Ector Co. TX - Obits from the Odessa American Online 24 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 24, 2000 W.M. Byrd ODESSA W.M. Byrd, 76, of Odessa, a retired employee of Whitehead Construction, died Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2000, at Big Lake Center in Big Lake. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. He was born in Jesse, Okla. SURVIVORS: Wife, Jean Byrd of Odessa; sons, Curtis Byrd of Tyler and Wayne Byrd of Big Lake; brother, Raymond Byrd of Oklahoma City; and four grandchildren. Robert Cook FORT DAVIS Robert Edward "Bob" Cook, 60, of Fort Davis, an employee of Marfa Aerostat Headquarters, died Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2000, in Marfa. Graveside services will be at 5:30 p.m. Friday at Hillcrest Cemetery with the Rev. Rick Moon officiating. Arrangements by Memorial Funeral Home. He was born in Springhill, W. Va., and had been a resident of Fort Davis for 22 years. He was a Navy veteran. SURVIVORS: Wife, Wanda Cook of Fort Davis; daughter, Patricia Ann Jacobs of Ennis; foster son, Robert Vance Sherrod of College Station; brother, Earl Cook of Arkansas; stepbrothers, Troy Cook, Terry Cook and William Cook, all of Louisiana; stepsisters, Diane Morgan, Judy Carol Cook and Sally Cook, all of Louisiana; and four grandchildren. Francisca Gomez FORT STOCKTON Francisca B. Gomez, 89, of Fort Stockton, a homemaker, died Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2000, in Odessa. Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Joseph Catholic Church with the Rev. David Herrera officiating. Rosary will be said at 7 p.m. today at the Fort Stockton Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be at St. Joseph Cemetery. Arrangements by Fort Stockton Funeral Home. She was born in Terlingua and had been a resident of Fort Stockton since 1940. She was Catholic. SURVIVORS: Son, Daniel Gomez of Odessa; brother, Julian Baiza of Fort Stockton; sisters, Maria Garcia and Cuca Celaya, both of Fort Stockton; five grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Mabelene Reedy Lee ODESSA Mabelene Reedy Lee, 78, of Odessa, a homemaker, died Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2000, at Medical Center Hospital. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Sunset Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Griffin Jones officiating. Arrangements by Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. She was born in New Castle. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Daughters, Marqueta Le Leux of Broussard, La., Carol Gordon of Stanton, Connie Shaw and Rebecca Tucker, both of Odessa; sisters, Floy Bell Smith of Tyler and LoRene Todd of Dallas; 17 grandchildren; and 26 great-grandchildren. Harold Norman ODESSA Harold Dean "Hal" Norman, 63, of Odessa, a retired distributor of the Dallas-Morning News, died Sunday, Aug. 20, 2000, at Covenant Medical Center in Lubbock. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the Hubbard-Kelly Chapel with Burt Groves officiating. Burial will be at Odessa Cemetery. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. He was born in Saltillo and had been a resident of Odessa since 1992. SURVIVORS: Daughters, Debora Sue Norman of Alta Vista, Va., Beverly Dawn Wilson of Springfield, Ohio, Joyce Ann Johnson of Hurt, Va., and Linda Fay Sargent of Summerford, Mass.; brothers, Carol Norman of Union, Ore., and Glen Norman of Fredricksburg; and eight grandchildren. John Rhodes ODESSA John Lamar Rhodes, 77, of Odessa, a retired employee of Southwestern Bell Telephone Co., died Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2000, at Medical Center Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. today at the Hubbard-Kelly Home Chapel with the Rev. Jimmy Braswell officiating. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. He was born in Jasper, Fla., and had been a resident of Odessa since 1955. He was an Army veteran of World War II. He was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Wife, Norma Rhodes of Odessa; son, Benny Rhodes of Clyde; stepson, Glenn C. Blaskey of Odessa; stepdaughter, Gayle Ali of Odessa; eight grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Robert Sappington JAL, N.M. Robert M. "Bob" Sappington, 76, of Jal, N.M., a retired employee of El Paso Natural Gas Co., died Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2000, at the Kermit Health Care Center in Kermit. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. MDT Friday at First Baptist Church with the Rev. G.A. Magee officiating. Burial will be at Jal Cemetery. Arrangements by Cooper Funeral Chapel. He was born in Lake Creek, Okla., and had been a resident of Jal for 49 years. He was a Merchant Marines veteran of World War II. He was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Wife, Lou Sappington of Jal; sons, William Fred Sappington of Big Spring and Robert Fite Sappington of Winter Haven, Fla.; daughters, Rebekah Lou Torres of Dayton, Ohio, and Alice Nell Sappington of Spade; brother, John Gerald Sappington of Amarillo; and two grandchildren. Bobby Sewell ODESSA Bobby Quintin Sewell, 46, of Odessa, a roughneck, died Monday, Aug. 21, 2000, at Medical Center Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at the Hubbard-Kelly Chapel with the Rev. Robert Berry officiating. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. He was born in Monroe, La. He was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Wife, Darlene Sewell of Odessa; sons, Bobby Ray Sewell and Dusty Dewayne Sewell, both of Odessa; daughter, Christy Darlene Sewell Wooten of Odessa; brothers, James D. Sewell of Laura, Miss., Dusty Sewell of Eunice, La., William Sewell, Billy Sewell and James Sewell, all of Odessa, and Jerry Sewell of Louisiana; sisters, Donna Heathington of Odessa, Peggy Payne of South Lake and Roberta Sewell of Oklahoma City; and five grandchildren. _________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 2000 Odessa American. All rights reserved.