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                         OA Online Death Notices. 
                                      
                               July 19, 1999
                                      
                        Permian Basin Death Notices
                                      
                             Alvis L. Brackeen
   ODESSA — Alvis L. Brackeen, 70, of Odessa, an oil field driller,
                       died Saturday, July 17, 1999.
   Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Odessa Funeral Home Chapel with
   the Rev. Bill Counts officiating. Burial will be at Rosehill Cemetery.
        Arrangements by Odessa Funeral Home Angeles Memorial Chapel.
   He was born in Paris, Texas. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
   SURVIVORS: Wife, Joyce Brackeen of Odessa; sons, Gary Paul Brackeen of
   Devine, J.D. Brackeen of Azel, Tim Parish of Midland, and James Hughs,
    Mike Hughs and Steve Hughs, all of Odessa; brothers, Jesse Davis of
    Atkins, Truman Davis of Yukon, Okla., and Bill Davis of Sacramento,
    Calif.; sister, Jeanie Ratinoff of Mustang, Okla.; 19 grandchildren;
                       and four great-grandchildren.
                                      
                             James Christensen
        ODESSA — James L. Christensen, 77, of Odessa, a retired
    clergyman, died Saturday, July 17, 1999, at Medical Center Hospital.
      Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at First Christian
    Church in Midland with the Rev. Dr. Tommy Potter officiating. Burial
    will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Sunset Memorial
                               Funeral Home.
     He was born in Cheyenne, Wyo. He was a minister at First Christian
                             Church in Odessa.
     SURVIVORS: Wife, Margaret Christensen of Odessa; daughters, Lynda
   Terry of Odessa and Rebecca Christensen of Fort Worth; sister, Beverly
      Quimby of Crawfordsville, Ind.; brother, Stanley Christensen of
                   Cheyenne, Wyo.; and two grandchildren.
                                      
                                Agnes Fowler
      McCAMEY — Agnes Fowler, 93, of McCamey, a seamstress, died
         Friday, July 16, 1999, at the McCamey Convalescent Center.
   Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Church of Christ
   located at 700 Emerson St. with Paul Weymouth officiating. Burial will
     follow at the Resthaven Cemetery. Arrangements by Shaffer-Nichols
                          Funeral Home of McCamey.
     She was born in Glen Allen, Ala. She was a member of the Church of
                                  Christ.
      SURVIVORS: Sons, Robert Henry Fowler of St. Louis, Johnny Calvin
   Fowler of McCamey, James Franklin Fowler of Jal, N.M., William Alfred
      Fowler of Odessa, Russell Leon Fowler of New Iberia, La., Daniel
    Douglas Fowler and Donald Michael Fowler, both of Odessa; daughters,
       Oneta LaJean Rothfelder of Fort Worth, Laura Iona Standard of
   Seminole, Wanda Lou Loyd of Bandera, Glenda Jo Walton of Odessa, Betty
    Sue Cranford of Unionville, Tenn., and Nina Marie Stevens of Hobbs,
      N.M.; sister, Alma Gilreath of Pampa, 36 grandchildren, several
            great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
                                      
                                Olive Mason
   ODESSA — Olive Mason, 83, of Odessa, a homemaker, died Saturday,
               July 17, 1999, at Doctors Hospital in Dallas.
   Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Sunset Memorial Gardens
    with the Rev. David Ring, III officiating. Burial will be in Sunset
     Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home Inc.
             She was born in Webester, S.D. She was Methodist.
      SURVIVORS: Daughter, Vicki Robinson of Garland; sisters, Shirley
       Nichols of Moline, Ill., and Abenell Howell of Odessa; and one
                                grandchild.
                                      
                                Ellen Ridens
    GAINES — Ellen Modena Ridens, 87, of Springfield, Mo., formerly
   of Seminole, died Friday, July 16, 1999, at Manor Care Nursing Home in
                                Springfield.
    Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at First United Methodist
   Church with the Rev. Darrell Evans officiating. Burial will follow in
    Gaines County Memorial Cemetery North. Arrangements by Boyer Funeral
                                   Home.
              She was born in Dunn Scurry. She was Methodist.
   SURVIVORS: Daughters, Ann Green of Springfield, Mo., Lenora Burnes of
    Seminole, and Ellen Parker of Gorman; son, Jack Ridens of Desdemona;
    brother, W.H. "Bill" Wescott of Seminole; sister, Anna Lee Maddox of
        Odessa; 16 grandchildren; many great-grandchildren; and four
                         great-great-grandchildren.
                                      
                                Jane Kantor
   ANDREWS — Jane Kantor, 74, of Andrews died Sunday, July 18, 1999.
               Services are pending with McNett Funeral Home.
                                      
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