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2003-2004 MISS
FLOYDADA QUEENS--New queens were crowned at the Miss
Floydada Pageant, Saturday, February 1, in the Floydada High
School Auditorium. The queens and their age divisions were:
(back, l-r) Elegant Miss, Lindsey Nutt; and Teen Miss, (and
Miss Photogenic) Katie Beth Crossland; (front, l-r) Young
Miss, Blanca Suarez; Junior Miss, Elizabeth Suarez; Tiny
Miss, (and Miss Photogenic) Kaylee Morren; and Petite Miss,
Kylen Cochran. Katie Beth Crossland also won the Overall
Interview Award, and the Shining Star Award. Blanca Suarez
also won the Overall Modeling Award. The special awards were
given to the girl who had the highest score of all the 17
contestants in that particular category. The highest
possible score in one category is 100 points and there are 4
categories that add up to win the division. The Shining Star
Award is chosen by the reigning queens. Lindsey Nutt is the
daughter of Danny and Laura Nutt. Katie Beth Crossland is
the daughter of Dana Crossland. Blanca Suarez and Elizabeth
Suarez are daughters of Jaime and Sylvia Suarez. Kylen
Cochran is the daughter of Misti Cochran and Adam Muniz.
Kaylee Morren is the daughter of David and Angel Morren.
Plains Bell Opens Local Credit Union People will recognize a familiar face when they step into the Floydada office of Plains Bell Federal Credit Union. Laura Turner, who was an office assistant at Production Credit Association, will now be managing the newly opened Plains Bell Federal Credit Union. "I never left home, of course," said Turner. "It's just that when the PCA office closed down in Floydada I was moved to the office in Plainview. Working in Plainview left me no time to see my friends in Floydada." Plains Bell will offering a new type of credit union loan service to Floyd County. "Services are no longer being offered to only select groups, such as teachers," said Plains Bell President Terry McCormick. "We now offer the service to everyone in a competitive environment. "We serve a diverse base of people. Plains Bell is reaching out to communities that have never had a cooperative financial institution available to them." Plains Bell has a long history of service to its members and the Texas Panhandle--dating back to 1940. Plains Bell has grown from serving just the employees of Southwestern Bell Telephone to serving all walks of life--including the communications industry, three rural counties of the High Plains, and phone and electric Co-Ops in Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. The institution has grown from beginning assets of over $600 to today's assets of 20 million plus. Services include debit cards, shares account, share draft account, low interest rate credit cards, low and flexible terms on loans, audio response, direct deposit, certificate of deposit accounts and IRA accounts. "We offer all types of loans," said McCormick, "such as homes, vehicles, boats, recreational vehicles, and planes. We have even given a loan for a hot air balloon." "The only requirement to get a loan here," said Turner, "is to live or work in Floyd County." "We are very excited about Laura here," said McCormick. "She has a great knowledge of the people and the community." A graduate of Floydada High School, Laura attended South Plains College and worked at Farmers Home Administration for 7 years. She then moved to Production Credit Association and served as office assistant for 13 years. It is good to be back home among my friends," said Laura. " I'm hoping I can be of service to the community." Plains Bell is located at 206 W. California (in the former Assiter Insurance building). Office hours are 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Monday-Friday. You can call 983-3922 for more information.
PLAINS BELL FEDERAL CREDIT UNION OPENS OFFICE IN FLOYDADA--Employees of Plains Bell have been busy getting the new office of Plains Bell Federal Credit Union up and running in Floydada. The office is located at 206 W. California--the former Assiter Insurance building. Laura Turner, of Floydada, will be the office manager. Shown here are: (l-r) Phil Pinkert, marketing technical director; Mary Oakley, bookkeeper; Terry McCormick, president; and (front) Laura Turner.
