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Obituaries 1997
Aycock, H. Rex |
Services for H. Rex Aycock, 94, of
Tulia will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at First United Methodist
Church with the Rev. Jesse Hodge, pastor, officiating.
Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery under direction of
Wallace Funeral Home. Aycock died Sunday, Sept. 14,
1997, in Lubbock. He was born April 30, 1903, in Bell
County. He moved to Tulia in 1929, and married Luella
Woodward on May 16, 1932, in Portales, N.M. He was a
member of the Tulia Volunteer Fire Department and the First
United Methodist Church of Tulia. He was a 50-year member of
Tulia Masonic Lodge No. 733 A.F. & A.M. He also was a York
Rite Mason. He was a farmer and worked in insurance
and real estate. His wife preceded him in death on
April 1, 1997. Survivors include two sons, Robert Rex
Aycock and Charles Franklin Aycock, both of Lubbock; four
sisters, Lucille Wood, Eunice McPherson, Opal Harris and
Ernestine Beacher, all of Lubbock; a brother, Hobson Aycock
of Lubbock; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
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Crow, Opal Blanche |
Services for Opal Blanche Crow, 90, of
Tulia will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at First Baptist Church
with the Rev. Willis Blair, pastor of First Baptist Church
in Hatch, N.M., officiating. Burial will be in Rose Hill
Cemetery under direction of Wallace Funeral Home. Crow
died Saturday, Sept., 13, 1997, in Lubbock. She was
born Aug. 1, 1907, in Haskell County. She moved to Tulia in
1922, where she attended school. On Oct. 24, 1947, she
married D.D. ``Buster'' Crow in Dimmitt. She was a
homemaker and a member of First Baptist Church. Her husband
Preceded her in death June 9, 1995. Survivors include
a sister, Pearl West, of Dumas.
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Hickman, Gene |
Services
for Gene Hickman, 75, of Tulia will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in
First Presbyterian Church with the Revs. Andy and Janell
Blair officiating. Burial will be in Rose Hill
Cemetery under direction of Wallace Funeral Home.
Hickman died Sunday, Sept. 28, 1997, in his home. He
was born Nov. 5, 1921, in Swisher County. He attended
schools in Flint and Kress. Hickman began farming in 1935,
served in the Navy during World War II and was a lifetime
member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Hickman
returned to Tulia and worked as a contractor and builder
before starting to farm again in 1953. He retired in 1986.
He married Bettie Carroll on Nov. 16, 1946, in Clovis, N.M.
He was preceded in death by one grandson, Timothy Kyle
Sanders. Survivors include his wife; two
daughters, Marsha Sanders of Tulia and Jo Briley of
Gardendale; his mother, Iva Hickman Payne of Tulia; two
sisters, Lou Hardy of Tulia and Anna Lee Schuster of
Tucumcari, N.M.; and two granddaughters.
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