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   OA Online Obituaries. 
   
December 23, 1999

Permian Basin Obituaries

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   ODESSA  --  Nila  Mae  Wood  was  a  loving  wife,  moma,  granny  and
   great-granny.  She  was  born in Sonora, Sept. 1, 1934. She went to be
   with our Lord Monday, Dec. 20, 1999.
   
   She was married to Fred L. Wood Sr., Sept. 5,
   
   1950, in Lovington, N.M.
   
   She is survived by her brother, Joe Billy Hardin and his wife, Pat, Of
   Oolagah,  Okla.;  sons,  Fred L. Wood Jr. and wife, Irma, John E. Wood
   and  wife, Jessie; daughters, Anita Loftin and husband, Jerry, Deborah
   Wood  and  Judith  Stewart,  all  of  Odessa; 21 grandchildren; and 11
   great-grandchildren.
   
   She  was preceded in death by her father, John T. Hardin, in 1975; her
   sister,  Frances  Allcorn,  in 1987; her mother, Nila Hardin, in 1989,
   her  husband,  Fred L. Wood Sr., in 1990; half-brother, Steve Higgins,
   in 1998; and daughter, Tommi Olson, in 1999.
   
   She will be greatly missed by all who knew her. Mom loved the outdoors
   and children of all ages.
   
   She was an extra-special granny to Elexis and Isaiah.
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   Jackie Jo Brown
   
   LUBBOCK  --  Jackie  Jo  Brown,  80, of Odessa, died Tuesday, Dec. 21,
   1999, at Medical Center Hospital.
   
   Visitation  will  be  from noon until 9 p.m. Thursday at Hubbard-Kelly
   Funeral Home.
   
   Services  will  be  at  10 a.m. Friday at Resthaven Memorial Chapel in
   Lubbock. Burial will be at Resthaven Memorial Park.
   
   She was born Oct. 19, 1919, in Canton. She married W.W. Brown Oct. 15,
   1935,  in  Plainview.  He  preceded her in death Oct. 4, 1982. She was
   also preceded in death by her brother, Avon Carter.
   
   She  was  a former longtime resident of Lubbock and a member of Asbury
   Methodist Church in Lubbock.
   
   Survivors   include   her   daughter,   Jean  Brown  of  Odessa;  four
   grandchildren,   Chris  Cook,  Bryan  Cook,  Lynn  Edmondson  and  Amy
   McFerrin; and four great-grandchildren.
   
   Local arrangements entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home Chapel.
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   Jim Galloway
   
   ODESSA  -- Jim Galloway, 78, of Odessa, passed away at the home of his
   oldest son, Richard, where he has lived for the past four years.
   
   Jim,  a  music lover and aficionado of intellectual games and puzzles,
   was  born  on  Independence  Day  1921 to R.V. and Augusta Galloway in
   Ranger,  Texas.  He  graduated  from  Eastland High School in 1938 and
   attended Ranger Junior College. He served in World War II as a trumpet
   player in the Army Air Forces Band.
   
   After  a  brief  professional  music  career,  he  began  his lifelong
   profession  as  an  accountant. He retired in 1994 after 30 years with
   Stallworth Oil and Gas/Lynx Energy in Midland and in Dallas.
   
   Jim  is survived by his three sons and their wives, Richard and Teresa
   of Odessa, Jerry Don and Hope of Austin and Danny and Sherrie of Mesa,
   Colo.;  their mother, Gerry Galloway of Austin; two sisters, a brother
   and  sister-in-law, Kathryn Watzon of Mandeville, La., Marie Varney of
   San   Antonio,   and   Bob  and  Ann  Galloway  of  Gladewater;  seven
   grandchildren,  five great-grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews;
   and other family and friends.
   
   His brother, Jack Galloway, and sister, Margaret Cearley, preceded him
   in death.
   
   Memorial  contributions  may  be  made  to  your  local chapter of the
   American  Heart  Association  or  by  calling 1-800-242-8721 or to the
   Midland Affiliate, 3525 Andrews Hwy., Midland, Texas, 79703-5054.
   
   "We will all remember and miss you Jim/Dad."
   
   Arrangements entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly.
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