Obituaries JOHNNY R. HUCKS Memorial services for Johnny R. Hucks, 70, of Lockney were held at 3:00 p.m. Tuesday, February 4, 2003 at the First Baptist Church of Lockney. Cremation was under the direction of Moore-Rose-White Funeral Home of Lockney. Mr. Hucks died Friday, January 31, 2003 at Covenant Medical Center in Lubbock. He was born on January 20, 1933 in Macon, Georgia to the late Joseph Hucks and Debbie Giles Hucks. He married Loretta Cooper on January 20, 1954 in Littlefield. He moved to Lockney from Dimmitt 9 years ago. He was a veteran of the United States Army and was a P.O.W. of the Korean War. He was a x-ray/lab technician at W.J. Mangold Memorial Hospital and was a member of the First Baptist Church of Wellington. He was preceded in death by one son, Richard Raymond Hucks and two brothers, James Hucks and Howard Hucks. Survivors include his wife, Loretta Hucks of Lockney; two sons, and their wives, Kevin and Jan Hucks and Tim and Debra Hucks, all of Pampa; three brothers, W. B. Hucks of Springlake, David Hucks of Lubbock and Donald Hucks of Arlington; two sisters, Rosie Gwin of Edinburg and Ruby Bolinger of Bentonville, Arkansas; eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. RICHARD MOREHEAD Graveside services for Richard Manning Morehead, 89, of Austin were held at 1:30 p.m. Monday, February 3, 2003 at the Texas State Cemetery. Memorial services followed at 3:00 p.m. Monday, February 3, 2003 at the Westminster Manor Chapel. Reverend San Williams and Reverend Keith Wright officiated. Arrangements were under the direction of Weed-Corley-Fish Funeral Home of Austin. Morehead was born November 16, 1913 in Plainview to the late Edward John (EJ) and Ethel Daily Morehead. He attended Plainview public schools, the University of Missouri, Wayland College and the University of Texas - Austin, receiving a Bachelor of Journalism degree from UT in 1935. He joined the Austin bureau of the Dallas Morning News as a correspondent in 1942 and retired in 1979 as bureau chief. He wrote for several publications including the Saturday Review, Texas Parade, Texas Bar Journal, Texas Railroad Commission magazine, Business Week and the Wall Street Journal. He was the Texas correspondent for the Southern Education Reporting Service ( a Ford Foundation information project on school desegregation) 1954-1968 and was legislative correspondent for the Southern Regional Education Board in 1981 and earlier sessions. His professional awards include: the Headliners Foundation Award for Lifetime Achievement in Journalism; the Southwest Journalism Forum (S.M.U.) for political writing; and the State Bar of Texas (three times) for the journalist who has done the most to improve justice in the state. In 1972 he co-authored with wife, Judith, "The Texas Wild Game Cookbook", "Fifty Years in Texas Politics", "Dewitt C. Greer, King of the Highway Builders", and organized family stories and recollections into "The Morehead Family -Twentieth Century Texans". Additionally, he was contributor or co-author of other books including one on J. Evetts Haley; "Southern Schools - Progress and Problems"; "With All Deliberate Speed"; and "States in Crisis". He was a member of the Texas Judicial Council for thirty-one years--the longest tenure in history - where he served terms as Vice President and Secretary. He was a member and past president of Austin Professional chapter, Sigma Delta Chi, member and former director of the Association of Petroleum Writers and charter member, trustee, and life member of the Austin Headliners Club. He was also a longtime member of the University Presbyterian Church in Austin where he served as deacon and elder. He was a member of both the Hale County Historical Commission and the Panhandle Plains Historical Society; and the Austin Town and Gown Club. In 1959 he received an honorary LLD from Wayland Baptist Church. The Judith English Morehead and Richard M. Morehead Endowed Scholarship was established in 2001 at Wayland Baptist University in their honor. He was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Marjorie Sue Overly; a brother-in-law, Johnny Hotchkiss; a sister-in-law, Audrey Farris Morehead; and a granddaughter, Laura Chapin. Survivors include his wife of 66 years, Judith English Morehead; a daughter, Judith Morehead Chapin and husband, Gordon of Lampasas; one son, Richard M. Morehead, Jr. MD of Santa Fe, New Mexico; one grandson, Curtis M. Chapin and wife, Arlene of Fort Worth; two great-grandsons, Collin Richard Chapin and Jordan Isaac Chapin of Fort Worth; a brother, Lucian Morehead of Austin; a sister, Dorothy Hotchkiss of Canyon; a brother-in-law, Robert Overly of Houston and numerous nieces, nephews and their families. Memorial contributions may be made to the Headliners Club Foundation Scholarship Fund or a charity of your choice.
