Ector Co. TX - Obits from the Odessa American Online 25 Feb 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. February 25, 2000 Permian Basin Death Notices Robert Davenport ODESSA — Robert R. "Bob" Davenport, 66, of Odessa, a retired sales engineer, died Thursday, Feb. 24, 2000, at his residence. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Northside Baptist Church with the Rev. Clydel Chapman officiating. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. He was born in Tulsa, Okla., and moved to Odessa in 1945 from Illinois. He was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Wife, Mona W. Davenport of Odessa; daughters, Karen Duerksen of Iowa Park and Anita Day of Midlothian; sister, Maxine Parks of Odessa; and four grandchildren. J.D. Ellis FORT STOCKTON — J.D. "Huck" Ellis, 78, of Fort Stockton, a retired tool pusher, died Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2000, at Medical Center Hospital. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. today at East Hill Cemetery with the Rev. Skip Hill officiating. Arrangements by Fort Stockton Funeral Home. He was born in Shamrock and had been a resident of Fort Stockton since 1949. He was an Army and Navy veteran of World War II. SURVIVORS: Wife, Frances Ellis of Fort Stockton; sons, Carl Dale Ellis and Bill Ellis, both of Fort Stockton; daughters, JoAnn Walp, Dana Byrd Ellis and Marla Baker, all of Fort Stockton, Melva Millo of Hesperia, Calif., Mariwin Anogianakis of Lubbock, Melanie McCullar of Nacogdoches and Carla Ellis of Millersview; stepson, Don King of Alvarado; stepdaughters, Sybil Criner of New Caney, Linda Golden and Georganna Barnett, both of Odessa; 40 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. Dewey Hooten KINGSLAND — Dewey Olvern Hooten, 75, of Buchanan Dam, a retired iron worker, died Thursday, Feb. 24, 2000, at Seton-Highland Lakes Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Waldrope-Hatfield-Hawthorne Funeral Home Chapel. Arrangements by Waldrope-Hatfield-Hawthorne Funeral Home. He was born in Copperas Cove and moved to Buchanan Dam in 1978 from Houston. He was a Navy veteran of World War II. SURVIVORS: Wife, Judy Hooten of Buchanan Dam; daughters, Rebecca Voss of Austin and Tena Boury of Paducah, Ky.; sister, Eunice Hanzel of Midland; and brother, Richard Hooten of Midland. Ruth McIntosh ODESSA — Ruth Havens McIntosh, 78, of Odessa, died Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2000, at Medical Center Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. She was born in Mills County. SURVIVORS: Sons, Gary Eldon Mclntosh of Odessa and Silas Edward Nepveu of Denison; brothers, S.L. Havens of Midland, W.F. Havens of Gardena, Calif., and C.C. Havens of Rockwall; sisters, Deen Brown of San Angelo, Rosie Marie Haakenson and Lois Marie Anderson, both of Fox River Grove, Ill.; and three grandchildren. Katherine O’Neal ODESSA — Katherine O’Neal, 85, of Odessa, a homemaker, died Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2000, at Medical Center Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors Chapel with the Rev. Tom Hiser officiating. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors. She was born in Brownwood and moved to Odessa in 1946 from Sundown. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Sons, Bob O’Neal of Richardson and J.D. O’Neal of Odessa; daughter, Zana Fryman of Odessa; sister, Helen Schott of Brownwood; 14 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren. Ethel Rector ODESSA — Ethel Hallie Rector, 90, of Odessa, a homemaker, died Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2000, at Medical Center Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors Chapel with the Rev. James P. Bridges officiating. Burial will be at Odessa Cemetery. Arrangements by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors. She was born in Mabank and moved to Odessa in 1934 from Corsicana. SURVIVORS: Son, Dan Sikes of Anson; daughter, Johnnie Williams of Odessa; one granddaughter; and one great-grandson. John Rowe ANDREWS — John E. Rowe, 79, of Andrews, a retired pumper, died Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2000, at Covenant Medical Center in Lubbock. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Andrews Old Cemetery with the Rev. Kerry Tilley officiating. Arrangements by McNett Funeral Home. He was born in Dangerfield and moved to Andrews in 1968 from Odessa. He was an Air Force veteran of World War II. SURVIVORS: Daughters, Barbara Hicks of Andrews, Carol Deshong of Kansas, Okla., and Susie Powell of Plains; brothers, George Rowe of Lufkin, Barney Rowe of Longview and Will Rowe of Avinger; sisters, Corine Littlefield and Elvie Mae Croley, both of Dangerfield, and Bonnie Pace of Avinger; nine grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren. J. Alan Sanders ODESSA — J. Alan Sanders, 42, of The Woodlands died Monday, Feb. 21, 2000, at his residence. Services will be scheduled at a later date. Arrangements by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors. He was born in Lubbock and moved to the Woodlands in 1981 from Lubbock. SURVIVORS: Mother and stepfather, Ann and Vincent Becker of Odessa; and father and stepmother, John and Martha Sanders of Bedford. Ruby Smith ODESSA — Ruby Smith, 69, of Odessa, a homemaker, died Friday, Feb. 18, 2000, at Odessa Regional Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Johnson Chapel A.M.E. Church with the Rev. Curtis Norris officiating. Burial will be at Ector County Cemetery. Arrangements by Martinez Funeral Home. She was born in Odessa and was a lifelong resident. She was Methodist. SURVIVORS: Son, Larry Tucker Smith of Odessa; daughter, Diane Darby-Morgan of Phoenix; brother, Raymond Walker of Odessa; sisters, Jewell Haynes of Los Angeles, Dorothy McMarion, Bernice Smith and Willie Mae Beck, all of Odessa, and Imogene Simms of Pampa; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Ada Welch ARP — Ada Irene Welch, 86, of Arp, a homemaker, died Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2000, in a Tyler hospice facility. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church with the Revs. Mike Rice and Curtis Gilbert officiating. Burial will be at Henry’s Chapel Cemetery. Arrangements by Cottle Funeral Home. She was born in Troup and was a former resident of Odessa. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Husband, Burtis Welch of Arp; sons, Buford Welch of Houston and Tony Welch of Moore, Okla.; daughters, Rachel Wheeler of Sachse, Barbara Sue Wilcox and Carolyn Miller, both of Odessa, and Linda Miller of Arp; sisters, Minnie Bailey and Gracie Mae Dowdy, both of Troup, and Lula Ward of Whitehouse; brother, Ray Carlile of Jacksonville, Texas; 14 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. _________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 2000 Odessa American. All rights reserved.