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May 29, 1999 Permian Basin Obituaries _________________________________________________________________ Debra Diane "Debbie" Carrasco, 22, an accounts receivable clerk, passed away Tuesday, May 25, 1999, at 12:30 p.m. She was battling non-Hodgkins lymphoma cancer. She was under the care of the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit at Baylor Medical University Hospital in Dallas. She was given a bone marrow transplant and awaited recovery. Her transplant went well with her baby sister, JoAnn, her donor. During the waiting period of JoAnn's marrow reaching its destination, complications arose, causing some major organs to fail. Debbie was a fighter and continued to fight until the very end. Debbie would have wanted everyone to know that even though this transplant was not successful, it doesn't mean that anyone who has cancer should give up. Continue fighting every step of the way. She was very religious with her Catholic faith. She always tried to follow God's footsteps. She always said, "God will not give you something you can not handle. He gave me this cross and this is what I shall carry." Funeral arrangements are pending with Frank W. Wilson Funeral Home. Survivors include her proud parents, Aron and Nina Carrasco; loving sisters, Elaine, Annette and JoAnn; grandparents, Aron Carrasco Sr. and Matilde Carrasco; aunts, uncles and friends; goddaughter, Ariel Mancha Garcia. She was preceded in death by her maternal grandparents, Manuel and Manuela Urias; uncles, Pete Carrasco and Armando Urias; aunt, Yolanda Rodriguez; paternal grandfather, Sipirano Gonzales. Pallbearers will be Timothy Armendariz, Joe Bitolas, Adrian Garza, Albert Gene Hernandez, Fabian Paredas and Steven Sanchez. _________________________________________________________________ Kenneth E. Moore was born to Alfred I. and Levenia Hilbish Moore on June 11, 1919, in Beggs, Okla. He graduated from high school in Muskogee and from Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee, Okla., in 1941 with a bachelor of science in education. He was joined in holy matrimony with Lucile Capp of Shawnee, Okla., Aug. 11, 1940. He enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserves and was called to active duty in November of 1942. He attended Marine Corps Officers School in Quantico, Va., in January of 1943 and served 25 months in the South Pacific (Saipan, Tinian, Okinawa, Japan and Hawaii). Second Lt. Moore was awarded the Silver Star for meritorious action during the amphibious assault of Saipan in 1944 and received an honorable discharge in March 1947. He is a Christian and was an active deacon (ordained) of First Baptist Church, Hobbs (1952-54), Goldsmith Baptist (1954-57), Crescent Park Baptist, Odessa (1957-60) and First Baptist Church, Odessa (1960-98). He was active in church and civic affairs, serving in the Black Gold District of the Boy Scouts of America (19 years) in numerous capacities including Eagle Board and District Chairman, Meals on Wheels and as a Reagan Elementary grandparent volunteer. He was employed by Phillips Petroleum Company for 43 years, from Sept. 1, 1941, through Feb. 1, 1985, starting as a roustabout, and for his last 20 years as Superintendent, Gas Settlements Division. He was preceded in death by his brother, Walter M. Moore, who was a Baptist missionary from Nigeria, Africa. Kenneth is survived by Lucile, his wife and partner of 58 years; daughter, Ann, and husband, Jerry F. Anderson, of Odessa; son, Ken E. Moore, and wife, DeAnna, of Midland; grandson, Jerry Anderson Jr., and wife, Lynette, of Odessa; grandson Bill Anderson, and wife, Tricia, of Odessa; granddaughter, Molly, and husband, Rodney Hernandez, of Odessa; grandson, Cary Holt, and wife, Lori, of Fort Worth; granddaughter, Stacy Moore of Austin; granddaughter Amber Tipton of Midland; and great-grandchildren Jerry Don, Ashley, Laura, Betsy, Ryan, Tommy, Kristin and Madison; sister, Rita Moore Hunnicut of Tahlequah, Okla.; and brother, Ralph W. Moore of Roundup, Mo. He was devoted to his wife and family. Friends and family alike recognized him as unwavering, loyal and true. The Lord has a steadfast companion today. Visitation was on Friday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. with the family receiving friends from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the First Baptist Church with the Rev. Dr. Ernest Easley officiating. Interment to follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers will be grandsons Jerry Anderson Jr., Bill Anderson and Cary Holt, his great-grandson Jerry Don Anderson, Rodney Hernandez and Henry Wiggers. Honorary pallbearers are Jack Classen, Forest O. Harper, Carroll Chowning, Bob Colin, Cress Steele, Weldon Brumbelow and the deacons of First Baptist Church. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests any memorials be made to First Baptist Church, 700 N. Lee Ave., Odessa, TX 79761 or Vista Care Family Hospice, 816 N. Golder Ave., Odessa, TX 79761. Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. _________________________________________________________________ Ercelle Wirt, 82, passed away Thursday, May 27, 1999, in Odessa. She was born April 27, 1917, in Morgan, to Floyd and Edna Earl Doty. An Odessa native, she had resided in Odessa for the past 19 years. Her husband, Percy A. Wirt, preceded her in death in April 1994. Graveside services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors. Mrs. Wirt was a member of Crescent Park Baptist Church and loved to attend when her health would permit. She was a member of the Kermit Chapter of Eastern Star. She worked in retail sales in Lovington, N.M., and Morgan City, La. She also kept the children of some of the local schoolteachers during the day in Odessa. She is survived by two daughters, Pat Miller of Odessa, Deborah and her husband, Stan Hawthorne, of Centerville, Va.; son, Art Wirt, and wife, Linda, of Lafayette, La.; brother, Floyd E. Doty of Odessa; 10 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. _________________________________________________________________ Bobbie Lavern Oehler Wagoner Shuffield KERMIT -- Funeral services for Bobbie Lavern Oehler Wagoner Shuffield will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Belvue Baptist Church in Kermit under the direction of Cooper Funeral Chapel Inc. Mrs. ShuffleId passed away Thursday, May 27, 1999, at her home in Kermit. She was born June 29, 1935, in Broken Bow, Okla. She lived in Kermit for two and a half years. She was a housewife and a Baptist. She was married to Dailey Vermon Wagoner who preceded her in death. She is also preceded in death by her parents, Robert Wallace Oehler and Ollie Mae Oehler, and one brother, Frank Oehler. She is survived by three daughters, Bobbie Dale Wagoner Cotton and her husband, James, of Kermit, Glenda Faye Wagoner Roberts and her husband, Robert, Valerie Jane Wagoner Moser and her husband, Lonnie; brother, Billy Ray Oehler of Broken Bow, Okla.; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. The family requests any memorials be made to the Belvue Baptist Church in Kermit. _________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 1999 Odessa American. All rights reserved.