Ector Co. TX - Obits from the Odessa American Online 14 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 13, 2000 Roy Franklin Sr. ODESSA Roy L. Franklin Sr., 86, of Buchanan Dam, a former Odessa resident, died Sunday, Aug. 13, 2000, at his home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Frank W. Wilson Funeral Chapel with Jeff Trahan officiating. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors. He was born in Groveton. He was the retired owner of Roys Casing Crew. He was a Shriner. He was a member of the Church of Christ. SURVIVORS: Daughters, Jean Hall of Odessa and Jan Marcum of Grapevine; sons, Roy Franklin Jr. of Odessa and John William Franklin of Gatesville; nine grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Charles Hamilton ODESSA Charles Ray "Slim" Hamilton, 66, of Odessa, an Army veteran of the Korean War, died Friday, Aug. 10, 2000. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Martinez Funeral Home with the Rev. W.C. Kenan officiating. Arrangements by Martinez Funeral Home. He was born in Quanah. He was a decorated lifetime member of Veterans of Foreign Wars. He was a self-employed businessman. SURIVIVORS: Wife, Jean Hamilton of Odessa; and sister, Pat Caldwell of Midland. Maria Martinez PECOS Maria Pisana Martinez, 67, of Pecos, a retired Pecos-Barstow-Toyah Independent School District employee, died Saturday, Aug. 12, 2000, at St. Lukes Hospital in Houston. Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Catherines Catholic Church. Burial will be at Mount Evergreen Cemetery. Rosary will be said at 7:30 p.m. Monday at Martinez Funeral Home Chapel. Arra ngements by Martinez Funeral Home of Pecos. She was born in Presidio. She was a longtime resident of Pecos. She was Catholic. SURVIVORS: Husband, Salvador C. Martinez of Pecos; sons, Dan P. Martinez of Kingsville, Sam P. Martinez of Midland, Joey P. Martinez of San Marcos, Rick P. Martinez of Denver, Colo.; daughters, Estella Martinez Rodriguez, Elida Martinez Rodriguez and Anna Martinez Madrid, all of Pecos, and Isabel Martinez Falcon of Odessa; brothers, Monico M. Pisana of San Antonio, Manuel M. Pisana of El Paso, Eusebio M. Pisana of Grand Prairie, Domingo M. Pisana of Roswell, N.M. and Billy M. Pisana of Austin; sisters, Pola Rubio and Gabia Hernandez, both of Pecos, Junaita Acosta of Carlsbad, N.M., Cecilia Garcia and Candida Chavez, both of Odessa, and Linda Minjarez of Mesquite; 24 grand-children and nine great-grandchildren Darlene Parnell ODESSA Darlene June Parnell, 63, of Odessa, a retired bank teller, died Sunday, Aug. 13, 2000, at her home. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Sunset Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Don Palmer officiating. Arrangements by Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. She was born in Carlsbad, N.M. SURVIVORS: Husband, W.E. Parnell of Odessa; sons, Garry Crawford of El Paso and Tony B. Parnell of Odessa; daugther, Mitzi Cavender of Odessa; sister, Geraldine Morgan of Brownfield and four grandchildren. Maria Reyes PECOS Maria Felix "Fela" Reyes, 68, of Pecos, a homemaker, died Friday, Aug. 11, 2000, at Odessa Medical Center. Mass will be celebrated at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Santa Rosa Catholic Church. Burial will be at Santa Rosa Cemetery. Rosary will be said at 7:30 p.m. Monday at Pecos Funeral Home Chapel. Arrangements by Pecos Funeral Home. She was born in Presidio. She lived in Pecos for 51 years. She was Catholic. SURVIVORS: Husband, Pedro "Pete" Reyes of Pecos; son, Alfredo Reyes of Pecos; daughters, Anna Herrera of San Diego and Manuela Reyes of Pecos; brothers, Willie Alaniz and Manuel Alaniz, both of Pecos; sisters, Macarla A. Huertas, Alibina A. Lara, Carmen A. Dominguez and Prisciliana A. Rede, all of Pecos; and six grandchildren. Cleo Curington ODESSA Cleo H. Curington, 94, of Odessa died Saturday, Aug. 12, 2000, at a local nursing home. Arrangements are pending with Pipkin Funeral Home. _________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 2000 Odessa American. All rights reserved.