Archive - Aug 2011
August 1st
William Theodore "John" Brewer, 84, of Big Spring died Saturday, July 30, 2011, in a local hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011, at Nalley-Pickle & Welch Rosewood Chapel. Interment will follow at Mt. Olive Memorial Park.
The family will receive friends from 7 p.m. until 8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2011, at the funeral home.
Billy Joe "Papa K" Kilpatrick, 80, of Big Spring died Saturday, July 30, 2011, in a local hospital. Graveside funeral services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2011, at Mt. Olive Memorial Park Chapel with Don Avant officiating.
The family will receive friends from 7 p.m. until 8 p.m. Monday, Aug. 1, 2011, at the funeral home.
Ruth Opfer Nieman went to be with the Lord on Thursday, July 28, 2011. The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. Monday at Myers & Smith Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday at the 1st Assembly of God Church with the Rev. Craig Wascom officiating. Burial will be at the Gilstrap Cemetery.
Rodney Peterson, 80, of Big Spring went to be with his Lord and Savior on Friday, July 29, 2011, in an Odessa hospital. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2011, at the Nalley-Pickle & Welch Rosewood Chapel with Rick Cunningham, minister of 14th and Main Church of Christ, officiating. Graveside services will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday at the Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Abilene.
The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. until 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 1, 2011, at the Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home.
MIDLAND — The desert will be rocking for the 12th year at Rock the Desert 2011, Spirit in the Sky.
Rock the Desert 2011 has been scheduled Thursday through Saturday.
The Big Spring Police Department reported the following activity between 9 a.m. Saturday and 7 a.m. today:
• JAY CLANTON BLACK, 36, of Whitney, Texas, was arrested Saturday on a charge of driving while intoxicated.
• ROBERT WILLIAM BARTON, 32, of 501 N.E. 10th St., was arrested Saturday on two warrants from another agency.
• DAVID ADAM MARTINEZ, 27, of 1002 N. Main St., was arrested Saturday on charges of failure to identify as a fugitive – giving false information, possession of marijuana – two ounces or less, possession of drug paraphernalia and a warrant from another agency.
A Big Spring teen was arrested and charged with indecency with a child – sexual contact Saturday evening after law enforcement officers discovered a female victim under the age of 17 at his home, according to arrest records.
Andres Reyes Perches III, 17, was arrested Saturday night by the Howard County Sheriff's Office on a charge of indecency with a child – sexual contact after law enforcement officers discovered Perches “in contact” with the female at his home.