TOMMIE EUGENE RICE Funeral services for Tommie Eugene Rice, 64, of Crosbyton were held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, February 4, 2003 at the Crosbyton First United Methodist Church. Reverend Bruce Cotton officiated. Burial was in the Crosbyton Cemetery under the direction of Adams Funeral Home of Crosbyton. Rice died Saturday, February 1, 2003 at Lubbock Covenant Medical Center. He was born September 10, 1938 in Electra. He attended elementary school in Plainview and was a 1956 graduate of Hale Center High School. He joined the Navy in April of 1956 and served until August of 1959 as a Boiler Technician. He married Pat Cagle Edwards on April 24, 1992 in Floydada. Rice started his career with the Postal Service in 1965 as a clerk in Turkey Texas Post Office. In 1970 he was a city carrier in Plainview and then served as Plainview's Supeprintendent of Postal Operations unitl 1988. He served as Postmaster in Floydada from 1988 until 1997. He was a member of the National Association of Postmasters and attended numerous Postal Academies as well as Wayland Baptist University. He moved to Crosbyton in 1999 from Floydada. He was a member of the Crosbyton First United Methodist Church. He was also a Mason and served as Past Master of Arch. J. Keys Masonic Lodge in Plainview. He is preceded in death by two sisters, Johnny Faye Rice and Rita Jean Rice. Survivors include his wife; a son, Kirk Rice and wife, Kathie of Pampa; two daughters, Jeanean Wood and husband, David of Plainview and Jennifer Justice of Plainview; a stepson, Neal Edwards and wife, Julie of Turkey; a stepdaughter, Tammi Stafford and husband, Wesley of Sweetwater; seven grandchildren, Amber and Haley Wood, Karami Rice, Caleb Justice, Connor and Collin Stafford and Caden Edwards. Family suggests memorials to Hospice of Lubbock, 1102 Slide Road, Lubbock, Texas 79416, Crosbyton First United Methodist Church, Box 476, Crosbyton, Texas 79322 or Joe Arrington Cancer Center, 4101 22nd Place, Lubbock, Texas 79410. LONA SPARKS Private graveside services were held for Lona Sparks,98, of Lubbock, February 1, 2003, in Floydada Cemetery. Moore-Rose-White Funeral Home officiated. Mrs. Sparks died January 28, in Lubbock. She was born January 23, 1905 in Limestone County to Charles Wesley and Lee Rogers Moody. She was a life long Baptist and a member of the Rebecca Lodge where she had served as president and past Noble Grand. She moved to Lubbock in 1980. She married Alva Lee Sparks in Waco on December 31, 1922. They moved to Floydada from Lueders, Texas in 1932. She was preceded in death by her husband in 1969; and a son, Harold, in 1986. She is survived by two sisters: Doris Irvin and Louise Ridlehuber of Waco; a son, Don of Mesa, Arizona; two daughters, Kay Steen and Linda Sparks of Lubbock; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
It seems like our nation is having to deal with a lot of tragedy, grief, and uncertainty lately. Loved ones are being shipped off to far away places to face dangerous perils. Our country once again steps up to the plate to defend and protect. In the face of the fear of the unknown, aren't you glad you have a president that isn't afraid to use the "G" word. I appreciated his words during the State of the Union Address. "...Once again, this Nation and our friends are all that stand between a world of peace, and a world of chaos and constant alarm. "...For the brave Americans who bear the risk, no victory is free from sorrow. This Nation fights reluctantly, because we know the cost, and we dread the days of mourning that always come... "...we go forward with confidence, because this call of history has come to the right country... "America is a strong Nation, and honorable in its use of strength. We exercise power without conquest, and sacrifice for the liberty of strangers. "Americans are a free people, who know that freedom is the right of every person and the future of every nation. The liberty we prize is not America's gift to the world, it is God's gift to humanity. "We Americans have faith in ourselves--but in ourselves alone. We do not claim to know all the ways of Providence, yet we can trust in them, placing our confidence in the loving God behind all of life, and all of history. "May He guide us now, and may God continue to bless the United States of America."
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