Ector Co. TX - Obits from the Odessa American Online 7 Aug 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. August 07, 2000 Bill Bailey ODESSA Bill Bailey, 59, of Odessa, a salesman, died Thursday, Aug. 3, 2000, at Odessa Regional Hospital. Graveside services wil be at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Sunset Memorial Funeral Gardens. Arrangements by Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. He was born in Odessa. He was a member of the Moose Lodge and the American Legion. SURVIVORS: Sons, Terry Bailey and Brian Bailey, both of Odessa; daughter, Misty Garrett, of Odessa; and three grandchildren. Martha Blair SHERMAN Martha Rae Blair, 58, of Denison died Saturday, Aug. 5, 2000, at Zale Lipahy Hospital in Dallas. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Sherman Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints with Donald Buchannan officiating. Burial will be at Fairview Cemetery in Denison. Arrangements by Bratcher Funeral Home of Denison. SURVIVORS: Husband, John Blair of Denison; mother, Nadine Knotts of Odessa; daughter, Marvilyn Bohannan of Virginia; brother, William R. Knott Jr. of Nacodoches; sisters, Barbara A. Speidel of Wharton and Betty O. Knott of Odessa; and two grandchildren. Noel Henkell ODESSA Noel Ray Henkell, 81, of Odessa, a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, died Friday, Aug. 4, 2000, at a local hospital. Services will be at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. He was born in Hatch, N.M. SURVIVORS: Sons, Dennis Henkell of Hurst and Terry Henkell of Odessa; daughter, Sherry Henkell of Buda; brother, Henry Henkell of Henessey, Okla.; three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Ismael Lara PECOS Ismael M. Lara, 68, of Pecos, a retired Pecos Balley Southern Railroad employee, died Saturday, Aug. 5, 2000, at Reeves County Hospital. Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Santa Rosa Catholic Church. Burial will be at Greenwood Cemetery. Rosary will be said at 7:30 p.m. Monday at Pecos Funeral Home Chapel. Arrangments by Pecos Funeral Home. He was born in Mertzon. He was Catholic. SURVIVORS: Wife, Albina Lara of Pecos; daughters, Lucy Gonzales and Yolanda Rubio, both of Pecos; brother, Mike Lara of Pecos; sisters, Helen Tapia, Irene Licon and Lola Garcia, all of Pecos, Otelia Balles of Los Banos, Calif., Margie Adams of Houston and Sophia Devault of Atwater, Calif.; and four grandchildren. Maxwell Porter ANDREWS Maxwell Porter, 66, of Odessa, a former Union Oil Company employee, died Friday, Aug. 4, 2000, at Snyder Oaks Nursing Home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at McNett Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Ivy Shelton officiating. Burial will be at Andrews West Cemetery. Arrangements by McNett Funeral Home. He was born in Fayette, Ala. He lived in Andrews for 44 years before moving to Odessa four yeas ago. He was Baptist. SURIVIVORS: Daughters, Debra Smith of Lubbock and Darla Stevenson of Odessa; sisters, Francis Norris, Opal Porter and Chestin Pollard, all of Winfield, Ala.; and five grandchildren. W.J. Smith ODESSA W.J. "Buddy" Smith, 79, of Odessa, a former self-employed milk salesman, died Saturday, Aug. 5, 2000, at his home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors Chapel with the Rev. David Adkins officiating. Burial will be at Ector County Cemetery. Arrangements by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors. He was born in Springtown. He lived in Odessa for 69 years. SURIVIVORS: Wife, Lucille Boyles Smith of Odessa; son, Leslie L. Smith of Odessa; daughter, Sharon Smith Lackey of Hamilton; two grandsons and four great-grandchildren. Billy Smart IRAAN Billy J. Smart, 70, of Iraan, a retired city of Iraan employee, died Saturday, Aug. 5, 2000, at his home. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at restland Cemetery with Mike Wright officiating. Arrangements by Richard W. Box Funeral Home of Iraan. He was born in Cross Plains. He lived in Iraan for 50 years. SURVIVORS: Wife, Pansy Kennedy Smart of Irran; sons, Billy Ray Smart of Iraan and Michael Wayn Smart of McCamey; daughters, Cathy Renea Ervine and Lanette Christine Guginski, both of Iraan, and Miranda Kay Smart of San Antonio; six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. J.W. Green ODESSA J.W. Green, 77, of Odessa died Sunday, Aug. 6, 2000, at New Horizon Nursing Home. Arrangements are pending with Martinez Funeral Home. Audrey Harlos MIDLAND Audrey D. Harlos, 82, died Sunday, Aug. 6, 2000, at Midland Memorial Hospital. Arrangements are pending with Pecos Funeral Home. Valerie Turner ODESSA Valerie Turner, 53, of Odessa, died Sunday, Aug. 6, 2000, at Medical Center Hospital. Arrangements are pending with Martinez Funeral Home. _________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 2000 Odessa American. All rights reserved.