Ector Co. TX - Obits from the Odessa American Online 26 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 Obituaries. Click here for OA Online Yellow Pages. December 26, 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 Rockwood, Texas, 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, Texas; three grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his son, Michael LeRoy Riddle, who died in 1946 at 18-months-old; his brother, Leon Riddle; his sister, Mary Wilma Ray; and his wife, Elba L. "Mickey" Dillard. Arrangements entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. _________________________________________________________________ Juanita Lamb ODESSA -- Juanita Lamb will be spending Christmas with Jesus this year. She went home to be with the Lord on Dec. 22, 1998. Funeral services for Juanita Adams Lamb, 87, of Odessa will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 26, 1998, at Temple Baptist Church with the Rev. Jerry Thorpe officiating. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens. She was a member of Temple Baptist Church. Juanita attended the Galilean Sunday School class. She also enjoyed having fun with all her friends every Tuesday at the Jolly Seniors program. Juanita is survived by her sons, Bill Adams and his wife Anna, of Yuma, Ariz.; Albert Adams and his wife, Frances, of Odessa and Don Adams and his wife, Zahndra, of Odessa. She is also survived by 10 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; one sister, Alleeta Kennan, of Belton; 8 nephews and 11 nieces. Juanita's husband, Albert Adams Sr., passed away in 1967. She married Walter Lamb in 1974 and he passed away in 1988. The family suggests memorials to Vista Care Family Hospice, 618 N. Golder Ave., Odessa, 79761. Funeral arrangements are by 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 3 1/2 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 sister, Georgia Ann Hopper. The family suggests memorials to the Leukemia Society of America, 950 Isom Road, San Antonio, Texas 78216. _________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 1998 Odessa American. All rights reserved.