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      OA Online Death Notices. Click here for OA Online Yellow Pages.
                                      
                              January 27, 2000
                                      
                        Permian Basin Death Notices
                                      
                               Paula Crosson
    PRESIDIO — Paula Juarez Crosson, 94, of Presidio died Thursday,
                         Jan. 20, 2000, in El Paso.
    Mass will be celebrated at 9 a.m. Saturday at Santa Teresa Catholic
   Church. Rosary will be said at 8 p.m. Friday at Santa Teresa Catholic
      Church. Burial will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in Marfa Cemetery.
                   Arrangements by Memorial Funeral Home.
                She was born in Presidio. She was Catholic.
                   She is survived by nieces and nephews.
                                      
   J.B. Neill
   TISHOMINGO, Okla. — J.B. Neill, 76, of Coleman, Okla., a retired
   cement truck driver, died Monday, Jan. 24, 2000, at Mercy Memorial
   Hospital in Ardmore, Okla.
   Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Clark Funeral Home Chapel with
   Mark McDaniel officiating. Burial will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Hamlin.
   Arrangements by Clark Funeral Home.
   He was born in Monahans. He was an Army veteran of World War II.
   SURVIVORS: Wife, Delores Neill of Coleman, Okla.; son, Troy Neill of
   Monahans; daughters, Teresa Watkins and Rhonda Smith, both of
   Monahans, and Jackie Neill of Coleman; stepson, Dennis Stephens of
   Coleman; stepdaughters, Diane Lewis and Darlene Pigg, both of Coleman;
   brother, Melvin Neill of Skellytown; sister, Betty Jo Braken of
   Liberty; 14 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
   
   Alice Reynolds
   ODESSA — Alice Odelia Reynolds, 81, of Haskel, a homemaker, died
   Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2000, at a local hospital.
   Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home
   Chapel. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by
   Sunset Memorial Funeral Home.
   She was born in England, Ark. She was Baptist.
   SURVIVORS: Sons, Jimmy Joe Thomas of Haskell, Johnny Ray Thomas of
   Odessa and Tommy E. Thomas of Midland; daughters, Patricia Brown of
   Odessa, and Peggy Everett of Penrose, Colo.; brother, Robert Cullen
   Dereuisseaux of Little Rock, Ark.; sister, Charlene Johnson of
   Keithville, La.; 14 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; and two
   great-great-grandchildren.
   
   Jesse Sammann
   MIDLAND — Jesse Leonard Sammann, 71, of Odessa died Wednesday,
   Jan. 26, 2000, at Deerings Nursing Home.
   Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Golf Course Church of Christ.
   Burial will be in Englewood, Calif. Arrangements by Odessa Funeral
   Home Angeles Memorial Chapel.
   He was born in Lockney.
   SURVIVORS: Wife, Betty Sammann of Odessa; daughters, Linda Eakins of
   Las Vegas and Regina Bentley of Kent, Wash.; brothers, Herschell
   Sammann of San Diego, Charles Sammann of Kent, Wash., and Larry
   Sammann of Moore, Okla.; sisters, Betty Hayte of Jacksonville, Fla.;
   five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
   
   Georgie Simpson
   SEMINOLE — Georgie Simpson, 81, of Seminole died Monday, Jan. 24,
   2000, in Odessa.
   Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at South Seminole Baptist Church
   with the Rev. Bobby Phillips officiating. Burial will be at Gaines
   County South Cemetery. Arrangements by Memorial Funeral Home.
   She was born in Goree and had been a resident of Seminole since 1949.
   She was Baptist.
   SURVIVORS: Sons, Ronny White of Odessa, Dwayne Simpson of Fort Worth
   and Fred Simpson of Arlington; brother, Harold Barrett of Tahoka;
   sisters, Liz Brodesser of Lubbock and Margaret "Tootsie" Jordon of
   Wolfforth; seven grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
   
   Lurene Varnell
   ODESSA — Lurene Varnell, 88, of Odessa, a retired teacher, died
   Sunday, Jan. 23, 2000, at Medical Center Hospital.
   Memorial services were Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2000, at First United
   Methodist Church. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
   She was born in Joshua. She was Methodist.
   SURVIVORS: Sister, Breen Ringland of Houston.
   
   Morris Whitman
   ODESSA — Morris "Whit" Whitman, 86, of Odessa died Tuesday, Jan.
   25, 2000, at Medical Center Hospital.
   Services are scheduled for a later date. Arrangements by Sunset
   Memorial Funeral Home.
   He was born in Comanche, Okla. He was Methodist.
   SURVIVORS: Wife, Barbara Whitman of Odessa; daughters, Barbara Carl of
   San Juan Pueblo, N.M.; three grandchildren; and five
   great-grandchildren.
   
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