Ector Co. TX - Obits from the Odessa American Online 31 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 31, 2000 Permian Basin Death Notices Don Burditt ODESSA — Don Lee Burditt, 62, of Odessa, a retired rancher, died Tuesday, March 28, 2000, at his residence. Private services are scheduled. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. He was born in Roby. He was an Air Force veteran. SURVIVORS: Daughter, Becky Cox of Amarillo; sisters, Arnell Rhodes of Odessa and Betty Dodd of Ruidoso, N.M.; and one grandchild. William Cason ODESSA — William Albert Cason, 47, of Odessa died Monday, March 27, 2000, at his residence. Graveside services will be at 9 a.m. today at Ector County Cemetery. Arrangements by Odessa Funeral Home Angeles Memorial Chapel. He was born in Terry County. SURVIVORS: Mother, Kathleen Cason of Odessa; brothers, Billie Gene Cason of Abilene, Kenneth Cason of Shallowater and Allen Cason of Odessa. Ernest Gallo ALPINE — Ernest J. Gallo, 67, of Alpine, a retired Sears employee and silversmith, died Tuesday, March 28, 2000, at Memorial Hospital and Medical Center in Midland. Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Elm Grove Cemetery with the Rev. Judith Burgess officiating. Arrangements by Geeslin Funeral Home. He was born in Bronx, N.Y. He was an Air Force veteran. SURVIVORS: Wife, Elizabeth Ann "Betty" Gallo of Alpine; sons, Ernie Gallo Jr. of Orlando, Fla., and Joseph Gallo of Amarillo; sister, Evelyn Davis of New Jersey; and one grandchild. Freddie Kirkwood ODESSA — Freddie Kirkwood, 82, of Odessa, a retired truck driver, died Wednesday, March 29, 2000, at his residence. Graveside services will be at 1:30 p.m. today at Ector County Cemetery with the Rev. D. Willis officiating. Arrangements by Martinez Funeral Home. He was born in Lufkin and had been a resident of Odessa for 40 years. SURVIVORS: Son, Freddie Kirkwood Jr. of Odessa; daughter, Terra Kirkwood of Odessa; two grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. _________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 2000 Odessa American. All rights reserved.