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   OA Online Obituaries.
   
July 04, 2000

Permian Basin Obituaries

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   ODESSA Donald G. Slusher, 66, of Odessa died Friday, June 30, 2000, at
   his residence.
   
   He  was  born  March  26,  1934,  in  Enid,  Okla.,  and was raised in
   Tucumcari,  N.M., where he met and later married Jeaninne Hargrove May
   29,  1956.  In 1962 they moved to Odessa where Don worked as a chemist
   for  El  Paso  Products  until his retirement in 1993. He then started
   CommWest Paging in 1994 then branched into DMJ Communications which he
   co-owned  with  his  children.  He was a member of Northeast Church of
   Christ.
   
   Jeaninne  died  Nov.  15, 1998. On June 10th of this year, Don married
   Paula Irene Hanes.
   
   Don was a very compassionate, loving person, friend, Dad, Grandpa, and
   husband.
   
   Survivors include his wife, Paula of Odessa; sons and daughter-in-law,
   David  and  Rhonda  Slusher  of  Odessa  and  Mark Slusher of Lubbock;
   daughter  and  son-in-law,  Julie and Paul Hooper of Odessa; brothers,
   Waldo  and  Delmar Slusher; and sister, Vera Hendricks all of Hanford,
   Calif.  He  is  also  survived  by six grandchildren, Melissa Slusher,
   Blake Slusher, Valorie Slusher, Eric Slusher, Chase Hooper, and Tanner
   Hooper.  Other survivors include Paulas children, Kim and Scott Miller
   and  their  daughter,  Abi,  of  Belton,  and  Gary  and  Kim Hanes of
   Arlington; and Jeaninnes parents, Homer and Pinkie Hargrove of Odessa.
   
   Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 5, 2000, in the chapel
   of  Frank  W.  Wilson  Funeral Directors with Jeff Trahan officiating.
   Interment will follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens.
   
   Arrangements   by   Frank   W.   Wilson   Funeral   Directors.   (www.
   wilsonfuneral.com)
   
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   ODESSA  Eunice  P.  Ansley,  78, of Odessa passed away Sunday, July 2,
   2000, at her residence.
   
   Mrs.  Ansley was born Dec. 7, 1921, in Duncan, Ariz. She married J. H.
   Ansley Nov. 18, 1944, in Artesia, N.M. She met him while attending New
   Mexico State Teachers College in Silver City, N.M.
   
   She  was preceded in death by her husband in 1976 and also preceded by
   her eldest son, Steven Ansley, in 1980.
   
   Eunice  was an avid seamstress and gardener, as well as a devoted wife
   and  dedicated  mother  and grandmother. She was a very loyal, sincere
   and generous friend to all who knew her and will be missed by many.
   
   Funeral services are scheduled for 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 5, 2000, at
   the  Sunset  Memorial  Funeral  Home  Chapel  with  the Rev. Dr. Jimmy
   Braswell  officiating.  Burial will follow at 4 p.m. Mountain Standard
   Time at Twin Oaks Memorial Park in Artesia, N.M.
   
   Mrs.  Ansley  is survived by her sons, Jack Ansley and wife, Janet, of
   Odessa,  and Jim Ansley and wife, Carole, of Katy, Texas; her brother,
   Dee  Nunn  of Alabama; and seven grandchildren, Karen and Darren Byrd,
   Jason Johns and Jocelyn, Colby, Alexandra and Juliana Ansley.
   
   Funeral  arrangements  are  under  the  direction  of  Sunset Memorial
   Funeral Home.
   
   The  family  requests  memorials be made to Home Hospice, 516 N. Texas
   Ave., Odessa, Texas, 79761.
   
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   ODESSA Billie Linn Wright, 83, of Odessa died July 3, 2000, at Medical
   Center Hospital.
   
   She was born Nov. 4, 1916, in Midway. She married Raymond E. Wright in
   January 1972, in Odessa.
   
   Funeral  services  will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 5, 2000, at
   Mission  Dorado  Baptist  Church  with  Rev. Bob Bratcher officiating.
   Interment will follow at 3 p.m. at Denver City Cemetery.
   
   She moved to Odessa in 1969 from Denver City. She was a retired nurse,
   employed  from  Medical Center Hospital. She loved to cook and collect
   bells and rocks.
   
   She  was  preceded  in  death  by her husband, Raymond Wright in July,
   1992. Mr. Wright was a P.O.W.
   
   Mrs.  Wright  is  survived  by  daughters,  Kay  Hood of Odessa, Ollie
   Chandler  of  Claude  and Mariann Caines of Lubbock; sons, Art Linn of
   Eugene,  Ore.,  and  Phillip  Linn  of  Odessa;  14  grandchildren; 24
   great-grandchildren; and sister, Pauline Bains of Odessa.
   
   Arrangements    by   Frank   W.   Wilson   Funeral   Directors.   (www
   wilsonfuneral.com)
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