Ector Co. TX - Obits from the Odessa American Online 11 Sep 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. September 11, 1999 Permian Basin Death Notices Socorro Cortez SEMINOLE — Socorro Cortez, 40, of Seminole died Friday, Sept. 10, 1999, at her residence. Services will be at 3 p.m. Monday at the Iglesias Baptista Church with the Rev. Julio Flores officiating. Burial will be at Gaines County Cemetery South. Arrangements by Boyer Funeral Home. She was born in Esperanzas, Coahuila, Mexico, and had lived in Seminole since 1994. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Husband, Benito Cortez of Seminole; sons, Benito Cortez Jr., Richardo Cortez and Luis Cortez, all of Seminole; daughter, Sandra Cortez of Seminole; brothers, Simon Oviedo, Leonardo Oviedo, Jose Maria Oviedo, Jose Cruz and Lucio Oviedo, all of Mexico, and Mario Oviedo of Seminole; sisters, Ilaria Gonzales, Concepcion Vaquera, Dominga Mata and Guadalupe Uribe, all of Mexico, and Lucy Beiones of Seminole. Jose Munoz Jr. PECOS — Jose Munoz Jr., 29, of Pecos died Tuesday, Sept. 7, 1999, in Monahans. Mass will be celebrated at 9 a.m. today at St. Catherine Catholic Church. Burial will be at Mount Evergreen Cemetery. Arrangements by Martinez Funeral Home. He was born in Pecos and was a lifelong resident. He was Catholic. SURVIVORS: Wife, Grace Munoz of Pecos; Sons, Christopher Munoz and Jose Munoz, both of Pecos; daughter, Ashley Munoz of Pecos; parents, Jose and Estella Munoz of Pecos; grandmother, Anselma Gurrera of Alburquerque, N.M.; brother, Michael Munoz of Pecos; sisters, Elidia Munoz, Ysa Munoz and Patricia Munoz, all of Pecos. Willie Morris CRANE — Willie Morris, 57, of Crane, a truck driver, died Thursday, Sept. 9, 1999, in Crane. Services will be at 2 p.m. at Mount Zion Baptist Church with the Rev. Jackie Jeffery officiating. Burial will be follow at Sunset Cemetery. Arrangements by Richard W. Box Funeral Home. He was a longtime resident of Crane. SURVIVORS: Wife, Faye Morris of Crane; sons, Raymond Morris of Odessa, William Dwayne Morris of Las Vegas, Nev., Dave Morris of Midland, Eugene Morris and Gregg Morris, both of Abilene, Willie Dale Morris III and Spencer Morris, both of Crane, and Chris Young of San Angelo; daughters, Saundra Lane of Odessa, Esther Savage of Odessa, Barbara Dickens of Wortham and Wendel Morris of Midland; mother, Bertha Lou Morris of Crane; brothers, Willie Lee Morris of Crane and George Junior Morris of New York; sisters, Johnnie Mae Morris of Crane, Mildred Faye Savage of Commerce and Brenda Lou Johnson of Crane; 39 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren. George G. Swain JAL, N.M. — George G. Swain, 85, of Jal, N.M., retired employee of El Paso Natural Gas, died Monday, Sept. 6, 1999, at his residence. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Jal First Baptist Church with the Rev. G.A. Magee officiating. Burial will be at Jal Cemetery. Arrangements by Calvary Funeral Home of Eunice, N.M. He was born in Cabot, Ark. He was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Wife, Flonnie Swain of Jal, N.M.; sons, George Swain and Harold Swain, both of Jal, N.M., and Ronnie Swain of Denver City; daughters, Doris Phillips of Tulsa, Okla., and Jaqutea Crawford of Jal, N.M.; sister, Dovie Prozano of Dallas; 12 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. Geraldine Brantley LUBBOCK — Geraldine Brantley, 80, of Midland, died Thursday, Sept. 9, 1999, at a Lubbock Hospital. Services are pending with Ellis Funeral Home. Robert Hall ODESSA — Robert Andrew Hall, 51, of Odessa, died Thursday, Sept. 9, 1999, at Medical Center Hospital. Services are pending with Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. Grace Holcomb ODESSA — Grace M. Holcomb, 84, of Odessa, died Thursday, Sept. 9, 1999, at her residence. Services are pending with Frank W. Wilson Funeral Home. _________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 1999 Odessa American. All rights reserved.