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   OA Online Obituaries. 
   
June 22, 1999

Permian Basin Obituaries

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   Dale Ellis
   
   AUGUSTA,   Ga.   --  Dale  Ellis,  longtime  resident  of  Odessa  and
   businessman, died Sunday, June 20, 1999, in Augusta, Ga.
   
   He  was  retired from State Farm Insurance Companies, having served in
   Odessa,  Dallas,  Lafayette,  Ind., and Costa Mesa, Calif. He earned a
   bachelor   of   arts  degree  from  Illinois  Wesleyan  University  in
   Bloomington,  Ill., and a master of arts at the University of Arizona.
   He was also a Clu Designee.
   
   Mr.  Ellis is survived by his wife of 50 years, Jean Houghton Woodruff
   of  Augusta,  Ga.;  two  children,  Col. David D. Ellis of Fort Bragg,
   N.C., and Debra Jean Ellis of Augusta, Ga.; three grandchildren, Emily
   Ellis  and  Laura  Ellis  of  Fort  Bragg,  N.C.,  and Daniel Ellis of
   Oklahoma; two brothers, William Wilmer Ellis of Holiday, Fla., and Tom
   Ellis  of  Farmer  City,  Ill.;  two  sisters,  Donna  Joyce Storto of
   Phoenix, Ariz., and Ladine Fulk of Armington, Ill.
   
   Dale was a member of the Odessa Chamber of Commerce where he served on
   the  sports  committee.  He  was  a  chairman  of  the  committee that
   established  the  Odessa Family YMCA and the Lions Club Odessa. He was
   retired  from  the United States Navy, having served five years during
   World War II.
   
   In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to the Odessa Family
   YMCA.  Services  will  be  at  11  a.m.  Wednesday  at  Reid  Memorial
   Presbyterian  Church.  Interment  will  be  in  Westover Memorial Park
   Mausoleum in Augusta, Ga.
   
   Arrangements by Platt's Funeral Home of Augusta, Ga.
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   Glynna G. Smith
   
   ODESSA  -- Glynna G. Smith, 72, of Odessa, died Monday, June 21, 1999,
   in  Odessa. She was born Nov. 1, 1926, in Eastland. She was a graduate
   of  Odessa  High School and member of the Lutheran Church of the Risen
   Lord.  She  moved  to Denver, Colo., in 1973 where she was a secretary
   for  the  Square D Company. She married Vernol Smith Nov. 24, 1976, in
   Denver,  Colo., and they moved to Odessa in 1986. She had been an avid
   golfer and loved to play bridge.
   
   Her  husband,  Vernol,  preceded her in death Aug. 30, 1997. Survivors
   include  her  daughters  and sons-in-law, Karen Sue Frazier of Austin,
   Kathy  Lou Riley and husband, Bobby, of Odessa, and Karla Kay Mclntosh
   and  husband,  T.,  of  Odessa;  grandchildren, Chad and Josh Brannon,
   James  and  Misty  Frazier,  Ben  and Bailey Mclntosh, Misty Scott and
   Callee Stokes; and brother, Baxter Hunt of Denton.
   
   Graveside  services  will  be  10  a.m.  Wednesday  at Sunset Memorial
   Gardens   with   the   Revs.  James  Otteress  and  Preston  Weatherly
   officiating. Arrangements by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors.
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