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November 15, 2000 Vernon Bromley MIDLAND Vernon Weldon Bromley, 77, of Midland, a retired Texas Department of Transportation employee, died Monday, Nov. 13, 2000, at a local hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Ellis Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Douglas P. Lamb officiating. Burial will be at 3 p.m. at Crane Cemetery. Arrangements by Ellis Funeral Home. He was born in Mountain Peak and had been a resident of Crane. He was an Air Force veteran of World War II and the Korean War. He was Methodist. SURVIVORS: Wife, Corinne Bromley of Midland; sons, Don C. Bromley of Midland and Kyle V. Bromley of Houston; daughters, Tana L. Robertson of McCamey and Kala J. Slover of Midland; sisters, Helen Tooke of Crane and Hattie Moon of Toyahvale; and six grandchildren. Catherine Crenshaw BRYAN Catherine Crenshaw, 75, of College Station, a retired hotel and apartment manager, died Monday, Nov. 13, 2000, at St. Joseph Rehabilitation Hospital in Bryan. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Callaway-Jones Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. David Murphy officiating. Burial will be at Alexander Cemetery. Arrangements by Callaway-Jones Funeral Home. She was born in Monahans and had been a resident of College Station since 1964. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Husband, Roland Crenshaw of College Station; daughters, Cathy Carter of Wiley, Rolene Branch of Sweeny and Jayne Foust of Cleveland, Texas; sister, Earlene Estes of Houston; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Leonard Granbery ODESSA Leonard Elton Granbery, 76, of DeKalb, a retired compressor field operator, died Monday, Nov. 13, 2000, at McCurtain Memorial Hospital in Idabel, Okla. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Terry Pugh officiating. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. He was born in DeKalb. He was Pentecostal. SURVIVORS: Wife, Lucile Granbery of DeKalb; son, Jimmy Granbery of Odessa; sisters, Ethel Miller of DeKalb and Myrtis Barr of Mission; brother, Charles Granbery of DeKalb; three grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Melvin Hampton HOBBS, N.M. Melvin "Bud" Hampton, 80, of Hobbs, N.M., a retired employee of El Paso Natural Gas Company, died Saturday, Nov. 11, 2000, at his residence. Services were held Tuesday at Taylor Memorial Baptist Church with the Rev. Dr. Dean Mathis officiating. Burial was at Prairie Haven Memorial Park. Arrangements by Chapel of Hope Funeral Home. He was born in Comanche and moved to Hobbs from El Paso. He was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Wife, Claudia Bailey Hampton of Hobbs; son, Melvin M. Hampton of Odessa; daughters, Darlene Donalson of San Angelo and Peggy Hammer of Hobbs; brothers, Enos Hampton of Potose and J.D. Hampton of Tulare, Calif.; sisters, Margaret Dorner of Richardson, Dovie Franklin of Proctor and Betty Jo Evans of Stephenville; 10 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. Billie Harden ODESSA Billie "Bill" Lee Harden, 89, of Odessa, a retired drilling superintendent for Hamilton Brothers Oil Company, died Monday, Nov. 13, 2000, at his residence. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral 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 Roff, Okla. SURVIVORS: Wife, Viola Harden of Odessa; son, Danny Harden of San Angelo; daughter, Susan Jernigan of Houston; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Donna Heard KERMIT Donna Heard, 77, of Kermit, a homemaker, died Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2000, at her residence. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Kermit Cemetery with Billy Riley and John Bell officiating. Arrangements by Cooper Funeral Chapel. She was born in Sedan, Kans., and was a resident of Kermit for 39 years. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. SURVIVORS: Husband, E.D. Heard of Kermit; daughters, Peggye Jean Heard of Wink and Jyme Carol Heard Cates of Odessa; brother, James Carl Ferguson of Sacramento, Calif.; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Tomasa Navarrete ODESSA Tomasa Navarrete, 57, of Odessa, a homemaker, died Monday, Nov. 13, 2000, at Medical Center Hospital. Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Joseph Catholic Church with the Rev. Fidelo Lugo officiating. Rosary will be said at 7 p.m. Thursday at Martinez Funeral Home. Burial will be at Rose Hill Cemetery. Arrangements by Martinez Funeral Home. She was born in Penon Blanco, Mexico, and had lived in Odessa for four years. She was Catholic. SURVIVORS: Husband, Jesus Maria Navarrete of Odessa; sons, Manuel Navarrete of Odessa and Jesus Maria Navarrete of Juarez, Mexico; daughters, Juana Navarrete of Durango, Mexico, Amada Alcantar, Martina Navarrete, Carmen Navarrete and Rosario Navarrete, all of Odessa, and Jesusita Baeza of Presidio; brothers, Manuel Banuelos of Juarez, Anselmo Banuelos of Kansas and Pedro Banuelos of Durango; sister, Maria Isabel Banuelos of Indiana; and 24 grandchildren. Antonia Orona ODESSA Antonia Medrano Orona, 76, of Odessa, a homemaker, died Monday, Nov. 13, 2000, at Medical Center Hospital. Mass will be celebrated at 2 p.m. Thursday at St. Joseph Catholic Church with the Rev. Gilbert Rodriguez officiating. Rosary will be said at 7 p.m. today at Odessa Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be at Rose Hill Cemetery. Arrangements by Odessa Funeral Home. She was born in Santa Teresa, Mexico. SURVIVORS: Husband, Juan de Dios Orona of Odessa; sons, Monico Orona, Tedozo Orona, Epifanio Orona and Juan de Dios Orona, all of Odessa; daughters, Josefina Orona, Delfa Orona, Elena Orona and Oralia Orona, all of Odessa; brother, Victorino Medrano of Odessa; sisters, Guadalupe Medrano, Macaria Medrano and Manuela Madrid, all of Odessa; 40 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren. Tommy Thompson ODESSA Tommy "Rusty" Randald Thompson, 38, of Odessa died Sunday, Nov. 12, 2000, at Medical Center Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Highland Church of Christ with Gene Collins officiating. Burial will be at Ector County Cemetery. Arrangements by Martinez Funeral Home. He was born in Olney. He was a member of the Church of Christ. SURVIVORS: Son, Franklin McArthur Thompson of Odessa; mother, Ruby Faye Dean-Powell of Snyder; brother, Frank Bowers Thompson of Midland; sisters, Yolanda Thompson and Sherry Thompson, both of Odessa, Romonda Bowers Thompson and Valarie Thompson, both of Midland, and Sandra Powell of Arlington; and grandparents, Sarah Williams and Starlie Williams, both of Odessa, Frank Dean and Izella Dean, both of Rule. Lela Scates ODESSA Lela Scates, 95, of Odessa died Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2000, at Avalon Place Nursing Center. Services are pending with Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors. _________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 2000 Odessa American. All rights reserved.