Ector Co. TX - Obits from the Odessa American Online 1 Oct 2000

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   OA Online Obituaries.
   
October 01, 2000

Permian Basin Obituaries

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   ODESSA  William  Leon "Bill" Strawn, 72, was born on July 24, 1928, in
   Marietta  to  William  Thomas  and  Ella Mae Strawn. He passed away on
   Friday, Sept. 29, 2000, at Medical Center Hospital.
   
   Services  will  be  at 2 p.m. Monday, Oct. 2, 2000, at Sunset Memorial
   Funeral  Home  Chapel with the Rev. Roger Mixon officiating. Graveside
   services will follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens.
   
   Visitation  for  the  family  will  be  from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the
   funeral home.
   
   Bill  was  married to Helen Ward Strawn and enjoyed spending time with
   her  at  Lake  Spence. He also enjoyed flying model airplanes, hunting
   and fishing, guns and watching John Wayne movies.
   
   His  parents;  brother,  Hibbit  Strawn;  and his brother-in-law, Bill
   Thomas, preceded him in death.
   
   Survivors  include  his  wife, Helen; sons, Ben Strawn and wife, Joni;
   Bob Ward, and wife, Cathy; daughters, Kay Lackey, and Clara Baucom and
   husband, Ken, all of Odessa; sister, Bonnie Thomas of Texarkana, Ark.;
   ten  grandchildren,  10  great-grandchildren,  and numerous nieces and
   nephews.
   
   Services are in the care of Sunset Memorial Funeral Home.
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