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Obituaries
Helen Aylesworth
Memorial services for
Helen Louise Aylesworth,
loving mother, sister, aunt
and friend, will be at 2 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 8 at Lemons Funeral
Home.
She was born Aug. 5, 1927,
in Goodnight, Texas, to the
late J.O. and Jessie Cantrell.
She grew up in Lazbuddie
where she played basketball
and was valedictorian of
her 1945 class. She moved
to Plainview to attend Lippert’s
Business College and
met Edward W. Aylesworth,
who she married in 1946.
She began her bookkeeping
career at Peerless Pump
and then worked for Bob’s
Farm Store. She later earned
her real estate, life insurance
and securities licenses.
Mother loved family reunions,
signing, playing volleyball
and “boot-scootin.’ ”
She will be lovingly remembered
for her fi erce conservatism
and her quick wit and
sense of humor.
She was a member of the
American Legion Auxiliary,
First Church of Christ Sci-
Nina DuBose
PAMPA — Funeral services
for Nina Lee Sparks
DuBose, 85, of Pampa will
be at 2 p.m. Monday at First
Baptist Church with Dr.
Johnny Funderburg, pastor,
and the Rev. Doug DuBose
offi ciating.
Graveside services will be
at 10:45 a.m. Wednesday,
Jan. 6, 2010, at Fort Sam
Houston National Cemetery
in San Antonio with
her nephew, the Rev. John
Hornsby, offi ciating.
Arrangements are under
the direction of Carmichael-
Whatley Funeral Directors
of Pampa.
The family will receive
friends from 2-4 p.m. today,
Jan. 3, 2010, at the funeral
home.
Mrs. DuBose died Thursday,
Dec. 31, 2009, in Pampa.
After a journey of almost
86 years, the Lord called
Nina home at the close of
the year and the close of the
day on Dec. 31, 2009. Her
journey carried her through
several foreign countries and
many cities as she followed
her husband’s ministries.
Nina won’t have to move
any more. Jesus has provided
a permanent home fashioned
just for her.
Nina was born Jan. 17,
1924, in Arkansas. She
graduated from Austin High
School and she attended
the University of Texas in
Austin and Howard Payne
University in Brownwood.
She married the Rev. Doug
DuBose on July 14, 1943,
in Austin. She had been a
resident of Pampa for 34
years.
Nina was a wonderful
Linda Poston
JUSTIN — Graveside services
for Linda Diane Poston,
62, of Justin will be at
1 p.m. Monday in Aurora
Cemetery in Aurora.
Arrangements are by
Christian-Hawkins Funeral
Home.
Mrs. Poston died Friday,
Jan. 1, 2010.
She was born to Jack and
Nora Baxter Barnett on Dec.
26, 1947, in Lubbock, Texas.
She married Tony Vaughn
Poston on Dec. 21, 1968, in
Lubbock.
She was a homemaker.
Robert Vernon
COMANCHE
— Robert Atwood
Vernon, 79, of Sipe
Springs, Comanche
County, Texas, died
Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2009,
at the Temple VA Hospital
in Temple, Texas.
He was born June 12,
1930, in Glendale, Calif., to
Otho Vernon and Mildred
(Stanford) Vernon.
Mr. Vernon worked as
a self-employed real estate
agent in Plainview,
Texas, for 40 years. After
moving to Comanche, he
worked as a real estate
agent and bail bondsman.
He was a devout Christian
and a member of the First
Church of Christ Scientist.
He was a Mason, a
member of The Sons of
Confederate Veterans and
a descendent of passengers
on the Mayfl ower.
A veteran of the Korean
War, Mr. Vernon served in
the U.S. Army and the Army
Reserves for a total of 33
years.
He is survived by a daughter,
Melinda Lofton of Comanche;
a daughter and
ence and
the Libertarian
Party.
She was
preceded
in death
by her son,
Jeff Aylesworth;
second
AYLESWORTH
husband, Dewitt Precure;
brothers, Vernon Cantrell,
Don Cantrell and Clifford
Cantrell; and two sisters,
Ida Mae Haberer and Naomi
Flowers.
She is survived by her sister,
Betty Dillon of Nevada
City, Calif.; sister-in-law,
Mary Cantrell of Plainview;
son, Edward Warren; daughters,
Patricia and Jackie;
seven grandchildren; 12
great-grandchildren; and a
host of nieces, nephews and
cousins.
