Ector Co. TX - Obits from the Odessa American Online 19 March 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. March 19, 2000 Permian Basin Death Notices Manuel Bacerra ODESSA — Manuel Bacerra, 64, of Odessa died Wednesday, March 15, 2000, at Medical Center Hospital. Graveside services will be at 9 a.m. Tuesday at Odessa Cemetery. Arrangements by Odessa Funeral Home Angeles Memorial Chapel. He was born in Ojinaga, Mexico. SURVIVORS: Sons, Juan Manuel Bacerra, Rene Bacerra Sr. and Raymond Bacerra, all of Austin, and Javier Bacerra Sr. of Big Spring, daughter, Elsa Bacerra of Odessa; mother, Lucia Anaya of Odessa; sister, Cuca Anaya Garcia of Odessa; and 14 grandchildren. Louis Hazelwood GLADEWATER — Louis T. Hazelwood, 74, of Gladewater, a retired oilfield worker, died Friday, March 17, 2000. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Croley Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Tim York officiating. Burial will be at Rock Springs Cemetery. Arrangements by Croley Funeral Home. He was born in Hattisburg, Miss. He was a Navy veteran. SURVIVORS: Wife, Dorothy Garner Hazelwood of Gladewater; sons, Billy Hazelwood of Chunchula, Ala., Larry Joe Hazelwood and Johnny Dial Hazelwood, both of Waynesboro, Miss., and Douglas Wilson of Odessa; daughters, Dorothy Ann Hazelwood and Charlotte Dawn Cates, both of Gladewater; sisters, Catherine McDonald of Citronell, Ala., and Mary Hazelwood of Meridian, Miss.; 13 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. William Ridling LA CASA — William Loyd Ridling, 81, of Ranger, a retired construction company owner, died Saturday, March 18, 2000, at Eastland Memorial Hospital. Graveside services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Mount Zion Cemetery with the Rev. Jerry Speer officiating. Arrangements by Edwards Funeral Home of Ranger. He was born in Stephens County and moved to Ranger in 1970 from Hobbs, N.M. He was Baptist. He was an Army veteran of World War II. SURVIVORS: Son, Jerry Ridling of Odessa; sisters, Elsie Andrews Bagby of Canton and Francis Ridling of Ranger; brother, Walter Ridling of Ranger; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Sherman Robinett LAMESA — Sherman A. Robinett, 90, of Denver City, a retired farmer, died Thursday, March 16, 2000, at Seminole Memorial Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Crestview Baptist Church with the Rev. Jim Auld officiating. Burial will be at Lamesa Memorial Cemetery. Arrangements by Memorial Funeral Home of Seminole. He was born in Hermleigh and moved to Denver City in 1994 from Lamesa. He was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Wife, Katharine Elizabeth Ridling of Denver City; sons, Paul Robinett of Brownfield, Vernon Robinett of Amarillo, Lavoy Robinett of Denver City, Delwyn Robinett of Midland and Randy Robinett of Austin; daughter, Merlie Wall of Denver City; sisters, Mabel Morris of Crosbyton, Geta Wiggins of Las Cruces, N.M., and Billie Mecham of Denver; 15 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren. Pilar Torres ODESSA — Pilar Blanco Torres, 93, of Odessa died Friday, March 17, 2000, in a local nursing home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Fred Davila officiating. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens. She was born in Cuba and had lived in Odessa since 1970. SURVIVORS: Sons, Angel Torres and Pedro Torres, both of Odessa; daughters, Elzire Isabel Campbell and Delmis Rios, both of Odessa, and Nazaris Ferrer of Downey, Calif.; eight grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. _________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 2000 Odessa American. All rights reserved.