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                         OA Online Death Notices. 
                                      
                              October 26, 1999
                                      
                        Permian Basin Death Notices
                                      
                                Julie Crouch
     PECOS — Julie Crouch, 72, of Pecos, a retired counselor, died
                  Sunday, Oct. 24, 1999, at her residence.
    Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Chaparal Village
             Memorial Park. Arrangements by Pecos Funeral Home.
            She was born in Decatur, Ill. She was Episcopalian.
   SURVIVORS: Husband, Robert I. Crouch of Pecos; son, Gene R. Crouch of
      Santa Fe, N.M.; daughter, Rebecca B. Crouch of Angel Fire, N.M;
       brother, John Magnuson of Del Hi, N.Y.; and two grandchildren.
                                      
                              Nasaria Esparza
   KERMIT — Nasaria Esparza, 77, of Fort Stockton, a homemaker, died
                  Sunday, Oct. 24, 1999, at her residence.
   Mass will be celebrated at 2 p.m. today at St. Joseph’s Catholic
   Church with the Rev. John Lucido officiating. Burial will be at Kermit
              Cemetery. Arrangements by Memorial Funeral Home.
                 She was born in Del Rio. She was Catholic.
    SURVIVORS: Sons, Apolonio Esparza Jr. of Monahans and Ray Esparza of
     Odessa; daughters, Gladys Mesa of Odessa, Linda Salinas and Blanca
   Morrow, both of Fort Stockton, and Nancy Pedraza of Wickett; brother,
      Jose Vara of Phoenix, Ariz.; sisters, Christina Jaquez and Candy
   Munoz, both of Kermit, and Calo Jacquez of Andrews; 15 grandchildren;
                          and five grandchildren.
                                      
                               Hipolito Lira
   PECOS — Hipolito Lira, 53, of Pecos, a maintenance person and bus
      driver, died Saturday, Oct. 23, 1999, at Reeves County Hospital.
     Mass will be celebrated at 2 p.m. Thursday at Santa Rosa Catholic
   Church. Rosary will be said at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Martinez Funeral
   Home Chapel. Burial will be at Mount Evergreen Cemetery. Arrangements
                         by Martinez Funeral Home.
    He was born in Juarez, Mexico, and was a lifelong resident of Pecos.
                              He was Catholic.
      SURVIVORS: Wife, Estella Lira of Pecos; sons, Hipolito Lira Jr.,
   Daniel Lira and Alfredo Lira, all of Pecos; daughters, Sandra Lira of
    Pecos and Rosela Bullis of Odessa; brother, Elias Lira of Palmdale,
      Calif.; sisters, Eunice Mancinas and Rosa Lira, both of Juarez,
    Mexico, Beatriz Melendez of El Paso and Juana Moreno of California.
                                      
                               Barbara Stepp
   SAN DIEGO — Barbara Stepp, 77, of San Diego, a registered nurse,
    died Friday, Oct. 22, 1999, at El Cajon Valley Convalescent Center.
                         There will be no services.
   She was born in Monroe, La., and was a former resident of Odessa. She
                             was Presbyterian.
      SURVIVORS: Daughters, Betty Stepp Blair of Del Mar, Calif., and
    Barbara Stepp Neilson of Dorset, Vt.; sister, Alice Boyd Logan Doyle
               of El Cerrito, Calif.; and two grandchildren.
                                      
                                Billy Turner
   FORT WORTH — Billy Ray Turner, 66, of Fort Worth, former owner of
    Jenny Trucking Co. and Turner Best Service, died Saturday, Oct. 23,
                         1999, in a local hospital.
    Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Thompson’s Harveson and
   Cole Funeral Home with the Rev. Carroll Marr officiating. Burial will
      be at Laurel Land Memorial Park. Arrangements by Thompson’s
                      Harveson and Cole Funeral Home.
     He was born in Overton and was a former resident of Odessa. He was
                                  Baptist.
     SURVIVORS: Wife, Jennie Sue Turner of Fort Worth; son, Michael Ray
   Turner of Fort Worth; daughter, Martha Brunson of Fort Worth; sister,
               Betty Will of Odessa; and five grandchildren.
                                      
                              Guillermo Lujan
    ODESSA — Guillermo Lujan, 63, of Odessa, died Monday, Oct. 25,
                     1999, at Medical Center Hospital.
   Services are pending with Odessa Funeral Home Angeles Memorial Chapel.
                                      
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