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   OA Online Obituaries.
   
June 18, 2000

Permian Basin Obituaries

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   Alva M. Bennett
   
   CRANE -- Alva M. Bennett, 77, of Crane, died Friday, June 16, 2000, at
   her residence.
   
   Funeral  services  will  be at 10 a.m. Monday, June 19, 2000, at First
   Baptist   Church   with   the  Revs.  Tommy  Parker  and  Steve  Baker
   officiating. Burial will follow in the Crane County Cemetery. Services
   are under the direction of Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home of Crane.
   
   Alva was born Sept. 16, 1922, in Gorman to J.H. and Velma Wheeler. She
   married  Vernon  E.  Bennett  in  Eastland  on May 17, 1941. They have
   resided  in  Crane for 41 years. Alva had worked as a school secretary
   for  Greenwood  Independent  School  District  and Goddard Junior High
   School  in  Midland  for  eight  years.  She also had served as church
   secretary  for  Fannin Terrace Baptist in Midland. She was a member of
   the First Baptist Church in Crane.
   
   Alva  was  preceded  in  death  by her parents and one sister, Lavenia
   Wheeler.
   
   She  is survived by her husband, Vernon E. Bennett of Crane; two sons,
   Gary  E.  Bennett  and  wife, Anita, of Dallas, and Ted B. Bennett and
   wife,  Karen,  of Denver City; three granddaughters, Tammy A. Bruns of
   Aransas  Pass,  Joan J. Easterwood and her husband, Calen, of Midland,
   Bonnie  K.  Wade  and  her husband, Brian, of Brownwood; one grandson,
   Charles  L.  Sessions  of  Great Lakes, Ill.; two great-grandchildren,
   Katey and Cris Triggs of Lubbock; one brother, Jack D. Wheeler and his
   wife,  Kate,  of Austin; and sister Mary Jo Shaw and her husband, Roy,
   of Gorman.
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   MIDLAND  --  Samuel  Keyum Collins, 19, of Odessa died Wednesday, June
   14, 2000, at his residence.
   
   Services  will  be  at 1 p.m. Tuesday, June 20, 2000, at New Jerusalem
   Baptist  Church,  1801  N.  Carver Ave., in Midland. Burial will be at
   Fairview Cemetery. Arrangements by Thomas Funeral Home.
   
   He was born Aug. 12, 1980, in Odessa. He attended school in Odessa. He
   graduated from Permian High School May 19, 2000.
   
   Survivors  include  his  parents,  Darius  and  Eva Collins of Odessa;
   brother,  Christopher  Collins  of Odessa; grandparents, Kit and Ester
   Nelson  of  Midland; grandmother, Ruth Watkins of Odessa; grandfather,
   Doris  D.  Collins of Arkansas City, Kan.; and a host of aunts, uncles
   and cousins.
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   ODESSA  --  Katie  L.  Howard,  91,  of  Odessa, died at her residence
   Thursday,  June  15, 2000. She was born Aug. 14, 1908, in Stanton. She
   married  H.B.  Howard  on  April 4, 1928, and they lived in Odessa for
   more  than 40 years. Mr. Howard preceded her in death in 1983. She was
   a  member  of Crescent Park Baptist Church, the Jane Phillips Sorority
   and several bridge clubs.
   
   Funeral  services  will  be  at  4  p.m. Monday, June 19, 2000, in the
   Chapel of Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors, 4635 Oakwood Dr., Odessa,
   with  the  Rev.  Curtis  Brewer  officiating. Burial will be at Sunset
   Memorial Gardens.
   
   She  is  survived  by her daughter, Marcellene Miller of Odessa, three
   grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
   
   Arrangements     by     Frank    W.    Wilson    Funeral    Directors.
   (www.wilsonfuneral.com)
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   ODESSA  --  Ruby  Tacker Wilkerson, 87, passed away Thursday, June 15,
   2000,  at  Medical  Center  Hospital.  She  was born Nov. 12, 1912, in
   Truman, Ark.
   
   Services  were  Saturday, June 17, 2000, at Park View Church of Christ
   with Charles Jones officiating. Burial was in Sunset Memorial Gardens.
   
   Mrs.  Wilkerson  moved  to  Odessa  Dec.  1,  1957, from Arkansas. She
   attended  Shawnee  High School in Joyner, Ark. She married G.A. Tacker
   on Dec. 29, 1929, in Arkansas. He preceded her in death June 11, 1981.
   She married Jeff Wilkerson in March 1989.
   
   She loved gardening and music and was a great cook. Mrs. Wilkerson was
   a member of Park View Church of Christ.
   
   Mrs.  Wilkerson  also  was  preceded  in  death  by her children, Mary
   Lillian  Tacker, Dave Tacker and Charlie Tacker; two grandchildren and
   one great-grandchild.
   
   She  is  survived  by husband, Jeff; sons, George Tacker, Carl Tacker,
   Rick  Tacker  and Butch Tacker, all of Odessa; daughters, Molly Upshaw
   of Spearsville, La., Jenny Duncan and Joyce Tomlin of Odessa; brother,
   Bill  DeSpain  of  Newbern,  Tenn;  and sister, Gladys Rose of Ripley,
   Tenn.
   
   Arrangements by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Home. (www.wilsonfuneral.com)
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