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   OA Online Obituaries. 
   
November 29, 1999

Permian Basin Obituaries

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   ODESSA  -- Josephine Lois Gant, 84, of Odessa went to be with Jesus on
   Friday,  Nov.  26,  1999.  She  was  born  August  31,  1915, in Akin,
   Illinois.
   
   Funeral  Services will be held 10 a.m. today in the chapel of Frank W.
   Wilson  Funeral  Directors  with  the  Rev.  Sam  Jordan  officiating.
   Interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
   
   Josephine  moved  to  Odessa  in 1979 from North Little Rock, Ark. She
   married  Lawrence  Bonin  in  1942.  He died in 1950. She then married
   Harold  Theodore  Sheldon  in  1953. He died in 1986. She then married
   Lloyd  C.  Gant  in March 1974. He died July 14, 1987. Mrs. Gant was a
   lifetime member of the VFW auxiliary.
   
   She  was  active in caring for son, Roger who is involved with Special
   Olympics.   She   loved   her   children,   grandchildren   and  great
   grandchildren.
   
   She  is  survived by sons and daughters-in-law; Jim and Sandi Bonin of
   Dearborn, Mich., John Bonin of Whitmore Lake, Mich., Robert and Sharon
   Bonin  of  Ore  Lake, Mich., and Roger Sheldon of Odessa, daughter and
   son-in-law;  Joana  Lee  and  Ronnie E. Neal, 6 grandchildren, 6 great
   grandchildren.  She is also survived by 2 brothers, John and Clyde Lee
   both  of Mich., and 2 sisters, Birdie Powers of Mich., Ruth Hindman of
   Illinois, and numerous nephews, nieces and cousins.
   
   Arrangements by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors.
   
   www.wilsonfuneral.com
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