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                           OA Online Obituaries.
                                      
                               March 25,2000
                                      
                          Permian Basin Obituaries
                                      
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                         Melvin A. "Buddy" Freeman
                                      
   ODESSA — Buddy was born June 14, 1938, in Loraine to Woodrow and
   Lota McAnnalley Freeman. He passed away Wednesday, March 22, 2000, at
                     Medical Center Hospital in Odessa.
                                      
    Services were Friday, March 24, 2000, at Sunset Memorial Chapel with
   the Rev. Bob Berry officiating. Burial was at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
       Services were under the care of Sunset Memorial Funeral Home.
                                      
   Mr. Freeman came to Odessa at an early age. He served in the Army and
     after coming back to Odessa, he worked as a truck driver and also
      worked in the oilfield as a mechanic. He was an avid fisherman.
                                      
     Survivors include his wife, Anna Freeman of Odessa; son, Billy Ray
   Freeman of Mississippi; daughter, Bonnie Lucille Uballe of Odessa; his
     brothers, James and Mike Freeman, both of Odessa; sister, Beverly
   Blackburn of Odessa; six grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
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                           Hal Blake Lambert Jr.
                                      
   ODESSA — Hal Blake Lambert Jr. died Thursday, March 23, 2000, in
                                  Alpine.
                                      
     Blake was born November 12, 1956, in Austin and grew up in Odessa
          where he graduated from Permian High School. He received
   bachelor’s degrees from both Texas Christian University, where he
              lettered in football, and Texas A&M University.
                                      
         After graduating from Texas A&M, Blake worked for Linbeck
   Construction. His work took him to Houston, Atlanta, Mobile, Ala., and
                              Washington, D.C.
                                      
   Blake married Madeline La Flame and they have two children, Amanda and
                                  Andrew.
                                      
   He is also survived by his mother, Joann MacGruder of Odessa; father,
      Hal Lambert of Odessa; brother, Louis R. Lambert of Austin; and
                    sister, Elizabeth Lambert of Austin.
                                      
        Blake was preceded in death by his brother, Lyndon Lambert.
                                      
    Services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 26, 2000, at the First
                       Presbyterian Church of Odessa.
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     ODESSA — W.E. "Mac" McCulloch, 90, of Odessa died Wednesday,
                March 22, 2000, at Medical Center Hospital.
                                      
     Graveside services were Friday, March 24, 2000, at Sunset Memorial
               Gardens with the Rev. Sam Jordan officiating.
                                      
              He was born Oct. 4, 1909, in Weatherford, Okla.
                                      
    Mr. McCulloch moved to Odessa in 1932 from Chandler, Okla. He was a
    retired manager of a Phillips 66 service station. He was a lifetime
     member of the V.F.W. and a member of the American Legion, Masonic
    Lodge and Odessa Tabernacle Church. He was an Army veteran of World
             War II. He delivered Meals On Wheels for 10 years.
                                      
                   He was preceded in death by two wives.
                                      
      Survivors include his stepsons, Bill Prewitt and wife, Ruth, of
      Roswell, N.M., Ben Prewitt of Brownwood, Phillip Couch and wife,
       Susan, of Amarillo and Roger Couch and wife, Alisa, of Chico;
    stepdaughter, Faith Ann Neal and husband, Alvin, of Crowley; niece,
       Sue Fisher Adams of Midland; sister-in-law, Verna McCulloch of
            Chandler, Okla.; and several step-grandchildren and
                          stepgreat-grandchildren.
                                      
          The family suggests memorial to charity of your choice.
                                      
           Services were entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
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