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   OA Online Obituaries. 
   
April 26, 1999

Permian Basin Obituaries

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   ODESSA  -- Tommi Wood Olson, 35, of Odessa died Friday, April 23, 1999
   in  Lubbock. She was born Jan. 15, 1964, in Odessa. She married Marvin
   Olson  Jan. 14, 1982, and they moved to Flint, Mich., where they lived
   until  she  returned to Odessa earlier this year. She attended schools
   in Odessa and was a Baptist. She was a former veterinarian's assistant
   and lover of all animals, especially Tara, Mocha and Yapper.
   
   She  was  preceded in death by her father, Fred LaVern Wood, Sr., Jan.
   12,  1990.  Tommi was the beloved baby sister and daughter and will be
   missed by all that knew her.
   
   Survivors  include  her husband, Marvin Olson of Flint, Mich.; mother,
   Nila  Mae  Wood; brothers, Fred Wood and wife, Jean, and John Wood and
   wife,  Jessie;  sisters, Anita Loftin and husband, Jerry, Deborah Wood
   and  Judy  Stewart,  all  of Odessa. Twenty-one nieces and nephews and
   several great-nieces and great-nephews also survive her.
   
   Graveside services will be Tuesday, April 27, 1999, at Sunset Memorial
   Gardens  with  the  Rev. C. James McNamee officiating. Arrangements by
   Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors.
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   ODESSA  --  Services for Birdie Gray Smith, 89, of Odessa will be at 2
   p.m. Monday at Sunset Memorial Park in San Antonio.
   
   Mrs.  Smith  died  Saturday, April 24, 1999, at her residence. She was
   born Sept. 10, 1909, in Chicora, Miss.
   
   Mrs  Smith  was formerly of San Antonio and a longtime member of First
   Baptist Church in San Antonio.
   
   She  was  preceded  in  death by her husband, G. Bert Smith Sr.; and a
   son, Art Smith.
   
   Survivors  include  his  son,  G. Bert Smith and his wife, Earlene, of
   Odessa; daughter, Gerry Presley and her husband, Claude, of Kerrville;
   daughter-in-law,   Janet   Smith   of  Boerne;  grandchildren,  Shelby
   Borderlon, Sheryl Eck, Priscilla Fisher, Carolyn Knight, Trip Presley,
   Tisha  Regalado,  A.  Quentin  Smith, Danny Smith, Tim Smith and Sunny
   Smith;  and  16 great-grandchildren; and her caregiver, Bonnie Shelton
   of Odessa.
   
   Funeral arrangements entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
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   ODESSA  -- Dwight Lowell Treeby, 89, of Odessa died April 23, 1999, at
   his  residence.  He  was  born  Jan.  13, 1910, in Carpenter, S.D., to
   Walter  and Esther Treeby. He married Mary Arlene Peck March 31, 1935,
   in Great Falls, Mont.
   
   Services  will  be  held  at  2  p.m. Monday, April 26, 1999, at First
   Assembly  of God Church with the Revs. Norman Owens, Paul Thompson and
   Wayne  Woody  officiating.  Interment  will  follow at Sunset Memorial
   Gardens. Arrangements by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors.
   
   Mr.  Treeby  was  ordained  as  a  minister with the Assemblies of God
   Church in 1941. He worked for 32 years with Electrolux Vacuum Cleaners
   in both Odessa and El Paso. He opened an Electrolux store in Odessa in
   1949.  He  was consistently one of Electrolux's top salesmen even into
   his 70s.
   
   Rev.  Treeby  was  a  former  pastor  of  Fairview  Assembly of God in
   Bellingham,  Wash., from 1967 to 1975. Retiring in 1975, he then moved
   back  to  Odessa. He was a member of Faith Tabernacle Assembly of God.
   Rev.  Treeby  loved people and people loved him. Rev. Treeby had great
   compassion  for  those  who  were  ill  and  was faithful to visit and
   encourage  them.  He  had  been a volunteer Chaplain at Medical Center
   Hospital.
   
   He  is preceded in death by his parents, Walter and Esther Treeby; and
   sister, Beth Dillion.
   
   He  is  survived  by  his  wife,  Mary  Arlene  Peck Treeby of Odessa;
   daughter,  Betty  Joyce Copeland and husband, Houston, of Odessa; son,
   William  David Treeby and wife, Nancy, of River Ridge, La.; grandsons,
   Vance  Harper  and  wife,  Kara, of Odessa, Patrick Treeby of Houston,
   Jonathan   Treeby   and   wife,   Gabrielle,   of  West  Port,  Conn.;
   granddaughters,  Rhonda  Fowler of Odessa, Janis Adkins of San Antonio
   and   Zelda  Wilmoth  and  husband,  Joe,  of  Stillwater,  Okla.;  10
   great-grandchildren   and   one  great-great-grandchild.  He  is  also
   survived  by  a  sister,  Lois Davies of Elkander, Iowa; and a host of
   relatives and friends.
   
   If  desired  memorials  may  be  made  to  the  building fund of Faith
   Tabemacle Assembly of God, First Assembly of God or Family Hospice.
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