Ector Co. TX - Obits from the Odessa American Online 1 May 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. May 01, 2000 Permian Basin Death Notices Bettie Duren ODESSA — Bettie Jean Duren, 70, of Odessa, retired owner of Busy Bee Ceramics, died Sunday, April 30, 2000, at her residence. Services will be at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Dick Brown officiating. Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Duren Cemetery in Mullin. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. She was born in Midland. SURVIVORS: Husband, Roddy Duren of Odessa; sons, Terry Lynn Duren of Palmdale, Calif., and Roy Dale Duren of Odessa; mother, Opal Rankin of Odessa; sister, Ann Spooner of Odessa; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Alice Phillips ODESSA — Alice Elizabeth "Aunt Bat" Phillips, 98, of Odessa, a seamstress, died Saturday, April 29, 2000, at Seabury Nursing Home. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Rose Hill Cemetery with the Rev. Jimmy Braswell officiating. Arrangements by Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. She was born in Comanche. She was Baptist. SURVIVOR: Sister, Lela L. Phillips Barrington Shellabarger of Odessa. Carl Maddoux ODESSA — Carl Victor Maddoux, 82, of Odessa, a retired teacher, died Sunday, April 30, 2000, in Odessa. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Bill Heard officiating. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Services by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. He was born in Harris County and moved to Odessa in 1951. SURVIVORS: Daughters, Lana "Sam" Narey of Lubbock and Carla L. Maddoux of Odessa; and two grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Johnnie Walraven ODESSA — Johnnie Lee Walraven, 47, of Odessa, a foreman, died Saturday, April 29, 2000, at a local hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Clydell Chapman officiating. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. He was born in Ozona and moved to Odessa in 1963. He was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Daughters, Carrie Ann Walraven, Barbara Jean LaJoie of Augusta, Maine, and Kasey Lynn Walraven of Bridgeport; parents, Mildred and J.L. Walraven of Odessa; brother, Donnie Walraven of Odessa; sisters, Terrie Elliott of Odessa, Sherrie Reeves of Odessa and Irma Jean Steding of Tyler; one grandchild. Charlie Ward Jr. ODESSA — Charlie R. Ward Jr., 74, of Odessa, a retired employee of Conoco, died Friday, April 28, 2000, at Medical Center Hospital. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. today at Sunset Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Dr. Ernest Easley officiating. Arrangements by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors. He was born in Midland County. He was a Navy veteran of World War II. He was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Wife, Joan Ward of Odessa: sons, George Roy Ward of Longview and Alan Ward of Cedar Park; daughter, Suzy Hickerson of Odessa; sister, Jerry Lynn Collins of Irving; brother, John B. Ward of Snook; 10 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Carolyn Agee CRANE — Carolyn Agee, 53, of Crane died Sunday, April 30, 2000, at her residence. Services are pending with Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home. Mary Gearhart FORT DAVIS — Mary Martha Coffield Gearhart, 79, of Marfa died Sunday, April 30, 2000, at Gearhart Ranch. Services are pending with Memorial Funeral Home. Thomas Inabnet ODESSA — Thomas Edward Inabnet, 71 of Odessa died Saturday, April 29, 2000, at Medical Center Hospital. Services are pending with Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. Arbie Johnson MIDLAND — Arbie Rampy Johnson, 93, of Midland died Sunday, April 30, 2000, at a Midland Nursing Facility. Services are pending with Memorial Funeral Home. Gene White IRAAN — Gene White, 68, of Odessa died Sunday, April 30, 2000, at Pecos County Hospital. Services are pending with Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home. _________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 2000 Odessa American. All rights reserved.