Ector Co. TX - Obits from the Odessa American Online 16 Dec 1998

Submitted by Charlene Beatty Beauchamp  cbodessa@classicnet.net

Thanks to the Odessa American Online
http://www.oaoa.com/

************************************************************************
USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE:  These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced 
in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or
persons.  Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must
obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative
of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of
this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives
to store the file permanently for free access.

http://www.usgwarchives.net/
***********************************************************************

      OA Online Death Notices. 
   
December 16, 1998

Permian Basin Death Notices

   Preston Brecheisen
   
   GEORGETOWN  --  Preston  E.  Brecheisen,  77, of Georgetown, a retired
   owner of a shoe store in Odessa, died Thursday, Dec. 10, 1998.
   
   Services  were  held  Monday,  Dec.  14,  1998,  at  St. John's United
   Methodist  Church with the Rev. Dr. George Adamson officiating. Burial
   was    in    Austin    Memorial   Park   Cemetery.   Arrangements   by
   Cook-Walden/Davis Funeral Home.
   
   He  was  born in Garden City, Kan., and moved to Odessa in 1946 before
   moving  to  Georgetown  where  he  lived  for  16 years. He was a Navy
   veteran of World War II. He was Methodist.
   
   SURVIVORS: Wife, Jackie Brecheisen of Georgetown; son, John Brecheisen
   of  Brookfield,  Wisc.; daughters, Becky Achten of Juneau, Alaska, and
   Jody Willingham of Austin; and five grandchildren.
   
   Dewain Hilliard
   
   ODESSA -- Dewain "Curly" Hilliard, 67, of Odessa died Monday, Dec. 14,
   1998, at Medical Center Hospital.
   
   Services  will  be  at 10 a.m. Thursday at Odessa Funeral Home Angeles
   Home  Chapel with the Rev. Alton Towery officiating. Burial will be at
   Rose  Hill  Cemetery.  Arrangements  by  Odessa  Funeral  Home Angeles
   Memorial Chapel.
   
   He was born in Megargel. He was an Army veteran.
   
   SURVIVORS:  Wife,  Reba  Daniels  of Odessa; sons, Dewayne Hilliard of
   Rock  Springs,  Wyo.,  and  Jessie  Wayne  Hilliard of Magnolia, Ark.;
   daughter, Elaine Hilliard of El Paso; brothers, Robert Lee Hilliard of
   Earp,  Calif.,  Ray  Killam  of  Oklahoma City and Charles Hilliard of
   Nolanville;  sisters,  Elsa  McCormick  of  Odessa  and Faye Killam of
   Bethany, Okla.; and several grandchildren.
   
   Mary Mangrum
   
   KERMIT  --  Mary  L. Mangrum, 85, of Kermit, a homemaker, died Sunday,
   Dec. 13, 1998, at Winkler County Memorial Hospital.
   
   Services  will  be  at  1 p.m. today at Eastside Church of Christ with
   Brian  McGonagill  officiating.  Burial  will  be  at Kermit Cemetery.
   Arrangements by Cooper Funeral Chapel Inc.
   
   She  was  born  in  Gilbertsville,  Ky., and was a resident of Winkler
   County for 50 years. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
   
   SURVIVORS: Daughters, Kathryn Crawford of Kermit, Lettie Foss of Shell
   Knob,  Mo.,  and  Ruth  Williams of Washington; brother, E.B. Smith of
   Marks, Miss.; sisters, Geneva Smith of Carraway, Ark., Cardella Henson
   of  Greens  Ferry,  Ark.,  Doris  Colbert of Lake City, Ark., and Emma
   Johnson of Ditmer, Mo.; nine grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and
   12 great-great-grandchildren.
   
   Wilma Owens
   
   SALLISAW,  Okla.  -- Wilma Lee Owens, 67, of Muldrow, Okla., a retired
   bookkeeper, died Sunday, Dec. 13, 1998, in Fort Smith, Ark.
   
   Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Agent Chapel. Burial will be at
   Gans Cemetery in Gans, Okla. Arrangements by Agent Funeral Home.
   
   She was born in Wink and moved to Muldrow, Okla., in 1990 from Odessa.
   
   SURVIVORS:  Husband,  Alva  Owens  of  Muldrow,  Okla.; sister, Jo Ann
   Bingham of Odessa; and three grandchildren.
   
   George Seibert
   
   MINERAL  WELLS  --  George  Frederick "Bud" Seibert, 74, of Graford, a
   civil engineer, died Saturday, Dec. 12, 1998, in Graford.
   
   Services  will be at 4 p.m. today at First Baptist Church. Burial will
   be   at  McAdams  Cemetery  in  Palo  Pinto  County.  Arrangements  by
   Baum-Carlock-Bumgardner of Mineral Wells.
   
   He  was born in Cincinnati and had lived in Graford since 1982. He was
   Baptist.
   
   SURVIVORS:  Daughters, Carol Seibert-Vaughn of Lubbock, Margie Seibert
   of Abilene and Virginia Lee Seibert of El Paso; sons, George Frederick
   Seibert Jr. of El Paso, Henry Earl Seibert of Lubbock and John Seibert
   of   Lampasas;   sisters,  Helen  Reilly  and  Naomi  Hayes,  both  of
   Cincinnati, Ohio; seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
   
   Carroll Thompson
   
   ODESSA  --  Carroll  Seaborn Thompson, 72, of Dallas died Monday, Dec.
   14, 1998, at Grace Presbyterian Village Nursing Home in Dallas.
   
   Services are pending with Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
     _________________________________________________________________
   
           Copyright © 1998 Odessa American. All rights reserved.