Ector Co. TX - Obits from the Odessa American Online 4 June 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. June 04, 1999 Permian Basin Death Notices Melba Hodges MIDLAND — Melba J. Hodges, 77, of Midland died Wednesday, June 2, 1999, at Memorial Hospital and Medical Center after a lengthy illness. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Ellis Funeral Home with the Revs. Truman Friday and Bob Porterfield officiating. Burial will be at Fairview Cemetery. Arrangements by Ellis Funeral Home. She was born in Cass County. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Daughter, Melinda Hodges of Midland; son, Johnny Mac Hodges of Midland; sister, Ruth Helen Biddy of Avinger; and three grandchildren. Anna Holler HOBBS, N.M. — Anna Donna Holler, 73, of Hobbs, N.M., died Monday, May 31, 1999, at Lea Regional Medical Center. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Chapel of Hope Funeral Home. Burial will be at Memory Gardens Cemetery. Arrangements by Chapel of Hope Funeral Home. She was born in Alpine. SURVIVORS: Daughter, Laren Holler of Seminole; one grandchild; and one great-grandchild. Michael Jefferson ALPINE — Michael Jefferson, infant son of Dorrina Rios and Harold Jefferson, of Alpine died Wednesday, June 2, 1999, in an Alpine hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Our Lady of Peace Church with the Rev. Beto Lopez officiating. Burial will be at Holy Angels Cemetery. Arrangements by Geeslin Funeral Home. He was born in Alpine. SURVIVORS: Parents; sister, Tdalis Jefferson of Alpine; grandparents, Inez and Teresa Rios of Alpine and Rejoice Smith of San Antonio. Apolinar Ramos PECOS — Apolinar "Pola" Ramos, 89, of Pecos, a homemaker, died Thursday, June 3, 1999, at Pecos Nursing Home. Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Saturday at Santa Rosa Catholic Church. Rosary will be said at 7 p.m. today at Martinez Funeral Home. Burial will be at Greenwood Cemetery. Arrangements by Martinez Funeral Home of Pecos. She was born in Saragosa and was a lifelong resident of Pecos. She was Catholic. SURVIVORS: Daughters, Maria Corrales Jimenez of Mexico, Aurora Reyes and Tomasa Madrid, both of Pecos, Jessie Garcia and Rosa Porras, both of Cleburne, and Nicha Rodriguez of Itasca; 35 grandchildren; 72 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren. Johnathan Sapp Jr. ODESSA — Johnathan Michael Sapp Jr., infant son of Johnathan Sapp and Bertrina Woodard, of Odessa died Wednesday, May 26, 1999, at Odessa Regional Hospital. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. today at Rose Hill Cemetery with the Rev. Darrell Willis officiating. Arrangements by Martinez Funeral Home. He was born in Odessa. SURVIVORS: Parents; grandparents, Alvin Woodard and Tonya Woodard, both of Odessa, and Velma Palmer of Albuquerque, N.M. Doris Thompson ODESSA — Doris O. Thompson, 59, of Andrews, a retired employee of Kirby West Manufacturing Co., died Thursday, June 3, 1999, at Permian General Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at McNett Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be at Andrews West Cemetery. Arrangements by McNett Funeral Home. She was born in Lamesa and was a longtime resident of Andrews. She was Methodist. SURVIVORS: Son, Thomas M. Thompson Jr. of Carlsbad, N.M.; daughters, Cathy Webb and Mary Thompson, both of Andrews; mother, Ollie Talent of Andrews; brother, Johnny Talent of Justin; and eight grandchildren. Ercell Berkley ODESSA — Ercell Berkley, 78, of Odessa died Thursday, June 3, 1999, at Fairbanks Medical Center in Houston. Services are pending with Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. _________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 1999 Odessa American. All rights reserved.