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   OA Online Obituaries. 
   
January 22, 1999

Permian Basin Obituaries

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   Howard H. Gildon
   
   TEXARKANA -- Howard H. Gildon, age 70, of Taylor, Ark., died Thursday,
   January 21, 1999. in a local hospital.
   
   Mr.  Gildon  was born Sept. 18, 1928, in Buffalo, Texas, and had lived
   in  Taylor, Ark., for the past seven months, having moved from Odessa.
   He  was a retired salesman and attended the Springhill Assembly of God
   in  Springhill, La. He was a veteran of the United States Navy, having
   served  in  World  War  II.  He was preceded in death by his brothers,
   Lewis Gildon and Lloyd Gildon.
   
   He  is  survived  by his wife, Pat Gildon, of Taylor, Ark.; four sons;
   Gerry  Gildon  of  Amarillo,  James  Gildon  of Las Cruces, N.M., Paul
   Gildon  of  Phoenix,  Ariz.,  and  Ashton Gildon of Taylor, Ark.; four
   daughters,  Danna Manning of Shaumburg, Ill., Darla Kinion of Phoenix,
   Ariz., Tena Mehagan of Stephenville and Traci Shryack of Cedar Park; a
   sister  and  brother-in-law, Frances and J.W. Stovall of Taylor, Ark.;
   two  sisters-in-law, Estelle Gildon of Nash and Virgie Gildon of White
   Settlement; 21 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
   
   Funeral  services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Texarkana Funeral
   Home Chapel with the Rev. Garth Collier officiating. Burial will be in
   Chapelwood Memorial Gardens.
   
   The  family  will receive friends at the funeral home from 6 to 8 p.m.
   Friday evening. The family will be at 204 Kay St. in Nash.
   
   Funeral  arrangements  are  by  Texarkana  Funeral  Home in Texarkana,
   Texas.
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   Naida Sue Smith
   
   SAN  ANGELO  -- Naida Sue Smith, 73, of San Angelo died Jan. 20, 1999,
   at her residence.
   
   Graveside  services  will  be  at  11  a.m.  Friday, Jan. 22, 1999, in
   Lawnhaven  Memorial  Gardens.  Arrangements  are  by Johnson's Funeral
   Home.
   
   Naida  was  born Nov. 2, 1925, in Copperas Cove. She was a graduate of
   Scott  &  White  Nursing  School  and  retired  after  40  years, as a
   registered nurse in the operating room from Shannon Medical Center.
   
   Naida  was  married to Bill Jack Smith on June 28, 1947, in Brady, and
   he preceded her in death on April 30, 1997.
   
   Survivors include her son Chuck Smith and wife, Janice, of Odessa; her
   daughter,  Geri  Smith  of  Mill  Valley,  Calif.;  two grandchildren,
   Jennifer  Connor  and  husband, Bobby, of Midland and Brandon Smith of
   Lubbock;  one  sister,  Margaret  Dawson  of  San  Antonio; her niece,
   Margaret  Galloway  of  San  Antonio;  and  two  very special friends,
   Lennette and Cory.
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