Ector Co. TX - Obits from the Odessa American Online 30 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 30, 2000 J.C. Anderson ODESSA J.C. Anderson, 76, of Odessa, a retired janitor, died Monday, Nov. 27, 2000, at Medical Center Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Martinez Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. William Tatum officiating. Burial will be at Ector County Cemetery. Arrangements are by Martinez Funeral Home. He was born in Hartlett and had been a resident of Odessa for 60 years. SURVIVORS: Sons, John C. Anderson and T.J. Anderson, both of Odessa; daughters, Dorothy Wilson of San Antonio, Vickie Anderson of Austin, Sandra Anderson of Odessa and Georgia Evans of Houston; sister, Zelma Burleson of San Antonio; 16 grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren. Edward Holdridge ODESSA Edward B. Holdridge, 87, of Odessa, a retired employee of KOBE Oilfield Co., died Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2000, at his residence. Services will be at 3 p.m. Friday at Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors Chapel with the Rev. Tom Hiser officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements are by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors. He was born in Holt, Okla., and moved to Odessa in 1946. He was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Wife, Maurine Holdridge of Odessa; sons, William A. Holdridge and David E. Holdridge, both of Odessa; and five grandchildren. Willie Jones ODESSA Willie Mate Jones, 72, of Odessa, a retired employee of Tri West Co., died Monday, Nov. 27, 2000, in Odessa. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. James Baptist Church with the Rev. William "Bill" Tatum officiating. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements are by Martinez Funeral Home. He was born in Calvert. He was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Wife, Naomi Jones of Odessa; son, Donald Wayne Jones of Weatherford; daughters, Elizabeth Williams and Ester Simmons, both of Weatherford, and Norma Washington of Midland; brothers, Sammy Draughan, Frank Draughan and Robert Draughan, all of Odessa, Billy Draughan of Fort Worth, Charles Jones of Los Angeles, Gene Jones, Jimmy Jones and Joey Jones, all of Calvert; and sisters, Ruby Woods and Doris Christian, both of Denver, Mary Nell McGaha of Hobbs, N.M., Barbara Jean Draughan and Donnie Mills, both of Odessa, Lillie Jones and Shirley Jones, both of Calvert. E.S. Kenner KINGSLAND E.S. "Ike" Kenner, 79, of Granite Shoals, a retired investment business owner, died Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2000, at Scott White Hospital in Temple. Services were at 2:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 24, 2000, at Waldrope-Hatfield-Hawthorne Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Jack Whyburn officiating. Burial was at Round Mountain Cemetery in Round Mountain. Arrangements by Waldrope-Hatfield-Hawthorne Funeral Home. He was born in Crowell and had been a resident of Odessa. He was an Army veteran of World War II. He was Methodist. SURVIVOR: Brother, Tim Kenner of Granite Shoals. Chester Stephens ODESSA Chester Conway Stephens, 87, of Odessa, retired owner of Stephens Cleaners, died Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2000, at Medical Center Hospital. Graveside services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. He was born in Paris, Texas. He was an Army veteran of World War II. He was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Wife, Annadell Stephens of Odessa; daughter, Connie Long of Aztec, N.M.; three grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Bobby Stoner FORT STOCKTON Bobby Stoner, 65, of Fort Stockton, an oilfield worker, died Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2000, in Fort Stockton. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Jim Miles officiating. Burial will be at Easthill Cemetery. Arrangements by Memorial Funeral Home. He was born in Fort Stockton. He was Presbyterian. SURVIVORS: Wife, Eva A. Stoner of Fort Stockton; sons, Robert W. Stoner, William W. Stoner and James F. Stoner, all of Fort Stockton; daughter, Melvina R. Cottrell of Fort Stockton; parents, Wade and Diamond Stoner of Fort Stockton; brothers, Herbert Stoner of Lakeside, Calif., Otis Stoner of Clinton, Mo., and Jack Stoner of Independence, Mo.; sisters, Martha Tieken of Buckley, Wash., Mary Mossburg of Blythedale, Mo., Julianna Toles of Kansas City, Mo., and Ruth Culter of Warsaw, Mo.; and five grandchildren. Stroud Bearden ODESSA Stroud Bearden, 91, of Odessa died Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2000, at his residence. Services are pending with Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. Dolly Johnson ODESSA Dolly Johnson, 76, of Odessa died Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2000, at Medical Center Hospital. Services are pending with Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. _________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 2000 Odessa American. 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