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   OA Online Obituaries. 
   
December 4, 1999

Permian Basin Obituaries

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   ODESSA  --  Lee  Elby  Broome,  70,  died  at  his residence Thursday,
   December 2, 1999.
   
   He was born November 20, 1929, in Columbia, Miss. He served four years
   in  the  Air  Force.  In  1950, he married Doris Davis in Hattiesburg,
   Miss.  In  1952,  he moved his family to Fort Smith, Ark., and started
   his  own  TV  repair shop. In 1962, he moved his family to El Paso and
   began  his  own  business  called  Sunrise T.V. Service. In 1977, they
   moved  to Odessa where he worked for Montgomery Ward and Morris Caffey
   until he started his own business in 1986.
   
   Lee  was  a deacon and Sunday school teacher for 45 years. At the time
   of  his  death,  he  was  a member of Crescent Park Baptist Church and
   taught a men's Sunday school class.
   
   Lee was greatly loved by his wife, Doris; children, Michael Broome and
   his  wife,  Brenda,  Richard  Broome and Gina Caraway and her husband,
   Joe; grandchildren, Jason and Jonathan Broome, Janet and David Broome,
   Kevin  Broome,  Kelli Umansky and Shane and Shilo Williams. He is also
   survived  by  his  brother,  Conner Broome; and sisters, Lou Roddy and
   Glen Breland.
   
   Funeral  services  will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, December 5, 1999, at
   Crescent   Park   Baptist   Church  with  the  Rev.  Johnny  Dickerson
   officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
   
   Services are entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
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   ODESSA  --  Eunice Clara Hailes of Odessa died Thursday, Dec. 2, 1999,
   at Medical Center Hospital.
   
   Eunice was born Eunice Clara Gibson in the Oklahoma Territory, Aug. 6,
   1906, and was the second oldest of 13 children who observed the waning
   years  at  the  turn  of  the century of the American Frontier and the
   waxing dynamic changes of the modern 20th century.
   
   Funeral  services  will  be  held  at  3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 5, 1999, at
   Eisenhower  Church  of  Christ with Burl Groves officiating. Interment
   will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
   
   Mrs.  Hailes  moved  to  Odessa  in  1943 and was a faithful member of
   Eisenhower  Church  of Christ and Sherwood Church of Christ throughout
   her  Christian  walk. She was loved and adored by 25 grandchildren, 31
   great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
   
   She  is  preceded  in  death by her husband, Hansford Pete Hailes; and
   sons, Larry Hailes and Kenneth Hailes.
   
   She is survived by sons, Herbert Hailes of New Braunfels, Cecil Hailes
   of  Odessa,  Wesley  Hailes  of Gardendale and Joe Hailes of Seminole;
   daughters,  Erma Garrison of Odessa, Lee Stanfield of Odessa, Marjorie
   Gallas  of  Brenham,  Jane Williams of Odessa; brother, O.T. Gibson of
   McAlister,  Okla.;  sisters,  Bonnie  and  husband, Carman Pursley, of
   Lawton,  Okla.,  Mary Ella Codrington of Midwest City, Okla., numerous
   nieces and nephews and friends.
   
   Arrangements     by     Frank    W.    Wilson    Funeral    Directors.
   (www.wilsonfuneral.com)
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   ODESSA  --  Bobby  Dell Brown, of Goldsmith, died Dec. 2, 1999, at his
   residence. He was born Aug. 28, 1934, in Hobart, Okla.
   
   The  family  will  receive  visitors  from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 5,
   1999, at Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors.
   
   Funeral  services  will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, Dec. 6, 1999, in the
   chapel of Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors with the Rev. Rob Scofield
   officiating. Interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
   
   Mr.  Brown  lived  in Goldsmith for 27 years. He was employed by Shell
   Pipeline for 39 years and retired in 1991. He was a Methodist.
   
   He  is  survived by his mother, Odessa Brown of Odessa; father, Thomas
   D. Brown of Odessa; son, Ray Hollingsworth and wife, Connie, of Aztec,
   N.M.;  daughters, Tammy Hester and husband, George, and Shannon Teague
   and  husband,  John,  all  of Odessa; grandchildren, Diana, Justin and
   Jason  Hollingsworth,  Ski  and  Shawn  Herndon, Stephanie and Stormey
   Laws,  Dustin,  Thomas  and  Devin  Teague;  and a longtime friend and
   companion, Beverley Brown Bates of Lake Thomas.
   
   Arrangements   by   Frank   W.   Wilson   Funeral   Directors.   (www.
   wilsonfuneral.com)
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