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   OA Online Obituaries. 
   
August 30, 1999

Permian Basin Obituaries

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   ODESSA  --  C.  L.  Crosby,  son  of Lee and Josie Crosby, passed away
   August 27, 1999, in an Odessa Hospital. He was born December 26, 1928,
   in  Paden,  Okla., C. L. was an employee of Sharp Drilling Company and
   retired  in  April  1986. He had been a resident of Odessa since 1963,
   and was a member of Life Challenge Church.
   
   He  was  preceded  in  death by his parents, Lee and Josie Crosby, his
   brother  H. D. Crosby; his son, Danny Crosby, 2 grandsons, Christopher
   Dean Crosby and Robbie Lee Crosby.
   
   C.  L.  is  survived  by  his  loving  wife,  Fern Crosby of Odessa; 4
   daughters,  Sharon Joyce Watts of Odessa, Mary Dixon of Odessa, Sandra
   Crosby  of  Austin and Clara Arocha of Slaton; 3 sisters, Ida Vancleve
   of  Henryetta,  Okla.,  Iva Pyle of Paden, Okla., and Lavada Dionne of
   Paden,  Okla.,  12 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren. He will be
   truly missed by all who knew him.
   
   Funeral  services  were  Sunday,  August  29,  1999, in Life Challenge
   United  Pentecostal  Church,  5000  N.  Grandview,  with  the Rev. Dan
   Smeltser  officiating.  Additional  services  will  be held at 10 a.m.
   Tuesday in Burnett Mission Church, Paden, Okla., Interment will follow
   in  Oakdale  Cemetery  in  Paden,  Okla.  under the direction of Parks
   Brothers Funeral Home of Prague, Okla.
   
   Local services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
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   ODESSA  -- Michael David Welch, 46, of Odessa, died Friday, August 27,
   1999, at Medical Center Hospital of a heart condition.
   
   Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Sunset Memorial Gardens
   with the Rev. Terry Wright officiating.
   
   He  was born on Oct. 9, 1952, in Midland and married Penny Robinson on
   April 8, 1972.
   
   Mr.  Welch  moved  to Odessa from Midland. He was a plant operator for
   Arco and retired in 1990.
   
   He  graduated  from Odessa High School in 1971. He was a Staff Sgt. in
   the Marine Corp. He was a member of Westover Baptist Church.
   
   He is survived by his wife, Penny Welch of Odessa; son, Michael Thomas
   and  wife  Susan Welch of Odessa; daughter, Shannon Marie Welch of San
   Angelo;  brothers,  Alton Dewayne Welch of Stephenville and Bobby Dale
   Welch of Odessa.
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