Ector Co. TX - Obits from the Odessa American Online 7 Dec 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. December 07, 2000 Angel M. Bermudez ALPINE Angel M. Bermudez, 71, of Alpine, a 23-year Army veteran, died Sunday, Dec. 3, 2000, in an Odessa hospital. Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Saturday at Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church with the Rev. Rick Ruiz officiating. Rosary will be said at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Geeslin Funeral Home. Burial will be at 1:30 p.m. MST at Fort Bliss National Cemetery in El Paso. Arrangements by Geeslin Funeral Home. He was born in Hovey and was Catholic. He served in the Vietnam and Korean conflicts. SURVIVORS: Wife, Catalina Bermudez of Alpine; son, Martin Bermudez of California; sisters, Dominga MinJaves, Romara Llanes, and Manuela Molinar, all of Alpine; and brothers, Felix Bermudez, Lalo Bermudez and Esequeil Bermudez, all of Alpine. Wanda Cowan PECOS Wanda Lola Cowan, 78, of Pecos, a retired bookkeeper for Standard Oil Co., died Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2000, at Reeves County Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the Pecos Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Greer Willis officiating. Burial will be at Mount Evergreen Cemetery. Arrangements by Pecos Funeral Home. She was born in Carlyle, Ind. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Daughter, Cindy Cowan of Abilene; and sisters, Cleo Ellis and Alberta Myers, both of Linton, Ind. Raymond Golden SEMINOLE Raymond Golden, 84, of Seminole, a farmer and rancher, died Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2000, at his residence. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at First Baptist Church with the Revs. Lonnie Poe and Roger Foote officiating. Burial will be at Gaines County Cemetery South. Arrange-ments by Boyer Funeral Home of Seminole. He was born in Coryell County. He was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Wife, Fern Ruth Golden of Seminole; daughters: Celesta Vaughan of Elkhart, Ind., and Connie Thornbury of Seminole; and five grandchildren. Thomas J. Mathers ODESSA Thomas J. Mathers, 98, of Odessa, a retired Continental Oil employee, died Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2000. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. today at Sunset Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Jimmy Braswell officiating. Arrangements by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors. He was born in Italy, Texas, and moved to Odessa in 1993 from El Paso. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge in Ponca City, Okla. SURVIVORS: Son, Joseph R. Mathers of Odessa; daughter, Ruthanne M. Woodward of San Carlos, Mexico; four grandchildren; and seven great-grand-children. Howard Taylor ODESSA Howard Douglas Taylor, 51, of Odessa died Monday, Dec. 4, 2000. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Mackey Chapel United Methodist Church with the Rev. Darren Willis officiating. Burial will be at Ector County Cemetery. Arrangements by Martinez Funeral Home. He was born in Odessa and was a longtime resident. SURVIVORS: Wife, Karen Okonkwo-Taylor of Odessa; brother, Larry Hendrix of Odessa; sisters, Patricia Wilson and Janice Mosley Foster, both of Odessa, and Marilyn Gentry of San Antonio. Randall Penn ODESSA Randall "Randy" Kent Penn, 43, of Houston, died Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2000, at his residence. Graveside services will be at 4 p.m. Friday at Sunset Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Terry Price officiating. Arrangements by Sunset Memorial Gardens Funeral Home. He was born in Odessa. SURVIVORS: Mother, Helen Penn of Odessa; and brother, Terry Allan Penn of Dallas. Robert Pride Sr. ODESSA Robert Lee Pride Sr., 79, of Odessa, a retired ECISD custodian, died Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2000, at Medical Center Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at St. James Baptist Church with the Rev. R.T. McNeil officiating. Burial will be at Ector County Cemetery. Arrangements by Martinez Funeral Home. He was born in Kosse. He was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Wife, Valerie Pride Prairie of Odessa; sons, Melvin Johnson of Denver, Colo., Robert L. Pride Jr. and Darrell L. Pride, both of Odessa; daughter, Ola M. Pride of Odessa; brothers, Allen Pride of Calvert and Willie T. Pride of Houston; sisters, Ruby C. Williams of Calvert, Elhora Taylor and Dessie M. Pride, both of Odessa; five grandchildren; and six great-grand-children. _________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 2000 Odessa American. All rights reserved.