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Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. in the Spur Church of Christ for Preston Riley Boothe, 66, Novel Baize, Abilene, officiating.Mr. Boothe, a farmer in the Steel Hill Community, died about 7:30 p.m. May 15, in a Lubbock hospital. He had been ill about 3 months.
Born in Milam County, Mr. Boothe came to Dickens Co. in 1912. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Annie Boothe; one daughter, Lois Pierce, Lubbock; one brother, Garvey, Spur and two sisters, Mrs. R.E. Jones, Lubbock and Mrs. Alma Randall, Ft. Worth; two half-sisters; Mrs. Jean Sonnamaker, Spur and Mrs. Frace Starcher, Washington; four grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Pallbearers included Delwin Jones, David Enger, Chester Anderson, George Tate, Clomer Randall and Troy Boothe. Burial was in Spur Cemetery.
©The Texas Spur, May 21, 1964
Funeral services for Annie Beatrice Boothe, 85, were held Sunday at 2:30 p.m. in the Highway 70 church of Christ with pastor Bob Brandon officiating.She died November 6 in Lakeside Care Center, Lubbock. Mrs. Boothe spent most of her life in Dickens county, but had lived for the past 14 years in Lubbock. The former Annie Anderson, she married Preston Riley Boothe February 10, 1918 in Spur. He died in May of 1964. She was a member of the Church of christ.
Survivors include a daughter, Lola Perkins, Lubbock; one sister, Ethel Schweikhardt, OK; four grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
Pallbearers included J.C. Randall, Rex Carlisle, Buck Carlisle, Jim Wyatt, Carl Grantham and Dwight Dillashaw.
Burial was in Spur Cemtery with Campbell Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
©The Texas Spur, November 11, 1982
from the records of Lillian Grace Nay
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