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                           OA Online Obituaries.
                                      
                                May 24, 2000
                                      
                          Permian Basin Obituaries
                                      
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    ODESSA — Arthur Lee Quigley, 77, of Odessa passed away Sunday,
                    May 21, 2000, at his home in Odessa.
                                      
   He was born Nov. 11, 1922, in Grimes County. He married Vernice Hunter
                        on July 14, 1986 in Odessa.
                                      
   Funeral Services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, May 26, 2000, at St.
      Matthew Baptist Church in Odessa with the Rev. Anthony C. Slack
           officiating. Interment will be at Rose Hill Cemetery.
                                      
    Mr. Quigley moved to Odessa in 1956 from Grimes County. He attended
       Prairieview A&M University. He was a lifetime member of V.F.W.
                                      
     He was a carpenter and liked to work on watches and play jokes on
                                  people.
                                      
    He is survived by his wife, Vernice Quigley, of Odessa; sons, Arthur
   Lee Quigley Jr. of California, Sammy Lee Quigley of Bosier City, La.,
    and Anthony Quigley and John Ray Quigley, both of Odessa; daughters,
      Danea Penson of California, Melba Lee and Rosie Quigley, both of
       Austin, Georgia Quigley of Odessa; 16 grandchildren and eight
                            great-grandchildren.
                                      
        Arrangements are by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors. (www.
                             wilsonfuneral.com)
                                      
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     ODESSA — Mary Lou "Maria" Rodriguez, 73, passed away May 23,
                     2000, at Medical Center Hospital.
                                      
    She was born Feb. 25, 1927, in Mercedes, Texas. Before retiring, she
      worked as an licensed vocational nurse for Nurses Unlimited and
                          Medical Center Hospital.
                                      
       Mrs. Rodriguez was preceded in death by her husband, Eluterio
     Rodriguez; son, Eddie Ray Rodriguez; father and mother, Julian and
     Maria Suarez; brother, Joe "Pepe" Suarez; grandsons, Larry Ronald
     Rodriguez and Jeffrey Tovar; and granddaughter, Amanda Evangeline
                                 Rodriguez.
                                      
      She is survived by sons, Larry Rodriguez and his wife, Lydia, of
     Odessa, Johnny Rodriguez of San Antonio, Ricky Rodriguez and wife,
   Gloria, of Odessa, Joe Robert Rodriguez and wife, Irma, of Odessa; and
   Ernest Rodriguez and wife, Carmen, of Houston; daughters, Esther Tovar
   of San Marcos, Mary Evangeline Santiago and husband, Eli, of Phoenix,
   Ariz.; brothers, Isidro Suarez of Poteet, Julian Suarez of Odessa and
      Pete Suarez of Houston; sisters, Manuela Cashion of San Antonio,
    Connie Gonzales of San Antonio, Susie Navarro of San Antonio, Irene
     Lopez of Del Rio, Martha Suarez of San Antonio and Bridget Laws of
           Odessa; 24 grandchildren; and 17 great grandchildren.
                                      
   Rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 24, 2000, at 7 p.m. at
      Odessa Funeral Home Chapel. Mass of the Christian Burial will be
     celebrated at 1 p.m. Thursday at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
   with the Rev. Mark Woodruff officiating. Burial will follow at Odessa
                                 Cemetery.
                                      
              Her grandsons will be designated as pallbearers.
                                      
                      Services by Odessa Funeral Home.
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