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   OA Online Obituaries. 
   
December 21, 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;  stepdaughter, Loretta Leslie, and her husband,
   Bob  Leslie,  of Odessa; stepsons 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 Ruth R. Carrillo, 74, of Odessa are scheduled
   for  4  p.m.  Saturday at Odessa Funeral Home Chapel with Mickey Munoz
   officiating.  Interment  will  be  in  Rose  Hill  Cemetery  under the
   direction of Odessa Funeral Home.
   
   Mrs. Carrillo died Wednesday, Dec. 16, 1998, at her residence. She was
   born Oct. 12, 1924, in Cuidad Victoria, Tamps., Mexico. She was united
   in holy matrimony to Pedro C. Carrillo on July 4, 1944.
   
   She  was  preceded in death by her daughter, Teresa; her brother, Cruz
   R. Rodriguez; and her mother, Candida Rodriguez, who are all rejoicing
   in paradise.
   
   Mrs.  Carrillo  was  a homemaker and lived most of her life in Odessa.
   She  worked faithfully in her church over the years and loved teaching
   and lecturing women's groups.
   
   She  is  best  remembered  for  her  expressions  of loving deeds, her
   needlework  and  her  cooking. One of her proudest accomplishments was
   that she became an American citizen.
   
   She  leaves to cherish her memory her husband, Pedro C. Carrillo; sons
   and  daughters,  Valente Carrillo, Pete Carrillo Jr., Ruth Bustamante,
   Louis  Carrillo,  Ociel Carrillo, David Carrillo and Racheal Gonzales;
   sisters, Anna Maria Mendez of Cuidad Victoria, Tamps., Mexico, Candida
   R.  Pesina  of  San  Luis  Potosi  of Mexico; nieces and nephews, Josh
   Rodriguez of Tennessee, Eunice Guajardo of Chicago, Beth Ann Rodriguez
   of  Louisville,  Ken.,  Orphalinda Pena of Waco; 16 grandchildren; and
   five great-grandchildren.
   
   May  God  bless  Home  Hospice  for the love, caring and the emotional
   support they bestowed on our beloved mother. Amen.
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   ODESSA  --  Graveside  services  for  Victoria  Camille Walker, 92, of
   Odessa  will  be  at  10 a.m. today Rose Hill Cemetery with C.A. Smith
   officiating.
   
   Mrs.  Walker  died  Thursday, Dec. 17, 1998, at her residence. She was
   born  March  16,  1906,  in Williamson, W.Va. She married Frank Walker
   Aug. 11, 1942, in Bristol, Tenn. He died in 1982.
   
   Mrs.  Walker had lived in Odessa since 1942. She was a homemaker and a
   member of the University Boulevard Church of Christ.
   
   Survivors include her sister, Maudie Warren of Odessa.
   
   Funeral arrangements are by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
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   Lucy Leeton Link
   
   COVINGTON, La. -- Lucy Elizabeth Leeton Link, 53, of Covington, La., a
   Certified   Public   Accountant,  died  Tuesday,  Dec.  15,  1998,  in
   Covington, La., after a lengthy illness.
   
   She  was  born  Oct. 2, 1945, in Fort Worth, Texas, and graduated from
   the  University  of  Texas.  While at UT, she was a Zeta Tau Alpha and
   made her debut at the Steeplechase Club in Fort Worth in 1965.
   
   Services  were  Thursday,  Dec.  17,  1998,  at  Our  Lady of the Lake
   Catholic  Church  with the Rev. Joseph Scantlin officiating. Graveside
   services  will  be  Saturday,  Dec.  19,  in  Fort  Worth at Greenwood
   Memorial Park. Arrangements by Harveson & Cole Funeral Home.
   
   Survivors  include  her husband, Peter J. Link Sr.; son, Peter J. Link
   Jr.  of  Houston;  daughters, Elizabeth M. Link of Austin, Patricia L.
   Link  and Helen C. Link, both of Covington, La.; parents, James R. and
   Peggy  Lewis  Leeton  of  Midland;  brother,  James  R.  Leeton Jr. of
   Midland;  sisters,  Kathy Leeton Fowler and Patricia Leeton of Midland
   and Elizabeth Leeton Shipman of Gardendale.
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