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   OA Online Obituaries.
   
December 10, 2000

Permian Basin Obituaries

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Milton Notgrass

   ODESSA  Milton  P.  Notgrass, 71, passed away Friday, Dec. 8, 2000, at
   Medical Center Hospital. He was born April 28, 1929, in Ranger to T.T.
   and  Maggie  Notgrass.  His  parents  and a daughter, Vickie Thomason,
   preceded him in death.
   
   Milton  came  to  Odessa  in  1946 from Dublin, Texas. He was a master
   craftsman  and  the  owner  of Notgrass Western Wear, and the previous
   owner  of  Western  Boot  &  Shoe  Repair. He brought many laughs into
   peoples lives through his brand of humor. He never met a stranger.
   
   Milton  married  Wanda  Skiles  March  31,  1978, in Abilene. He was a
   devoted and caring husband.
   
   Services  are  scheduled  for  3 p.m. Monday, Dec. 11, 2000, at Sunset
   Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. John Van Hoose officiating.
   Burial will follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens.
   
   Survivors  include  his  wife, Wanda of Odessa; sons, Jim Notgrass and
   wife, Belinda, of Burleson, Gary Notgrass and wife, Terri, of Holland,
   Mich.;  son-in-law, T.J. Thomason of Odessa; daughters, Linda Kay Gray
   of  Holland,  Mich., Rene Branscum and Lisa Crosby and husband, Brian,
   all of Odessa; brother, J.D. Notgrass of Granbury; sisters, Doris Fair
   and  Lucille  Mosley, both of Odessa, and Mary Sharp and husband, Don,
   of  The  Colony;  mother and father-in-law, Addie and Denver Newsom of
   Odessa; 17 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
   
   Services are entrusted to Sunset Memorial Funeral Home.
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Shirley Dumas

   PAMPA Shirley "Billie" Dumas, 73, of Odessa died Friday, Dec. 8, 2000,
   in Odessa.
   
   Graveside  services will be at 2 p.m. Monday, Dec. 11, 2000, at Memory
   Gardens  Cemetery with the Rev. John Glover officiating. Arrange-ments
   are under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors.
   
   She  was  born Nov. 2, 1927, in White Deer. She had been a resident of
   Pampa  most  of  her life. She married J.B. Dumas in 1951. He preceded
   her  in  death  April  12,  1987.  She was also preceded in death by a
   brother, Tommy Chambliss, in 1975.
   
   Survivors  include  her son and daughter-in-law, Gary and Margie Dumas
   of  Odessa;  daughter  and  son-in-law,  Gloria  and Jerry Holt of New
   Braunfels;  grandchildren,  Josh, Jarod and Abby Dumas, all of Odessa,
   Natalie Dumas of Lewisville, Lindsey Pankey of Odessa, Kristie Holt of
   Nashville,  Tenn.,  and Nicole Pankey of Dallas; niece, Kim Charles of
   Pampa;  two  great-grandsons,  Tanner and Dakota Jennings of Odessa; a
   brother and three sisters
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