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February 04, 2000 Permian Basin Death Notices Winston Aldridge COLEMAN — Winston "Jinks" Aldridge, 67, of Santa Anna, a retired employee of El Paso Natural Gas, died Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2000, at Bangs Nursing Home. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Community Baptist Church with the Rev. Paul Smith officiating. Burial will be at Santa Anna Cemetery in Santa Anna. Arrangements by Stevens Funeral Home. He was born in Lawn and moved to Santa Anna in 1986. He was an Army veteran of the Korean War. He was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Wife, Freddie Aldridge of Santa Anna; sons, Vaden R. Aldridge of Odessa and Varlyn K. Aldridge of Big Lake; mother, Beulah Aldridge of Santa Anna; brothers, Warren P. Aldridge Jr. and Walter "Dub" Aldridge, both of Santa Anna, and Van Aldridge of Grapevine; and four grandchildren. Guadalupe Alvarez PECOS — Guadalupe G. Alvarez, 74, of Pecos, a musician, died Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2000, at Memorial Hospital and Medical Center in Midland. Mass will be celebrated at 2 p.m. today at Santa Rosa Catholic Church. Burial will be at Greenwood Cemetery. Arrangements by Martinez Funeral Home. He was born in Shafter and was a lifelong resident of Pecos. He was an Army veteran of World War II. He was Catholic. SURVIVORS: Wife, Josefina O. Alvarez of Pecos; sons, Guadalupe Alvarez Jr. of Houston, Adolfo Alvarez of Sonora, Albert Alvarez of Carlsbad, N.M., Antonio Alvarez of San Antonio, Danny Alvarez of Odessa and Abel Alvarez of Pecos; daughters, Mary Ellen Hernandez of San Antonio and Betty Rodriguez of San Angelo; and brother, Jose Alvarez of Odessa. Octa Combest ANDREWS — Octa N. Combest, 84, of Andrews, a homemaker, died Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2000, at Permian General Hospital. Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. today at Sunset Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Wallace Combest officiating. Arrangements by McNett Funeral Home. She was born in Cooke County and had been a resident of Andrews for seven years. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Son, Wallace Andrew Combest of Snyder and William Edward Combest of Andrews; daughter, Carol Combest Bains of Andrews; 11 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. Frances Conners MARFA — Frances Millan Conners, 81, of Marfa, a homemaker, died Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2000, in a Big Spring hospital. Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. today at St. Mary’s Catholic Church. Burial will be at Merced Cemetery. Arrangements by Memorial Funeral Home. She was born in Jeff Davis County and moved to Marfa in 1935. SURVIVORS: Sons, John C. Conners of Marfa, Larry P. Conners of Marfa, Ernest Conners of Odessa, James Conners and Edward Conners, both of El Paso; daughters, Frances Garcia of Marfa, Dorothy Bustamante of Odessa, Brenda Alvarez of Alpine and Janet Holler of Olney; brother, Robert Millan of California; sisters, Barbara Ortega of Carlsbad, N.M., Cinderella Garcia of Balmorhea, Socorro Rodriguez of Pecos and Tanna Millan of California; 20 grandchildren; 40 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren. Mary Cowling KERMIT — Mary E. Cowling, 85, of Kermit, a retired nursery worker, died Thursday, Feb. 3, 2000, at Kermit Health Care Center. No services are scheduled. She was born in Aubrey and had been a resident of Kermit for 11 years. She was a member of the Women’s Army Corps in World War II. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Cousins. Robbie Hall ODESSA — Robbie Louise Dillshaw Hall, 62, of Odessa, a homemaker, died Thursday, Feb. 3, 2000, at Medical Center Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Chapel. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. She was born in Spur and had been a resident of Odessa since 1971. SURVIVORS: Husband, Max Hall of Odessa; sons, Terry Hall and Mitchel Coy Hall, both of Odessa; daughter, Judy Lynn Hall of Hobbs, N.M.; brothers, Tomie Dillashaw of Mengus, Colo., and Larry Gene Dillashaw of Meeker, Colo.; sisters, Creola Shahan of Meeker, Colo., and Rebecca Greenburg of Charleston, S.C.; seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Zorina Herman PHOENIX, Ariz. — Zorina Jane Herman, 60, of Phoenix, Ariz., died Sunday, Jan. 23, 2000, in Phoenix. Services will be at a later date. Arrangements by Universal Funeral Home in Phoenix. She was born in Saint Cloud, Minn. SURVIVORS: Sons, Karl Alvin Elliott and Robert Wayne Elliott, both of Odessa; daughters, Jane Marie Lodwick of Nashville, Tenn., and Diana Kay Glossip of Phoenix, Ariz.; sisters, Gora Alvina Pittman and Edith Marie Whetstein, both of Galesburg, Ill., Marilyn Rose Setterdahl of Pueblo West, Colo., Marma June Hamblen of Marshall, Mo., Daisy Marquita Williams of Odessa; eight grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Inocente Machuca PECOS — Inocente "I.B." Machuca, 80, of Pecos died Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2000, at his residence. Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Saturday at Santa Rosa Catholic Church. Rosary will be said at 7:30 p.m. today at Pecos Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be at Mount Evergreen Cemetery. Arrangements by Pecos Funeral Home. He was born in Shafter and was a lifelong resident of Pecos. He was Catholic. SURVIVORS: Wife, Paula Machuca of Pecos; sons, Felix Machuca and Crecencio Machuca, both of Pecos; daughters, Dulces Martinez of Pecos, Nicolasa Montoya of Pecos, Alicia Acosta and Manuela Martinez, both of Odessa; sister, Natividad Ybarra of Pecos; 22 grandchildren; and 36 great-grandchildren. Jenny Malone MONAHANS — Jenny Lind Malone, 73, of Monahans died Thursday, Feb. 3, 2000, in Midland. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Harkey Funeral Home Chapel with Jeff Box officiating. Burial will be at Monahans Memorial Cemetery. Arrangements by Harkey Funeral Home. She was born in Anson. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Sister, Joan Cox of Monahans; and brother, Orville Finley of Andrews. Manuel Veloz MIDLAND — Manuel Veloz, 84, of Midland, a restaurant owner, died Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2000, at Memorial Hospital and Medical Center. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church. Burial will be at Resthaven Memorial Park. Arrangements by Ellis Funeral Home. He was born in Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico. He was Catholic. SURVIVORS: Sons, Manuel Veloz Jr. of Odessa and George A. Veloz of Midland; daughter, Graciela "Gracie" Veloz Rayos of Midland; sister, Carmen Hearon of Midland; seven grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren. _________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 2000 Odessa American. All rights reserved.