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"Red" Hartman, 85, of Odessa, died Tuesday, Nov. 16, 1999, at Medical Center Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home Chapel with the Pastor Jess Little officiating. Burial will be at Crane Cemetery. He was born Sept. 28, 1914, at Marble Falls. He married Lorene Thacker Dec. 26, 1992, in Odessa. Mr. Hartman moved to Odessa in 1948 from Denver City. He was a retired welder. He was a member of Sunset Heights Baptist Church. He liked to write poetry and work in his yard. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Maureen in 1990. Survivors include his wife, Lorene Thacker Hartman of Odessa; sons, Bryan Campbell and wife Jacki and James I. Thacker, all of Odessa, and Joe Thacker and wife Nada of Snyder; daughters, Pat Turman of Conroe, Judith Hawk and husband Harry of Okemah, Okla., and Jerry Phelps and husband Thurston of Stafford; 15 grandchildren; 33 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. _________________________________________________________________ ODESSA -- Lorraine Mae Brown "Nannie Mae" Grace, 67, of Odessa, died Tuesday, Nov. 16, 1999, at Medical Center Hospital. Memorial services will be at 4 p.m. today at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Jim Ray Brown officiating. She was born July 4, 1932, in Coalgate, Okla. She married Lloyd Ray Grace on April 3, 1951, in Colorado Springs, Colo. Mrs. Grace was a lifelong resident of Odessa. She was a homemaker and an auxiliary member of the American Legion, Fraternal Order of Eagles and the Moose Lodge. She was Baptist. She was preceded in death by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E.J. Brown of Odessa; brothers, Doyle and Thomas Brown of Odessa; and granddaughter, Brandy Collinsworth. Survivors include her husband, Lloyd Ray Grace of Odessa; daughters, Rosanna Grace of San Angelo, Joellen Collinsworth of Diana and Raynell Grace Hill of El Paso; brothers, George Richard Brown of Odessa and M. Jet Brown of Odessa; sisters, Ellen "Sis" Thorman of Odessa, Bonnie Jean Brown of Odessa, Patsy Jo Terry of Odessa and Rosellen Murphy of Houston; six grandchildren, Lori Ann Gouldie, Michael Lloyd Collinsworth, Randina Burleson, James David "Beau" Burleson, Timothy Ray Petalcu and Brian Robert Petalcu; five great-grandchildren, Destiny Star Petalcu, Ashley Rose Petalcu, Christian Jane Gouldie, Jacob Durham Gouldie and Chelsie Janell Woodward; adopted daughter and granddaughter, Donna Lynn Willingham and Julie Chavez; and numerous nephews, nieces and friends. The family suggests memorials to the charity of your choice. Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. _________________________________________________________________ ODESSA -- Dr. Radames Martinez Sr. peacefully went home to be with Jesus Christ, his Lord and Savior, on the evening of Tuesday, Nov. 16, 1999, at Medical Center Hospital, after a long illness. He and his family moved to Odessa in 1964, after emigrating from Cuba, which had recently been overtaken by communism. They left everything behind, except for the clothes they wore and a few personal belongings. Dr. Martinez was born in Matanzas, Cuba, on Oct. 1, 1922, the only child of Tomas and Ana Martinez. He married Lilia Villate Manresa on July 24, 1942. He was educated in Havana and acquired his doctor of medicine degree from the University of Havana Medical School, where he eventually held the teaching position of Chair of Professor of Orthopedic Surgery. After arriving in the United States, he practiced briefly at the V.A. hospitals in Miami, Fla., and in Tucson, Ariz. He practiced in Odessa until 1992 and then retired to Miami. He is survived by his wife, Lilia; by their seven children Lilia, Lupe, Radames Jr., Roberto, Raymond, Reynaldo and Linda; by their seventeen grandchildren; and by two great-grandchildren. His wife of 57 years has known him as a faithful, loving and devoted husband. His children know him as "Papi:" provider, leader, honest, truthful, reliable, trustworthy, counselor, generous to a fault. He was a most wonderful father and role model for his family and others who knew him. Since his arrival in Odessa, he has had a positive influence throughout the breadth and width of the medical community. He treated everyone with respect and consideration, whether they were sweeping the halls of the hospital or performing surgery. His kindness flowed over the social boundaries that separate most others. He genuinely cared for each of his patients -- whether they had merely stubbed a toe or had suffered multiple major fractures. He agonized over the fate of his patients and personally rejoiced in their recovery. He always took the time to greet all persons in his path and to stop and teach and counsel those around him who were in need and who would listen. A finer husband, a better father, or a kinder physician would be most difficult to find in this world. We will all miss his presence here greatly. But because of the sacrifice of Christ on behalf of mankind, we can rest assured that those who believe in Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior will be reunited with Dr. Martinez at the time of their own physical deaths. Public visitation will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 18, 1999, in the Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. Visitation will continue from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. in St. Mary's Catholic Church with a Bible Vigil Service to be said at 7 p.m. A Funeral Mass will be said 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 19, 1999, in the St. Mary's Catholic Church with Rev. Francis Frey as celebrant. Interment will follow in Odessa Cemetery under the direction of Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. _________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 1999 Odessa American. All rights reserved.