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   OA Online Obituaries. 
   
September 15, 1999

Permian Basin Obituaries

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   Mary Frances McShan Cummins
   
   BALLINGER  --  Mary Frances McShan Cummins, 78, of The Woodlands, died
   Monday, Sept. 13, 1999, in The Woodlands.
   
   Graveside  services  will  be  at  1  p.m.  Wednesday in the Evergreen
   Cemetery in Ballinger. Services by Rains-Seale Funeral Home.
   
   She was born Oct. 21, 1912, in Winters.
   
   She was a lifelong member of the Baptist church and attended school in
   Winters and Abilene, class of 1940.
   
   She later moved to Colorado City in 1943 and then to Odessa. She moved
   to Conroe and The Woodlands in 1985 where she lived until her death.
   
   She  was  preceded  in death by her mother and father, M.E. Miller and
   Littie Miller; and brother, Robert C. Miller.
   
   Survivors include sons, Pat A. McShan and wife, Nan, and Howard Marcus
   McShan  and  wife,  Angela,  all  of  Montgomery, Texas; twin brother,
   William Floyd Miller of Odessa; grandchildren, Kari Masters of Austin,
   Scott McShan of The Woodlands, Matthew McShan and Jessica McShan, both
   of Conroe; and three great-grandchildren, Kyle Masters, Dyle and Jacob
   McShan.
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   Curtis Louis Crenshaw
   
   ODESSA  --  Curtis  Louis Crenshaw, 74, of Newnan, Ga., died Saturday,
   Sept. 11, 1999, at Medical Center Hospital.
   
   Graveside  services  were held Tuesday at Sunset Memorial Gardens with
   the Rev. Bill Heggemeier officiating.
   
   He  was  born  Nov.  23, 1924, in Fisher County, Texas. He married his
   wife, Frances Wilson, May 13, 1945, in Winters.
   
   Curtis  and  family  left  Odessa in 1965 to move to Farmington, N.M.,
   where  they  resided until 1969, moving to Roswell, N.M. In 1971, they
   moved  to  Utah  where  they  resided until moving to Georgia in 1992.
   Curtis  worked for Welex Wireline Services, a division of Halliburton,
   for 28 years. He retired in 1987. He was Methodist.
   
   He  was  preceded  in death by his daughter, Martha Jo Crenshaw; three
   brothers; and three sisters.
   
   Survivors include his wife, Frances Crenshaw of Newnan, Ga.; daughter,
   Kathy  Crenshaw Babbitt of Peachtree, Ga.; sister, Maude Kuykendall of
   Brownfield; and granddaughter, Amanda Babbitt.
   
   Services were entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
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   W.E. "Bill" Gilbert
   
   CLEBURNE  --  W.E  "Bill"  Gilbert,  92, passed away Sunday, Sept. 12,
   1999, at Midland Memorial Hospital and Medical Center.
   
   Mr.  Gilbert  was  born March 19, 1907, to Alfred and Olive Gilbert in
   Whitney,  Hill  County.  He married Wanda Caddell on June 29, 1928, in
   Levelland.
   
   He  is  preceded  in  death  by  his  father and mother; one daughter,
   Laquita Joy; four brothers and four sisters.
   
   In  the  early  years, he worked as a cowboy on the Slaughter Ranch in
   Hockley  County  and  as  a farmer. In 1957, he went into the business
   field,  owning  and  operating Odessa Security Service for a number of
   years.  He  continued  to  work in security until retirement. He was a
   Baptist since age 30.
   
   He  is survived by six sons and two daughters, Waldo Gilbert and wife,
   Chris,  of  Fort  Smith,  Ark.;  Vernon  Gilbert and wife, Shirley, of
   Midland;  Kenneth  Gilbert  and  wife,  Norma,  of Pocolo, Okla.; Jack
   Gilbert  and  wife,  Linda,  of  Van  Buren,  Ark.;  Arlina Roland and
   husband,  James,  of Gardendale; Nelda Harris and husband, Charles, of
   Odessa;  David  Gilbert  and wife, Michele, of Springdale, Ark.; Frank
   Gilbert and wife, Theresa, of Tull, Ark.
   
   He    had    26    grandchildren,    46    great-grandchildren,    one
   great-great-grandchild, also several nieces and nephews.
   
   Graveside  services  will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Rose Hill Cemetery
   with the Revs. Charles Payne and Mark Ely officiating. Arrangements by
   Crosier-Pearson-Mayfield Funeral Home in Cleburne.
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