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   OA Online Obituaries.
   
July 20, 2000

Permian Basin Obituaries

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    Kenya Kawonda Batie
   
   ODESSA  Kenya Kawonda Batie, 26, of Odessa, joined our heavenly father
   Monday, July 17, 2000, at Baylor University in Dallas.
   
   Services  are scheduled at 1 p.m. Friday at Martinez Funeral Home with
   the  Rev.  Darrel  Willis  officiating.  Burial  will  be at Rose Hill
   Cemetery. Arrangements by Martinez Funeral Home.
   
   Miss  Batie  was  born May 31, 1974, in Toledo, Ohio, at Saint Vincent
   Hospital.  Miss.  Batie  moved to Odessa in 1981 with her parents. She
   graduated from Permian High School in 1993. Miss Batie was a sweet and
   honest person.
   
   She  was  preceded  in death by her grandmother, Hattie Mag Batie, her
   aunt Virgina White, and cousin Nichole Heffner.
   
   Survivors  include  parents,  Estella  "Cookie"  and Lee Earl Batie of
   Odessa;  sisters,  Lebra  and  Felica  Batie, both of Odessa; brother,
   London  "Prince"  Irons  of  Corinth,  Miss.; grandparents, McNeal and
   Lousel  Cook of Hattiesburg, Miss.; two aunts, Shirley Simon of Odessa
   and  Brenda  Beaty of Hattiesburg; uncles, Larry, James, Travis, Billy
   and  David Batie, all of Odessa, Dexter Batie of Dallas, Charles Batie
   of  Toledo,  Stanley  Batie  of Corinth, McNeal Cook Jr. of Vicksburg,
   Miss.,  Tomas  Hatch  of  Milwaukee, Wis., McHenry Cook of Detroit and
   Louis  Cook  of  Hattiesburg;  one  nephew, Diante Bars of Odessa; two
   nieces, Kyerra and Contaneice, both of Corinth; and a host of cousins,
   friends and other family members.
   
   Viewing  of  Kenya  Batie will be held from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. today and
   from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Friday.
   
   Arrangements by Martinez Funeral Home.
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   Pat Neff McClellan
   
   GOLDSMITH  Services  for  Pat  Neff  McClellan,  79, of Goldsmith, are
   scheduled  for 10 a.m. Saturday at Hubbard-Kelly Chapel with the Revs.
   Jimmy  Cameron  and  Bill  Heggemeier  officiating. Military graveside
   services will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
   
   Mr.  McClellan  died  Tuesday, July 18, 2000, at his residence. He was
   born  July  30,  1920, in Gouldbusk, the 10th of 11 children to Elijah
   Shanklin and Beedie Frances Archer McClellan. He married Kathryn Evans
   Oct. 3, 1948, at First Methodist Church in Goldsmith.
   
   Mr.  McClellan  moved  to Goldsmith in 1946. He served in the Army Air
   Corps  during World War II, stationed in England. He was a nose gunner
   on  a  B-24  Liberator.  He  was  interned  as  a  prisoner  of war in
   Switzerland. He worked for Phillips Petroleum Company. He operated the
   Phillips  service  station in Goldsmith, which evolved into his owning
   and  also  operating his own trucking company, Pat M. McClellan, Inc.,
   for 27 years. He was a 32nd degree mason and a member of the Oddfellow
   Lodge  and  Lions  Club  of  Goldsmith. He was a charter member of the
   Goldsmith  Volunteer  Fire  Department. He served as the institutional
   representative  for  the Boy Scouts of America. He was a member of the
   First  Methodist  Church  of  Goldsmith.  He  was  a very special dad,
   granddad and great-granddad.
   
   Survivors  include  spouse,  Kathryn McClellan of Goldsmith; daughter,
   Carolyn McClellan White of Goldsmith; brother, Lester Archer McClellan
   of   Coleman;   sister,   Mary   Bernelle  Pittard  of  Austin;  three
   grandchildren,  Patrick  White,  Todd  Ryan  White and Carolina Leyva;
   seven   great-grandchildren,  Shelbie,  Ryan,  Catherine  Marie,  Sean
   Patrick, Taylor, Rose and Lily; and numerous nieces and nephews.
   
   Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
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   ODESSA  Billy  Weldon  "Willie"  Robinson, 69, of Odessa died Tuesday,
   July 18, 2000, at Veterans Hospital in Big Spring.
   
   Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Friday, July 21, 2000, at Sunset
   Memorial Gardens.
   
   He was born March 15, 1931, in Portales, N.M.
   
   Mr.  Robinson  moved to Odessa in the 1960s from Hobbs, N.M. He worked
   in the oilfield most of his life. He was Baptist.
   
   Survivors  include  his  daughter,  Susan  Woodard of Odessa; and four
   grandchildren,  Benjamin  and  Brandie  Woodard,  Jennafer  and Shelby
   Tomlinson.
   
   Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
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