Funeral services were held Oct. 18 for Mrs. Leona Kathryn Cole, 50, of Roswell, New Mexico.Rev. Charles Gates, pastor of the First United Methodist Church, officiated. Mrs. Cole was a former resident of Spur. She had resided in Roswell for the past five years.
Survivors include her husband, J.R. Cole, Roswell; one son, Rand Cole, Garland; two daughters, Jeana Kay Cole, Lazbuddie and Jan Cole, Roswell; one brother, Odwin Cole, Santa Cruz, CA; one sister, Wilma Leavitt, San Jose, CA; one granddaughter.
Burial was in Spur Cemetery.
©The Texas Spur, Thursday, October 26, 1972, page two
Transcribed by Becky Hodges, August 13, 2004
Funeral services for a former Spur resident, John R. Cole, were held here Saturday at 2 p.m. in the First United Methodist Church. Rev. Nelson Punnage, Roswell, NM officiating.Mr. Cole, 62, died in Roswell. He graduated from high school in Spur and made his home here for a number of years. He was a truck driver and a member of the Methodist church.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Gene Cole, Roswell; a son, Randy, Garland; two daughters, Jeana Kay Cole, Lazbuddie and Jan Cole, Roswell; a brother, Garland Cole and a sister; a granddaughter, Rhonda Cole, Garland.
Pallbearers included Donald Dopson, Alvis Bilberrry, Billy Dan Bingham, Archie Beasley, Bill Meador and Jim Kennon.
Burial was in the Spur Cemetery.
©The Texas Spur, October 20, 1977
From the records of Lillian Grace Nay, Spur Museum, transcribed by Becky Hodges, August 13, 2004
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