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   OA Online Obituaries.
   
September 06, 2000

Permian Basin Obituaries

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   Edna G. Barton
   
   EL  PASO  Edna G. Barton was born March 31, 1917, in Ponder to Tyra C.
   Hunt  and  Flora  M.  "Childers"  Hunt. She was reared and educated in
   Plainview. On Dec. 23, 1934, she married Fred D. Barton in Plainview.
   
   Ms. Barton died Sept. 4, 2000, at a local nursing home.
   
   Services  have  been  scheduled  for  1  p.m. Thursday at Kaster-Maxon
   Futrell  Funeral  Home  with  the  Rev. Danny Moon, grandson, of First
   Baptist  Church  in Redondo Beach, Calif., officiating. Interment will
   follow  at  Restlawn  Cemetery.  Local arrangements were made at Ellis
   Funeral Home.
   
   Edna was preceded in death by her husband, Fred D. Barton; her father,
   Tyra C. Hunt; and her mother, Flora Hunt.
   
   She  is  survived  by her two daughters, Minnie M. Moon of Midland and
   Carolyn  R.  Clower  of Albuquerque, N.M.; her son, David L. Barton of
   Odessa;  her sister, Martha L. Loyd of Colorado Springs, Colo.; her 11
   grandchildren;   26   great-grandchildren;  and  numerous  nieces  and
   nephews.
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   ODESSA  Services  for Gene W. Harrison, 80, of Odessa, were at 10 a.m.
   Saturday,  Sept.  2,  2000, at Hubbard-Kelly Chapel with the Revs. Dr.
   Bill  Percy,  L.D.  Green  and  Owen  Sharp officiating. Burial was at
   Sunset Memorial Gardens.
   
   Mr.  Harrison  died Thursday, Aug. 31. 2000, at Deerings Nursing Home.
   He  was born Jan. 16, 1920, in Caddo. He married Dorothy Matlock Sept.
   21, 1941, in Breckenridge.
   
   Mr.  Harrison  first  came  to  Odessa  in  1950 and traveled with the
   oilfield  from  boom  to boom. He moved back to Odessa in 1977 when he
   retired from Reading and Bates Offshore Company where he had worked as
   a pump supervisor on Offshore Platform #9. Through the years, Gene had
   worked  for nearly every major drilling company in the West Texas area
   and as far north as Montana and as far east as Mississippi.
   
   Gene  will  be  missed  not only by all of his friends at Vine Baptist
   Church,  but also by all those who came in contact with him on a daily
   basis.  He  always  had  a friendly smile and a wave of the hand ready
   even for a total stranger.
   
   Survivors  include  his wife, Dorothy Harrison of Odessa; son, Stephen
   Harrison  of  Odessa;  daughter-in-law,  Deborah  Harrison  of Odessa;
   granddaughter,  Heather Eubanks of Odessa; grandson, Jason Harrison of
   Odessa; two great-grandchildren; three nephews; and eight great-nieces
   and nephews.
   
   The  family  would  like  to  thank the Community Care Hospice for all
   their help and support and extend special thanks to Manuel and Brenda.
   But no amount of thanks can be given to account for the amount of love
   and  support  that was given by Deborah Harrison in the long hours she
   spent  caring for and nursing Gene. She was a light in his life, which
   he  cherished and loved. He was proud to let everyone know she was his
   "favorite" daughter-in-law.
   
   Services were entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
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   W.C. "Bill Cole" Manning
   
   GATESVILLE  Mr.  W.C. "Bill Cole" Manning, age 97, of Gatesville, died
   Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2000, at a local hospital.
   
   Funeral  services  will  be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 7, 2000, at
   Gatesville  Funeral Home. Burial will follow at the Restland Cemetery.
   The family will receive visitors from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral
   home.
   
   Mr.  Manning  was  born  March  13,  1903,  in the Elijah Community of
   Coryell  County,  where  he  was  also  reared and attended school. He
   married  Lela  Mae  Donaldson  Oct.  23, 1922. They made their home in
   Coryell  County  most  of  their married life. He was a rancher.He was
   preceded in death by his wife; two sons, Billy Manning in 1989 and Jim
   Manning  in  1990;  and  three  grandsons,  Tony Manning in 1975, Jeff
   Manning in 1985 and Fred Manning Jr. in 1997.
   
   Survivors  include  his  daughters, Nita Brown and husband Kenneth and
   Mary  Smith  and  husband Clyde, all of Gatesville; sons, Jack Manning
   and  wife Ina of Odessa and Fred Manning and wife Lou Delle of Levita;
   11 grandchildren; and numerous great-grandchildren.
   
   Memorials may be made to an individuals favorite charity.
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