Ector Co. TX - Obits from the Odessa American Online 31 Oct 1999 Submitted by Charlene Beatty Beauchamp cbodessa@classicnet.net Thanks to the Odessa American Online http://www.oaoa.com/ ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** OA Online Obituaries. October 31, 1999 Permian Basin Obituaries _________________________________________________________________ Raymond J. Donovan, M.D. ODESSA -- A memorial Mass will be held at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 1999, at 2 p.m. The church is located at 7601 N. Grandview, Odessa. Raymond J. Donovan, M.D., 73, died Saturday, Oct. 9, 1999, in Houston. He practiced in Odessa from 1978 - 1983, then returned to join the faculty of the Texas Tech Ob/Gyn Department in 1990. He will be deeply missed by his many colleagues, friends and coworkers. Donations may be made to the Ob/Gyn Lectureship Fund in honor of Dr. Donovan. Please send contributions to Texas Tech HSC, 800 W. 4th Street, Department of Ob/Gyn, Ob/Gyn Lectureship Fund, Odessa, TX 79763. _________________________________________________________________ ODESSA -- Kenneth C. Brakeville, 73, of Odessa, died Friday, Oct. 29, 1999, at Medical Center Hospital. Graveside services will be held at 3 p.m. Monday at Sunset Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Troy Stevenson officiating. Mr. Brakeville was born Sept. 18, 1926, in DeQueen, Ark. He married Kathlyn Reed on April 18, 1947, in DeQueen, Ark. Mr. Brakeville moved to Odessa in 1951 from DeQueen, Ark. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of WWII. He worked for Sid Richardson Plant for 21 years. He retired from Carr Well Service in 1987. He was a Baptist. He is survived by his wife, Kathlyn Brakeville of Odessa; sons, Kenneth R. Brakeville and wife Colleen of Odessa, and Jerry P. Brakeville of Odessa; brothers, Charles Brakeville of Benton, La., and Bobby Don Brakeville of DeQueen, Ark.; granddaughter Casey Boswell and her husband Michael of Odessa; and numerous nieces and nephews. Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. _________________________________________________________________ ODESSA -- Tommy Gene Clark was born on July 31, 1932, in Eastland County to Tommie M. and Chloe Hefner Clark. He passed away Friday, Oct. 29, 1999 at his home. Graveside services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Monday, Nov. 1, 1999, at the Eastland Cemetery in Eastland, Texas with Rev. Jack Watkins of Temple Baptist Church in Odessa officiating. The family will receive visitors Sunday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the funeral home. Services are under direction of Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. Tommy was raised in Carbon, Texas. He graduated from Carbon High School in 1949. He attended Cisco Jr. College, Howard Payne and Odessa College. Mr. Clark joined the U. S. Navy in 1952 and served during the Korean War until 1956. He married Donna Scott on May 9, 1958, in Midland, Texas. They came to Odessa in July of 1959. He had worked as a Letter Carrier for the U. S. Postal Service for over 36 years. He also worked for Greyhound, after his retirement, for 5 years and then for Fields and Company where he worked until March of this year. He enjoyed working, hunting, fishing and loved West Texas Football. He is survived by his wife Donna Clark; his daughter Karen Clark; his son Allen and his wife Elaine Clark all of Odessa; his sister, Jane Hardin and her husband Les of Ft. Worth; his grandsons, Christopher and Brandon Clark of Houston and granddaughter, Brittney McKee of Odessa; sister in law and brother in law, Monette and Bill Carr of Garland; niece, Laura Trotter and husband Eddie of Waco; nephew, Douglas Carr of Dallas and great niece, Shannon Trotter of Waco. He was preceded in death by his parents and his stepmother, Flora Roderick. The family suggests that memorials be made to Nurse Hospice or the A.L.S. Foundation. _________________________________________________________________ ODESSA -- Mildred Thomas, 92, of Odessa went home to be with the Lord on Friday, Oct. 29, 1999. She was born Oct. 1, 1907 in Sweet Home, Ark. She married Jesse J. Thomas, November 3, 1933, in Sweet Home and together they owned and operated a grocery store in Sweet Home until the early 70's. She moved to Odessa in 1982. She had been a member of Pine Grove Baptist Church since 1928. Pine Grove Baptist was her life where she had taught Sunday School and served on various pulpit committees. She had also served as president of the Women's Missionary Union. While in Odessa she had attended Immanuel Baptist Church and Antioch Christian Church. She was preceded in death by her husband in 1975, sister, Lucille Pearson in 1955 and nephew, Charles E. Pearson in 1990. Survivors include her great niece Ruthann Clayton and her husband Roger of Odessa and their children Brent Clayton of Lubbock and Brook Clayton of Ft. Worth. She is also survived by her niece Wanda Milligan of Lubbock and great niece Julie Pearson of Dallas. The family will receive friends at Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors today from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Funeral services will be 1 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 2, 1999, at Pine Grove Baptist Church in Sweet Home, Ark. with the Revs. Ed Edmondson and James Reed officiating. Interment will follow in Pine Grove Cemetery. Arrangements by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors. (www.wilsonfuneral.com) _________________________________________________________________ ODESSA -- James Robert "Stoop" Stanley, 70, of Odessa, died Friday, Oct. 29, 1999, at Medical Center Hospital. Services will be held at 4:30 p.m. Monday at Northside Baptist Church with the Revs. Glenn Harlin and Clydel Chapman officiating. Burial will follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Mr. Stanley was born on March 29, 1929, in Wink, Texas. He married Wanda Cook on May 7, 1951 in Roswell, N.M. Mr. Stanley was born in Wink and settled in Odessa in 1955. He worked in the oilfield. He was a member of Northside Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife, Wanda Stanley of Odessa; sons, Marvin Stanley and wife Sandy of Odessa, and Raymond Stanley and wife Kelly of Odessa; daughters, Towana Jo Bell and husband Roy of Odessa, and Tyann Niemann and husband Steve of Odessa; sisters, Mary Nell Armstrong and husband Wade of Bridgeport, and Mattie Reeves and husband Tom of Alice; 10 grandchildren, Danielle Swinson-Bell, Elizabeth Stanley, Crystal Stanley, Tiffany Niemann, Ruth Stanley, Nicole Niemann, Doug Stanley, Stephanie Niemann, Shawn Niemann and Landry Stanley. Services are entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. _________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 1999 Odessa American. All rights reserved.