Ector Co. TX - Obits from the Odessa American Online 19 Nov 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. November 19, 2000 Ruby Biles MADILL, Okla. Ruby Bernice Biles, 90, of Midland died Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2000, at a Midland nursing center. Services were Saturday, Nov. 18, 2000, at Watts Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Tom Frank officiating. Burial was in Woodberry Forest Cemetery. Arrangements by Watts Funeral Home. She was born in Eastland County. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Sons, Weldon Biles of Dallas and J.R. Biles of Elk City, Okla.; daughters, LaVonn Thomas and Margaret Runnels, both of Odessa; sister, Jessie Pakulski of Madill, Okla.; brother, Elton Roberts of Wayne, Okla.; 17 grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren; and 17 great-great-grandchildren. Alberta Heard MIDLAND Alberta Gilmore Heard, 82, of Ruidoso Downs, N.M., a retired beautician, died Thursday, Nov. 16, 2000, in Ruidoso. Graveside services will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Fairview Cemetery with the Revs. Wayne Joyce and Randy Widener officiating. Arrangements by LaGrone Funeral Home Chapel. She was born in Fort Worth and moved to Ruidoso Downs in 1983. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Son, Richard Allen Heard of Belton; daughter, Connie Sue McCasland of Ruidoso Downs; brother, Edward Gilmore of Dallas; sister, Doris Anderson of Dallas; three grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Ellen Luckey ODESSA Ellen Luckey, 102, of Odessa, a homemaker, died Sunday, Nov. 12, 2000, at Medical Center Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Greater St. Johns Baptist Church with the Rev. E.J. Miller Sr. officiating. Burial will be at Rose Hill Cemetery. Arrangements by Odessa Funeral Home Angeles Memorial Chapel. She was born in Pointe. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Brother, Odie Turner of Los Angeles; sister, Emma Line Chester of Dallas; 10 grandchildren; 36 great-grandchildren; and 23 great-great-grandchildren. Margaret Allen MIDLAND Margaret I. Allen, 89, of Midland died Saturday, Nov. 18, at a Midland retirement home. Services are pending with Ellis Funeral Home. Richard Norris ODESSA Richard Norris, 65, of Odessa died Saturday, Nov. 18, 2000, at his residence. Services are pending with Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. _________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 2000 Odessa American. All rights reserved.