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November 10, 1999 Permian Basin Death Notices Bernice Friend FORT DAVIS — Bernice Watters Friend, 94, of Odessa, died Monday, Nov. 8, 1999, at Parks Methodist Retirement Village. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Hillcrest Cemetery with the Rev. Oscar Medley officiating. Arrangements by Geeslin Funeral Home. She was born in Sonora. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Daughters, Polly McWhorter of Auburn, Wash., and Mary Bernice Fitzgerald of San Angelo; sisters, Ethel Mitchell of San Angelo and Rachel Dickerson of Seattle, Wash.; brother, Robert L. Watters of Seattle, Wash.; four grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Rosemary Hardin ODESSA — Rosemary Hardin, 73, of Odessa, died Monday, Nov. 8, 1999, at Mabee Health Care Center in Midland. Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. She was born in Breckenridge and was a longtime resident of Odessa. She was Lutheran. SURVIVORS: Son, Randy Hardin of Midland; daughter, Lisa Buss of Odessa; sister, Patsy R. Brown of Odessa; and four grandchildren. Terry Harford ODESSA — Terry Elizabeth Harford, 56, of Odessa, died Monday, Nov. 8, 1999, at Deerings Nursing Home. Memorial services will be at 4 p.m. Saturday at 2411 Oakwood Drive. Arrangements by Odessa Funeral Home Angeles Memorial Chapel. She was born in Wichita Falls. SURVIVORS: Sons, William Henry Harford III of London, England; daughter, Robin Marie Ellinson of Baltimore, Md.; parents, Taylor and Reta Huff of Duncanville; and sister, Carol Somers of Odessa. Lyane King SEMINOLE — Lyane Beryl King, 48, of Seminole, a carpenter, died Sunday, Nov. 7, 1999, in Odessa. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church with Rynard Vogler officiating. Burial will be at Gaines County Memorial Cemetery. Arrangements by Boyer Funeral Home. He was born in Monahans and moved to Seminole in 1955 from Kermit. He was a member of Day Spring Church. SURVIVORS: Daughter, Megan Knelson of Broken Arrow, Okla.; parents, Beryl and Nettie King of Seminole; sisters, Brenda Wilson of Midland and Leta Johnson of Seminole; and one granddaughter. Lola L. Painter GROESBECK — Lola L. Painter, 90, of Fort Worth, a homemaker, died Sunday, Nov. 7, 1999, at Osteopathic Medical Center of Texas. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Faulkenbury Cemetery with the Rev. James Andrews officiating. Arrangements by Lacy Funeral Home. She was born in Big Spring and had lived in Fort Worth seven years. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Husband, James Painter of Fort Worth; sons, Henry Painter and William Painter, both of Fort Worth; daughters, Patricia Andrews of Grand Prarie, Lina George of Friday Harbor, Wash., and Pauline Sudduth of Shreveport, La.; brothers, William Lawley of LaCombe, La., and George Lawley of Acton; sister, Opal Miller of Fort Davis, Tenn.; nine grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren. Freddie Rockwell MCKINNEY — Freddie L. Rockwell, 78, of Dallas, a homemaker, died Saturday, Nov. 6, 1999, in Carrollton. Services will be at noon Thursday at Turrentine-Jackson-Morrow Chapel. Burial will be at Ridgeview Memorial Park. Arrangements by Turrentine-Jackson-Morrow Inc. She was born in Marlin. SURVIVORS: Husband, Obie Rockwell of Dallas; sons, Robert Rockwell of Carrollton, Obie L. Rockwell of Farmers Branch; stepdaughters, Monnie Morrow of Farmers Branch, Erma Bell and Honorine Franklin, both of Dallas; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Ora Walker ODESSA — Ora Freeman Walker, 88, formerly of Odessa, a homemaker, died Sunday, Nov. 7, 1999, in Lewisville. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Frank W. Wilson Funeral Chapel. Interment will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Home. She was born in Artesia, N.M., and moved to Odessa in 1957 from Artesia. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Daughters, Mary Olsen of Walnut Creek, Calif., Jimmie Green of Austin and Kathy Belt of Carrollton; 12 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Alfred Roberson LAKE BROWNWOOD — Alfred C. Roberson, 85, of Midland, a pipe inspector, died Monday, Nov. 8, 1999, at a local hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Windham Cemetery. Arrangements by Thomas Funeral Home. He was born in Maverick. He was a veteran of World War II. SURVIVORS: Stepson, Terry Crews of Levelland; brother, Horace Roberson of Lovington, N.M.; sisters, Josie Davenport of Hobbs, N.M., Alice Lockhart of Fredericksburg, Dee Reeves of Lake Charles, La., and Erma Carter of Carlsbad, N.M. _________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 1999 Odessa American. All rights reserved.