Ector Co. TX - Obits from the Odessa American Online 22 Feb 1999 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 Death Notices. February 22, 1999 Permian Basin Death Notices Bryson Gray ANDREWS — Bryson Gray, infant son of Joshua and Christina Gray of Andrews, died Friday, Feb. 19, 1999, at Medical Center Hospital. Services will be at 4 p.m Tuesday at Northcrest Baptist Church with the Rev. David Humber officiating. Burial will follow in the Andrews North Babyland Cemetery. Funeral arrangements by McNett Funeral Home. Bryson was born Sept. 17, 1998 in Andrews. SURVIVORS: Parents; grandparents, Harland and Linda Weis of Andrews; grandparents, Terry and Sandra Davis of Brownfield; great-grandparents, Mr. And Mrs. Bob T. Riley of Amarillo, Mr. And Mrs. Elmer Davis of Muleshoe, H.B. Bingham of Brownfield, Beverly Denton of Andrews, and Betty Crockett of Wichita; great-great-grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Leon Dove of Denison, Mrs. Albert Davis of Muleshoe. Gertrude Handley ODESSA — Gertrude Handley, 91, a homemaker, died Saturday, Feb. 20, 1999, at Medical Center Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Troy Stevenson officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Funeral arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. She was born in Bivins. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Sons, Charles Handley and Dwayne Handley of Odessa; brother, Troy Parker of Shreveport, La.; and sister, Lucille Daniels of Amarillo. Sam Lance ODESSA — Sam C. Lance, 80, a plumber, died Sunday, Feb. 21, 1999, at Stanton Health Care Center. Services will be at 9 a.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors with the Rev. Emmitt Barnard officiating. Interment and Masonic Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Big Valley Cemetery in Chillicothe. Funeral arrangements by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors. He was born in Chillicothe and had been a resident of Odessa since 1945. He was a veteran of WWII. SURVIVORS: Daughter, Cheryl Cummins of Odessa; son, Robert Lance of Odessa; sisters, Eva Young of Hail Center, and Mickey Hammer of Wichita Falls; and four grandchildren. Florencia Lara PECOS — Florencia “Lencha” Lara, 94, a homemaker, died Saturday, Feb. 20, 1999, at Medical Center Hospital. Rosary will be said at 7:30 p.m. today at Pecos Funeral Home Chapel. Mass will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Santa Rosa Catholic Church. Burial will follow in Santa Rosa Cemetery. Funeral arrangements by Pecos Funeral Home. She was born in Pecos. She was Catholic. SURVIVORS: Sons, Jesus R. Lara of Pecos, Antonio R. Lara and Manuel R. Lara, both of Midland; daughters, Alice Carrasco, Mary Alice Gutierrez, Romona Ybarra, and Mary Olgin, all of Midland, and Blasa Lara of Pecos; 29 grandchildren; 53 great-grandchildren; and 23 great- great-grandchildren. Sarah Loewen SEMINOLE — Sarah Loewen, 2, died Friday, Feb. 19, 1999, at Memorial Hospital in Seminole. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Rienlander Mennonite Church with Henry Riemer officiating. Burial will follow in Gaines County Cemetery South. Funeral arrangements are by Boyer Funeral Home. She was born in Brownfield. SURVIVORS: Parents, Peter and Anna Loewen of Seminole; brothers, Benjamin Loewen and Peter Loewen, both of Seminole; grandparents, Peter and Elizabeth Sawatzky and Cornelius and Susanna Loewen, all of Seminole. Robert O’Dell ANDREWS — Robert Lee O’Dell, 89, died Sunday, Feb. 21, 1999, in Corpus Christi. Funeral arrangements are pending with McNett Funeral Home. _________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 1999 Odessa American. All rights reserved.