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                         OA Online Death Notices. 
                                      
                             February 24, 1999
                                      
                        Permian Basin Death Notices
                                      
                              Neoma Alexander
     ODESSA — Neoma Alexander, 87, of Odessa died Monday, Feb. 22,
                     1999, at Medical Center Hospital.
        Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Frank W. Wilson Funeral
   Directors. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by
                     Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors.
                She was born in Ada, Okla. She was Baptist.
   SURVIVORS: Daughters, Doris Ash of Odessa and Betty Boltz of Longview;
              six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
                                      
                               Wilma Buchanan
    PECOS — Wilma Buchanan, 83, of Pecos, a retired school teacher,
             died Sunday, Feb. 21, 1999, at Pecos Nursing Home.
    Services will be at 10 a.m. today at Pecos Funeral Home Chapel with
   the Rev. Greer Willis officiating. Burial will be at 11 a.m. Thursday
    at Mineral Wells City Cemetery. Arrangements by Pecos Funeral Home.
   She was born in Graford and was a lifelong resident of Pecos. She was
                                  Baptist.
                SURVIVORS: Sister, May Jarine Bush of Pecos.
                                      
                                 Carl Davis
   NEW BRAUNFELS — Carl Leon Davis, 63, of New Braunfels, a retired
    Texas Department of Public Safety officer, died Feb. 8, 1999, in New
                                 Braunfels.
     Services were held Feb. 13, 1999, at Zoeller Funeral Home with the
    Rev. Bob Tatum officiating. Burial was at Pleasant Grove Cemetery in
             Elgin. Arrangements were by Zoeller Funeral Home.
    He was born in Cyril, Okla., and moved to New Braunfels in 1982 from
                  Victoria. He was a Marine Corp veteran.
   SURVIVORS: Wife, Martha Davis of New Braunfels; sons, William Douglas
     Athas of Garland, Howard K. Athas of New Braunfels and Carl Dwight
     Davis of Santa Fe, N.M.; brothers, Leland Davis of Odessa; sister,
                Mary Young of Crane; and four grandchildren.
                                      
                              Patrick Heckman
   BROWNWOOD — Patrick H. Heckman, 83, of Lake Brownwood, a retired
      employee of El Paso Natural Gas, died Monday, Feb. 22, 1999, at
                     Brownwood Regional Medical Center.
   Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Rocky Creek Baptist Church with
     the Rev. Rick Justice officiaiting. Burial will be at Rocky Creek
    Cemetery in Brown County. Arrangements by Davis-Morris Funeral Home.
   He was born in Waurika, Okla. nad moved to Lake Brownwood in 1979. He
                                was Baptist.
    SURVIVORS: Wife, Dorotha Nelson Heckman of Lake Brownwood; son, John
    Heckman of Carlsbad, N.M.; daughters, Yvonna Willis of Breckenridge,
     Rosealie Brown of Odessa and Janice Loggins of Arlington; brother,
      W.G. (Bill) Heckman of Oroville, Calif.; 10 grandchildren, seven
      stepgreat-grandchildren, several great-grandchildren, and three
                         great-great-grandchildren.
                                      
                               Johnny McCree
    MIDLAND — Johnny McCree, 93, of Midland died Saturday, Feb. 20,
                   1999, in Odessa after a short illness.
   Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. today at Fairview Cemetery with
       A.L. Jackson officiating. Arrangements by Thomas Funeral Home.
                          He was born in Aquilla.
                SURVIVORS: Niece, Margaret Harris of Odessa.
                                      
                               Wesley McCree
      PECOS — Welsey S. (Creamy) McCree, 88, of Pecos, a retired
       funeral director, died Monday, Feb. 22, 1999, at Reeves County
                                 Hospital.
   Services will be at 4 p.m. today at Pecos Funeral Home Chapel with the
    Rev. Bruce Abbott officiating. Burial will be at Fairview Cemetery.
                    Arrangements by Pecos Funeral Home.
               He was born in Artesia, N.M. He was Methodist.
   SURVIVORS: Wife, Elizabeth McCree of Pecos; daughter, Nancy Sue McCree
   Leavitt of Elephant Butte, N.M.; son, Wesley Hershel McCree of Dallas;
    sister, Cathryn Ellsaesseur of Hugoton, Kan.; four grandchildren and
                         four great-grandchildren.
                                      
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