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   OA Online Obituaries. 
   
February 23, 1999

Permian Basin Obituaries

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   ODESSA  -- Neoma Alexander, 87, of Odessa passed away Monday, Feb. 22,
   1999, at Medical Center Hospital.
   
   Mrs. Alexander was born Feb. 14, 1912, in Ada, Okla.
   
   She was a member of Belmont Baptist Church.
   
   Chapel  services for Mrs. Alexander will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at Frank
   W.  Wilson  Funeral  Directors.  Burial  will  be  in  Sunset Memorial
   Gardens. Arrangements are by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors.
   
   Mrs.  Alexander  was  preceded  in  death  by  her  husband,  Homer C.
   Alexander, and her son, Thomas Wade Alexander.
   
   Survivors  include  two  daughters, Doris and her husband, Jim Ash, of
   Odessa  and  Betty  and  her  husband,  Ray  Boltz,  of  Longview; six
   grandchildren,   Karen   McGinnis,  David  Boltz,  Jeromy  Ash,  Patty
   Cleckler,    Tracy    Hanson    and    T.J.   Alexander;   and   eight
   great-grandchildren.
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   ODESSA  --  Sam C. Lance, 80, of Odessa died Sunday, Feb. 21, 1999, at
   Stanton  Health  Care Center in Stanton. He was born Jan. 26, 1919, in
   Chillicothe.  He  was  a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army during World
   War  II.  He  moved  to  Odessa  from  Chillicothe in 1945 and married
   Margaret Carpenter in 1947 in Toyah.
   
   He  was a member of Fellowship Masonic Lodge 1385, Scottish Rite Mason
   and  Shriner.  He  was a self-employed plumber for over 50 years and a
   member of the Plumber and Pipefitters Union and loved to fish.
   
   He was preceded in death by his wife, Margaret Lance, in 1977.
   
   He  is  survived  by a daughter and her husband, Cheryl and Richard M.
   Cummins  of Odessa; son and daughter-in-law, Robert (Bobby) and Sharon
   Lance  of  Odessa.  He  is also survived by sisters, Eva Young of Hale
   Center and Mickey Hammer of Wichita Falls; four grandchildren, Richard
   Lance  Cummins,  Christopher  Dale  Cummins, Samuel Jonathan Lance and
   Robbey  Lance;  and  cousin,  Nettie  James  of  Dallas; and long-time
   caretaker, Doris Battin.
   
   Funeral  services will be 9 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23, 1999, in the chapel
   of  Frank  W.  Wilson  Funeral  Directors with the Rev. Emmitt Barnard
   officiating.  Interment  and Masonic Graveside services will be 3 p.m.
   Tuesday  at  Big Valley Cemetery in Chillicothe. Arrangements by Frank
   W. Wilson Funeral Directors.
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   ODESSA  --  Memorial services for Annie Boyd White, 96, of Odessa will
   be  at  11  a.m. Wednesday at Hubbard-Kelly Chapel with the Revs. Mark
   Riley and Ted Owen officiating.
   
   Mrs. White died Monday, Feb. 22, 1999, at Medical Center Hospital. She
   was  born  Jan. 3, 1903, in Bonita. She married Finis I. White Dec. 3,
   1921, in Marshall. He died June 22, 1989.
   
   Mrs.  White  came  to  Odessa  in  1965.  She was a member of Immanuel
   Baptist Church. She was a homemaker.
   
   Survivors  include  her daughters, Inez Gaskins and her husband, W.L.,
   of Odessa and Maridel Swafford of Lovington, N.M.; sister, Modena Owen
   of  Marshall;  and  brother,  the Rev. J. Hubert Boyd of Harleton; six
   grandchildren;       five       great-grandchildren;      and      one
   great-great-grandchild.
   
   The  family  suggest that in lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to
   the charity of choice.
   
   Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
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   Syble Handley
   
   ODESSA  -- Syble Handley, 91, of Odessa passed away Saturday, Feb. 20,
   1999,  in  a  local  hospital. She was born Sept. 4, 1907, to N.J. and
   Vella  Parker in Bivins. Mrs. Handley married James Wade Handley April
   3,  1926,  in  Bivins.  He preceded her in death in 1982. She was also
   preceded  in  death  by  a  son,  J.  W.  Handley.  Mrs. Handley was a
   homemaker and a member of the Baptist Church.
   
   She  is  survived  by  two  sons,  Charles  and Dwain Handley, both of
   Odessa; six grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
   
   Funeral  services  will  be  at  10  a.m.  Tuesday,  Feb. 23, 1999, at
   Hubbard-Kelly  Funeral  Home  Chapel  with  the  Rev.  Troy  Stevenson
   officiating.  Interment  will  follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens under
   the direction of Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
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