Ector Co. TX - Obits from the Odessa American Online 20 Jan 2000 Submitted by Charlene Beatty Beauchamp cbodessa@classicnet.net Thanks to the Odessa American Online http://www.oaoa.com/ ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** OA Online Death Notices. January 20, 2000 Permian Basin Death Notices Celia Acton ALPINE — Celia Maxine Acton, 96, of Alpine died Monday, Jan. 17, 2000, at Big Bend Regional Medical Center. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Geeslin Funeral Home. Burial will be at Elm Grove Cemetery. Arrangements by Geeslin Funeral Home. She was born in Eola and moved to Alpine in 1968 from Valentine. She was Methodist. SURVIVORS: Daughters, Maxine Cox of San Angelo and Helen Bell of Fort Davis; seven grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and nine great-great-grandchildren. Gill Blackmon ANDREWS — Gill Blackmon, 61, of Andrews, a retired fishing tool supervisor, died Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2000, at his residence. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at First United Methodist Church with the Rev. James Linton officiating. Burial will be at Andrews North Cemetery. Arrangements by McNett Funeral Home. He was born in Hamlin. He was a Navy veteran. He was Pentecostal. SURVIVORS: Wife, Betty Blackmon, of Andrews; sons, Mark Blackmon, Prentice Hill and Shaun Hill, all of Andrews, and Matthew Blackmon, Michael Blackmon and Monte Blackmon, all of Llano; daughter, Marilyn Hill of Andrews; brothers, James Scott of Hobbs, N.M., Willie Carrigan of Clyde and Sterling Carrigan of Venezuela; sister, Donna Jones of Shreveport, La.; and 16 grandchildren. George Caswell ODESSA — George William Caswell, 85, of Odessa, a retired ditching machine operator, died Monday, Jan. 17, 2000, at Deerings Nursing Home. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home Chapel with Eddie Parrish officiating. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. He was born in Colorado City and moved to Odessa in 1946. He was an Army veteran of World War II. He was a member of the Church of Christ. SURVIVORS: Wife, Etha Caswell, of Odessa; brother, Leonard Ray Caswell, of May; sisters, Mary Williams of California and Savana Yarbrough of Nolan. Thelma Franklin ODESSA — Thelma O. Franklin, 87, of Odessa, a retired sales clerk, died Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2000, at Seabury Nursing Center after a short illness. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Westover Baptist Church with the Revs. Terry Wright and Emmett Barnard officiating. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. She was born in Eastland County and had been a resident of Odessa since 1950. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Daughter, Vickie Thurman, of Odessa; sister, Dorothy Mae Hise, of Ranger; six grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. Charlene Hart ODESSA — Charlene Alleta Hart, 66, of Odessa, a retired employee of Ector County Independent School District, died Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2000, at Deerings Nursing Home. Services will be at 4 p.m. Saturday at Grace Baptist Church with the Rev. Grover Bishop officiating. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. She was born in Uvalde and had been a resident of Odessa since 1946. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Son, James Hart, of Odessa; daughter, Alleta Kay Smith, of San Diego; brothers, Larry Reeves of Rancho Cordova, Calif., and Thomas Reeves of Lake Whitney; sister, Imogene Savage, of Roland, Okla.; five grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Don Steele ODESSA — Don Steele, 57, of Odessa, a retired general manager for Pump Jack Masters, died Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2000, at Medical Center Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. He was born in Huntington, W.Va., and moved to Odessa in 1972 from Houston. He was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Wife, Oletta Steele, of Odessa; son, Joe Michael Sanford, of Odessa; daughters, Ivy Steele of Odessa and Donna Steele of San Antonio; mother, Golda Steele, of Rosharon; sister, Judy McCloud, of Rosharon; and five grandchildren. _________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 2000 Odessa American. All rights reserved.