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                              August 26, 1999
                                      
                        Permian Basin Death Notices
                                      
                                 John Asel
    KERMIT — John "Jack" Asel, 63, of Jal, N.M., an employee of El
      Paso Natural Gas, died Monday, Aug. 23, 1999, at Winkler County
                             Memorial Hospital.
    Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Kermit Cemetery with
   the Rev. Michael May officiating. Arrangements by Cooper Funeral Home
                                  Chapel.
    He was born in Rouseville, Penn., and has lived in Jal, N.M., for 43
                                   years.
    SURVIVORS: Sons, John E. Asel of Las Cruces, N.M., Terry J. Asel of
    Hobbs, N.M.; brother, Lee T. Asel of Phoenix, Ariz.; sisters, Ilene
     Reid and Irene Shreffler, both of Jal, N.M., and Pat Cook of Erie,
            Penn.; five grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
                                      
                                Anna Berzoza
   KERMIT — Anna Maria Berzoza, 33, of Kermit, a retired employee of
     Kermit Independent School District, died Monday, Aug. 23, 1999, at
                     Winkler County Memorial Hospital.
    Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at St. Joseph Catholic Church with
    the Rev. John Lucido officiating. Burial will be at Kermit Cemetery.
                Arrangements by Cooper Funeral Home Chapel.
   She was born in Kermit and was a lifelong resident. She was Catholic.
   SURVIVORS: Son, Andrew Berzoza of Kermit; brother, Pedro Garcia Jr. of
    Kermit; sister, Belinda Morales of Kermit; and grandmother, Eulojia
                            Hernandez of Kermit.
                                      
                                Lajuana Byrd
   STANTON — Lajuana Sue Byrd, 63, of Stanton, a secretary, died on
               Tuesday, Aug. 24, 1999, in a Midland hospital.
     Services will be at 3 p.m. Friday at First Baptist Church with the
   Rev. David Harp officiating. Burial will be at Resthaven Memorial Park
       in Midland. Arrangements by Gilbreath Funeral Home of Stanton.
    She was born in Floydada. She moved to Stanton in 1961 from Midland.
                              She was Baptist.
      SURVIVORS: Husband, Eugene Byrd of Stanton; sons, Ernest Byrd of
    Johnson City and Lee Byrd of New Braunfels; daughter, Diane Byrd of
       Stanton; mother, Elizabeth Newton of Lubbock; sisters, Dorothy
       Cummings of Branson, Mo., and JoAnn Linch of Lubbock; and six
                               grandchildren.
                                      
                               Burl Sparkman
      BANGS — Burl Sparkman, 77, of Bangs, a retired oil drilling
    superintendent, died Wednesday, Aug. 25, 1999, at Hendricks Medical
                             Center in Abilene.
   Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Davis-Morris Funeral Home Chapel
    with the Rev. Allen Gilbert officiating. Burial will be at Eastlawn
         Memorial Park. Arrangements by Davis-Morris Funeral Home.
   He was born in Tennessee. He was a Navy veteran of World War II and a
                      member of the Church of Christ.
      SURVIVORS: Wife, Fern Sparkman of Bangs; son, Larry Sparkman of
    Odessa; daughter, Linda Ruth Wolsch of Odessa; stepson, Gary Boyd of
    Dallas; stepdaughter, Dyan Bramwell of Midland; brother, Ed Neal of
   Germantown, Tenn.; stepfather, E.S. Jakubowski of LaMesa, Calif.; and
                            seven grandchildren.
                                      
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