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   OA Online Obituaries. 
   
December 14, 1998

Permian Basin Obituaries

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   ODESSA -- Beatrice "Bea" Lasater was born Sept. 14, 1954, in Hearne to
   Manuel  and  Julia (Nevarez) Velasquez. She graduated from high school
   in Calvert then attended Blinn College and Liberty University. On July
   5,  1975,  she married Frank Lasater in College Station. They moved to
   Waco  for  six  to eight months before moving to Midland in 1976. They
   stayed  in Midland until 1990 when they moved to Odessa. Frank was the
   pastor  at University Baptist Church while in Odessa. In the summer of
   1998, they moved to Fort Worth, their current residence.
   
   Mrs.  Lasater  was  a  member  of University Heights Baptist Church in
   Odessa,  a former member of Kelview Heights Baptist Church in Midland,
   and  an 18-year member of the Awana Program at Kelview Heights Baptist
   Church and University Heights Baptist Church.
   
   Survivors  include  her  husband  Frank of Fort Worth; four daughters,
   Rebecca  Lynn  Lasater  of  Odessa,  Amanda  Brooke  Lasater, Abby Kay
   Lasater  and  Stacey Layne Lasater, all of Fort Worth; three brothers,
   Raymond  Velasquez of Houston, John Velasquez of San Antonio and Wiley
   Velasquez  of Calvert; six sisters, Vicki Griffin of Corsicana, Nellie
   Sparkman  of  Bryan,  Julie  Cockcroft  of  Alta Loma, Calif., Frances
   Castillo  of Bryan, Mary Boggan and Josephine Florida, both of Hearne;
   and numerous nieces and nephews.
   
   Mrs. Lasater died Thursday, Dec. 10, 1998, near Weatherford.
   
   Funeral  services  are  scheduled for 3 p.m. Monday, Dec. 14, 1998, in
   Kelview  Heights  Baptist  Church  with  the  Rev.  Dr.  Frank Johnson
   officiating.  Burial  will follow in Resthaven Memorial Park under the
   direction of Ellis Funeral Home.
   
   Pallbearers   will  be  Roger  M.  Lasater,  Aaron  Sparkman,  Raymond
   Velasquez Jr., Brian Boggan, Sam Boggan, T.J. Griffin, John Florida IV
   and Matthew Florida.
   
   The  family  requests  memorials  be  directed to the Awana Program at
   Kelview Heights Baptist Church or University Baptist Church.
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