Ector Co. TX - Obits from the Odessa American Online 16 Sep 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. September 16, 2000 Connie Abney ANDREWS Connie Dale Abney, 87, of Andrews, a homemaker, died Thursday, Sept. 14, 2000, at the Andrews Healthcare Center. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at McKinney Acres Baptist Church with the Rev. Ted Short officiating. Burial will be at the Andrews Old Cemetery. Arrangements by McNett Funeral Home. She was born in Froglevel, Ark. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Sons, James Abney of Odessa, Roy Wayne Abney of Vivian, La., and Franklin Glenn Abney of Andrews; daughters, Mary Lawrence of Vivian, Wanda Ruth Williams, Yvone Simmons, Cherry Abney and Linda Sue Bagley, all of Andrews, Alene Duley of Paris, Texas, and Marjie Ann Abney of Big Rapids, Mich.; sister, Ellen McDonald of Midland; 24 grandchildren; 40 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren. Laurencia Chavez KERMIT Laurencia "Ruena" Chavez, 81, of Wink, a homemaker, died Thursday, Sept. 14, 2000, at her residence. Mass will be celebrated at 2 p.m. today at St. Joseph Catholic Church with the Rev. John Lucido officiating. Burial will be at the Kermit Cemetery. Arrangements by Cooper Funeral Chapel. She was born in Marfa and had been a resident of Wink for 56 years. She was Catholic. SURVIVORS: Son, Jesse Chavez of Lubbock; daugh-ters, Ramona Hernandez of Wink, Ermalinda Chavez of Pecos and Gloria Gantz of Odessa; sister, Maria Montez of Stanton; 12 grandchilden; 16 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grand-children. William Reynolds TULSA, Okla. William "Bill" Wilkens Reynolds, 75, of Tulsa, Okla., a retired sales-man, died Thursday, Sept. 14, 2000, in Muskogee, Okla. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Oliver-Whisenhunt Chapel with Dr. Darryl DeBorde officiating. Burial will be at Fort Gibson National Cemetery in Fort Gibson, Okla. Arrangements by Oliver-Whisenhunt Funeral Services. He was born in Athens, Ala., and had been a resident of Odessa. He was a Marine Corps veteran of World War II. SURVIVORS: Leora Reynolds, mother of his daughters, of Tulsa; daughters, Judith Tucker of Tyler, Pamela Liton of College Station and Tenna Whitsel of Tulsa; sister, Olive Black of Ocala, Fla.; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. J.J. Robertson CISCO J.J. Robertson, 77, of Odessa, a retired truck driver, died Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2000, at Medical Center Hospital. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. today at Oakwood Cemetery with the Rev. Joe Philpott officiating. Arrange-ments by Kimbrough Funeral Home. He was born in Tucumcari, N.M. He was an Army veteran of World War II. He was Baptist. SURVIVOR: Sister, Jeffie J. Thomas of Jackson, Miss. Margaret Whittenburg BEAUMONT Margaret Owens Whittenburg, 84, of Beaumont, a retired registered nurse, died Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2000, at Memorial Hermann Baptist-Beaumont Hospital. Services were at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 15, 2000, at Broussards Mortuary with Dr. James Killen officiating. Burial was at Magnolia Cemetery. Arrangements by Broussards Mortuary. She was born in Knoxville, Tenn., and had been a resident of Odessa before moving to Beaumont. She was an Army veteran of World War II. SURVIVORS: Son, Jo Ben Whittenburg III of Beau-mont; sisters, Dorothy Cooley, Ruth McMillan and Helen Zachary, all of Knoxville; brothers, Ken-drick Owens and Kenneth Owens, both of Knoxville; and two grandchildren. Julia Hartman ODESSA Julia Hartman, 67, of Odessa, died Thursday, Sept. 14, 2000, at Medical Center Hospital. Arrangements are pending with Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. _________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 2000 Odessa American. All rights reserved.