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Arthur Reece Price (Sonny, Sonny Boy, Sleepy) 82, of Fulshear, passed away Feb. 19 in Richmond. He was born in New Gulf to parents Reece Joseph Price and Anna Belle Williams Price. He graduated from Columbus High School in 1957. After high school, he attended the University of Houston and studied Geology. In 1959, his Uncle Orville A. Williams talked to him about exploring the opportunity to become a police officer with the Houston Police Department. On Sept. 14, 1959, he joined the Houston Police Department with Academy Class No.22 and never looked back. He had a successful 45-year career with the Houston Police Department serving in the Central Division, Special Operations Division, Training Division and the Auto Theft Division until his retirement on Nov. 6, 2004. Arthur spent his retirement relaxing (sometimes) at his place on the Colorado River in Columbus, and traveling with family and friends.
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Johnnie Wilbert Phillips, Sr.,83, of Frelsburg (New Ulm) passed away Feb. 9 in Columbus. He was born on a ranch in Lone Oak Community in Colorado County, Sept. 22, 1937. His father was Charles Eugene Phillips and mother was Lydia Anne Nysheba Phillips. On Nov. 8, 1963 he married Beverly Ann Pollard from Houston. He became a member of St Giles Presbyterian Church in Houston in 1970. He was a retired Journeyman Electrician from Local Union 716. Johnnie served in the Army Reserves for six years.
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Henry Earl Uffen of Columbus, formerly of Houston, passed away peacefully Monday, Feb. 8, at True Care Living Center, at the of age 90. He entered Heaven to be reunited with his loving wife, Ardith. He was born in Terre Haute, IN Sept. 21, 1930 to Henry and Eva B. Uffen.
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