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   OA Online Obituaries.
   
October 07, 2000

Permian Basin Obituaries

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   ODESSA Donna McKinney Noble Snyder, 50, of Odessa, died Thursday, Oct.
   5, 2000, at her home. Donna was born in Slaton on Oct. 26, 1949.
   
   She  graduated  from  Denver  City  High School in 1968 and West Texas
   State  University  in 1972 with a bachelor of science degree. She also
   attended  Texas Tech University and University of Texas of The Permian
   Basin.  Donna married Richard James Snyder Jr. in Lubbock in 1977. She
   taught  with wonderful teachers and students at Odessa College for two
   years  and  then  at  Permian  High  School  for ten years. She helped
   implement the first microcomputer programs at both OC and Permian. She
   spent   three   years  working  with  teachers  through  Ector  County
   Independent   School   District,   implementing   computers  in  their
   classroom.  Mrs. Snyder worked for EClSD for a total of 12 years. Mrs.
   Snyder  participated in publishing the first microcomputer textbook in
   the  United States through West Publishing. Donna always said that her
   students  were  "her  best  teachers  and taught her all she needed to
   know." Mrs. Snyder was a Baptist.
   
   Mrs.  Snyder  was preceded in death by her parents, Morgan and Frances
   Noble of Denver City.
   
   She  is  survived  by  her  husband Richard James Snyder Jr. and their
   wonderful children Richard Alexander, Jennifer Lee and Sara Charlsa of
   Odessa; her three brothers, Mike Noble and his wife, Carletta, who was
   closer  than a sister, of Scottsdale, Ariz., Terry Noble and his wife,
   Paula,  of  Plano; Alton McKinney and his wife, Joy, of Midland; and a
   sister, Laura Lee Noble Barnard and her husband, Richard, of Plano.
   
   Funeral  services  will  be  2  p.m. today at Westminster Presbyterian
   Church with the Rev. Cheryl Homsher and Steve Vore officiating.
   
   Arrangements by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors.
   
   (www.wilsonfuneral.com)
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   ODESSA Services for Reta Mae Wade, 74, of Odessa, are scheduled for 10
   a.m.  today  at  Sixth  &  Jackson  Church of Christ with Roy Smalling
   officiating. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
   
   Mrs. Wade died Thursday, Oct. 5, 2000, at Medical Center Hospital. She
   was  born Aug. 13, 1926, in Cherokee. She married Russell Wade on Oct.
   16, 1945, in Abilene.
   
   Mrs.  Wade  moved  to Odessa in 1945 from Abilene. She was a homemaker
   and  a  member  of  Sixth  &  Jackson Church of Christ. She was also a
   member of the Womans Fire Auxiliary.
   
   She  was  preceded in death by her husband, Russell W. Wade on May 19,
   1994, and sisters, Vernell Vanzant and Enid Allison.
   
   Survivors  include her sons, Darrell Craig Wade and wife Kay of Odessa
   and Russell Dale Wade and wife B.J. of La Grange; three grandchildren;
   and four great-grandchildren.
   
   Services are entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
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