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   OA Online Obituaries. 
   
December 18, 1998

Permian Basin Obituaries

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   ODESSA  --  James  Louis (Shorty) Carey, 79, of Odessa went to be with
   God  Wednesday, Dec. 16, 1998, at Medical Center Hospital. He was born
   April  27,  1919,  in  Cooper. He married Wanda Sharp in Sweetwater in
   1968.
   
   Services  will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 19, 1998, at Frank W.
   Wilson   Funeral   Directors  Chapel  with  the  Rev.  Troy  Stevenson
   officiating.   Interment   will   be   at   Sunset  Memorial  Gardens.
   Arrangements by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors.
   
   Shorty  was  a  longtime resident of Odessa. He was a veteran of World
   War  II  serving  in New Guinea. He retired from Phillips Petroleum in
   1980. He was a member of Faith Temple Church.
   
   He  is  survived  by his wife, Wanda Carey, of Odessa; daughter, Shyrl
   Johnston  of  Garland;  step-daughter Loretta and her husband, and Bob
   Leslie  of  Odessa;  step-sons and their wives, Larry and Kim Sharp of
   Watauga  and  Don  and  Mary  Sharp  of The Colony; one grandchild, 11
   step-grandchildren,       three       great-grandchildren,       seven
   step-great-grandchildren;  brothers,  Bill Carey of Sweetwater, Ernest
   Carey  of  Plains  and  Ben  Carey of Santo; sister, Faye Tumblison of
   Sweetwater; and numerous nieces and nephews.
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   ODESSA -- Services for Loretta Cox Taylor, 83, of Odessa will be at 10
   a.m. Saturday at Hubbard-Kelly Chapel with the Rev. Johnny Witherspoon
   officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens.
   
   Mrs.  Taylor died Thursday, Dec. 17, 1998, at Medical Center Hospital.
   She  was born April 10, 1915, in Coryell County. She married Edward D.
   "Jack"  Taylor  March  24,  1934, in Coryelle County. He died June 19,
   1978.
   
   Mrs. Taylor moved to Odessa in 1943. She was a cook for Medical Center
   Hospital  for  15  years  and  retired  in  1972.  She was a member of
   University Park Baptist Church.
   
   Survivors  include her daughter, Evonne Woods and her husband, Kenneth
   Lee,  of Odessa; son, Don Taylor and his wife, Pat, of Odessa; sister,
   Lavern  Pruitt  of  Clifton; two grandchildren, Michael Cogo Woods and
   his  wife,  Kristal,  and  Dana Deann Taylor; two great-grandchildren,
   Thomas Cogo Woods and Brayden Michael Woods.
   
   She was preceded in death by her daughter, Sherry Lynn Taylor in 1953.
   
   Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
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   ODESSA  --  Rosie  Marie  Parum,  62, of Odessa died Tuesday, Dec. 15,
   1998, at Medical Center Hospital.
   
   She  was  born  Oct. 30, 1936, in Gainesville. She married Joe Kenneth
   Parum Dec. 28, 1953, in Weatherford.
   
   Mrs. Parum was a housewife and Baptist.
   
   Services  will  be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 19, 1998, in the chapel of
   Frank   W.  Wilson  Funeral  Directors  with  the  Rev.  Glenn  Harlin
   officiating.   Interment   will   be   at   Sunset  Memorial  Gardens.
   Arrangememts by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors.
   
   Survivors  include  her  husband,  Joe  Kenneth Parum of Odessa; sons,
   Kenneth  Michael Parum and his wife, Debra, of Odessa and Steven Aaron
   Parum  and  wife, Belinda, of Odessa; daughters, Brenda Sue Tucker and
   her  husband, Mike, of Odessa, Glenda Lou Rushing and husband, Ray, of
   Odessa and Karen Jo Cox and husband, Joe, of Odessa; brother, David C.
   Meek  and  wife,  Barbara,  of  Garland;  13  grandchildren  and seven
   great-grandchildren.
   
   Rosie  was  preceded  in  death  by daughter, Debra Kay Parum; sister,
   Christine Pollard; and father, Columbus Meek.
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