The family requests memorials
be made to the
women’s auxiliary of the
American Legion or to Interim
Hospice.
Online condolences:
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homemaker,
a tirelessworker,
gifted
musician,
Sunday
school
teacher,
and a loving,self-
DuBOSE
sacrificing
mother and loyal wife. Nina
was a vital part in her husband’s
ministries, also serving
as his secretary with the
Top O’ Texas Area Baptist
for 12 years. She was a
member of the First Baptist
Church. The family looks
forward to seeing her on the
other side where they take
up on the 66 years with no
interruption.
Survivors include her
husband, the Rev. Doug
DuBose of the home; three
sons, Ted DuBose of Pampa,
Roy DuBose of Austin and
Max DuBose of Boerne; fi ve
grandsons, Jason DuBose,
Russell DuBose and Tyler
DuBose, all of Lubbock,
Jake DuBose of Fort Worth
and Adam DuBose of Irving;
three great-granddaughters,
Mia DuBose and Phoebe,
both of Lubbock, and Mattilin
DuBose of Irving; two
great-grandsons, Perry Du-
Bose of Lubbock and Logan
DuBose of Irving; and one
brother, Dr. E.L. Sparks of
San Marcos.
Nina was preceded in death
by her parents, the Rev. and
Mrs. E.L. Sparks and her sister,
Cloteene Hornsby.
Sign the online register at
www.carmichael-whatley.
com.
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Her father, Jack Barnett;
and a brother, Michael Curtis
Barnett, are deceased.
Survivors include her husband;
a son and daughterin-law,
Robert and Jenny
Poston of Rock Hill, S.C.;
two daughters and a son-inlaw,
Kristi Leigh Shilt of
Nixa, Mo., and April Allison
and Jason Culver of Justin;
her mother, Nora Barnett
of Portland, Texas; a sister,
Dee Barnett of Portland; and
six grandchildren.
Online condolences:
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son-in-law, Lucia and Pat
Kotrola of Austin, Texas; a
son and daughter-in-law, Nathan
and Elizabeth Vernon
of Jacksonville, Texas; and
four grandchildren, Crystal,
April and Lane Lofton, and
Emily Kotrola.
He was preceded in death
by his parents, Otho and
Mildred Vernon; and a sister,
Elizabeth Vernon.
The family will receive
friends at Comanche Funeral
Home from 6-7 p.m.
Monday, Jan. 4, 2010.
Funeral services will be
at 2 p.m., Tuesday, Jan.
5, 2010, at the graveside
with Billy Wallace offi -
ciating. Burial will be in
Sipe Springs Cemetery in
Comanche County, Texas,
with Comanche Funeral
Home in charge of arrangements.
The family requests memorials
to Comanche County
Museum, P.O. Box 22,
Comanche, TX 76442 or to
the charity of choice.
View and sign guest book
at www.comanchefh.com.
Online condolences:
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Plainview Daily Herald — 01-03-10
Illegal parking
From Page 1A
Alfaro was fi nishing up some paperwork
and about to turn in when he got
the news that a towing company, accompanied
by Plainview police, had
put a lock on his trailer and was ready
to start towing — not just him but the
fi ve or so other trucks parked there,
too.
The man threatening to tow the
trucks was Hector Magallanes, manager
of A-1 Affording Towing in Tulia.
Magallanes said everything Alfaro
said is true — and perfectly legal, too.
Magallanes is contracted to tow
trucks that are illegally parked there by
the owner of the property, which, according
to the Hale County Appraisal
District, is First Christian Powers, a
corporation that owns Christian Manor
senior apartment complex. First Christian
Powers was given the property
by Wal-Mart by Prairie House Living
Center when Prairie House went from
being non-profi t to profi t.
“There are (no parking) signs where
they drive in,” Magallanes said, pointing
out there are two ways to enter the
lot, and both have signs. “They’ve been
up there for a couple of months.”
Alfaro said he didn’t see the signs —
which are about one-foot by one-foot
and posted on about a six-foot high
post — before he decided to park there.
“You come in from the road, it’s late
at night, you’re tired, it’s dark . . .,” he
said. “You see trucks parked there and
you say, ‘OK, I should have no problem
there.’ ”
Even though Alfaro knows now he
was illegally parked, he thinks the
truckers should be cut some slack and
shown “common courtesy.”
