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                            OA Online Obituaries. 
                                      
                              January 20, 2000
                                      
                          Permian Basin Obituaries
                                      
                                      
   ODESSA — Clarence "Slim" Murray of Odessa died Tuesday, Jan. 18,
      2000, at Medical Center Hospital. He was born July 29, 1917, in
                                  Ferris.
                                      
   Mr. Murray married Hazel Burns Nov. 30, 1940, in Cherokee County. They
    moved to Odessa in 1945 from Jacksonville. He was a veteran of World
      War II and was awarded two Bronze Stars. He was retired from FWA
            Drilling as a roughneck and loved to play dominoes.
                                      
     He was preceded in death by his wife, Hazel Murray, July 30, 1999.
                                      
   He is survived by sons and their wives, David and Pam Murray and Gary
      and Patsy Murray; grandchildren, who were the apple of his eye,
   Melissa Murray and Bryan Murray; nephews and their wives, Charlie and
     Ausie Burns, and Buddy and Sharon Burns; nieces, Linda Tune, Sandy
   Robison, Pat Bishop and Janet Burch; and grandnieces, Amanda Burns and
                                Sarah Burns.
                                      
    Graveside services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 21, 2000, at
      Sunset Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Griffin Jones officiating.
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                                  Jo Ford
                                      
   ODESSA — Jo A. Ford, 63, of Odessa died Sunday, Jan. 16, 2000, at
                          Medical Center Hospital.
                                      
   Services were held Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2000, at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral
                                Home Chapel.
                                      
   She was born Oct. 21, 1936, in East St. Louis, Ill. She married Robert
             Ford June 24, 1956, at Scott Air Force Base, Ill.
                                      
   Mrs. Ford moved to Odessa in 1983. She was administrative director of
    the Permian Basin Emergency Veterinary Clinic for the past 17 years.
   She was assistant tournament director for the 1999 Permian Basin Nike
      Open and had been actively involved with the Nike Open since its
    beginning. She was an active member of the Ladies Association at The
   Club at Mission Dorado. She was an avid golfer. She loved her friends
                    and family and never met a stranger.
                                      
      Survivors include her husband, Robert Ford of Odessa; daughters,
    Rhonda Tourville of Collinsville, Ill., Terri Ford-Brown of Odessa,
    Paula Klucker of Bellville, Ill., Alice Rambo of Gillette, Wyo., and
        Kathy Sullivan of Springfield, Ill.; and nine grandchildren.
                                      
           Services were entrusted to Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home.
                                      
          If desired, memorials may be made to Multiple Sclerosis.
                                      
             Arrangements by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors.
                          (www.wilsonfuneral.com)
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