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   OA Online Obituaries.
   
July 15, 2000

Permian Basin Obituaries

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   ODESSA  --  Fred  Arvin  "Papa"  Browning,  77, of Odessa, passed away
   Wednesday, July 12, 2000, at Medical Center Hospital.
   
   Fred was born Oct. 14, 1922, in Flat, to Tom and Lou Browning.
   
   He  served in the Army from Jan. 27, 1943, to Nov. 11, 1945. He served
   his  term  in  Normandy,  Northern  France,  the Rhineland and Central
   Europe.  He  was a lifetime member of the V.F.W. Post No. 4372. He was
   also  a  member  of  the  Fraternal  Order  of Eagles No. 2914. He was
   Baptist.
   
   He married Ernestine Daniel on March 13, 1954, in Lovington, N.M.
   
   Fred  worked most of his life as a painter and was known as one of the
   best  in  his  trade.  He owned and operated Browning Painting Service
   before his retirement in 1990.
   
   He was preceded in death by his wife, Ernestine, on Jan. 19, 1991; his
   parents; five brothers; and one sister.
   
   He  is  survived by his son, Fred Browning and wife, Donna, of Odessa;
   daughter,  Cendy Raglin and Randy Raglin of Odessa; son, David Hadeler
   and  wife,  Brenda,  of  Plano; daughters, Judi Worthington and Dyanne
   High  of  Ben  Wheeler;  brothers,  Jesse Browning of Gatesville, Jack
   Browning  of  Belton  and  Dick Browning of California; grandchildren,
   Shawn  and  Cody  Raglin,  Jeremy  and Brandon Browning, Ryan and Sean
   Hadeler,  Lance  Kendrick, Kim Richardson, Misty Hubbard and Wendy and
   Jake  High;  and  great-grandchildren  Kayla  and  Brent Farris, Colby
   Benson and Nate Kendrick.
   
   Pallbearers will be his grandsons.
   
   Services  will be at 4 p.m. today at Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home Chapel
   with  the  Rev.  Jimmy  Braswell officiating. Burial will be in Sunset
   Memorial Gardens.
   
   Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
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   Jim G. Keen
   
   HEWITT -- Jim G. Keen, 67, of Waco died Wednesday, June 14, 2000, at a
   local hospital.
   
   Services  were  Saturday,  June 17, 2000, at First Baptist Church with
   the  Rev. Roy Marshall officiating. Burial was at Chapel Hill Memorial
   Park.
   
   Mr.  Keen  was  a  former  Odessa  resident and was a 1950 graduate of
   Odessa High School.
   
   Mr. Keen was born Sept. 17, 1932, in Morris, Okla.
   
   He  married  Shirley Pusley on Aug. 21, 1953, in Notrees. He served in
   the  Navy during the Korean War. He received a bachelor's and master's
   degree  from the University of Texas at Austin, and he also received a
   master's degree from the University of Oklahoma.
   
   Mr.  Keen  was  district manager of the Social Security office in Waco
   from 1977 until his retirement in 1987.
   
   He  was  a  member  of  First  Baptist  Church  in Hewitt where he was
   chairman of the Board of Deacons and taught men's Sunday school class.
   
   He  was  preceded in death by his daughter, Linda Keen Graham; and his
   father, William Homer Keen.
   
   Beloved son, husband, brother and father, you will be greatly missed.
   
   He  is  survived by his wife, Shirley Keen of Waco; mother, Alice Keen
   of  Dallas;  daughters,  Kaylinn Meeks and husband, Bryan, of Leander,
   Tricia  Cummings  and  husband,  Joe,  of Robinson, Dianna Martino and
   husband,  John,  of  McGregor,  Sharon  Weaver  and  husband, Troy, of
   Denver;  sister,  Merikay  Green  and  husband,  Jack, of Dallas; nine
   grandchildren;  one  niece,  Paige  Sowden, of Dallas; and one nephew,
   Evan Green, of Dallas.
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