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   OA Online Obituaries. 
   
August 05, 1999

Permian Basin Obituaries

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   CISCO  --  Emma  Lu  Cree McCann, 45, of Odessa, a houseparent for the
   Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, died Sunday,
   Aug. 1, 1999, in Odessa.
   
   Graveside  services  were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Oakwood Cemetery
   with  the  Rev.  Charles  West  officiating. Arrangements by Kimbrough
   Funeral Home in Cisco.
   
   She was born in Odessa and was a Baptist.
   
   She  was  preceded  in  death  by  her mother, Gladis M. Cree, and her
   grandparents,  G.D.  Cree  and  Myra  Cree  Vansickl and Bill and Lula
   Walker.
   
   Survivors  include her husband, Wayland McCann; father, Robert N. Cree
   of Odessa; three brothers, W.D. "Dub" Cree and wife, Janet, and Bobbie
   G.  Cree  and wife, Connie, all of Odessa, and Terry L. Cree and wife,
   Lori, of Orlando, Fla.; a number of aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and
   close friends.
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   Enoch Esco Ratliff
   
   ODESSA  --  Our loving husband, father, grandfather and brother, Enoch
   Esco Ratliff, 77, of Odessa, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday,
   Aug. 3, 1999, at Medical Center Hospital.
   
   Church  services  will  be  at 10 a.m. Friday at the Sixth and Jackson
   Church of Christ with Roy Smalling and Don Turskey officiating. Burial
   will   be   at   Sunset   Memorial   Gardens.  Services  entrusted  to
   Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
   
   He was born Aug. 4, 1921, in Duncan, Okla.
   
   He moved from Monahans to Odessa in 1935 and married Viola Ruth Brewer
   Nov. 4, 1945, in Odessa. He was self-employed.
   
   He  was a member of the Toastmasters Club and the Lions Club. He was a
   U.S. Army veteran of World War II.
   
   We  know our separation is only temporary. He served the Lord for many
   years  as  a deacon at the Sixth and Jackson Church of Christ. We will
   all miss his smiles, hugs and war stories.
   
   He  was preceded in death by his parents, Bill and Willie Mae Ratliff;
   brother, Elmer G. Ratliff; and sister, Betty Bewley.
   
   He  is  survived  by  his  wife, Viola Ratliff of Odessa; sons, Daniel
   Glenn  Ratliff of Odessa, W.E. "Dub" Ratliff of Benbrook; sister, Beth
   Rodgers of Andrews; six grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
   
   The  family suggests memorials be made to the Sixth and Jackson Church
   of Christ.
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