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December 25, 1998 Permian Basin Obituaries _________________________________________________________________ ODESSA -- Graveside services for Russell Leroy Riddle, 86, of Odessa will be 2 p.m. Saturday in Sunset Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Norman Owens officiating. He died Tuesday, Dec. 22, 1998, at Medical Center Hospital in Odessa. He was born Oct. 1, 1912, in Coleman County. He moved to Odessa in 1939 from Hobbs, N.M., and worked in the oilfield until 1941. He was on the Air Force Fire Department at the Air Terminal. Later, he was a mechanic at B.F. Walker and a head mechanic at French Tool and Supply. He also worked as a truck driver with Thompson & Carr Trucking and A.W. Thompson and Santa Fe Trucking. He retired in 1983. He was divorced from his first wife, Matria Pinkston Riddle. He married Elba L. "Mickey" Dillard on Oct. 30, 1954. She passed away in 1996. Survivors include: Daughters, Laquitta Webber of Owasso, Okla., and Anna Marie Bowden of Odessa; brothers, Robert Riddle of Bay City, Eugene Riddle of Damascus, Ark., and Charles H. Riddle Jr. of Bellaire; three grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Arrangements entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. _________________________________________________________________ ODESSA -- Services for Michael Wayne "Mike" Hopper, 49, of Fort Stockton, are scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday at Crescent Park Baptist Church in Odessa with the Revs. Barry Owens and Amon Langston officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens in Odessa. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. Mr. Hopper died Wednesday, Dec. 23, 1998, at Medical Center Hospital in Odessa. He was born April 12, 1949, in Lubbock and moved to Odessa in 1961. He retired from the Army in 1992 after serving for 20 years, and had worked for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Lynaugh Unit for 3½ years. He was a Baptist. Survivors include his mother, Frances Hopper of Odessa; sons, Michael Charles Hopper of Stevens Point, Wis., Brian James Hopper of Fennimore, Wis., and Bruce Hopper of Fort Stockton; sisters, Beth Blount and husband, Tommy Jr., of Kingsland, Judy Crawford and husband, Joe, of Crane; great-aunt, Edna Newton of Idalou; nieces and nephews, Susan Crawford, Josh Crawford, Kimberley Reed, Deidra Heflin; and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins. He was preceded in death by his father, George W. Hopper and a daughter, Georgia Ann Hopper. The family suggests memorials to the Leukemia Society of America, 950 Isom Road, San Antonio, Texas 78216. _________________________________________________________________ ODESSA -- Russell "Rusty" Carl Glover, our beloved son, father, grandpa, brother and friend, will be spending Christmas and his 45th birthday with the Lord this year. Rusty died peacefully at his home in Odessa on Dec. 23, 1998. Funeral services for Rusty, 44, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 26, 1998, at Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors Chapel with the Rev. Wayne Ziegler officiating. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors. Rusty, whose 45th birthday would have been Dec. 24, will be so truly missed. Your bubbly spirit and cheerful face were always such a joy. For those who knew you know you never complained, you would give the shirt off your back and you always had unconditional love for all those around you. Your passion for birds reflected your free spirit and your love of "the river" showed your free-flowing love of life. Rusty is preceded in death by his father, B.E. "Pete" Glover and by his grandparents. Survivors include his mother, Norma Jean Rogers and stepfather, John Rogers; two daughters, Christy Ann Glover and Amy Rochelle Garcia; one grandson, Casey Tanner Garcia; four brothers, Rickey Glover, Jimbo "Jimmy" Glover, Billy Jack Glover and Max Glover; one sister, Barbara "Sissy" Glover; two stepsisters, Lisa Labar and husband George Labar, and Michelle Torres and husband Paul Torres; one stepbrother, David Morrow and wife Diane; 12 nieces and nephews; seven great-nieces and great-nephews; and companion and friend, Holly Sorrells. It is the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassion fail not; They are new every morning; great is thy faithfulness. _________________________________________________________________ J.N. Johnson HILLSBORO -- J.N. (Johnny) Johnson, 84, of Hillsboro, died Monday, Dec. 21, 1998, in a local nursing home. Born Feb. 19, 1941, in a rural area near Paris, Texas, he was the son of Riley R. and Arminta (Lollar) Johnson. He attended Perry school and played sports and graduated from Honey Grove High School. He married Estes Meade Oct. 14, 1933. He worked for Phillips Petroleum Co. for more than 30 years. Following his retirement, he moved to Hillsboro in 1974, and later secured his real estate license. Preceding him in death were his parents; his wife, Estes Meade Johnson on March 28, 1998; one son, Jimmy Don Johnson; two brothers, Holly Johnson and Cleo Johnson; and two sisters, Stella Taylor and Eva Dell Clark. Survivors include: one son and daughter-in-law, Dr. John and Diane Johnson of Whitney; one sister, Lorna Cox of Oklahoma City, Okla.; one grandson, John Christopher Johnson of Portland, Ore.; one granddaughter, Stacey Kathleen Barrett of Longview; two great-grandsons; numerous nieces and nephews; and special friends, Charles H. "Pug" and Helen Gabrel. Funeral services were held Thursday, Dec. 24, at 11 a.m. at Edens Funeral Home Chapel in Hillsboro with the Rev. Dean Coultas officiating. Entombment followed at Hillcrest Garden of Memory near Hillsboro. Pallbearers were: Charles "Pug" Gabrel, Randal Gabrel, Jack Meade, Johnny Meade, Joe Meade, Dennis Carver, Doyle Carver, Danny Carver, Andrew Beyer and Benjamin Beyer. Memorials may be made to the America Heart Association. _________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 1998 Odessa American. All rights reserved.