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   OA Online Obituaries. 
   
December 09, 1999

Permian Basin Obituaries

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   ODESSA  --  Robert Hall Jr. was born April 22, 1929, in Honey Grove to
   Robert and Earsie Hall. He passed away Dec. 5, 1999, at his residence.
   
   He  was preceded in death by his father and mother. Also preceding him
   in  death  were five brothers, Earl Ray Lincoln, C.D. Lincoln, BerneIl
   Lincoln,  John  Lincoln  and Frank Allen; one sister, Ruby Herdon; and
   his stepfather, Wesley Lincoln.
   
   Services  are  scheduled  for  11  a.m.  Saturday at Blackshear School
   Auditorium with the Rev. H.L. Lewis officiating. Burial will follow at
   Rose  Hill  Cemetery.  A  wake will be said from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at
   Martinez Funeral Home.
   
   Mr.  Hall was a bartender for the Odessa Country Club for 45 years and
   also worked at Red Rooster Inn.
   
   Survivors  include  his companion, Joy McGee of Odessa; sons, Haywarth
   Jones  and  Robert Hall III, both of Dallas; his daughters, Rasallenna
   Hall  Wesley  of Dallas, Vontreece Hall of Odessa and Connie Battee of
   Eden,  Minn.;  one  sister,  Jessie Mae Dudley of Mount Pleasant; four
   brothers,  Bobby  Lincoln  of  Virginia  Beach, Va., Bernis Lincoln of
   Odessa,  Aron  "Dick"  Lincoln  of  Denver, Colo., and R.A. Lincoln of
   Tampa  Bay,  Fla.;  four  "special"  daughters,  Charlene  McGuffey of
   Muskegon,  Mich., Debbie Thomas, Sabrina Jones and Michelle Jones, all
   of   Odessa;  one  "special"  son,  Jerel  Henderson  of  Abilene;  14
   grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
   
   Pallbearers  will  be  Augustine Barrera, Archie Roilie, Jeff Pollard,
   Welton Blaylock, Curtis Robinson and Lester Shaw.
   
   Honorary pallbearers will be co-workers and friends.
   
   Services entrusted to Martinez Funeral Home.
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   ODESSA  -- Virgil "Nig" Tannehill, 70, of Odessa died Tuesday, Dec. 7,
   1999, at his residence.
   
   Public  visitation  will  be  from  2 to 9 p.m. today at Hubbard-Kelly
   Funeral Home.
   
   Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home Chapel
   with the Rev. Jack Watkins officiating.
   
   He was born Nov. 11, 1929, in Payne, Okla. He married Edith Whitt Jan.
   3, 1949, in Dare, Okla.
   
   Mr.  Tannehill moved to Odessa in 1951 from Oklahoma. He had worked as
   a  roughneck,  driller and shop mechanic for A.W. Thompson Inc. for 26
   years until his retirement in 1977. Her never met a stranger. He loved
   to fish, write poetry and could fix anything.
   
   He was preceded in death by his brother, Arron Tannehill.
   
   Survivors  include  his  wife,  Edith  Tannehill of Odessa; daughters,
   Patricia  Crawford  of  Gainesville,  Mo., and Loretta Parr of Odessa;
   brothers,  Eugene Tannehill, Donald Tannehill, Lewis Tannehill, all of
   Lindsay,  Okla.,  and Joy Tannehill of Chickasha, Okla.; sister, Helen
   Ruth  Badertscher  of  Chickasha,  Okla.; four grandchildren, Chad and
   Brian    Crawford,    Amy   Gonzalez   and   Erin   Parr;   and   four
   great-grandchildren, Kayla, Kyle, Evan and Kirsten.
   
   The family suggests memorials to Toys for Tots.
   
   Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
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