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   OA Online Obituaries.
   
July 01, 2000

Permian Basin Obituaries

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   ODESSA  Campbell  Allen  Smith,  82,  of Odessa died peacefully in his
   sleep at 6:17 p.m. Tuesday, June 27, 2000, in Medical Center Hospital.
   
   He  was born Aug. 21, 1917, in Evening Shade, Ark., to Rufus Allen and
   Lula E. Smith.
   
   Funeral  services  were  held  at  2  p.m.  Friday,  June 30, 2000, at
   Crescent  Park  Baptist Church with Rev. Johnny Dickerson officiating.
   Interment followed at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
   
   Mr.  Smith  moved to Odessa in 1958. He was employed by Shell Pipeline
   for 20 years. He was a member of Crescent Park Baptist Church, and was
   a  50  year  Mason,  Scottish Rite. Smitty was an avid deer hunter and
   loved  the  outdoors.  Opal and he enjoyed traveling as members of the
   WBCCI  Airstream  Club.  Smitty  was  known for his sense of humor and
   delighted his children and grandchildren with his unique jokes.
   
   Opal Mae, a loving and devoted wife of 62 years, survives him. He also
   leaves  one  son,  Allen  Howell  Smith,  and  Allens  wife, Paula, of
   Sapulpa,  Okla.  Three  daughters  include, Sue Scott and her husband,
   Nelson,  of Keller, Cheryl Gill, whose husband is Bob, of Springfield,
   Kan., Bonnie Bell and her husband Greg, of Castle Rock, Colo.
   
   His  10  grandchildren  are Sandra Hansen of Huntington Beach, Calif.,
   Sharon  Reynolds  and  her  husband, Scott, of Flagstaff, Ariz., Staci
   Reynolds  and  husband,  Jeff,  of Colorado Springs, Colo., Rachel Ann
   Gillespie  and  her  husband,  Jim, of Arcadia, Okla., Leah Sue Gajan,
   married  to  Kevin,  of  Broken  Arrow, Okla., Kristin Lasater and her
   husband,  Brent,  of  Broken  Arrow, Robert Allen Gill of Spring Hill,
   Kan.,  Lindsay Sue Gill of Fort Collins, Colo., Brian Campbell Bell of
   Castle Rock, Colo., Harrison Truman Bell of Castle Rock.
   
   Smitty  was  also blessed with 13 great-grandchildren, Kelsey, Jeremy,
   Jackson  and  Joseph  Reynolds,  Jacob and Regan Gillespie, Taylor and
   Conner  Gajan,  John  Colton  Lasater,  Cole Nelson and Trey Reynolds,
   Madeline and Mattie Hansen.
   
   The  one  surviving  sister  is FIoy Johnson of Memphis, Tenn., and he
   leaves  several nieces and nephews as well. His beloved brother-in-law
   is Edwin Howell, whose wife is Lynn of Mabank.
   
   He leaves behind a host of friends and hunting partners.
   
   Campbell   Smith,   "Smitty,"   was  a  loving  husband,  father,  and
   grandfather, and a good, faithful friend. He will be greatly missed by
   all.
   
   Arrangements     by     Frank    W.    Wilson    Funeral    Directors.
   (www.wilsonfuneral.com)
   
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   Ralph Clark Russell
   
   KINGSVILLE  Ralph  Clark  Russell, 93, a resident of Kingsville passed
   away Sunday, June 4, 2000, in Corpus Christi.
   
   He  was  born  July  5, 1906, in Comanche, to Lyman Russell and Jessie
   Clark Russell. Mr. Russell had been employed for 28 years at Texas A&M
   University as an accounting professor until his retirement in 1975. He
   was  a  certified  public  accountant  practicing  in  the  states  of
   Mississippi, Alabama and Texas.
   
   Mr.  Russell  is survived by sons, Thomas W. Russell and wife, Jeanne,
   of  Odessa, Texas and Dwight C. Russell and wife, Margaret, of Austin;
   sisters,  Mary John Lynch of Rockport, Virginia Kurzon of Edinburg and
   Victoria Lowenstein of Corpus Christi; and three grandchildren.
   
   Funeral  services  were held Thursday, June 8, 2000, at Turcotte-Piper
   Mortuary  Chapel  with  Dr. Jesse Leos officiating. Burial followed in
   Kingsville at Chamberlain Cemetery.
   
   In  lieu  of  flowers  the  family  requests  memorials to the Russell
   Professorship  at  Texas  A&M University at Kingsville or a charity of
   choice.
   
   Turcotte-Piper Mortuary, 205 General Cavazos Blvd., Kingsville, Texas,
   was in charge of arrangements.
                  
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