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September 07, 2000 Permian Basin Obituaries _________________________________________________________________ Alice Ball ODESSA Services for Alice Ball, 85, are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. Johns Episcopal Church with the Rev. Laura Deaderick officiating. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Ball died Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2000, at the Barton House Nursing Home in Austin. She was born Aug. 20, 1915, in Kingfisher, Okla. Mrs. Ball moved to Odessa in 1943 from Oklahoma City. She was the secretary for St. Johns Episcopal Church for 10 years before her retirement. Her husband, Eldon Ball, worked for Phillips Petroleum Company for 47 years before his retirement in 1981. She was preceded in death by her husband, Eldon Ball July 8, 1992. Survivors include her daughter, Sharon Ball Peirce of Austin; son, Eldon Ball of Houston; four grandchildren, Samuel Victor Ball and Joanna Margaret Ball, both of Houston, Frances Peirce and Carol Peirce Fitzgerald, both of Austin; seven great-grandchildren, Austin Gregory Wilken, Maxmillian Marsh Ball, Brenden Charles Ball and Victoria Marie Ball, all of Houston, and Brandon Scott Peirce, Anthony Michael Pither and David Allan Peirce-Stewart, all of Austin. Services are entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Hoe. _________________________________________________________________ ODESSA Joe Medford, 91, died Wednesday morning, Sept. 6, 2000, at Shannon Medical Center, San Angelo. Joe was born March 22, 1909, in Anson, Texas, to Charlie and Ruth Medford He married Frances Hutchinson on September 2, 1937, in Paris, Texas. Joe moved to Odessa, Texas, in 1939. Joe was employed by West Texas Rig Company and McCain Rig Company. Joe was a member of the First Baptist Church, Odessa, for 56 years, he moved, with his wife, to San Angelo in 1995 and became a member of the First Baptist Chinch, San Angelo. He was loved and respected by his family and friends. Every family member knew of his love for them. Joe was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, Gervaise Medford and Perry Medford, and two sisters, Louise Hardeman and Opal Hobbs. Survivors include his wife Frances Medford of San Angelo; two daughters, Jo Ann Noble and husband David of San Angelo and Jeanette Gardner and husband Harold of Lawton, Oklahoma; four grandchildren, Jenny Pinson and husband Eddie of Snyder, TX, Penny Hamlett and husband John of Sugar Land, TX, Christie Mello and husband Chip of Hendersonville, Tenn. and Trey Gardner of Plano, TX; five great grandchildren, Wade Pinson, Garrett Pinson and Reid Pinson of Snyder, Sydney Hamlett and Claire Hamlett of Sugar Land, TX; a sister, Imogene Teague of Lamesa, TX; two brothers, Seldon Medford and wife Mabel of Clarksville, TX, and Jim Ed Medford and wife, Pauline of Kerrville, TX and numerous nieces and nephews. Graveside services will be at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 9, in Sunset Memorial Gardens in Odessa, TX. Arrangements are by Johnsons Funeral Home, San Angelo and Frank Wilson Funeral Home, Odessa. The family will receive visitors from 6-8 PM on Friday Sept. 8, at Frank Wilson Funeral Home in Odessa. Special thanks to Dr. Irvin Zeitler, the nurses and aids at Shannon Medical Center and the nurses and aids at Heritage House nursing center for their loving care. _________________________________________________________________ P.L. Lowder ODESSA Services for P.L. Lowder, 84, of Odessa, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday at Chapel Hill Baptist Church with the Rev. Jimmy Law officiating. Burial will be at the Andrews North Cemetery in Andrews. The family will meet with friends from 4 to 6 p.m. today at Hubbard-Kelly Chapel. Mr. Lowder died Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2000, at Medical Center Hospital. He was born March 14, 1916, in Duncan, Okla. He married Kay Knight March 18, 1939, in Hollis, Okla. Mr. Lowder moved to Odessa April 1, 1981 from Ozona. He worked for El Paso Natural Gas for 33 years. He started working with a construction crew in Jal, N.M. He was inducted into the service in 1943 and served until 1946. After the service in 1948, he came back to the Permian Basin and worked for El Paso Natural Gas and retired as a superintendent in 1981. He was a member of Chapel Hill Baptist Church. He was devoted in helping his children and grandchildren and was involved in many building projects. He was preceded in death by his brothers, Roy Lowder and Check Lowder and sisters, Emma Isaksen and Marion Warren. Survivors include his wife, Kay Lowder of Odessa; son, Phil Lowder and wife Anne of Carlsbad, N.M.; daughter, Joy Huntington and husband Mike of Jal; five grandchildren, Phillip Lowder of Plano, Mickey Lowder of Goodyear, Ariz., Kande Lowder of Carlsbad, Mac Huntington of Jal and Monica Huntington of Lubbock; and a great-granddaughter Hailey Paige Lowder. Services are entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. _________________________________________________________________ ODESSA Iris Evelyn Hodges Sexton joined the Lord and her loved ones in heaven Sept. 5, 2000. She was born in ODonnell May 6, 1924, moving to Hobbs, N.M., in 1933. She married Charles L. "Chuck" Sexton Oct. 25, 1954, and they remained in Hobbs until 1980 when they moved to Odessa to be with their daughters family, especially their two grandsons. She will be remembered for her warmth, her love of family and her strength. She was the adored mother of Toni Batte of Odessa and Rick Sexton of Fort Worth. She was the loving grandmother of Brandon and Josh Batte and Shelbi and Briley Sexton. She was preceded in death by her parents; her daughter, Robin in 1957; her grandson, Josh in 1993; her husband, Charles in 1996; and her sister, Gwen Phillips of Hobbs in 1996. She was a member of First Baptist of Hobbs since 1938. Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Duane and Toni Batte of Odessa; son and daughter-in-law, Rick and Carrie Sexton of Fort Worth; a grandson, Brandon Batte of Dallas; and granddaughters, Shelbi and Briley Sexton, of Fort Worth. Services will be held at 4 p.m. today at Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors Chapel with Dr. Jack Claassen officiating. Interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors. The family suggests that any memorials be made to Community Care Hospice or Medical Center Hospital. (www.wilsonfuneral.com) _________________________________________________________________ Cecil Ray "C.R." Smith Cecil Ray "C.R." Smith, age 94, died Sept. 2, 2000. Memorial service will be held in the Grimes Funeral Chapels at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 9, 2000, with Rev. Robert Schmeltekopf officiating. He was born to Clara Jones Smith and James Archibald Smith Jan. 3, 1906, in Temple. He graduated from Roscoe, Texas High School in 1924 and from Texas A & M College in 1928 with a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering. He was employed by Empire Oil and Refrigeration Company of Bartlesville, Okla., as a junior engineer in 1928. The name of the company changed to Cities Service Oil Company in 1937. After a year on the training program, he transferred to the oil production department. He attended the Columbia University Advanced Management School in 1954. He retired after 41 years as a director and vice president of the Oil Production Department of Cities Service in 1968. In 1930, he married Edaline Mildred Coulter at the ranch home near Leon, Kans. They made their first home on an oil lease south of Seminole, Okla., then followed other residences in Oklahoma City, Bartlesville, Odessa and back to Bartlesville, and retired to a small ranch near Kerrville in 1968. He later moved to town. He was a member of Rotary for 60 years, having joined in March 1940 in Odessa, the Trinity Baptist Church of Kerrville and Texas A & M Century Club. He was preceded in death by his parents; a granddaughter, Carol Petoff; his only brother, Harrie Archibald Smith; nephew, Harrie A. Smith; and his beloved wife, Edaline Coulter Smith in December of 1994. He is survived by three daughters and a son-in-law, Marjorie Smith Petoff and husband, George Sr. of Des Moines, Wash., Barbara Smith Green of San Angelo and Helen Smith Turner of Tulsa, Okla.; seven grandchildren, Diane Lou Petoff Turner, George L. Petoff Jr., Mary Anne Petoff Atzbach, Henry S. "Hank" Green III, Charles R. "Chuck" Green, Shawn (Kathy) Green Drewes, Christopher (Chris) C. Turner; 11 great-grandchildren; and two nieces, Dana Smith Clifton and Beverly Smith Wakefield. Memorial contributions may be made to the Texas A & M University Foundation, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas, or to the charity of ones choice. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Grimes Funeral Chapels of Kerrville. _________________________________________________________________ ODESSA Services for Harold E. Whitlock, 80, of Odessa, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday at Hubbard-Kelly Chapel with the Rev. Dr. Ernest Easley officiating. Military Graveside interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Mr. Whitlock died Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2000, at a local hospital. He was born May 18, 1920, in Reno, Nev. He married Dawn Wisner July 11, 1963, in Palm Harbor, Fla. Mr. Whitlock was a retired truck driver. He loved the 13 years they spent traveling in their recreational vehicle seeing the country and loved each moment of life. He was a member of First Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife, Dawn Whitlock of Odessa; son, Michael Whitlock and wife Karen of Palm Harbor, Fla.; daughters, Sandra Scott and husband Corey of Hood River, Ore., and Donna Swinney and husband Darren of Odessa; mother-in-law, Mabel Wisner of Odessa; 12 grandchildren; a great-grandchild; and his dog, Maggie. The family suggest memorials to Mission Odessa, 623 N. Lee Ave., Odessa, Texas, 79761. Services are entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. _________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 2000 Odessa American. All rights reserved.