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   OA Online Obituaries.
   
August 26, 2000

Permian Basin Obituaries

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   Arthur E. Bradshaw
   
   McCAMEY  Arthur  E.  Bradshaw,  86,  of McCamey, died Friday, Aug. 25,
   2000,   at   Memorial  Hospital  and  Medical  Center  in  Midland.  A
   celebration  of  his  life service will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug.
   27, 2000, at First Baptist Church of McCamey with the Revs. Paul Evans
   and  Brian  Crittendon  officiating.  Burial  will follow at Resthaven
   Cemetery.
   
   Arthur  was born Aug. 20, 1914, in Eastland County to Ralph and Lenora
   Bradshaw.  He was the third oldest of six children. He was preceded in
   death by his parents, two brothers, Ed Bradshaw and J.C. Bradshaw, and
   a sister Bernice Buckbee.
   
   In 1935, he married Lottie Bennett and celebrated 65 years of marriage
   May  11.  In  1936,  Arthur,  Lottie and daughter, Willadean, moved to
   McCamey  where  Arthur  worked  as  a pumper in the oilfield. In 1945,
   Arthur  and  his  brother,  Rankin,  formed Bradshaw Oil Well Service,
   which operated until 1983.
   
   He was a member of the First Baptist Church and served on the board of
   the  McCamey  Independent School District for 16 years. He also served
   on the Upton County Appraisal Board for 12 years.
   
   Arthur  will  be  remembered  for  always having the courage to do the
   right  thing.  His many friendships and the love he had for his family
   serve  as  a great testimonial of his life. He will always be a beacon
   that  will  shine  bright  in  the  hearts  of  his  grandchildren and
   great-grandchildren.
   
   Mr.  Bradshaw is survived by his wife, Lottie Bradshaw; daughter, Dean
   Bolen  and husband, Carrol, of McCamey; four grandchildren, Kyle Bolen
   and  wife, Velinda, Leland Bolen and wife, Katie; Brad Bolen and wife,
   Cindy,  and  Lynette Watson and husband, Greg; 10 great-grandchildren,
   Cymber  and  Bryne  Bolen,  Rowdy,  Chancy, Cherokee and Golden Bolen,
   Jessica  and  Pate  Bolen and Gentry and Tyler Watson; brother, Rankin
   Bradshaw  and wife, Marzell, of Eastland; sisters, Eunice Garverick of
   Las   Cruces,   N.M.,   and   Flora   Mae  Hoffer  of  Readings,  Pa.;
   brother-in-law,  Lee  Shipman  of Stephenville; and several nieces and
   nephews.
   
   Arrangements by Richard W. Box Funeral Home of McCamey.
                                      
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   Jodell Hannah
   
   BRECKENRIDGE Jodell Hannah, 53, of Breckenridge passed away August 24,
   2000 at Palo Pinto Memorial Hospital in Mineral Wells.
   
   Services   will   be   at  1  p.m.  Sunday  at  Morehart  Mortuary  in
   Breckenridge.
   
   Mr. Hannah was born June 1, 1947, in Archer City and grew up in Pecos.
   
   He  was a Vietnam veteran having served on the U.S.S. Constellation in
   the Navy from 1964 to 1968.
   
   He  retired  in  1998  from  Dynegy  in  Oklahoma City where he was an
   operations manager of crude oil trucking.
   
   Mr. Hannah loved to hunt and fish.
   
   He  was  preceded  in  death by his mother, Bobbie Young, and brother,
   Radell Hannah.
   
   He  is  survived  by  his  wife, Rayma, whom he married Aug. 10, 1968.
   Other  survivors  include his daughter, Casey Hannah of Oklahoma City;
   son,  John  Hannah and his wife, Angela, of Oklahoma City; his father,
   Odell  Hannah  of  Waxahachie;  grandson,  Nicholas Hannah of Oklahoma
   City;  sisters,  Donna  Woodard  and her husband, Lessie, of Pecos and
   Debbie  Rater  and her husband, Jerreld, of Antelope; nephews, Michael
   Woodard  and  his  wife,  Ireta,  of Sundown and Toby Rater of Wichita
   Falls;  nieces,  Leslie  Gray  and her husband, Rusty, of Monahans and
   Jodi  Youngblood  and her husband, Shane, of Wink; and numerous nieces
   and nephews.
   
   Pallbearers will be Danny Dunaway of Odessa, Shane Youngblood of Wink,
   Curt  Lemons  of Gardendale, Michael Woodard of Sundown, Rusty Gray of
   Monahans,  Herschel  Hancock of Breckenridge, Brian Griffith and Tommy
   Berkley,  both of Breckenridge. Honorary pallbearers will be Ray Cole,
   Robert Jackson and Jimmy Watson, all of Breckenridge, and Herb Hall of
   Monahans.
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