“How come they don’t knock on my
window and say, ‘Hey, you need to
move,’ ” he said. “I was kind of perturbed.”
Magallanes disagrees.
“We’re not contracted to drive 30
miles at night just to knock on doors,”
the towing company manager said.
“Once we’re there we have a legal
right to tow them.”
In fact, Magallanes added, he gives
truck drivers an option to pay the $400
fee for him to release their rigs or he
can tow them to Tulia, which would
wind up costing a lot more.
“It would probably be double the
price” if they were towed, he said.
Ed Vadder, chairman of the board of
First Christian Powers, said truckers
parking on the property has become a
huge problem.
Area News
From Page 3A
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7 — Olton resident Raymond
Ramirez Jr., 33,
was killed along with two
others in a fi ery crash in
Lamb County. According
to reports, Ramirez’s grain
hauler blew a tire as he was
headed south on U.S. 385
about eight miles north of
Littlefi eld. He veered into
the northbound lane and collided
head-on with a 2007
GMC Denali, which burst
into fl ames. The SUV’s two
passengers, Tammy Jackson,
40, and Rexee Jackson,
14, were killed.
9 — Nathan Jones, a pilot
fl ying from Utah to Louisiana
through Plainview, ran
out of gas and was forced to
make an emergency landing
on a county road two miles
southwest of Abernathy.
The single-engine plane
started sputtering after he
fl ew past Plainview trying
to avoid heavy clouds. No
injuries were reported and
Jones, after refueling, was
able to take off again.
15 — Former Lockney
police offi cer Brandon
Welty, 23, pleaded guilty to
sexual assault of a 16-yearold
family member and will
serve seven years in jail.
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said the girl had been performing
a sex act on Welty
from August to September,
around the time he moved
from Terry County to Lockney.
Since the act took place
in both counties, Welty was
awaiting trial in Brownfi eld
where he has been indicted
on two counts of sexual assault
on the same girl.
29 — Ronnie Joe Stowers,
57, of Tulia is facing aggravated
assault and aggravated
kidnapping charges after
he allegedly kidnapped his
ex-girlfriend and later shot
himself in the chest in southeastern
New Mexico.
30 — A 37-year-old Floyd
County woman died from
complications of the H1N1
virus.
November
1 — A Tule Creek EMS
ambulance was partially
swallowed by a sinkhole
outside the EMS offi ce.
2 — Danny Huggins, 27,
who taught math at Lockney
High School, is under
review by the TEA for an
“allegation of misconduct,”
TEA spokesperson DeEtta
Culbertson of Austin said
this morning. Huggins, who
taught at Lockney for fi ve
years, resigned at the end of
October.
19 — Former Tulia resident
Paul Allen Brown, 48,
was found dead in the cab
of his silver GMC truck in
a parking lot on the corner
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“One time there were 16 trucks
parked there,” Vadder said, adding that
there are times when truckers drive on
the property when it’s muddy. “They
were rutting it up. Plus you run the
risk of there being a tanker truck being
there and it leaking some kind of
hazardous material.”
Vadder said First Christian Powers
contracted with A-1 Affordable Towing
to handle the situation. He said the
towing company collects all the fees;
First Christian Powers does not see
any of the money collected, nor does
the city.
“The property owners don’t get a
dime of what we do on that property,”
confi rmed Magallanes, who said he
knows what he does upsets truckers.
“If I put myself in their shoes, I understand
their situation. Their living is
driving trucks, and our living is towing,”
he said.
Magallanes said truckers should understand
where the property owners
are coming from, too.
“They don’t want them there,” he
said. “You wouldn’t want someone to
park on your property. If you don’t follow
the signs, then you have to pay the
consequences.
“A lot of people say it’s a scam. I understand
how they (truckers) feel about
it,” Magallanes added. “For some of
them their company pays (the fee), and
some of them don’t.”
Alfaro’s $400 fee came straight out
of his pocket.
“That week my salary was probably
$200, and that’s after 10 days on the
road,” he said. “That ($400 fee) is a lot
of money, especially in this economy.
That was part of Christmas for my
kids, so I couldn’t really afford to give
them much, just a package of socks
and underwear. That was all they got
because I couldn’t afford it.”
