Ector Co. TX - Obits from the Odessa American Online 21 March 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. March 21, 1999 Permian Basin Death Notices Jerry Bilbrey BIG SPRING — Jerry D. Bilbrey, 67, a retired trucker, died Saturday, March 20, 1999, in a Big Spring hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Nalley-Pickle & Welch Rosewood Chapel with the Revs. Jess Colegrove and Ronnie Newton officiating. Interment will follow at Trinity Memorial Park. Arrangements by Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home. He was born in Santa Anna and was a U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force veteran who served in Korea. He was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Wife, Mary Evelyn Bilbrey of Big Spring; son, Billy Ray Bilbrey of Odessa; daughters, Sharon Ann Aguirre and Kathy Lynn Barganier, both of New Braunfels; mother, Beatrice Riley of Odessa; brother, Curtis Bilbrey of New Braunfels; sister, Maxine Hensley of Odessa; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Lola Lang KERMIT — Lola Lillian Lang, 80, a beautician, died Friday, March 19, 1999, at Park Methodist Nursing Village in Odessa. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the Kermit Cemetery with the Rev. Richard Cooper officiating. Arrangements made by Cooper Funeral Chapel, Inc. She was born in Lake City, Ark. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Daughter, Debra Cummings of Odessa; brother, Buel Jones of Jonesboro, Ark.; and two grandchildren. Lorene Struck ODESSA — Lorene E. Struck, 82, died Friday, March 19, 1999, in Burleson. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Jess Little officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements made by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. She was born in Jones County. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Sons, Harold Struck and Phillip Struck, both of Odessa; daughters, Carolyn Britton of Fort Worth and Karen Aaron and Linda Straub, both of Burleson; 12 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; and three great-great grandchildren. James McElvaney COLORADO CITY — James T. "Jim" McElvaney, 55, a retired Texaco employee, died Friday, March 19, 1999 at Mitchell County Hospital. Services are at 10 a.m. Monday at the First Baptist Church with the Revs. Travis Monday and Rev. Ted Spear officiating. Burial will follow in the Colorado City Cemetery. Arrangements by Kiker-Seale Funeral Home. He was born in San Angelo. He was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Wife, Carolynn McElvaney of Colorado City; parents, J.A. and Billie McElvaney of Brady; sons, Travis Price of Elizabeth City, N.C., and Tracy McElvaney of Keller; daughters, Lori Michelle Smith of Lubbock, Lori Kay McElvaney of Odessa and Julie Hines of Hobbs, N.M.; sisters, Naomi Jordan of Hobbs, N.M., and Ann Smith of Odessa; brother, Billy Robert "Bob" McElvaney of Brady; and eight grandchildren. Tommy Tucker PECOS — Tommy Joe Tucker, 21, a seismograph operator, of Pecos, died Thursday, March 18, 1999, at his residence. Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. today at Mount Evergreen Cemetery with the Rev. J.E. McCormick officiating. Arrangements made by Pecos Funeral Home. He was a lifelong resident of Pecos. He was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Wife, Dolores Tucker of Pecos; daughter, Samantha Tucker of Pecos; parents, Ronnie and Beverley Sandell of Pecos; grandparents, Allen and Dot Williams of Pecos and Leon Walser of Missouri; stepgrandmother, Winnie Clark of Pecos; stepmother, Kim Tucker of Van Alstyne; brothers, Donie Tucker of Sherman and Johnny Bishop of El Paso; sisters, Rochelle Tucker of Van Alystne, Deana Sandell of Ardmore, Okla., and Monica Sandell of Dallas. Lena Beattie MONAHANS — Lena Beattie, 89, a homemaker, died Friday, March 19, 1999, in Midland. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Monahans Memorial Cemetery with the Rev. Dick Brown officiating. Arrangements made by Harkey Funeral Home. She was born in Shamrock, Okla., and was a member of the Assembly of God church. SURVIVORS: Nieces, Delores Leesher of Midland, Betty Franklin of Carlsbad, N.M., Wanda Spraggins of Monahans and Wilma DeKnegh of Ruidoso, N.M.; and nephew, Lowell Creamer of Moore, Okla. Mary Boyd ODESSA — Mary Louise Boyd, 78, died Friday, March 19, 1999, at Medical Center Hospital. Services are pending with Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. Henry Crim ROCKDALE — Henry Crim, 79, a retired drilling foreman, died Friday, March 19, 1999, in Rockdale. Services are pending with Phillips & Luckey Funeral Home of Rockdale. _________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 1999 Odessa American. All rights reserved.