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April 15, 2000 Permian Basin Death Notices Lori Cantu PECOS — Lori Cantu, 33, of Pecos died Thursday, April 13, 2000, at Ward Memorial Hospital in Monahans. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Pecos Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be at Greenwood Cemetery. Arrange-ments by Pecos Funeral Home. She was born in Pecos and was a lifelong resident. SURVIVORS: Parents, Ricardo and Mary Ontiveros of Pecos; sisters, Diana Sadorra of Salinas, Calif., and Roxanne Ontiveros of Pecos; and brothers, Jesse Machuca Jr. of San Jose, Calif., and Michael Ontiveros of Pecos. John Evans ODESSA — John Richard Evans, 72, of Odessa died Thursday, April 13, 2000, at his residence. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at First Presbyterian Church with the Revs. Dr. Philip McLarty and Sherry Holloman officiating. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. He was born in Odessa and was a lifelong resident. He was an Army veteran. He was Presbyterian. SURVIVORS: Wife, Joyce Evans of Odessa; sons, Jim Evans of Odessa and John Evans of Lubbock; daughter, Anita Leach of Odessa; sisters, Martha Francell of Odessa and Mary Frances Van Pelt of Sanger; and five grandchildren. Genevieve Lynn CLARENDON — Genevieve Ann Lynn, 81, of Midland died Thursday, April 13, 2000, in a Midland hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Robertson’s Funeral Home. Arrangements by Ellis Funeral Home. She was born in Hereford. SURVIVORS: Son, Alan Richard Lynn of Odessa; daughters, Carole Millsap and Evelyn Reynolds, both of Odessa, Ann Luttrell of Clarendon, Mary Lynn Abbott and Jane Battle, both of Midland, and June McKenna of Colorado Springs; brothers, Paul Orr of Tyler, John Orr of Odessa, Berry Orr Jr. of Dallas and Rogers Orr of Cortez, Colo.; sisters, Vida Belle Cirino of New Orleans and Joann Sutts of Tyler; 12 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren. Imogene Morris JAL, N.M. — Imogene Morris, 65, of Jal, N.M., a homemaker, died Wednesday, April 12, 2000, at Covenant Medical Center in Lubbock. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at First Baptist Church with the Revs. Mike May and Tim Duncan officiating. Burial will be at the Jal cemetery. Arrangements by Calvary Funeral Home. She was born in Amherst and moved to Jal, N.M., in 1956 from Odessa. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Son, Mitchell Morris of Midland; daughter, Gayla Abel of Jal, N.M.; brother, James S. Parks of Lovington, N.M.; and sister, Winona Saling of Brownwood; and four grandchildren. Mary Perkins KERMIT — Mary Lynn Bell Perkins, 61, of Odessa, a beautician, died Thursday, April 13, 2000, at Deerings Nursing Home. Visitation will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Odessa Funeral Home. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Sunday at Kermit City Cemetery. Arrangements by Odessa Funeral Home. She was born in Waldo, Ark. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Sons, James Randall Wright of Houston, Patrick Lamar Andrews of Angelton, Billy Shepherd of Fairbank, Iowa; daughter, Ramona Lynn Riley of Grand Prairie; brothers, Harold Staggs, Hubert Staggs and Jimmy Staggs Jr., all of Arkansas, Lenord Staggs of Midland; sister, Ann Minica of Midland; eight grandchildren; and one great-grandchildren. Ray Price ANDREWS — Ray Price, 78, of Stanton, a retired employee of L.L. Trucking, died Friday, April 14, 2000, at Sun Bridge Care Center in Stanton. No services are scheduled. He was born in Stephenville and moved to Andrews in 1993 from Big Spring. He was an Army veteran of World War II. He was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Son, David Ray Price of San Francisco; daughters, Linda Moorhead of Big Spring and Sarah Ruiz of San Francisco; 12 grand-children; and 14 great-grandchildren. Matalene Ramsey BROWNWOOD — Matalene B. Ramsey, 70, of Lake Brownwood, a homemaker, died Thursday, April 13, 2000, at Abilene Regional Medical Center. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at First Baptist Church with the Rev. Ron Cook officiating. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Sunset Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Barry Owens officiating. Arrangements by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors. She was born in Muleshoe and moved from Odessa to Brownwood seven years ago. SURVIVORS: Husband, Ralph Ramsey of Lake Brownwood; son, Carl Wayne Bizzell, Joe Bob Bizzell and Eddy Lee Bizzell, all of Odessa; sisters, Wilma Blanks of Andrews and Beth Harding of Waco; brothers, Phil Gillespie of El Paso and Don Gillespie of Amarillo; seven grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Grace Smallwood FORT DAVIS — Grace Pruett Smallwood, 91, of El Paso, a homemaker, died Wednesday, April 12, 2000, at an El Paso hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Sunday at First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Ernie Vineyard officiating. Burial will be at Pruett Cemetery. Arrangements by Geeslin Funeral Home. She was born in Mississippi and moved to El Paso from Las Cruces, N.M., six years ago. She was a member of the Church of God. SURVIVORS: Sons, Phillip H. Pruett of Truth or Consequences, N.M., Jesse Joe Pruett of Bellview and Arthur Glenn Pruett of Las Cruces, N.M.; daughters, Lula Mae Fournier of Truth or Consequences, N.M., and Ora Jane Bell of El Paso; brother, Barney Tyler of Tennessee; sister, Josephine Hunt of Mississippi; 19 grandchildren; 37 great-grandchildren; and seven great-great-grandchildren. Robert Baker ODESSA — Robert L. Baker, 65, of Odessa died Friday, April 14, 2000, at Medical Center Hospital. Services are pending with Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors. Virginia Hernandez ODESSA — Virginia Hernandez, 88, of Odessa died Friday, April 14, 2000, at Seabury Nursing Home. Services are pending with Martinez Funeral Home. _________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 2000 Odessa American. All rights reserved.