Ector Co. TX - Obits from the Odessa American Online 19 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 19, 1998 Permian Basin Death Notices Freeda Barrow ALPINE -- Freeda D. Barrow, 94, of Sonora, died Thursday, Dec. 17, 1998, in a Sonora nursing home. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Tom Garmon officiating. Burial will be at Elm Grove Cemetery. Arrangements by Geeslin Funeral Home. She was born in Pancake and was a longtime resident of Alpine. She was an ambulance driver during World War II. She was Methodist. SURVIVORS: Son, Clay Barrow of San Angelo; daughters, Selette Surratt of El Paso and Gaile Cade of Sonora; 10 grandchildren; and 21 great-grandchildren. Bill Knickerbocker MIDLAND -- Bill Knickerbocker, 83, of Midland, an oil and gas real estate property broker, died Wednesday, Dec. 16, 1998, at his residence. Memorial services will be at 9 a.m. today at First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Molly Krueger officiating. Arrangements by Ellis Funeral Home. He was born in Dennison and moved to Midland in 1950. SURVIVORS: Daughters, Polly Bowley of Farmersville and Nancy Knickerbocker-Penick of Leander; one grandchild; and one great-grandchild. Louise Richards MCCAMEY -- Louise Richards, 90, of McCamey, a homemaker, died Thursday, Dec. 17, 1998, at Upton County Convalescent Center. Graveside services will be at 4 p.m. today at Resthaven Cemetery with the Rev. Murry Sauders officiating. Arrangements by Richard W. Box Funeral Home. She was born in Dallas and had been a resident of McCamey for 52 years. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Daughters, Ann Rahiam of Hattisburg, Miss., and Wanda Stout of Pueblo, Colo.; nine grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren and; six great-great-grandchildren. Horace Snedegar COLEMAN -- Horace R. Snedegar, 95, of Coleman, a retired oilfield worker, died Tuesday, Dec. 15, 1998, at Coleman County Medical Center. Services were held Dec. 17, 1998, at Henderson Funeral Home Chapel with James Bailey officiating. Burial was in Coleman City Cemetery. Arrangements by Henderson Funeral Home. He was born in Rockwood and moved to Coleman in 1978 from Odessa. He was a member of the Church of Christ. SURVIVORS: Wife, Berniece Snedegar of Coleman; daughter, Helen Jean Titus of Taos, N.M.; son, J.M. (Mack) Snedegar of Odessa; five grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Elner Swann LORAINE -- Elner L. Swann, 84, of Midland, a retired cafeteria worker, died Wednesday, Dec. 16, 1998, at a Midland assisted-living facility. Graveside services will be at 2:30 p.m. today at Loraine Cemetery. Arrangements by Kiker-Seale Funeral Home. She was born in Callahan County. SURVIVORS: Daughters, Glenda Giesler of Midland, Claudine Owens of Abilene, Gay Masters of Spring and Mary Franklin of Austin; sons, Smokey Swann of Odessa, George Swann of Preemont and Bill Swann of Soda Springs, Idaho; brother, Arman G. Buchanan of San Angelo; several grandchildren, great- and great-great-grandchildren. Walter Sutton MIDLAND -- Walter Lee Sutton Jr., 70, of Midland, an insurance and real estate businessman, died Thursday, Dec. 17, 1998, at his residence. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. today at Resthaven Memorial Park with the Rev. Bob Hopkins officiating. Arrangements by Ellis Funeral Home. He was born in San Angelo and moved to Midland in 1935. He was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Brothers, Robert E. Sutton of Odessa and Charles W. Sutton of Oklahoma City. Loretta Taylor ODESSA -- Loretta Cox Taylor, 83, of Odessa, a retired cook, died Thursday, Dec. 17, 1998, at Medical Center Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. today at Hubbard-Kelly Chapel with the Rev. Johnny Witherspoon officiating. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. She was born in Coryell County and moved to Odessa in 1943. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Daughter, Evonne Woods of Odessa; son, Don Taylor of Odessa; sister, Lavern Pruitt of Clifton; two grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Helen Wagner MENARD -- Helen Louise Wagner, 71, of Odessa, a homemaker, died Thursday, Dec. 17, 1998, at Medical Center Hospital. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Resthaven Cemetery with the Rev. Wesley Shipman officiating. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. She was born in Abilene and moved to Odessa in 1957 from San Angelo. SURVIVORS: Husband, Russell Wagner of Odessa; daughters, Linda Wagner, Sue Wagner and Cathy Tatum, all of Odessa; brother, C.G. "Pete" Hawkins of Dallas; sister, Tressa Deshazo of Terrell, Becky Risley of Elko, Nev., and Brenda Hawkins of Oberlin, La.; two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. _________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 1998 Odessa American. All rights reserved.