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   OA Online Obituaries. 
   
September 25, 1999

Permian Basin Obituaries

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   Duey Braswell
   
   ANDREWS -- Funeral services for Duey Braswell, 82, of Andrews, will be
   at  2  p.m. today at Means Memorial United Methodist Church in Andrews
   with the Rev. Jim Terry officiating. Burial will be in the Andrews Old
   Cemetery under the direction of McNett Funeral Home of Andrews.
   
   He died Thursday, September 23, 1999, at Memorial Hospital and Medical
   Center.
   
   He  was  born September 11, 1917, in Roswell, N.M. He moved to Andrews
   in  1934  and lived here for most of his life. He worked for Mrs. Carl
   Betenbough  at  the Andrews Telephone Company. He worked for two years
   on the Scarborough "Five Wells" Ranch in Andrews. He then went to work
   for Humble Production Company in 1940.
   
   He married Lucille Walden in July 1941. She died in 1943.
   
   He served during World War II in the Navy. He came back to Andrews and
   resumed  his  work  for Humble. He was transferred to Humble Pipe Line
   and  started  working as a Station Oilier. He worked for Humble, which
   later  became  Exxon  Pipe Line Company, from 1940 to 1978. He married
   Sue Burkett on Sept. 26, 1947, in Roswell, N.M.
   
   He  served  on  the  Andrews  City Council from 1959 to 1963. He was a
   charter member of the Goldsmith Masonic Lodge. He was the first Master
   Mason  of  that  lodge.  He was a 32-degree Mason and had received his
   60-year  pin in 1999. He was a member of the Andrews Masonic Lodge. He
   was  a  charter  member  of  the  Andrews Mesquite Burners. He was the
   Little Thorn in 1979 and Big Thorn in 1980 in the Mesquite Burners. He
   received his lifetime membership in 1992 from the Mesquite Burners. He
   was  a lifetime member of the Andrews Chamber Of Commerce. He received
   the  Andrews  Chamber  Of Commerce Community Service Award in 1982. He
   was recognized for the Outstanding Membership and Banquet Ticket Sales
   for the Andrews Chamber Of Commerce. He was elected and worked for the
   Andrews Constable Office for Andrews County from 1978 until his death.
   He  was  a  member  of  the  Means Memorial United Methodist Church in
   Andrews.  He  was an honorary member of the Board of Stewards of Means
   Memorial United Methodist Church.
   
   He  is  survived  by his wife, Sue Braswell of Andrews; two daughters,
   Karen  Gallagher  of San Jose, Calif., and Beverly Braswell of Odessa;
   two grandsons, Matt Jenkins and Mark Jenkins, both of San Jose, Calif.
   
   Memorials  may  be sent to Means Memorial United Methodist Church, 311
   N.E. Second Street, Andrews, Texas 79714.
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