Ector Co. TX - Obits from the Odessa American Online 23 June 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. June 23, 2000 Permian Basin Death Notices Gertrude Coats LAMESA Gertrude Coats, 87, of Denver City, a homemaker, died Tuesday, June 20, 2000, at Odessa Regional Hospital. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Lamesa Memorial Park with the Rev. Dennis Teeters officiating. Arrangements by Branon Funeral Home. She was born in Maybell and moved to Denver City in 1970. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Son, Jim Coats of Lubbock and Sonny Coats of Crane; daughter, Kay Killebrew of Odessa; five grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Ruby Davis ODESSA Ruby Lee Davis, 79, of McKinney, retired licensed vocational nurse, died Tuesday, June 20, 2000, at North Central Medical Center in McKinney. Services will be at 4 p.m. today at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Dr. Ernest Easley officiating. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. She was born in Sumrall, Miss. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Sons, Gene Davis of Austin and Jimmie Davis of Odessa; daughter, Pamela Ramirez of McKinney; brother, Evan Dickens of Oloh, Miss.; sisters, Alberta Dickens and Vivian Stamps, both of Odessa; four grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Ruth Dowdy LAPORTE Ruth Ali "Coleman" Dowdy, 89, of League City died Wednesday, June 21, 2000, in League City. Services will be at 5 p.m. Saturday at LaPorte Community Church. Arrangements by LaPorte Funeral Home. She was born in Duke, Okla. SURVIVORS: Daughter, Jerry Pat Taylor of Baytown; son, Danny ODowdy of Corpus Christi; sisters, Dorthea Hughes of Lubbock and Elizabeth Hicks of Long Beach, Calif.; 15 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Dorthea Hollingworth ODESSA Dorthea Elyn Hollingworth, 76, of Odessa died Thursday, June 22, 2000, at Medical Center Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church with the Rev. Dr. Ernest Easley officiating. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Services by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Home. She was born in Corsicana and moved to Odessa in 1949 from Seminole. She was Baptist. SURVIVOR: Brother, Raymond J. Hollingworth of Little Rock, Ark. Clyde Perry ODESSA Clyde Perry, 60, of Imperial, a retired oilfield worker, died Wednesday, June 21, 2000, at Deerings Nursing Home. Graveside services will be at 9 a.m. today at Odessa Cemetery with the Rev. David Wagner officiating. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. He was born in Alpine and moved to Odessa in May from Imperial. He was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Wife, Carole Perry of Odessa; and sister, Lois Perry Richardson of Brenham. Bessie Rider ANDREWS Bessie Lue Rider, 78, of Andrews, a retired nurse, died Thursday, June 22, 2000, at her residence. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at McNett Funeral Home with the Rev. Dr. H.A. Hanks officiating. Burial will be at Andrews West Cemetery. Arrangements by McNett Funeral Home. She was born in Ranger and moved to Andrews in 1968 from Stamford. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Daughter, Mitzi Mikols of Fairfax, Va.; son, Ronnie Rider of Pagosa Springs, Colo.; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. M.A. Sims BORGER M.A. Sims, 60, of Fritch, a retired maintenance employee, died Wednesday, June 21, 2000, at his residence. Services will be at 10 a.m. today at First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Roger A. Harwerth officiating. Burial will be at Memory Gardens in Pampa. Arrangements by Brown Funeral Directors. He was born in Shamrock. He was a Navy veteran of World War II. He was Presbyterian. SURVIVORS: Wife, Nora Sims of Fritch; son, Robert Lewis "Bob" Sims of Odessa; brother, Jack Sims of Wichita Falls; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. _________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 2000 Odessa American. All rights reserved.