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                          OA Online Death Notices. 
                                      
                               June 15, 1999
                                      
                        Permian Basin Death Notices
                                      
                               Billie Dearing
    PECOS — Billie Dewayne Dearing, 77, of Barstow, a rancher, died
                 Saturday, June 12, 1999, at his residence.
   Memorial services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Pecos Funeral Home.
                    Arrangements by Pecos Funeral Home.
    He was born in Hunt County and was an Army veteran of World War II.
                              He was Baptist.
   SURVIVORS: Wife, Fran Dearing of Barstow; sons, David Dearing and Jim
    Dearing, both of Garland; daughter, Lynn Dearing Watson of Abilene;
    brothers, Waylond Dearing of Commerce and Weldon Dearing of Dallas;
   sisters, Ila Ray Peyton of Roswell, N.M., Bessie Pear of Plainview and
              Mary Roach of Livington; and five grandchildren.
                                      
                                Solomon Gray
   ODESSA — Solomon Chad Gray, 2, of Odessa, died Saturday, June 12,
               1999, at University Medical Center in Lubbock.
      Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Frank W. Wilson Funeral
         Directors Chapel with the Rev. Craig DeArmond officiating.
    Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Frank W.
                         Wilson Funeral Directors.
                           He was born in Odessa.
   SURVIVORS: Parents, Chad and Mirtha Gray of Odessa; grandparents, Dale
           and DeDe Gray and Anna and John Booty, all of Odessa.
                                      
                                 Ralph King
   JAL, N.M. — Ralph King, 53, of Santa Fe, N.M., a retired employee
           of Exxon USA, died Friday, June 11, 1999, in Houston.
    Services will be at 3 p.m. (MST) today at First Baptist Church with
                      the Rev. Ted Short officiating.
   Burial will be at Jal Cemetery. Arrangements by Pipkin Funeral Home of
                                  Midland.
                       He was born in Santa Fe, N.M.
   SURVIVORS: Wife, Charla King of Kingwood; daughters, April Norvell of
   Carrollton, Tuesday King and Crystal King, both of Kingwood; brother,
   Lloyd King of Oklahoma; sisters, Edna Lara of Roswell, N.M., and Susie
              Sottela of Artesia, N.M.; and two grandchildren.
                                      
                               Tommie Dudley
    TEMPLE — Tommie Lou Dudley, 74, of Harker Heights, died Sunday,
                         June 13, 1999, in Temple.
        Services are pending with Crawford-Bowers Funeral Home, Inc.
                                      
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