming is equal to
three miles of running and stay-
ing in shape is crucial.
Judy Sage was program
chairman. Mark' Beaty won the
weekly drawing.
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Steve Haralson was pro-
gram chairman. In charge of next
week's program is Don Worth.
The meeting was opened
with a song session led by Paul Elam
with Club Sweetheart Jean Moffatt
playing the piano. Martin Rodriquez
led the Pledge of Allegiance and
Randy Clay gave the invocation
Dayton Elam presented
the handshake golden dollar to Joe
Nagy, who in turn, gave it to Club
Queen Amy Wood.
Club President Shane Wim
mer announced that the meals have
been increased from $6.00 to $6.50
by Thelma’s. Also final arrangements
were made for the Pancake Supper
that night Finally, the membership
application of Todd Tittle had been
accepted by the Board of Directors.
lovington chamber of commerce presents
7th Annual
SHOW OF WHEELS
Draw Kora 1965
Ml S I AM;
during awards cere mo in
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Lovington Chamber of
Commerce
Lea County Fairgrounds
Lovington, New Mexico
February 21st & 22nd, 2004
Open:
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Close:
6 p.m. Sat....3 p.m. Sun.
Buy a Ticket to the Show
SATURDAY and plaee it in the
box in the office for a drawing for
$300 CASH
to be draw n 5:30 p.m. Sat.
paid for by
Lovington
Lodger's
lax
For More Info.
Lovington Chamber
of Commerce
(505) 396-5311
or
STEVE CONNER
(505) 369-7852
Buy a Ticket to the Show
SUNDAY and plaee it in the box
in the office for a drawing for
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Commissioner Precinct 3
"Working for V0U.„The People
Senior
Citizens
Activities at the Senior
Citizen Center during the week of
February 16-20 are as follows:
Exercise classes, 9:00
a.m. Monday, Wednesday and
Friday.
The Livingston Hearing Aid
representative will be at the Center
from 1:30-3:30 p.m. Monday
Senior Citizens Menu
February 16-20
Monday
Soft tacos w/cheese, pinto
beans, corn w/sweet peppers,
chopped lettuce and tomatoes,
mixed fruit
Tuesday
Ham, macaroni and cheese,
mixed vegetables, cucumber
tomato salad, oatmeal cookie,
pineapple slice, roll
Wednesday
Chicken strips, herbed new
potatoes, broccoli w/cheese
sauce, biscuit, cherry cobbler
Thursday
Turkey and dressing,
cranberry sauce, yam patties,
green beans, wheat roll, fruit
salad
Friday
Fried catfish, baked potato,
turnip greens, cornbread, three
bean salad, lemon pudding
of Gaines County"
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