Ector Co. TX - Obits from the Odessa American Online 1 Oct 2000 Submitted by Charlene Beatty Beauchamp cbodessa@classicnet.net Thanks to the Odessa American Online http://www.oaoa.com/ ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** OA Online Obituaries. October 01, 2000 Permian Basin Obituaries _________________________________________________________________ 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. _________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 2000 Odessa American. All rights reserved.