Archive - Sep 2012
September 29th
Paul Winton
Paul Winton, 74, of Big Spring, died Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012 at his residence. Services are pending at Myers & Smith Funeral Home.
Melva “Jeane” Reed, 81, of Big Spring, died Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012, at her residence. The family will receive friends from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 30, 2012, at Myers & Smith Funeral Home. Funeral services will be at 11:30 a.m. Monday, Oct. 1, 2012, at Myers & Smith Chapel. Burial will follow at Trinity Memorial Park.
Bobbie Nell Crawford Cooley, 63, of Big Spring, formerly of Mississippi and New Orleans, La., died Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012, at Scenic Mountain Medical Center. Wake services will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012, at Myers & Smith Funeral Home. Funeral services will be at noon Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012, at Charbonnet-Labat-Glapion Funeral Home in New Orleans, La.. Burial will follow at Mt. Olivet Cemetery in New Orleans, La.
E. Byron Range, DVM, 91, of Big Spring, died Friday, Sept. 28, 2012, at Parkview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Services are pending at Myers & Smith Funeral Home.
Joe Vera, 55, of Big Spring, died Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012, in Albuquerque, N.M. Services are pending at Myers & Smith Funeral Home.
Lucy Thorpe, 55, of Abilene, formerly of Big Spring, died Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. Monday, Oct. 1, 2012, at Myers & Smith Chapel with David Cason, pastor of Broadview Baptist Church of Abilene, officiating. Burial will follow in Trinity Memorial Park.
She was born July 10, 1957, in Big Spring, Texas to Annabel and David Mendez. She lived most of her life in Big Spring. She had worked at Newsom’s and J.C.Penney. She married Kenneth Thorpe. She moved to Abilene in 1998 and was a homemaker. She was a member of Broadview Baptist Church of Abilene.
Eric Howard Lanspery, 56, of Big Spring, died Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012, in a Midland hospital after a brief battle with cancer. Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28, 2012, at the Nalley-Pickle & Welch Rosewood Chapel with the Rev. Floyd Green, Jr., officiating. Interment followed at Mt. Olive Memorial Park.
He was born Feb. 14, 1956, in Tachikowa, Japan. Eric had lived in Big Spring all his life and owned Wilson Auto Electric. He loved watching his grandkids play ball; golfing and watching the Dallas Cowboys and Texas Rangers. He was kind and generous and would help anyone.
September 28th
Inclement weather has forced the postponement of Forsan High School's game with Crane, which was originally scheduled for this evening.
The game will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in Crane.
COAHOMA — A swamped football field has forced Coahoma Independent School District officials to radically alter homecoming plans for tonight.
Superintendent Amy Jacobs said tonight's football game vs. Ballinger has been moved to Forsan High School. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
Coahoma High School homecoming activities scheduled for tonight have been postponed. The queen and king coronations will be held at halftime of the Coahoma-Stanton football game Oct. 12, while the homecoming dance also has been postponed and will be held at a later date.
Because of problems with our press, delivery of the Big Spring Herald will be delayed until late afternoon at the earliest.
We apologize for the delay.
For more information, contact the Herald circulation department at 263-7331.
