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                          OA Online Obituaries. 
                                      
                             February 15, 2000
                                      
                          Permian Basin Obituaries
                                      
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   ODESSA — Minnie Leora Cox, 93, of Odessa passed away Sunday, Feb.
     13, 2000, at her residence. Mrs. Cox was born January 11, 1907, in
     Cottonwood. She moved to Odessa in 1977 from Grandfalls where the
    family had lived for many years. She married Auther Lawton Cox Dec.
     21, 1924, in Shackelford County. He preceded her in death in 1957.
                                      
    She was a member of Sherwood Baptist Church. Her life was her family
                              and her church.
                                      
   She was preceded in death by her husband; her parents, W.B. and Minnie
   Lee Shirley; two daughters, Dixie Parten and Leora Armstrong; several
                  brothers and sisters; and one grandson.
                                      
       She is survived by sons, Norman L. Cox and his wife, Nancy, of
    Monahans, Durward A. Cox and his wife, Martha, of Kerrville, William
      R. "Butch" Cox and his wife, Dawn, of Huber, Arizona; daughters,
    Barbara A. Floyd and her husband, Roy, of Odessa and Linda S. Woods
   and her husband, Ralph, of Odessa; brother, J. B. Shirley of Monahans;
   sisters, Avanell Gibbons of Fort Worth and Lamoin Hart of Midland; 16
    grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; 2 great-great-grandchildren.
                                      
   Funeral services are scheduled for 10 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2000, in
      the Sherwood Baptist Church with the Rev. Tom Hiser officiating.
     Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Monahans
   Municipal Cemetery under the direction of Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
                                      
   Active pallbearers will be the grandsons, Johnny Harris, Danny Marble,
    Lonnie Cox, Jason Wells, Derek Ellis, Lance Cox, Danny Armstrong and
                              Bobby Blackman.
                                      
           Services are entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
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    ODESSA — Thomas Earl Harrison Jr., 72, of Odessa died Saturday,
                 Feb. 12, 2000, at Medical Center Hospital.
                                      
      Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Sunset Memorial
   Gardens with the Rev. Johann Neethling officiating. Memorial services
        will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday Highland United Methodist Church.
                                      
    He was born Oct. 18, 1927, in Stamford. He married Doris Mathis Dec.
                           21, 1949, in Abilene.
                                      
   Thomas Earl Harrison Jr. was a physical education and history teacher
   for Ector County Independent School District for 30 years. He and his
    wife, Doris, were owners of Mary Moppets Day School. Thomas loved to
   play golf and 42 dominoes with his friends. He was an avid reader and
      loved Texas and western history. He was active in the Methodist
   Men’s Association and Jacob’s Ladder Reading Program at Gale
   Pond Elementary School. He is loved and remembered for his generosity
      and kindness, humor, wit and his devotion to his family and his
    church, Highland United Methodist. His wife Doris of 50 years loving
        said, "God surely has a precious angel with him in Heaven."
                                      
   Survivors include his wife, Doris Harrison of Odessa; son, Thomas Lynn
   Harrison and wife, Cindy, of Odessa; daughter, Pamela Sue Harrison of
   Austin; brother, Joe Harrison and wife, Cherry, of Maui, Hawaii; five
   grandchildren; and sisters-in-laws, Brenda Carr and Darlene Hunsiker.
                                      
             Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
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