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                          OA Online Death Notices.
                                      
                             December 16, 2000
                                      
                                Mary Gibson
                                      
     ODESSA Mary Lee Gibson, 93, of Odessa, a retired cook for Medical
          Center Hospital, died Friday, Dec. 15, 2000, in Odessa.
                                      
   Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Sunset Memorial Chapel
       with the Rev. Jack Watkins officiating. Arrangements by Sunset
                           Memorial Funeral Home.
                                      
                         She was born in Comanche.
                                      
     SURVIVORS: Sons, Lonnie Jack Gibson of Odessa and Jimmy Gibson of
    Richard-son; daughters, Mary Peitchinsky and Johnnie Jones, both of
     Odessa; sister, Carrie Nichols of Comanche; six grandchildren; and
                         eight great-grandchildren.
                                      
                                Benny Mills
                                      
       MIDLAND Benny Edward Mills, 54, of Odessa, a truck driver for
    Montgomery Trucking Co., died Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2000, in Shattuck,
                                   Okla.
                                      
   Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. today at Resthaven Memorial Park
   with the Rev. Raymond Bugg officiating. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly
                               Funeral Home.
                                      
      He was born in Mineola and moved to Odessa from Mineola in 1950.
                                      
   SURVIVORS: Son, Benny Edward Mills Jr. of Mineral Wells; mother, Betty
    Harris of Odessa; stepfather, Charles Harris of Odessa; and sisters,
     Lois Platt of Weatherford and Bennie Dell Morrow of Sierra Vista,
                                   Ariz.
                                      
                             Ernest Palmer Sr.
                                      
   ANDREWS Ernest Edison Palmer Sr., 80, of Andrews, a retired supervisor
    for El Paso Natural Gas Co., died Friday, Dec. 15, 2000, at Permian
                             General Hospital.
                                      
    Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at McNett Funeral Home Chapel with
   the Rev. Mike Henson officiating. Burial will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at
    the Kingsland Cemetery in Kingsland. Arrangements by McNett Funeral
                                   Home.
                                      
   He was born in Greensburg, Penn., and had been a resident of Kingsland
             before moving to Andrews in 1999. He was Baptist.
                                      
   SURVIVORS: Daughter, Sarah Bohannon of Andrews; brother, Samuel Palmer
    Jr. of Grapeville, Penn.; sister, Verna Mae Hamilton of Sharpsville,
         Penn.; six grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and two
                         great-great-grandchildren.
                                      
                              Geraldine Powell
                                      
   FORT STOCKTON Geraldine Powell, 89, of Groesbeck, retired owner of the
       Sweet Shop in Fort Stockton, died Thursday, Dec. 14, 2000, in
                                 Groesbeck.
                                      
   Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at East Hill Cemetery with
   Greg Sackett officiating. Arrangements by Fort Stockton Funeral Home.
                                      
     She was born in Odessa and was a resident of Fort Stockton before
   moving to Groesbeck in 1990. She was a member of the Assembly of God.
                                      
   SURVIVORS: Daughters, Gwen Sackett of Groesbeck, Jan Caskey of Humble
   and Carla Barrett of Plano; son, Rodney Powell; sisters, Ina Heagy and
         Edith Boatman, both of Imperial; 10 grand-children; and 24
                            great-grandchildren.
                                      
                             Precious McMarion
                                      
   ODESSA Precious McMarion, 75, of Odessa died Friday, Dec. 15, 2000, in
                                  Odessa.
                                      
          Services are pending with Sunset Memorial Funeral Home.
                                      
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