Ector Co. TX - Obits from the Odessa American Online 16 Oct 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. October 16, 1999 Permian Basin Death Notices Lillye Bryant ODESSA — Lillye Maye Grooms Bryant, 93, of Odessa, an educator, died Tuesday, Oct. 12, 1999, at Odessa Regional Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. today at First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Bill Heggemeier officiating. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. She was born in Buffalo and moved to Odessa in 1953 from Hobbs, N.M. She was Methodist. SURVIVORS: Son, Robert F. Bryant Jr. of Bellingham, Wash.; sister, Geraldine Gregory of Baton Rouge, La.; four grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren. Demetria Medrano RUIDOSA — Demetria Medrano, 65, of Monahans, a homemaker, died Friday, Oct. 15, 1999, at Ward Memorial Hospital. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Ruidosa Cemetery. Arrangements by Harkey Funeral Home. She was born in Mexico. She was Catholic. SURVIVORS: Husband, Luis Medrano of Monahans; sons, Martin Velasquez of Monahans, Jesus Medrano of Hobbs, N.M., Jose Luis Medrano of Friona; daughters, Maria DeJesus Porras of Mexico, Bentura Baltazar and Juana Jimenez, both of Monahans, Dominga Jimenez of Presidio and Zita Medrano of Hobbs, N.M.; brothers, Jesus Velasquez of Andrews and Diego Velasquez of Hobbs, N.M.; sisters, Pascuala SanDoval of Pecos and Manuela Martinez of Mexico; 19 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Morris Monroe SHEFFIELD — Morris Bowman Monroe, 78, of Sheffield, died Thursday, Oct. 14, 1999, in Iraan. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. today at Sheffield Cemetery. Arrangements by Richard W. Box Funeral Home. He was born in Sheffield. He was an Army veteran of World War II. SURVIVORS: Nieces, Sandra McDaniel and Barbara Belcher, both of Odessa, Carolyn Slover of Del Rio and Linda Pound of Colleyville; and nephews, Albert Monroe of Willis and Jerry Culbertson of Colleyville. Alfonso Trevino FORT STOCKTON — Alfonso Trevino, 88, of Fort Stockton, a grocery store owner, died Thursday, Oct. 14, 1999, at his residence. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Jehovah Witness Kingdom Hall. Burial will be at East Hill Cemetery. Arrangements by Memorial Funeral Home of Fort Stockton. He was born in San Jose de Aura, Cohahuila, Mexico. He was a Jehovah’s Witness. SURVIVORS: Sons, Alfonso Trevino Jr. of San Antonio, Leonardo Trevino of San Jose, Calif.; daughters, Socorro Pena of San Antonio and Julia Dominguez of Clute; 13 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. Joyce Alexander ODESSA — Joyce Mae Alexander, 46, of Odessa, died Tuesday, Oct. 12, 1999, at Medical Center Hospital. Services are pending with Odessa Funeral Home. Kelly McComas ODESSA — Kelly Jean McComas, 38, of Odessa, died Friday, Oct. 15, 1999, at Medical Center Hospital. Services are pending with Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. Essie Taylor ODESSA — Essie Mae Taylor, 80, of Odessa, died Friday, Oct. 15, 1999, at her residence. Services are pending with Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. _________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 1999 Odessa American. All rights reserved.