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   OA Online Obituaries.
   
November 15, 2000

Permian Basin Obituaries

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   Nila Maynard
   
   ODESSA  Services  for  Nila Maynard, 86, of Odessa are scheduled for 2
   p.m.  today,  Nov. 15, 2000, at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home Chapel with
   the  Rev.  Rex  Clayton officiating. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial
   Gardens.
   
   Mrs. Maynard died Monday, Nov. 13, 2000, at Avalon Place. She was born
   Sept. 12, 1914, in Lueders. She married Linton Carl Maynard on May 13,
   1931, in Waurika, Okla. He died in 1989.
   
   Mrs.  Maynard  moved  to  Odessa  in  1955  from  Buras, La. She was a
   homemaker  and  a  past  worthy  matron of the Eastern Star. She was a
   member of Belmont Baptist Church.
   
   Survivors  include  her  sons,  Charles  Maynard of Fairfield, Calif.,
   Carlton  Ray  Maynard  and  Jack  Maynard, both of Odessa, and Kenneth
   Maynard  of  Marble  Falls;  daughters,  Linda M. Harris of Odessa and
   Joyce  Seymour  of  Boise,  Idaho; sister, Dovie Absher of Peaster; 16
   grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren.
   
   Services are entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
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   MIDLAND  Donald  Ray  McCartney died Sunday, Nov. 12, 2000, at a local
   hospital.
   
   Funeral  services  have  been  scheduled  for 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 17,
   2000,  at  St.  Lukes  United  Methodist  Church with the Rev. Richard
   Edwards  officiating. Interment will follow at Resthaven Memorial Park
   under the direction of Ellis Funeral Home.
   
   Don  McCartney  was born May 17, 1935, in Wilburton, Okla., to Charles
   Irvin and Velva McCartney. He graduated from Wilburton High School and
   Oklahoma  City University. Don served in the United States Army in the
   Korean  Conflict and the South Pacific. He attained his masters degree
   from the University of Oklahoma.
   
   On  May 27, 1961, he married Genie Long in Oklahoma City, Okla. He was
   the choir director at Midland High School until his retirement. He was
   also  the  choir  director  at  St.  Lukes United Methodist Church and
   executive  director  of  the  Alamo YMCA. His memberships included St.
   Lukes United Methodist Church RSVP (Retired Senior Volunteer Program),
   Retired  Texas  Teacher of the Year, Phi Mu-Alpha Sinforia Fraternity,
   Blue  Key  National  Honorary  Leadership and Scholastic Fraternity Pi
   Kappa  Lambda, Lifetime Member of the National Honor Society, Lifetime
   Member of the PTA and American Red Cross Volunteer.
   
   Don  was  preceded  in  death  by  his father, C.I. McCartney; and one
   brother, Les McCartney.
   
   He  is survived by his wife, Genie McCartney of Midland; his two sons,
   David McCartney and his wife, Jennifer, of Midland and Brent McCartney
   of  Bedford; his mother, Velva McCartney of Oklahoma City; his sister,
   Mary  Ellen  Benson and her husband, Theo, of Midwest City, Okla.; and
   his two grandsons, Ian Noble McCartney and Tyler Aidan McCartney.
   
   Memorial  contributions  may  be directed to the American Red Cross of
   the  Southwest,  St. Lukes United Methodist Church Music Department or
   the St. Lukes United Methodist Church Child Development Program.
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   Winnie Mae Weathersby Smith
   
   ODESSA  Graveside  services  for  Winnie  Mae Weathersby Smith, 87, of
   Odessa will be held at 2 p.m. today, Nov. 15, 2000, at Sunset Memorial
   Gardens   with   the   Rev.  Owen  Sharp  of  Community  Care  Hospice
   officiating.
   
   Mrs.  Smith  died  Sunday evening, Nov. 12, 2000, at her home. She was
   born March 23, 1913, to Charles and Laura (Tidmore) Weathersby in May.
   
   Winnie  married John A. Smith April 17, 1935, in Odessa. She is of the
   Baptist faith.
   
   Mrs.  Smith  was  preceded in death by her husband John in March 1999.
   Her  parents, two brothers, Altus and Herman Weathersby, and a sister,
   Zelma Hurley, also preceded her in death.
   
   Survivors   include  her  daughter,  Patricia  and  son-in-law,  Larry
   Cauthen,  of  Odessa;  two  granddaughters,  Deborah  Furie and Sandra
   Koenig; nine great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandsons, all
   of  Grass  Valley,  Calif.  She  is  also  survived by a brother, Hugh
   Weathersby;  and  three  sisters,  Opal  Silhavy,  Ruth Gober and Faye
   Murphy, all of Odessa.
   
   Funeral  arrangements entrusted to Sunset Memorial Gardens and Funeral
   Home.
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