Obituaries
• Jack Clifford Newland, 85, died Jan. 30 at the Crane Memorial Hospital and was buried in Crane County Cemetery. He was born March 12, 1919 in Midland to Mae Belle Fine and Cliff Newland. He married Bonnell Bryans in Garden City. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II, spending more than three years in the South Pacific. He worked for Gulf Oil for over 46 years and was a member of the First Baptist Church of Crane.
He is survived by his wife, two sons and daughters-in-law, James K. Newland and Sharon of Southlake, TX and Vance and Carolyn Newland of Duncanville; five grandchildren, Amy and Cliff of Southlake and Zachary, Rachel and Rebecca of Duncanville, and a niece, Sue Folk of Odessa. He was predeceased by his sister, Mrs. O.F. Blank.
• Norma Ruth Roche, 78, died Feb. 6 in Florence, TX. and was buried in Garden City Cemetery. She was born June 15, 1926 in Big Spring and was raised and educated in Garden City, being the valedictorian of her GCHS class. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree form the University of Texas in 1948 and became a teacher. She married Warren Roche in 1950 in Austin. She taught school in Killeen and Florence for a number of years, spending most of her married life on a ranch in Williamson County, TX. She was a member of the Faith Family Church in Georgetown, where she taught Sunday school.
Survivors include her husband; her sons Dr. Rocky Roche and Robin Roche, both of Florence and Randel Roche of Georgetown; a daughter, Delsa Stafford of Florence; a sister, Millie Cunningham of The Woodlands and 10 grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, Harry Calverley and Anna Ruby Hardy and her stepfather, J.W. Hardy. The family suggests memorials to the Garden City Cemetery Fund, P.O. Box 98 or to the First Baptist Church of Garden City, P.O. Box 177, G.C., 79739.