Ector Co. TX - Obits from the Odessa American Online 7 April 2000

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                           OA Online Obituaries.
                                      
                               April 07, 2000
                                      
                          Permian Basin Obituaries
                                      
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    ODESSA — Mary Jane Fox, 76, passed away April 1, 2000. She was
    born March 3, 1925, in Palestine, to Clarence and Mary Irene Smith.
              She was a homemaker and member of Carter Chapel.
                                      
     Mrs. Fox is survived by sons, John W. Fox and Verdell Fox, both of
       Odessa; daughters, Jean Kelly and Christina Stanford, both of
    Brownfield; brothers, Alvirtis Smith of Brownfield and Eddie Will of
    Los Angeles; sisters, Verna May Jones of Odessa and Loretta Jones of
            Tyler; 31 grandchildren; and 43 great-grandchildren.
                                      
      Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. Friday, April 7, 2000, at Odessa
                               Funeral Home.
                                      
    Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Saturday at Odessa Funeral Home
    Chapel with the Rev. Larry Powell officiating. Burial will follow at
                            Rose Hill Cemetery.
                                      
                      Services by Odessa Funeral Home.
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                           John Anthony Gates
                                      
   CRANE — Beloved husband, beloved father, beloved grandfather and
     beloved great grandfather, John Anthony Gates, 72, of Crane passed
   away Thursday, April 6, 2000, at Memorial Hospital and Medical Center
                                in Midland.
                                      
   Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 8, 2000, at Richard W. Box
    Funeral Home Chapel in Crane with the Rev. Tommy Parker officiating.
                                      
   Military graveside services will be held at Crane County Cemetery and
      services are under the direction of Richard W. Box Funeral Home.
                                      
    Johnny was born May 2, 1927. He married Betty Bates June 5, 1952. He
   served in the Navy during World War II in the Pacific. He worked as an
     oilfield supervisor for Pride Well Service and other well service
       companies in the West Texas area. He retired in 1998. He was a
                      resident of Crane for 37 years.
                                      
     Johnny was preceded in death by his parents, John and Mamie Gates;
                      five sisters; and two brothers.
                                      
     Johnny is survived by his wife, Betty Nadine Gates; daughters and
     their husbands, Kathy and Michael Kelly of Denver City, Debbie and
      Doug Mann of Eagle River, Alaska, and Judy and Jimmie Wilson of
   Odessa; grandchildren, Dalyn and Janalyn Epperson of Denver City, John
    and James Kelly of Lubbock, Nicholas and Benjamin Wilson of Odessa,
             Christopher and Kasci Mann of Eagle River, Alaska;
   great-grandchildren, Meegan Dee Wilson of Odessa and Mikhayla Epperson
    of Denver City; sister, Sister Mary Charolotte, Reverend Sisters of
           Mercy of Omaha, Neb., and several nieces and nephews.
                                      
    Pallbearers will be his grandsons, John Kelly, James Kelly, Nicholas
        Wilson, Benjamin Wilson, Christopher Mann and Dalyn Epperson
                                      
    Honorary pallbearers will be Albert Brinson, Marvin King and Bennie
                                  Durari.
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