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June 12, 2000 Permian Basin Death Notices Kenneth Avary MONAHANS Kenneth Avary, 80, of Monahans, a retired business administrator, died Sunday, June 11, 2000, at his residence. Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Johns Catholic Church with the Rev. John Lucido officiating. Rosary will be said at 7:30 p.m. today at Harkey Funeral Home Chapel. Arrangements by Harkey Funeral Home. He was born in Barstow and was a lifelong resident of Monahans. He was an Army veteran of World War II. He was Catholic. SURVIVORS: Wife, Norma Avary of Monahans; daughter, Marty Avary Hook of Corpus Christi; brother, Shine Avary of Barstow; and three grandchildren. Paula Baeza MIDLAND Paula Sanchez Baeza, 71, of Midland died Sunday, June 11, 2000, at Memorial Hospital and Medical Center. Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. today at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church with the Rev. Gilbert Rodriguez officiating. Burial will be at Fairview Cemetery. Arrangements by Reyes-Garcia Funeral Home. She was born in Ojinaga, Mexico, and had been a resident of Midland for 25 years. She was Catholic. SURVIVORS: Husband, Dulces Nombres Baeza of Midland; daughters, Ubelia Baeza Sanchez, Lucy Baeza Tisdale and Armida Baeza Quiroz, all of Midland; brothers, Gilberto Sanchez, Reymundo Sanchez, Adan Sanchez, Juan Sanchez, Mauricio Sanchez, Alberto Sanchez and Hilario Sanchez, all of Midland, and Oscar Sanchez of Ojinaga, Mexico; sisters, Enedina Sanchez and Maria Elena S. Ramos, both of Midland, Aurora Sanchez of Ojinaga, Mexico, and Francisca S. Herrera of Pecos; and four grandchildren. Elma Kelley SEMINOLE Elma McBroom Kelley, 87, of Pittsburg, Texas, a homemaker, died Saturday, June 10, 2000, at East Texas Medical Center in Pittsburg. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Community Chapel with the Rev. Emmit Barnard officiating. Burial will be at Gaines County Cemetery South. Arrangements by Boyer Funeral Home. She was born in Larane, La., and moved to Pittsburg in 1995. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Sons, Vernon Kelley, James Preston Kelley and William Evans Kelley, all of Pittsburg, and Billy Don Kelley of Seminole; daughters, Eugena Mae Langley, Carolyn Danysh and Angela Landrum, all of Pittsburg, Jennette Langley of Seminole and Ruby Jean Fox of Beckmon, La.; 40 grandchildren; 70 great-grandchildren; and eight great-great-grandchildren. Jim Light SNYDER Jim "Carroll" Light, 66, of Odessa, a retired welder, died Saturday, June 10, 2000, at Medical Center Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. today at Bell-Cypert-Seale Funeral Home with the Rev. Bob Todd officiating. Burial will be at Pyron Cemetery in Scurry County. Arrangements by Bell-Cypert-Seale Funeral Home. He was born in Inadale. SURVIVORS: Wife, Marjorie Light of Odessa; sons, Evert Light of Wasilla, Ark., Jimmy Light of Miami, Texas, Doyle Light of Amarillo and Robert Light of Seguin; sisters, Wilma Campbell of Lamesa, Mabel Riggs and Velma Tolbert, both of Odessa; and 18 grandchildren. Orben Sadler CUSHING, Okla. Orben Weldon Sadler, 87, of Cushing died Saturday, June 10, 2000, at Cushing Regional Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at First Assembly of God Church with the Revs. Robert Adams and Tony Arthurs officiating. Burial will be at Carney Cemetery in Carney, Okla. Arrangements by Palmer Funeral Home in Cushing. He was born in Harrison, Ark., and moved to Cushing in 1978 from Perry, Okla. He was a member of the Assembly of God church. SURVIVORS: Wife, Lucy "Bonnie" Sadler of Cushing; sons, Tom Sadler of Cushing and Robert Allen Weldon Sadler of Cleburn; daughters, Medie Colleen Baker-ONeal of Tecumseh, Okla., Jan E. Walker of Odessa and Nancy Sue Singley of Cushing; brother, Olive Sadler of Santa Cruz, Calif.; 19 grandchildren; and 30 great-grandchildren. Fidel Silva MIDLAND Fidel Silva, 55, of Odessa, a retired grain-elevator operator, died Saturday, June 10, 2000, at Medical Center Hospital. Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Our Lady of San Juan Catholic Church with the Rev. Thomas C. Kelley officiating. Rosary will be said at 7 p.m. today at Reyes-Garcia Funeral Home. Burial will be at Fairview Cemetery. Arrangements by Reyes-Garcia Funeral Home. He was born in Midland and had been a resident of Odessa since 1999. He was Catholic. SURVIVORS: Wife, Mary Lou Silva of Midland; sons, Ricky Silva of Dallas and Fidel Silva Jr. of Colorado City; daughters, Gloria Davila of Loraine, Christina Del Hierro and Elidia Hernandez, both of Midland; father, Catarino Paula Silva of Colorado City; brothers, Catarino Silva of Garden Grove, Calif., Raymond Silva, Benny Hernandez and Mike Gonzalez, all of Midland, Felix Silva, Joe Silva and David Silva, all of Colorado City, and Frank Ochoa of Dallas; sisters, Magdalena H. "Nena" Olivas, Cruz Hernandez, Mary Lou Hernandez and Irma Sanchez, all of Midland; and 15 grandchildren. Ethel Griffith ODESSA Ethel Irene Griffith, 84, of Odessa died Monday, June 12, 2000, at Avalon Place. Services are pending with Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. _________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 2000 Odessa American. All rights reserved.