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   OA Online Obituaries. 
   
May 08, 1999

Permian Basin Obituaries

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   ODESSA  -- Betty Jo Wilson, 72, of Odessa, died Thursday, May 6, 1999,
   at Medical Center Hospital. She was born June 24, 1926, in Kent County
   to Danel and Lois Peek.
   
   Funeral  services  will be held at 2 p.m. today in the chapel of Frank
   W.  Wilson  Funeral  Directors with the Rev. Jack Watkins officiating.
   Interment  will  follow  at  Sunset  Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by
   Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors.
   
   Mrs.  Wilson moved to Odessa from Kermit in 1985. She was a beautician
   and formerly owned a beauty shop in Junction. She was a Christian.
   
   She  is  preceded in death by her only son, Randall King, in 1963; and
   brothers, Billy and Bobby Peek.
   
   She  is  survived  by  her  brother,  Lonnie  and wife, Myrna Peek, of
   Rockport;  sisters,  Leona  and  husband, Bobby Cox, of Fort Worth and
   Dorothy Shields of Odessa.
   
   If   desired,   memorials   may  be  made  to  the  American  Diabetes
   Association.
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   John Douglas Koon
   
   COLORADO  CITY -- John Douglas Koon, 78, of Colorado City and formerly
   of Snyder, died Thursday, May 6, 1999, in Midland. Services will be at
   2  p.m.  today  in  the  Kiker-Seale  Chapel with the Rev. F.R. "Bear"
   Williams  officiating.  Burial  will  be in the Colorado City Cemetery
   under the direction of Kiker-Seale Funeral Home.
   
   Mr.  Koon was born Dec. 2, 1920, in Hallsville and has been a resident
   of  Colorado  City since 1985. He was a retired field gauger for Shell
   Oil Co. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II and a Methodist.
   
   He is survived by three daughters, Sharon Blythe of Lubbock, Lana Koon
   of  Odessa and Janie Dyer of Midland; his former wife and dear friend,
   Faye    Moore    of    Midland;    five    grandchildren;   and   five
   great-grandchildren.
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   D.M. and Mary Thomas
   
   ODESSA -- D.M. and Mary Thomas died, Thursday, May 6, 1999, after fire
   broke  out  in  their  home.  D.M. died at their home after heroically
   going  back inside, trying to rescue Mary. She died later the same day
   at Medical Center Hospital. D.M. was born Sept. 24, 1915, in Ballinger
   and  Mary  Louise  Kelley  was born Sept. 12, 1920, in Childress. They
   were married Dec. 13, 1938.
   
   Joint  funeral  services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, May 10, 1999,
   in the Chapel of Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors with the Rev. Craig
   D'Armond   officiating.  Interment  will  follow  at  Sunset  Memorial
   Gardens.
   
   D.M.  and  Mary moved to Odessa in 1954 from Talco. He was a member of
   the  Pipeliners  Local  798  and liked to tell stories of his pipeline
   days  when  he  traveled  extensively. He loved to bake and garden and
   raised  tomatoes.  D.M.  liked  hunting  and  fishing  and  he  raised
   Pomeranians.
   
   Mary  loved to crochet and watch the Dallas Cowboys play football. She
   loved  to  visit  family and friends and was always very supportive of
   them. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother.
   
   They  are survived by their sons, Sidney and wife, Darlene Thomas, and
   James  Dewey  Thomas,  all of Odessa; Daughter, Lynda White of Odessa;
   grandchildren,  Stacey  Thomas  of  Grand  Prairie,  Darrel  White  of
   Oklahoma  City,  Okla., Jamey White of Irving, Tina Lewis of Amarillo,
   William  Rice of Odessa, Evan Jones of Venus, Ramona Simon of Electra;
   seven great-grandchildren; and D.M.'s sister, Opal Hash of El Paso.
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