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   OA Online Obituaries. 
   
March 22, 1999

Permian Basin Obituaries

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   ODESSA  --  Horace  Ware McAdams, 77, of Odessa, passed away Saturday,
   March  20,  1999, at his residence. He was born September 26, 1921, in
   Fayetteville,  Arkansas.  Mr.  McAdams  was  preceded  in death by his
   parents,  William  Benton  McAdams  and  Vivian  Buster McAdams, and a
   sister, Dorothy McAdams Long.
   
   The  McAdams  family  moved to Muleshoe in 1926. Horace graduated from
   Muleshoe  High  School  and was Class President for all four years. He
   was  a star football player and track quarter-miler. His football team
   won  their  District his senior year and his track team went to State.
   He later attended Texas University Pharmacy School at Austin.
   
   Horace  Ware  McAdams  married  Anna  Lucy Bray on October 5, 1941, in
   Muleshoe,  Texas.  He enlisted in the United States Coast Guard August
   12,  1942, and they sent him to Columbia University Pharmacy School in
   New  York City. He served as Chief Pharmacist's Mate on the LST 71 for
   20   months.   They  landed  Marines  and  soldiers  from  Boganville,
   Guadalcanal,   Saipan,  Guam  and  Leyte.  He  received  an  Honorable
   Discharge from the U.S. Coast Guard in November 1945.
   
   He  returned  to Muleshoe and managed a dairy and worked for E.R. Hart
   Company.  He  was later a Pharmaceutical Detail Salesman for 15 years.
   The family moved to Odessa in 1957 and worked as Bookstore Manager for
   Odessa  College for 20 years until he retired in 1985. He was a member
   of  First  United  Methodist  Church,  Past  President of the Wild Cat
   Toastmasters  and  Hi  Noon  Optimist  Club. Horace and Lucy owned ABC
   McAdams  Playschool  for  39  years,  and  Lucy served as the Licensed
   Director.
   
   Horace  is  survived by his wife of 57 years, Lucy and their children;
   Evertt  and  Estelle  McAdams  of  Plains,  Julie and Raymond Jones of
   Clint,  Ben  and  Sande  McAdams  of  Odessa,  Ken  and Ann McAdams of
   Plainview.
   
   His  grandchildren  are  Lacy  McAdams,  Penny and Jimmy Wiseman, Ryan
   Jones,  Ken  McAdams,  Andy  McAdams, Brant McAdams, James McAdams and
   Holly McAdams. His sister, Bettye Oliver of Muleshoe.
   
   Funeral  services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 23, 1999, in
   the  First  United  Methodist Church of Odessa with Rev. Scott Seymour
   and  Rev. Bill Heggemeier officiating. Interment will follow in Sunset
   Memorial Gardens under the direction of Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
   
   The  family  suggests  memorial  contributions be made to First United
   Methodist  Church,  Family  Hospice  of Odessa, or the American Cancer
   Society.
   
   Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
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   MONAHANS   --   Curtis   G.   Redwine,   78,   of   Pyote,  a  retired
   ranching/drilling contractor, died Friday, March 19, 1999, at Memorial
   Hospital and Medical Center of Midland.
   
   Services  will  be  at  3:30 p.m. Monday at Harkey Funeral Home Chapel
   with  the  Rev. Charles Thornton officiating. Burial will be at 1 p.m.
   Tuesday  at  Howard  Cemetery.  Arrangements by Harkey Funeral Home of
   Monahans.
   
   He  was  born  Feb. 9, 1921, in Headley, Texas, and served in the U.S.
   Navy. He lived in Pyote since 1980. He was Methodist.
   
   Survivors  include:  Wife,  Mary  Redwine  of Pyote; son, James Gordon
   Redwine of Odessa; daughters, Pansy Meeks of Odessa, Elizabeth Redwine
   and  Heather  Lett,  both  of  Pyote; brothers, Grady Redwine of Grand
   Prairie  and Floyd Redwine of Fort Worth; sister Rudy Saint of Ranger;
   five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
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   ODESSA  -- Irene Shelton, 70, of Odessa passed away March 17, 1999, in
   a  local  hospital.  Mrs.  Shelton was born April 12, 1928, in Haskell
   County,  Texas.  She had been a longtime resident of Odessa and worked
   as  an  Insurance  Clerk for Women and Children's Hospital until 1983.
   She  was a member of Temple Baptist Church and will be remembered as a
   loving and caring mother and grandmother.
   
   She  is  survived  by  one  son,  Mike  Shelton and his wife, Marla of
   Anchorage,  Ala.; one daughter Melinda Rieken and her husband, Mike of
   Luanda,  Angola;  one  brother,  Don  Vaughn  and his wife, Laverne of
   Odessa;  four  grandchildren, Jennifer Rieken, Amy and Zeph Rouquette,
   Monica  Shelton and Aaron Shelton; a dear friend, Patricia Lambert and
   her family; several nieces and nephews.
   
   Graveside  services  are scheduled for 10 a.m. Monday, March 22, 1999,
   in the Sunset Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Jerry Thorpe officiating.
   
   Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
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