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   OA Online Obituaries. 
   
April 02, 1999

Permian Basin Obituaries

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   ODESSA  --  Mary  Maxine Wingate, 93, of Odessa, a retired nurse, died
   Tuesday, March 30, 1999, at her residence.
   
   She  was born January 13, 1906, in Bastrop County, Texas, the daughter
   of  George  Henry  Wilson  and  Pauline  Harrison Wilson. She attended
   school  near  Taylor  in  Williamson  County and high school in Elgin,
   Texas.  She  married  in  1924  to Philip Lindsley Wingate who died in
   1972.  She  moved to Odessa the following year to be near her daughter
   and grandson.
   
   She  was a member of the Crescent Park Baptist Church, Odessa, for the
   past 26 years. She had been a long-time member of the Order of Eastern
   Star,  attending  the  Friendship  Chapter,  OES,  that  awarded her a
   50-year pin.
   
   She  was also a member of the Medical Center Hospital Auxiliary. While
   living  in  Odessa  Mrs.  Wingate  made  many friends, along with many
   acquaintances among West Texans.
   
   Survivors  include  her  daughter,  Betty  Wingate Orbeck, Odessa; her
   grandson,  Mark  Lindsley  Orbeck;  his  wife, Naomi Baker Orbeck, two
   great-grandsons, Richard Brandon Orbeck and Travis Kyle Orbeck, all of
   Keller,  Texas.  She  was  also survived by one niece, Barbara Mosher,
   Odessa;  three  nephews,  Rev. Charles D. Wilson, Flower Mound, Texas;
   Walter  Darrell  Wilson,  Friendswood,  Texas  and Riley Keith, Corpus
   Christi,  Texas;  one  great  niece, Janice Mosher Dunn, and two great
   nephews, David and John Mosher.
   
   Her husband died in March 1972, and her only son, Curtis Dean Wingate,
   Phoenix, Arizona, died in October, 1982.
   
   Funeral  services  will  be at 1 p.m., Saturday, April 3, 1999, in the
   chapel  of  Frank  W.  Wilson  Funeral Directors, with the Rev. Johnny
   Dickerson officiating.
   
   Interment will be at Capitol Memorial Park near Austin.
   
   The  family  requests  memorials  be made to the Crescent Park Baptist
   Church or the Ector County Library, both of Odessa.
   
   Funeral  arrangements  are  being  handled  by Frank W. Wilson Funeral
   Directors.
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   PECOS  --  Graveside  services  for Velma Verne Bell, 90, of Pecos are
   scheduled  for Saturday, April 3, 1999, at 2 p.m. at Fairview Cemetery
   in Pecos with the Rev. Willis Greer officiating. Arrangements by Pecos
   Funeral Home.
   
   Mrs.  Bell died Thursday, April 1, 1999, at Avalon Place. She was born
   May  21,  1908,  in  Eastland County. She was preceded in death by her
   husband JD Bell.
   
   Mrs.  Bell  came  to  Odessa  five years ago from Pecos, where she had
   lived since 1936. She was a secretary of the Pecos Chamber of Commerce
   and  also  worked  for  Rediger's  Pharmacy  for many years. She was a
   member of First Baptist Church of Pecos.
   
   Survivors  include a daughter, Patsy Beauchamp, and her husband Don of
   Pecos;  a  daughter,  Sonnye Dingler and her husband Bill of Odessa; a
   son, Bobby Bell and his wife Janice of Odessa; eight grandchildren; 14
   great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
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