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   OA Online Obituaries. 
   
February 06, 1999

Permian Basin Obituaries

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   ODESSA -- James Alvin (Jim) Watson, 78, of Odessa went home to be with
   the Lord on Feb. 4, 1999, at Medical Center Hospital. He was born Oct.
   7,  1920,  in  Denton.  He  married Elizabeth Ensey March 26, 1941, in
   Ardmore, Okla.
   
   Mr.  Watson  retired in 1984 from Shell Oil Company with 36 ½ years of
   service.  He  was  with  Shell  in  Midland  for 23 years before being
   transferred  as  office  supervisor  of  the  Shell  Tippett  plant in
   McCamey. He was a veteran of World War II and was a member of Immanuel
   Baptist Church.
   
   He  is survived by his wife, Elizabeth Watson of Odessa; two sons, Ken
   Watson  and  wife,  Andra, of Amarillo, and Keith Watson and wife, Pat
   Love  Watson,  of  Amarillo;  a  daughter,  Debra Trexler and husband,
   Allen,  of Midland; four grandchildren, Matthew, Aaron, Jodi and Sarah
   Watson, and one great-grandchild, Kaleb Watson.
   
   Services  will  be  at 2 p.m. Monday, Feb. 8, 1999, at Frank W. Wilson
   Funeral  Directors  with  the  Rev. Dr. Mark Riley of Immanuel Baptist
   Church  officiating. Interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
   Arrangements by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors.
   
   If  desired, memorials may be made to Immanuel Baptist Church, 4020 E.
   University Blvd., Odessa, 79761.
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   ODESSA  -- Graveside services for Virgil M. Byerly, 84, of Odessa will
   be  at  2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6, 1999, at Sunset Memorial Gardens with
   Sister Margaret Ledwith officiating.
   
   Pallbearers will be family members.
   
   Mr. Byerly died Thursday, Feb. 4, 1999, at Houston Place in Odessa. He
   was born March 2, 1914, in Beaumont to the late Mary Etta Kornegay and
   the  late  James  Martin  Byerly. He was a retired iron worker and had
   lived in Odessa since 1932.
   
   Survivors  include  his  sons,  James  A. Byerly of Norman, Okla., and
   David  M.  Byerly  of Odessa; brother, Doyle Byerly of Atlanta, Texas;
   sister, Venita Reeves of Hesperia, Calif.; six grandchildren and three
   great-grandchildren.
   
   Funeral arrangements by Martinez Funeral Home.
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