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   OA Online Obituaries.
   
June 05, 2000

Permian Basin Obituaries

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   Merle Bryan Holbert
   
   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-Grey  of  Lubbock and Belynda Curnutt and her husband,
   Howard,  of  Odessa; one sister, Bobbye 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  at  10 a.m. Monday, June 5, 2000, at Hubbard-Kelly
   Funeral  Home with the Rev. David Ring officiating. Burial will follow
   at Rose Hill Cemetery.
   
   Pallbearers  will  be  Judson  Spinks, Robert Knox, Vernon Haggard and
   Tito Sausedo.
   
   The  family  suggests  memorials be made to Hospice House for indigent
   care. Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
                                      
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