Ector Co. TX - Obits from the Odessa American Online 18 Dec 1999

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   OA Online Obituaries. 
   
December 18, 1999

Permian Basin Obituaries

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   ODESSA -- Eddie Matthews, loving father and best friend.
   
   He  was  born  Nov.  22,  1935,  in Georgetown and went to be with our
   heavenly  Father  Dec. 16, 1999, at Medical Center Hospital in Odessa,
   where he fought for his life.
   
   Eddie  married  Joyce Sadberry, Dec. 20, 1955. They resided in Odessa,
   where  he  worked in the oilfields and later in construction, where he
   owned his own paving company.
   
   He  was  preceded in death by his father, E. B. Matthews; mother, Opal
   Matthews; and grandson, Jonathan Wuensh.
   
   He  is survived by his wife, Joyce Matthews of Odessa; daughters, Wana
   York  and husband, Russell, of Houston and Theresa Matthews of Odessa;
   brother,  George Talbot of Tacoma, Wash.; grandchildren, Cody Matthews
   and  wife,  Amber,  Summer  Brooks,  Zachary Wuensh, Mica Vincient and
   Morgan York and a host of other relatives and friends.
   
   Funeral  services  will  be held at 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 18, 1999, in
   the  chapel  of Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors with the Revs. David
   Henry  and  Terry  Wright officiating. Interment will follow at Sunset
   Memorial Gardens.
   
   "He  was the strength and joy to our family, he will be sorely missed.
   We love you."
   
   Arrangements     by     Frank    W.    Wilson    Funeral    Directors.
   (www.wilsonfuneral.com)
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   Frankie Nell Daniel Taylor
   
   GRAND  PRAIRIE  -- Frankie Nell Daniel Taylor, 84, a resident of Grand
   Prairie for 55 years, passed away Dec. 16, 1999. Frankie was born July
   11, 1915, in Waldo, Ark.
   
   Mrs. Taylor was a member of the First Baptist Church in Grand Prairie.
   
   Visitation  will  be  from  6  to 8 p.m. Saturday at Bean-Massey-Burge
   Funeral Home.
   
   Services  will  be at 10 a.m. Sunday at Bean-Massey-Burge Funeral Home
   Chapel. Burial will be at Southland Memorial Park.
   
   Survivors  include  her  son  and daughter-in-law, Jack and Bernadette
   Taylor  of Ovilla; stepson and wife, Hollis Dale and Shirley Taylor of
   Alex, Okla.; daughter and son-in-law, Nancy and Gary Newsom of Odessa;
   brother,  Fred  Daniel  of Waldo, Ark.; seven grandchildren; and three
   great-grandchildren.
   
   Memorials can be made to Visiting Nurses Association of Dallas.
   
   Services entrusted to Bean-Massey-Burge Funeral Home.
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