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   OA Online Obituaries. 
   
August 13, 1999

Permian Basin Obituaries

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   ODESSA  --  Lois  Jagers  Forbes  passed  away  Aug.  11, 1999, at her
   residence.
   
   Funeral  services  will  be  held  at  2 p.m. Saturday at First United
   Methodist  Church  with  the  Revs.  Steve  Trout  and Bill Heggemeier
   officiating.
   
   Burial will follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens.
   
   Lois was born Aug. 15, 1913, in La Tuna.
   
   Her  parents,  Louis  Turner  Jagers  &  Nora  Lou  Coates, were early
   pioneers  in  West  Texas  and  New Mexico. West Texas has always been
   Lois' home.
   
   After  graduating  from high school in Big Lake, she attended Sul Ross
   State University and Texas Tech University.
   
   Her  business  career included banking and accounting and, for a short
   time, business manager of a dude ranch in New Mexico.
   
   In  1949,  Lois  had  a  part  in  the  organization  of  Ector County
   Independent School District Credit Union.
   
   After a few years she became credit manager for ARCO Oil Co., retiring
   after 36 years of employment.
   
   On  Aug.  4, 1950, Lois married Grady G. Forbes in Odessa. He preceded
   her in death Nov. 18, 1981.
   
   Lois  was a member of the First United Methodist Church and a longtime
   member of the Friendship Sunday School Class.
   
   Professionally she was a member of the Atlantic Western Credit Union.
   
   Surviving  family  members  include  two  sisters,  Norine Bledsoe and
   Margaret  Waldie,  both  of  Odessa; sisters-in-law, Dorothy Jagers of
   Tyler  and  Mildred  Jagers of Mertzon; nephews, Phillip Wayne McCrury
   and  his  wife Elizabeth Ann, Larry Wade Waldie and his wife, Maureen,
   Bill  Jagers  and wife, Dee Ann, Larry Fern Wright and wife, Chrystal;
   nieces, Sally Ann Draper and Rae Laine Wright.
   
   Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
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   Jerry Hollis Gardiner
   
   ODESSA  --  Jerry  Hollis  Gardiner,  age  44,  died at Medical Center
   Hospital  on  Thursday,  Aug.  12, 1999. He was born Feb. 15, 1955, in
   Abilene.
   
   Family visitation will be held from 6-9 p.m. Friday at Frank W. Wilson
   Funeral Directors. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 14,
   1999,  at  Ft.  Phantom  Hill  Cemetery  with  the  Rev. Ronnie Newton
   officiating. Arrangements by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors.
   
   Mr.  Gardiner  moved  to Odessa in 1982 from Lubbock. He married Carol
   Lawson in Odessa in 1983. He was employed by Texas Industrial.
   
   Jerry  was  preceded  in  death  by his grandparents, Alvin and Thelma
   Jefferies, R.G. and Berta Gardiner, and step-father, James Cate.
   
   He  is  survived by his wife, Carol Gardiner of Odessa; parents, Grant
   Gardiner  of  Lubbock  and  Wanda  Cate  of  Abilene;  brothers, Grant
   Gardiner  Jr.  of  Hamby,  Terry  Gardiner  of  Abilene; sister, Susan
   Campbell of Dallas; mother and father-in-law, Chuck and Vona Lawson of
   Odessa;  five  nieces;  one  nephew; aunt, Janell Cockrell of Abilene;
   great-aunt,  Lane Parrott of San Angelo; and best friend, Bart Trotter
   of Fredericksburg.
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   ODESSA  --  Mary  Jane  Yeater  Harris, 60, of Gardendale, passed away
   peacefully Monday, Aug. 9, 1999, at her residence.
   
   Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Life Unlimited Church, 4224 E.
   Loop 338, with the Rev. Don Palmer officiating.
   
   She was born Oct. 21, 1958, in Kermit.
   
   She was a member of Life Unlimited Church.
   
   Survivors  include  her  husband, Melvin Harris Sr. of Gardendale; her
   sons,   Melvin  Harris  Jr.,  Lee  Harris  and  Dean  Harris,  all  of
   Gardendale,  and Steve Harris of Okemah, Okla.; sisters, Adalene Smart
   of  San  Angelo and Myrtle Spruill of Synder; and seven grandchildren.
   Arrangements by Odessa Funeral Home Angeles Memorial Chapel.
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