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   OA Online Obituaries. 
   
August 24, 1999

Permian Basin Obituaries

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   ODESSA -- Lola May McDonald, 84, of Odessa, died at 6:05 a.m., Sunday,
   Aug.  22,  1999,  at  Medical  Center  Hospital  where  she  had  been
   hospitalized since July 22.
   
   A  memorial  service  will  be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Frank W.
   Wilson   Funeral   Directors  Chapel  with  the  Rev.  Trey  Stevenson
   officiating. Interment will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
   
   Mrs.  McDonald  was  born  in Follett on October 7, 1914. She attended
   public  schools in Libscomb County. She graduated summa cum laude from
   Baylor  University  in  1935.  While  attending Baylor University, she
   received  the  honor  of  being selected as a "Baylor Beauty" in 1934.
   Mrs.  McDonald  taught  school  in Follet until she married Malvern G.
   McDonald on June 7, 1937.
   
   She  lived  in  Odessa  for  the past 62 years. She was active in many
   organizations and served on various governing boards from 1937 to 1964
   while Malvern served as City Attorney of Odessa.
   
   Mrs.  McDonald  is  preceded  in  death  by  her  husband,  Malvern G.
   McDonald;  her daughter, Lola Janeen Taylor; her sister, Evelyn Gragg;
   and two brothers, Robert and Richard Sewell.
   
   She  is  survived  by  her  son,  George  M.  McDonald  of Dallas; six
   grandchildren:  Allan  McDonald,  Mrs.  Shannon Sliwinski, Larry Wayne
   Taylor,  Mrs.  Wendy Starks, Jonathan and Julie Taylor; and four great
   grandchildren.
   
   Arrangements by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors.
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   Lucille H. "Sue" Barrett
   
   ODESSA  --  Lucille H. "Sue" Barrett, 81, of Odessa, died Sunday, Aug.
   22, 1999, at Medical Center Hospital.
   
   She  was  born  Jan. 6, 1918, in White County, Ill., to Owen Hunsinger
   and Elizabeth Merritt Hunsinger.
   
   Mrs. Barrett came to Odessa in 1953 from Hannibal, Mo.
   
   Sue worked for several department stores in Odessa as a tailor.
   
   She enjoyed her grandchildren and working in her yard.
   
   Graveside service will be 2 p.m. today at Sunset Memorial Gardens with
   the Rev. David Johnson officiating.
   
   Mrs.  Barrett  was  preceded in death by her parents; brother, Owen J.
   Hunsinger; and son, Jean K. Barrett.
   
   Survivors  include  her husband, Elmer E. Barrett of Odessa; son, John
   Barrett  and wife Eleanor of Odessa; daughter, Sue Tisdale and husband
   Dwain  of  Odessa; brother, Robert Hunsinger of Wichita, Kan.; sister,
   Helen  H.  Stump of Harrisburg, Ill.; grandsons, Bill Tisdale and wife
   Jamie  of  Odessa, J.J. Barrett of El Paso; granddaughters, Cori Thane
   and  husband  Gerald of Midland, Penalope Barrett of Odessa, September
   Hickman of Odessa; and seven great-grandchildren.
   
   Arrangements are by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors.
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