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   OA Online Obituaries. 
   
January 05, 1999

Permian Basin Obituaries

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   James Phillip Murray
   
   ODESSA  --  James  Philip  (Phil) Murray, 81, of Odessa died Saturday,
   Jan.  2, 1999, at Parks Methodist Retirement Village. He was born Feb.
   13,  1917,  in Saline County, Ill. He married Anna Reba Huneycutt July
   17, 1945, in Cleburne and they moved to Odessa from Illinois in 1952.
   
   During  World  War  II, he attained the rank of Master Sergeant in the
   U.S.  Army  Air  Corps  serving  with the Eighth Air Force in Ipswich,
   England,  as a crew chief on a B-17. He retired after 30 years in 1979
   from Phillips Petroleum as a mechanical maintenance foreman.
   
   He was a member of First Baptist Church, Odessa Gem & Mineral Society,
   and  the PropBusters Model Airplane Club. Mr. Murray was ordained as a
   deacon, Oct. 20, 1970.
   
   He  loved  travel, woodworking and lapidary. He was very creative with
   rocks  and  loved flying model airplanes with his son. He loved people
   and was a devoted father to his family.
   
   He  was  preceded  in death by his only sister, Helen Murray Jones, in
   November 1993.
   
   Survivors  include  his  wife,  Reba  Murray of Odessa; daughter, Mary
   Murray  Minton  and her husband, Dr. Ellis Minton, of Fort Worth; son,
   James   Philip  Murray  II  and  his  wife,  Lorna  Thomas-Murray,  of
   Lindenhurst,  Ill.  He  also  is survived by eight grandchildren; Phil
   Wright,  Nancy  Diego,  Carol  Wright, Amy Wickenhauser, Sarah Murray,
   Elizabeth   Christian,   Steve  Minton  and  Karl  Minton;  six  great
   grandchildren;  aunt,  Genevieve  Landrum  of  Harrisburg,  Ill.;  and
   cousin, Knox Murray of Eldorado, Ill.
   
   Funeral  services  will  be  at  10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 5, 1999, in the
   chapel  of  Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors with Dr. W. G. Huneycutt
   and Rev. Robert Bratcher officiating. Interment services will be at 11
   a.m. Wednesday at Rosehill Cemetery in Cleburne. Arrangements by Frank
   W. Wilson Funeral Directors.
   
   If desired memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Association.
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   Elmer `Dick' Spoon
   
   ODESSA  -- Services for Elmer "Dick" Spoon, 77, of Odessa will be at 2
   p.m.  Wednesday  at  Hubbard-Kelly  Chapel  with  the Rev. Rex Clayton
   officiating. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
   
   Mr.  Spoon  died  Monday, Jan. 4, 1999, at Medical Center Hospital. He
   was  born  March  31,  1921, in Cisco. He married Opal Florence Fenley
   July 24, 1947, in Odessa.
   
   Mr.  Spoon moved to Odessa in 1945 from Cisco. He served four years in
   the  U.S.  Army  Air  Corps. He was a machinist for Phillips Petroleum
   Company for 30 years. He was a member of Belmont Baptist Church.
   
   He was a loving husband, father and grandfather to his grandchildren.
   
   Survivors include his wife, Opal Spoon of Odessa; son, Jerry Spoon and
   his  wife,  Jeanne,  of Arlington; daughter, Dajuana Skidmore of Round
   Rock;  brother,  Marvin  Spoon  and  his wife, Pat, of Odessa; sister,
   Clara  Johnston and her husband, Jack, of Odessa; three grandchildren,
   Brian  Spoon and Pamela Spoon of Arlington and Mandy Skidmore of Round
   Rock.; and many loving and caring nieces and nephews.
   
   Funeral arrangements are by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
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