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L. W. Chance Dies; Crosby Funeral Set
Crosbyton (Special) — Lewis W. Chance, 82, pioneer Crosby County resident and builder of the first home in the townsite of Ralls, died at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Crosbyton Clinic-Hospital.Funeral services will be conducted in the Crosbyton Church of Christ at 4 p.m. today, with Carl Maples, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in the Rall [sic] Cemetery under the direction of the King Funeral Home.
The Old Emma Masonic Lodge of Ralls will conduct graveside services. Longtime Resident
Chance, born in Leisburg March 3, 1878, came to Crosby County in 1904 and settled at Old Emma. He later moved to Ralls and was a resident of Crosby County until his death. He was a member of the Crosby Chamber of Commerce, for many years chairman of the Crosby County Parole Board, percinct [sic] chairman of the Demorcratic [sic] party at Ralls for a long period of time, and a member of the Old Emma Masonic Lodge at Ralls. He was married to Mattie Benton at Old Emma in 1909. She died in 1948. He subsequently was married to Mary Lee Coffee in 1949.
Chance is survived by his wife, Mary Lee; four daughters, Miss Lois Chance, Crosbyton; Mrs. Louise Callaghan, Lubbock; Mrs. Juanita Moncrief, Dallas; and Mrs. Frances Whatford, Panama City, Fla.; five sons, L. W. Chance Jr., and Cecil Chance, both of Lubbock; Edgar Chance, Sudan; Raymond Chance, Ralls; Billy Chance, Amarillo; three sisters, Mrs. Estelle Covey, Denton; Mrs. Lizzie Barrett, Commanche [sic]; Mrs. Susie Stamps, San Diego Calif.; two brothers, Penn Chance, Fort Worth and Tom Chance, Morongo Valley, Calif.
Lubbock Avalanche Journal, August 21, 1960
Obituary courtesy of Mrs. Robert [Elizabeth Hinson] Peden of Lubbock.
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