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   OA Online Obituaries. 
   
April 21, 1999

Permian Basin Obituaries

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   ODESSA -- Graveside services for Dorothy Butler, 80, of Odessa will be
   at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Sunset Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Dr. Craig
   Martindale officiating.
   
   Mrs.  Butler  died  Monday, April 19, 1999, at Sterling County Nursing
   Home.  She  was  born  Oct.  12, 1918, in Dallas. She married G. Cecil
   Butler Dec. 15, 1945, in Dallas.
   
   Mrs.  Butler  came  to  Odessa in 1950. She was a member of Cumberland
   Presbyterian  Church.  She  had  retired from accounting where she was
   self-employed.
   
   She  was  preceded  in  death by her husband, Cecil Butler; and a son,
   Robert W. Butler.
   
   Survivors  include  her  daughters,  Donna  Kay and her husband, Glenn
   Bryan of Oklahoma City, Cecile Cooper of Lubbock and Gloria Ann Wilson
   of  San  Marcos; a son, Donny Lynn Butler of Odessa; 14 grandchildren;
   and 14 great-grandchildren.
   
   Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
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   Faye Lee Connell
   
   ODESSA  -- Faye Lee Connell, 88, of Paris, Texas passed away April 19,
   1999,  in  a Paris nursing home. Mrs. Connell was born April 12, 1911,
   in  Clyde,  Texas,  to  Fred Lee and Eva Mae Chunn. She married Wilson
   Edmond  Connell  on  August  17,  1936, in Fort Worth, Texas. Faye had
   worked  as  an  R.N.  at  St. Joseph Hospital in Fort Worth, where she
   received her training. She had been a resident of Odessa for more than
   50 years before moving to Paris five years ago to be near family.
   
   While  in  Odessa,  she was active in many organizations including the
   DAR,  Creative  Writer's  Club,  Hospital  Volunteer,  League of Women
   Voters,  Election  Poll  Worker,  Democratic Women, several children's
   organizations and the Historical Society, as well as a faithful member
   of the First Presbyterian Church.
   
   She  was  preceded  in death by her parents, her husband in 1989 and a
   daughter  and  granddaughter,  Martha  Yvonne  Connell Davis and Laura
   Davis, in 1976.
   
   She  is  survived  by  two  grandchildren,  Joe  Kirklin  of Arlington
   Heights, Illinois and
   
   Kimberly Kirklin of Louisville, Ken.; a step-granddaughter, Toni Perry
   of  Houston; two step-great-grandchildren, Jessica and Jay Perry; five
   sisters,  Nelle Miller of Alvin, Dannie Ford of Shreveport, La., Ethel
   Martin  of Rockwall, Reba and her husband, Leon Bolgiano of Paris, and
   Helen  Gilmore  of  Gun  Barrell,  Texas;  son-in-law,  Perry Davis of
   Odessa;  sister-in-law,  Norma  Chunn  of  Rockwall;  many  nieces and
   nephews.
   
   Public  visitation will be held from 12 Noon to 9 p.m. Wednesday and 9
   a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday in the Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
   
   Funeral services are scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday, April, 23, 1999, in
   the  Hubbard-Kelly  Funeral  Home  Chapel with the Rev. Philip McLarty
   officiating.  Interment  will  follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens under
   the direction of Hubbard-Kelly Funeral home.
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