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   OA Online Obituaries.
   
December 20, 2000

Permian Basin Obituaries

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   [122000Cline.jpg] Vance G. Greg Cline
   
   ROSENBERG  Vance G. "Greg" Cline of Needville passed away Monday, Dec.
   11, 2000, of injuries suffered in an automobile accident.
   
   Services were held Monday, Dec. 18, 2000, at Angeles Funeral Home with
   the  Rev.  Harvey  Abke  officiating.  Burial  was  at Davis Greenlawn
   Cemetery in Rosenberg.
   
   Greg  was born in Big Spring on Jan. 30, 1959. He was raised in Odessa
   and attended Odessa High School. He graduated in 1977 from Odessa High
   School.  He  served  in  the U.S. Navy aboard the U.S.S. Midway. After
   returning to Odessa he met and married his wife, Lynn.
   
   Survivors  include  his wife, Lynn; daughter, Kimi, of Needville; son,
   Tony,  and  his  wife,  Teresa,  of Houston; parents, Jackie and Joyce
   Lepard  of  Odessa and V.R. Cline of Needville; sister, Durinda Cosper
   and her husband, Jim, of Dallas; and brother, Mike Lepard of Odessa.
   
   Greg  leaves behind many loving family members and friends. He will be
   greatly missed!
   
   "Absent from the body, present with the Lord."
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   Louise M. "Nana" Day
   
   DALLAS  Louise  M. "Nana" Day, 77, of Dallas, formerly of Odessa, died
   Sunday, Dec. 17, 2000, peacefully at her residence.
   
   Graveside  s)ervices  will  be  held  at  2 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 21, at
   Sunset Memorial Gardens in Odessa. Memorial services will be held at 3
   p.m., Thursday, Dec. 28, at Northpark Presbyterian Church in Dallas.
   
   Mrs.  Day retired from Southwestern Bell. She was preceded in death by
   her  husband, William C. Rochester, and her parents, John C. and Mamie
   Carnivix Monk.
   
   Survivors  include her daughter, Anne A. Brothers; grandchildren, Bill
   Anderson  and  wife,  Carol,  Thomas  Anderson,  and  Suzanne Spurgin;
   great-grandchildren,  Kathlyn  Anderson,  William and Sheldon Spurgin;
   sister,   Flora   Beekman;   brother,   Charles   Monk;   brother  and
   sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Rochester.
   
   Memorials  may  be made to: Northpark Presbyterian Church In Memory of
   Louise M. Day, 9555 N. Central Expressway, Dallas, Texas 75231.
   
   Eastgate Funeral Home of Dallas is in charge of arrangements.
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   ODESSA  Services for the Rev. R.E. Norman, 92, of Odessa are scheduled
   for  2  p.m.  today  at  the  First Assembly of God with the Rev. Paul
   Thompson officiating.
   
   Interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
   
   Rev. Norman died Monday, Dec. 18, 2000, at Medical Center Hospital. He
   was born July 17, 1908, in Scurry County.
   
   Rev.  Norman  came  to  Odessa  in  1950. He was owner and operator of
   Norman  Trucking for many years. He was a member of the First Assembly
   of  God,  where  he  was  recently  awarded  a 50-year pin. He enjoyed
   fishing and was known to many as "Preacher."
   
   Survivors  include  his  wife,  Letty Norman of Odessa; son, Billy Ray
   Norman of Odessa; daughter, La Vaughn Ross of Odessa; brothers, Jessie
   Norman  of  Bakersfield,  Calif.,  and  W.H.  Norman  of Breckenridge,
   Calif.; six grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; numerous nieces and
   nephews, and very dear friends, Rev. & Mrs. S.J. Lawson of Denton.
   
   Services are entrusted to Sunset Memorial Funeral Home.
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   Thelma Leola Smith
   
   ODESSA  Graveside  services  for Thelma Leola Smith, 82, of Odessa are
   scheduled  for  10  a.m.  Thursday at Sunset Memorial Gardens with the
   Rev. Johnny Thomason officiating.
   
   Mrs.  Smith  died Monday, Dec. 18, 2000, at Avalon Place. She was born
   May  23,  1918,  in Pontotoc, Okla. She married William James Smith on
   April  11, 1937, in Stonewall, Okla. Her husband, William James Smith,
   preceded her in death.
   
   Mrs.  Smith  came  to  Odessa  22  years ago from Ada, Okla. She was a
   retired nurse and a member of Temple Baptist Church.
   
   Survivors  include  sons,  Phillip Smith of Conroe and Dennis Smith of
   Ada;  daughters,  Judy Walters of Conroe and Mary Moreno of Odessa; 13
   grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
   
   Services are entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
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