Ector Co. TX - Obits from the Odessa American Online 23 May 1999

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   OA Online Obituaries. 
   
May 23,1999

Permian Basin Obituaries

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   ODESSA  --Ruth  Cravens  Gillham  was  born Jan. 22, 1904, in Midland,
   Texas.
   
   She married R.M. Neill in 1949. Mr. Neill succumbed in 1951.
   
   She married Mack Gillham Aug. 17, 1969, and migrated to Odessa.
   
   Mr. Gillham passed away in August of 1970.
   
   She  was  employed as a secretary for the Texas Highway Department and
   retired in 1969.
   
   Mrs. Gillham attended Sul Ross University and Odessa College.
   
   A  member of the Christian Church of Odessa, she was their pianist for
   many years and she uplifted many with her musical talent.
   
   The last church she attended was the Church of Christ.
   
   Mrs.  Gillham  was preceded in death by her husband, Mack Gillham, her
   sister, Dorothy Powell and her son, Robert C. Glaser.
   
   She  is  survived  by  a  son,  Earl  Glaser  of  San  Angelo,  Texas;
   granddaughters,  Stacy  Fornara-Wick  of Paradise Valley, Arizona, and
   Cody  Jan  Crow  of Houston, Texas. She is also survived by a brother,
   Henry  Cravens of Mertzon, Texas, and two great-grandchildren, Kristin
   and Jamie Fornara of Paradise Valley, Arizona.
   
   Graveside  services  will  be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Sunset Memorial
   Gardens with the Rev. Mark Bristow officiating.
   
   Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
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