Ector Co. TX - Obits from the Odessa American Online 18 July 2000

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   OA Online Obituaries.
   
July 18, 2000

Permian Basin Obituaries

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    John Sliney
   
   ODESSA  Services for John Sliney, 68, of Odessa, are scheduled at noon
   Friday  at  Hubbard-Kelly  Funeral Home with burial at Sunset Memorial
   Gardens.
   
   Mr.  Sliney  died Friday, July 14, 2000, from complications of cancer.
   He  was  born  during  the  Depression in Brockton, Mass., a suburb of
   Boston,  and  came  to  Texas  in the mid-1950s courtesy of the United
   States Air Force.
   
   After  serving  a  three-year tour of duty in Korea, he moved to Waco,
   where he received his honorable discharge.
   
   He  then  went to work as a reporter for the daily newspaper there for
   several  years  before  accepting a similar position in Odessa. He was
   hired  at  the Odessa American and rose from the ranks of cub reporter
   to city editor in his nearly two decades at the newspaper.
   
   In the late 1970s, he left the Odessa American and accepted a position
   as  an  investigator  for  noted Odessa criminal-defense lawyer Warren
   Burnett.
   
   He was affiliated with the Ector County Democratic Party.
   
   Survivors  include  a  son,  John  Sliney Jr. of Hereford; a daughter,
   Stephanie Orsini of Odessa; and four grandchildren.
   
   Services are entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
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    Bill Hargis
   
   ODESSA  Bill  "Peewee"  Hargis, 75, of Odessa, died Saturday, July 15,
   2000, at Medical Center Hospital.
   
   He  was  born  May  17,  1925,  in Davenport, Okla. He married Dorothy
   Brewer  Dec.  13,  1968,  in  Lubbock  and moved to Odessa from Corpus
   Christi in 1976.
   
   He  was  a  retired  repairman  for  Occidental Petroleum and attended
   Immanuel  Baptist  Church.  He was a number one fan of helping others,
   enjoyed fishing, talking, and motorcycles.
   
   He  was  preceded  in  death  by  his  son,  Robert Hargis in 1994 and
   grandson, Darrel Lewis in 1993.
   
   Survivors   include   his  wife,  Dorothy  of  Odessa;  daughters  and
   sons-in-law,  Theresa  Morgan  and Cameron of Lubbock and Susan Holmes
   and  Mike  of  Odessa; sons, David Brewer of Mission and Jim Hargis of
   Whiteface;  and  daughter-in-law Marolyn Hargis of Midland. He is also
   survived  by 12 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; brother, Elmo
   Hargis of McAllen; and sister, Jo Floyd of Monahans.
   
   Funeral  services  will  be at 10 a.m. today in the chapel of Frank W.
   Wilson  Funeral  Directors  with  the Rev. Dr. Mark Riley officiating.
   Interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
   
   Arrangements by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors.
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