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   OA Online Obituaries. 
   
August 19, 1999

Permian Basin Obituaries

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   James Richard "Jim" Johnston
   
   ODESSA  --  James Richard "Jim" Johnston, 70, of Odessa, died Tuesday,
   Aug. 17, 1999, at his residence.
   
   Graveside  services  will  be  at  11  a.m.  Friday at Sunset Memorial
   Gardens.
   
   He was born July 3, 1929, in Sharon, Okla.
   
   Mr.  Johnston  moved to Odessa in 1957 from Borger. He retired from El
   Paso  Products  Aug.  1,  1984.  He  was an Army veteran of the Korean
   Conflict.  He  was a member of the American Legion. He enjoyed fishing
   and hunting.
   
   He  was  preceded  in death by his wife, Billy Ruth Barfield Johnston;
   and  his  brothers,  Charlie  Johnston,  Jack  Johnston  and Elton Ray
   Johnston.
   
   Survivors  include his son, Richard Heady and wife, Dianna, of Roscoe;
   daughter,  Barbara  Bass  of  Fort  Worth;  brothers, J.P. Johnston of
   Borger  and  Casey  Garrett; sister, Bessie Lou Duggan of Weatherford,
   Okla.;  sister-in-law,  Velma  Clark  of  Odessa; seven grandchildren;
   seven great-grandchildren; two nieces; and two nephews.
   
   Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
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   ODESSA  -- Mozell Hamilton Whittaker, 83, of Odessa passed away August
   14, 1999, at Parks Methodist Retirement Center in Odessa.
   
   She was born October 10, 1915, in Frankston.
   
   Graveside  memorial  services  will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, August 21,
   1999,   at   Sunset  Memorial  Gardens  with  the  Rev.  Jack  Watkins
   officiating. Arrangements are by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors.
   
   Mozell  was  the  salutatorian  of the class of 1932 at Frankston High
   School.  She  went to business school in Houston. During World War II,
   she  served  in  the  S.P.A.R.S. women's division of the Navy, and she
   remained in Civil Service for many years following.
   
   She  married  Fred  Whittaker August 8, 1958, in Houston. She loved to
   travel  and  she and Fred took many cruises and trips to various parts
   of the world.
   
   She  is  survived  by  her  husband, Fred Whittaker of Odessa; and her
   sisters, Vema Wright of Indiana and Julia Olson of California.
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