Ector Co. TX - Obits from the Odessa American Online 22 Jul 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. July 22, 2000 Permian Basin Death Notices Eva Brandon BAIRD Eva Brandon, 102, of Baird, a homemaker, died Thursday, July 20, 2000, at a local nursing home. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Parker Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Larry Gaumond officiating. Burial will be at the Ross Cemetery Annex. Arrangements by Parker Funeral Home. She was born in Callahan County and had been a resident of Baird for 40 years after moving from Putnam. She was Methodist. SURVIVORS: Daughters, Marjorie Evans of Kermit, Leta Mitchell of Tyler and Bobbie Evelyn Jobe of Putnam; 11 grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; and several great-great-grandchildren. Ruth Farris ODESSA Ruth C. Farris, 80, of Longview, a homemaker, died Thursday, July 20, 2000, at Good Shepherd Medical Center in Longview. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at First United Pentecostal Church with the Revs. J. T. Pugh, Terry Pugh and A. D. Spears officiating. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. She was born in Muskogee, Okla. She was Pentecostal. SURVIVORS: Daughter, Carol Ann Wilson of Odessa; sister, Winifred Campbell Rutland of White Oak; four grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. Erlinda Rios ODESSA Erlinda M. Rios, 56, of Odessa, a teacher, died Thursday, July 20, 2000, at Medical Center Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Eisenhower Church of Christ with Eddie Parish officiating. Burial will be at Rose Hill Cemetery. Arrangements by Odessa Funeral Home Angeles Memorial Chapel. She was born in Big Spring. SURVIVORS: Son, Martin Rios of Odessa; daughters, Amparo Rios, Belinda Barrera, Emma Nuger and Destiny Chavez, all of Odessa; brothers, Victor Martinez and Sammy Martinez, both of Odessa, Joe Luis Martinez of Kingsland, Pete Martinez of Houston and Abraham Martinez of Waco; sisters, Manuela Rodriguez, Esmeralda Romero, Eloisa Esparza and Delores Sanchez, all of Odessa, Angie Mitchell of Tyler and Lupe Degan of Greenville, N.H.; 10 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Doyle Shanks COMANCHE Doyle Norman Shanks, 78, of Comanche, a retired employee of Phillips Petroleum Company, died Wednesday, July 19, 2000, at Scott and White Hospital in Temple. Services will be at 10 a.m. today at Hall and Sons Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be at Comanche Gardens of Memory Cemetery. Arrangements by Hall and Sons Funeral Home. He was born in Proctor. He moved from Odessa to Comanche in 1996. He was an Army veteran of World War II. He was Methodist. SURVIVORS: Wife, Florene Shanks of Comanche; daughter, Betty Ann Pepper of Rockport; sons, Doyle Norman Shanks Jr. of Rhome and Kenneth Don Shanks of Fort Worth; brothers, Clim Shanks, Charlie Shanks, Wade Shanks and Howard Shanks, all of Big Spring, Grover Shanks of Lake Brownwood and Autov Shanks of Del Rio; sisters, Mae Shanks and Jimmye Burks of Big Spring; 14 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren. Jane Warren SEMINOLE Jane Warren, 95, of Seminole, a homemaker, died Wednesday, July 19, 2000, at Memorial Health Care Center in Seminole. Services were Friday, July 21, 2000, at the Community Chapel with the Rev. Lonnie Poe officiating. Arrangements were by Boyer Funeral Home. She was born in Howard County, Ark. She moved from Andrews to Seminole in 1980. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Six grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren. Lillian Bell ODESSA Lillian C. Bell, 66, of Odessa died Friday, July 21, 2000, at her residence. Services are pending with Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors. Billy Jones ALAMOGORDO, N.M. Billy Dean Jones, 72, of Tularosa, N.M., died Friday, July 21, 2000, in Alamogordo. Service are pending with Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. Cruz Lujan ODESSA Cruz Imelda Lujan, 35, of Odessa died Friday, July 21, 2000, at Medical Center Hospital. Services are pending with Odessa Funeral Home Angeles Memorial Chapel. _________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 2000 Odessa American. All rights reserved.