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   OA Online Obituaries. 
   
January 06, 1999

Permian Basin Obituaries

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   Peter Paul Chernick
   
   SAN  ANGELO  -- Peter Paul Chernick, 57, died Sunday, Jan. 3, 1999, at
   his residence in Odessa of an illness.
   
   Services  will  be  at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 6, 1999, at Holy Angels
   Catholic  Church  with  burial in Lawnhaven Cemetery. Arrangements are
   made by Johnson Funeral Home.
   
   Pete  was  born Sept. 9, 1941, in Deerborn, Mich. When he was 18 years
   old, Pete began his career in the U.S. Navy as a language linguist and
   his military tour took him all over the world.
   
   He  was  stationed  at  Goodfellow  Air  Force  Base  in  1970  as  an
   instructor.  Later, in 1972, he was honorably discharged from the Navy
   and he focused his attention on receiving a teaching degree. He earned
   two Master's degrees from Angelo State University.
   
   Then in 1977, he embarked on his career in the San Angelo ISD with the
   education  of  specially  challenged  students.  In 1979, he began the
   development  of  disciplinary  programs  for the student body with the
   introduction  of  On-Campus  Suspension  and  the  Student  Adjustment
   Center.  Then,  in  1987,  he was hired to groom the teaching faculty,
   which  we are all still benefitting from today. He also was affiliated
   with  the  Sundown  Lions Club, The Knights of Columbus and the Concho
   Educators Federal Credit Union.
   
   He  and  his  wife  relocated  to  Odessa in 1995 to begin shaping the
   teaching  personnel  for  Ector  County ISD. Pete was the president of
   Texas  Association  of  School  Personnel  Administration from 1996 to
   1997.
   
   Survivors  include  his  wife,  Joan;  a  son, Peter Chernick V of San
   Angelo;  four  daughters, Kimberly Francis of San Angelo, Lauri Church
   of  Dallas, Monica Chernick of San Antonio and Michele Chernick of San
   Angelo.
   
   The  family  has requested that monetary contributions be donated to a
   charity of choice in Pete's memory.
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   George Daniel Cooper Sr.
   
   ODESSA  --  Services for George Daniel Cooper Sr., 74, of Odessa, will
   be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 6, 1999, at Martinez Funeral Home. Burial
   will be at Rose Hill Cemetery.
   
   Mr.  Cooper  died Friday, Jan. 1, 1999, at Medical Center Hospital. He
   was born Sept. 20, 1924, in Shiro. He had lived in Odessa since 1942.
   
   Mr. Cooper was a porter in automechanics. He was Baptist.
   
   Mr.  Cooper was preceded in death by his parents, Lum Cooper and Laura
   Robinson Cooper; and three brothers.
   
   Survivors  include  his daughters, Billie Ruth Cooper of Denver, Laura
   Cooper-Law Jones of Dallas, Billie Dell Cooper and Lois Willis-Nelson,
   both  of  Odessa, Hattie Long of Lancaster; sons, George Daniel Cooper
   Jr.  of Odessa and Timothy Willis of Midland; brother, Columbus Cooper
   of  Midland;  sisters,  Lucinda  Watson  and  Kathrine Wilson, both of
   Odessa, and Eddie Lee Searcy of Midland.
   
   Funeral arrangements are by Martinez Funeral Home.
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