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January 28, 2000 Permian Basin Death Notices Gracie Aderhold MCCAMEY — Gracie Lou Aderhold, 89, of Odessa, a retired cosmetician, died Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2000, at Medical Center Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Resthaven Cemetery with the Rev. Paul Evans officiating. Arrangements by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors. She was born in San Angelo. SURVIVORS: Sisters, Bea Jones of Newark, Calif., and Helen Harding of Mesquite; brothers, John Allison of Odessa and Guy Allison of Alpine. Edna Brooks SHEFFIELD — Edna "Pattie" Brooks, 94, of Sheffield died Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2000, at McCamey Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Mother Homes Baptist Church with the Revs. Jerry Fortune and Mike Wright officiating. Burial will be at Sheffield Cemetery. Arrangements by Richard W. Box Funeral Home. She was born in Sherwood. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Son, Harley H. Brooks of San Angelo; daughter, Morine "Snooks" Collett of Iraan; sister, Morine Carson of Sheffield; brother, Olin Smith of Sheffield; two grandchildren; two stepgrandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Thelma Corcoran BIG SPRING — Thelma Corcoran, 86, of Mesquite died Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2000, in Mesquite. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. today at Mount Olive Memorial Park. Arrangements by Nalley-Pickle and Welch Funeral Home. She was born in Ladonia and moved to Mesquite in 1997 from Big Spring. She was Catholic. SURVIVORS: Son, James S. Corcoran of Odessa; daughter, June DeVoy of Mesquite; sister, Lucille Long of Mesquite; three grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. James Edwards DENVER CITY — James Carlice Edwards, 95, of Denver City, a retired farmer, died Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2000, at Memorial Hospital in Seminole. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at First Baptist Church with the Revs. Bob Fred and Bob Webb officiating. Burial will be at 4:30 p.m. today at Tahoka Cemetery in Tahoka. Arrangements by Boyer Funeral Home. He was born in McLellan County and moved to Denver City in 1960 from New Home. He was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Son, Don Mac Edwards of Denver City; stepson, James Varner of Fort Worth; brother, Wilson Edwards of Lubbock; and sister, Irma Danklefs of Lubbock. Billy Hodges FORT STOCKTON — Billy Hodges, 70, of Fort Stockton, a retired county clerk, died Thursday, Jan. 27, 2000, at Pecos County Memorial Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church with the Rev. Nathan McBride officiating. Burial will be at East Hill Cemetery. Arrangements by Fort Stockton Funeral Home. He was born in Tuscola and had lived in Fort Stockton since 1931. He was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Wife, Radean Hodges of Fort Stockton; daughters, Shawna Dick of Fort Stockton, Gayla Satterfield of Del Rio; brothers, Delmon Hodges of Fort Stockton and Jimmy Hodges of Fort Worth; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Toy McGowin OKMULGEE, Okla. — Toy Cecil McGowin, 87, of Okmulgee, Okla., a retired fire chief, died Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2000, in Okmulgee. Services were Friday, Jan. 21, 2000, at the Town and Country Christian Church. Burial was at Okmulgee Cemetery. Arrangements were by McClendon Funeral Home. He was born in Moody, Okla. He was a member of Town and Country Christian Church. SURVIVORS: Wife, Tommie McGowin of Okmulgee; son, Ted Stanley McGowin of El Dorado, Kan.; daughters, Mona Ruth McGowin Dunnam of Odessa and Marilyn Francis McGowin Kuban of Fort Worth; sisters, Modean Edgar of Newton, Kan., and Ruby Victoria Stockwell of Edmund, Okla.; five grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Billy Walker MIDLAND — Billy Walker, 63, of Midland, a business operator, died Thursday, Jan. 27, 2000, in Midland. Services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at St. Luke’s Methodist Church with the Rev. Richard Edwards officiating. Burial will be at Resthaven Memorial Park. Arrangements by Ellis Funeral Home. He was born in Junction. He was Methodist. He was a Navy veteran. SURVIVORS: Wife, Audrey Walker of Midland; sons, Kirk Walker of Huntsville, Kent Walker of Austin and Gary Midkiff of Midland; daughters, Kim Strawn of New Orleans, Tammy Giacobbe of Houston and Kelly Williams of Midland; brother, Chesley Walker of Midland; sisters, Reta Vannoy of Midland and Brenda Wallace of Richardson; and 11 grandchildren. Edna Wood SEMINOLE — Edna Earle Wood, 82, of Seminole, a homemaker, died Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2000, at Covenant Medical Center in Lubbock. Services will be at 12:30 p.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church with the Revs. Floyd Haddock and Lonnie Poe officiating. Burial will be at Lamesa Memorial Park Cemetery. Arrangements by Boyer Funeral Home. She was born in Mart and had been a resident of Seminole for 25 years. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Husband, Horace Wood of Seminole; son, Jayson Dub Jones of Lubbock; daughter, Jill Darby of Seminole; brothers, E.C. Hughes of Tucson, Ariz., and Bill Hughes of Houston; sister, Doris Helen Schmidt of Waco; 13 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Mildred Gibson ODESSA — Mildred Gibson, 85, of Odessa died Thursday, Jan. 27, 2000, in San Antonio. Services are pending with Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors. Jesus Herrera Jr. ODESSA — Jesus Herrera Jr., 16, of Odessa died Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2000, at Medical Center Hos-pital. Services are pending with Martinez Funeral Home. _________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 2000 Odessa American. All rights reserved.