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   OA Online Obituaries.
   
June 04, 2000

Permian Basin Obituaries

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   ODESSA  Merle  Bryan  Holbert,  after a courageous battle with cancer,
   passed  away  peacefully  Friday,  June  2,  2000,  in  her home. Mrs.
   Holbert, 76, was born May 23, 1924, in Bairdstown.
   
   She  was  preceded  in  death by her mother, Elsie Gray Bryan; father,
   John R. Bryan; and a brother, Charles W. Bryan.
   
   Mrs.  Holbert  was  wed  to  Clarence  H. Holbert on Oct. 20, 1946, in
   Sweetwater.  The  couple  moved  to Odessa in 1951. Mrs. Holbert had a
   strong  faith in God and church. She was a longtime member of Highland
   Methodist Church and the Wesley Sunday School class.
   
   She is survived by her husband, C.W. Holbert of Odessa; two daughters,
   Paula  Marshall-Gary  of  Lubbock and Belynda Curnutt and her husband,
   Howard,  of  Odessa;  one sister, Bobby Petty of Odessa; two brothers,
   Maurice  Bryan  of  Paris, Ill., and Donald Bryan of Brea, Calif.; one
   grandson, Judson P. Spinks of Austin; and numerous nieces and nephews.
   
   Services  will  be  10  a.m.  Monday,  June  5, 2000, at Hubbard-Kelly
   Funeral  Home  with  the  Rev. Dr. David Ring officiating. Burial will
   follow at Rose Hill Cemetery.
   
   Pallbearers  will  be  Judson  Spinks, Robert Knox, Vernon Haggard and
   Tito Saucedo.
   
   Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
   
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   ODESSA Billie C. King, 63, of Odessa passed away Friday, June 2, 2000,
   at Memorial Hospital and Medical Center in Midland.
   
   He  was  born Dec. 22, 1936, in Borger. He moved to Odessa in 1947. He
   graduated  from  Odessa  High  School  in 1955 and from Hardin-Simmons
   University  in  1960.  He  married the love of his life, Deana Barnes,
   April 1, 1961, in Abilene.
   
   He  was  employed  with  Dain  Rauscher  in  Midland for 38 years as a
   stockbroker. He was an avid golfer who enjoyed his family, friends and
   life to its fullest.
   
   He  is  survived by his wife, Deana King of Odessa; daughter, Kisa Lee
   and  husband,  Chuck,  of  Odessa;  sons,  Ty  King and wife, Lacy, of
   Lubbock;  grandchildren, Kendahl, Dillyn and Logan Lee, all of Odessa,
   and  Kristyn  and  Matthew  Smith,  both  of  Lubbock;  sister, Evelyn
   Selfridge of Kerrville; and mother-in-law, Chug Barnes of San Antonio.
   
   Funeral  services  will  be  11  a.m. Monday at St. Barnabas Episcopal
   Church with the Rev. Michael Jasper officiating.
   
   Pallbearers will be Junior Delao, Tommy Shands, Ron Rumple, Tom Tilly,
   Don   Ormand  and  Jerry  Roberts.  The  grandsons  will  be  honorary
   pallbearers.
   
   Service entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
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