Magallanes said in the two months
or so the signs have been posted, he’s
visited the property “three or four
times.
“Most of the time it’s just one or two
(trucks) parked there,” he said.
Alfaro said it gives the city a bad
reputation, especially when the towing
company is accompanied by the
police.
Magallanes said he always calls law
enforcement before going to the property
because of the potential for a bad
situation.
Alfaro meanwhile, thinks he knows
how to solve the problem.
“I just think they need to invest in
some bigger signs,” he said.
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of 85th and Quaker Avenue
in Lubbock. His death later
was ruled a homicide.
26 — Golden Spread
Electric Cooperative has
received the fi nal OK from
Hale County to construct a
new electric generation facility
in Abernathy.
December
2 — Seven people were
arrested during a raid in
Lubbock in connection
with multiple federal drug
charges. Rolando Garcia
Carrasco, 56, and Johnny
Joe Carrasco, 35, both of
Abernathy; Juan Manuel
Carrasco, 55, of Olton were
among those arrested and
face methamphetamine and
cocaine charges.
10 — Former Dallas Cowboys
receiver Drew Pearson
spoke to Tulia junior high
and high school students before
appearing at a Chamber
of Commerce function that
evening. Pearson’s appearance
was sponsored by Tulia
businesses and spearheaded
by retired teacher and coach
Larry “Happy” Cole, who
wanted to do something to
inspire the community and
school.
22 — Five-year-old Tucker
Redden was playing with
his next-door neighbor, Anthony
“Michael” Rangel, in
the Rangel’s backyard in
Hale Center when Anthony
slid down an enclosed tube
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An accident involving a utility trailer
caused a power outage in the Westgate
addition on Saturday night.
The accident happened about 9 p.m.
near the intersection of I-27 and the
Dimmitt Highway. Power lines appeared
to have been knocked over.
Other details were not immediately
available.
This and That
FIRST THURSDAY Family Reading
Night will be from 7-7:30 p.m. p m at
Unger Library. Children ages 4-8 are
invited to hear bedtime stories. Community
reader Sherri Cheyne will read
“Snowmen at Night” while Jr. Literacy
Council members Margarita Meza and
Will Wright will read “Look Closer” and
“ ‘I Can’t,’ Said the Ant.” All children
must be accompanied by a parent or
guardian.
ADAM RICHARDS has started a
group step class at the YMCA at 11
a.m. Saturdays.
YMCA IS sponsoring FitTrek weight
loss challenge. The fi rst meeting will
be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Y. Cost
is $60 for members or $100 for nonmembers.
The program includes progressive
daily workouts; daily nutrition
plans; recipes; weight, measurement
and body fat checks; weight training/
cardio coaching; T-shirt; and free
12-week YMCA membership for nonmembers.
Registration will continue for
the fi rst six weeks of the program.
PLAINVIEW-HALE County Health
Department has adult seasonal fl u
shots available for $20, or free with
Medicare.
HALE COUNTY Stock Show Supper
will be held from 6-8 p.m. Thursday
at the Ollie Liner Center. Tickets are
available for $125 for two by calling
291-5267.
NOMINATIONS for Man and Woman
of the Year for 2009 are being accepted.
Nomination forms can be picked up
at the Chamber, 710 W. Fifth. Deadline
is 5 p.m. Wednesday. Honorees will
be announced at the annual Chamber
banquet on Jan. 26. Tickets for that
event are $15 and available at the
Chamber.
(To submit information, contact
Kevin Lewis at kwlewis@hearstnp.
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slide. A nylon string somehow
got caught around Anthony’s
throat. Tucker ran to
get Anthony’s father, Mike
Rangel, and Atmos Energy
employee Richard Herrera,
who worked to rescue the
boy and then began CPR.
Anthony was taken to Covenant
Hospital Plainview and
made a full recovery a few
days later.
30 — Anjelica Moralez,
27, of Petersburg was pronounced
when the 2003
Dodge Durango she was
driving south on I-27 hit a
patch of ice, lost control and
fl ipped several times before
entering the northbound
lanes where it she struck a
2005 Chevrolet van. The
driver of the van, Terry Creswell,
57, of Slaton, was not
injured, DPS offi cials said.
(Contact Deborah Zacher
at dzacher@hearstnp.com
or 806-296-1360.)
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