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   OA Online Obituaries.
   
July 14, 2000

Permian Basin Obituaries

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    Willie Lee "Bill" Wilson
   
   ODESSA Willie Lee "Bill" Wilson, 72, of Odessa, passed away Wednesday,
   July  12,  2000,  at Medical Center Hospital in Odessa. He was born in
   Purdon on May 7, 1928, to Jonus Murphy and Rhoda White-Wilson.
   
   He  served  in  the  U.S.  Navy from April 10, 1946, to Jan. 13, 1948,
   serving  most  of his term at NAS Ford Island, Hawaii, where he worked
   as an aviation mechanic. He attained the rank of seaman first class.
   
   He  married  Eula  Nell  Norton on May 22, 1948, in Waxahachie and had
   four children.
   
   He worked most of his life as a rock bit retipper and was known as one
   of the best in his trade. He began his career with Varel Manufacturing
   Company in Dallas. Later, he worked for Walker McDonald Bit Company at
   several  locations  and  then  retired  while working for WFJ Drilling
   Tools Inc. in Odessa.
   
   His wife, Eula Nell, preceded him in death on Aug. 3, 1993.
   
   He  is  survived  by  his  son,  Jack  Wilson of Odessa; daughters and
   sons-in-law,  Peggy  and  John  Link  of Odessa and Darlene and Dennis
   Sarrell  of  Hobbs,  N.M.;  son and daughter-in-law, Robert and Corina
   Wilson  of Odessa; brothers, James, Larry and Roger Wilson, all living
   in  East  Texas;  sisters, Ruth Judge, Linda Armour and Kathy Bennett,
   all of East Texas; nine grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
   
   Graveside  services  will  be  at  2  p.m. Saturday, July 15, 2000, at
   Sunset  Memorial Gardens with Pastor Bill Counts of Tabernacle Baptist
   Church officiating.
   
   Arrangements are by Sunset Memorial Funeral Home.
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    George Dale Gann
   
   LUBBOCK  George  Dale  Gann, age 48, of Odessa, died July 12, 2000, at
   Medical Center Hospital.
   
   Memorial  services will be at noon today in Lubbock at the home of his
   maternal grandmother, Mildred E. Franklin.
   
   George  was born Jan. 15, 1952, in Snyder to George and Betty Gann. He
   graduated  from  Coronado  High  School in Lubbock and attended Odessa
   College.  He  worked  for  Blue  Cross/Blue Shield for 10 years in Los
   Angeles as a billing supervisor.
   
   Survivors  include  his  mother,  Betty Miller of Odessa; his brother,
   Robert  Louis  Gann  of Houston; and his sisters, Gale Kerr and Pamela
   Denise Kincaid both of Odessa.
   
   Services are under the care of Sunset Memorial Funeral Home.
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