Ector Co. TX - Obits from the Odessa American Online 28 Dec 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. December 28, 2000 Permian Basin Obituaries _________________________________________________________________ Donnie M. Akin BIG LAKE Donnie M. Akin, age 79, of Big Lake died Monday, Dec. 25, 2000, at a local hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. today, Dec. 28, 2000, at First Assembly of God Church. Burial will be at Glen Rest Cemetery. Arrangements are by Johnsons Funeral Home. Mrs. Akin was born Oct. 8, 1921, in Ashtown, Ark. She moved to Big Lake in 1950 and was a longtime business woman. She was a member of the First Assembly of God Church. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She is survived by two sons, Pete Akin and wife, Lee, of Robert Lee and Paul Akin and wife, Glenda, of Big Lake; five grandchildren, Melanie Haile of Bangs, Trey Akin of Brownwood, Melissa Taylor of Stepheville, April Reed of Houston and Ashley Akin of Big Lake; six great-grandchildren; a sister, Clara Mobley of Lufkin; and several nieces and nephews. _________________________________________________________________ Nancy Flora Holdridge ODESSA Our loving mother went to be with our Lord and Savior Christmas Day, Monday, Dec. 25, 2000, at Medical Center Hospital after a lengthy illness. Mrs. Holdridge was born Sept. 1, 1910, in De Leon, where she later married Ernest John Holdridge Dec. 22, 1928. Mrs. Holdridge came to Odessa with her family from De Leon in 1937. She was a member of First Assembly of God Church. She led a long and blessed life of 90 years. She celebrated 66 years of marriage with her beloved husband. She was a wonderful wife, mother and grandmother. She was preceded in death by her husband in 1995 and a daughter, Mickey Patton, in 1999. Survivors are her sons, Rob L. Holdridge and wife, Benetta, of Hobbs, N.M., John Holdridge and Roy Holdridge and wife, Maxine, all of Odessa; daughters, Joann Smith and husband, Sammie, of Odessa and Dorthy Lemke and husband, Clem, of Stafford, Va.; brother, Emory Morris of De Leon; 19 grandchildren; 35 great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces, nephews, friends and relatives. Services will be at 2 p.m. today, Dec. 28, 2000, at First Assembly of God Church with the Rev. Paul Thompson officiating. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 29, 2000, at Nowlin Funeral Home Chapel in De Leon and burial at Oliver Springs Cemetery. Pallbearers will be grandsons, Mike Holdridge, Eray Smith, Steve Smith, Greg Smith, Alan Patton, Raymond Holdridge, Justin Holdridge and Aaron Crawford. Mrs. Holdridge leaves friends and families with this message: I see the countless Christmas trees around the world below. With tiny lights, like heavens stars reflecting in the snow. The sight is so spectacular, please wipe away that tear, For I am spending Christmas with Jesus Christ this year. I hear the many Christmas songs that people hold so dear, But the sounds of music cant compare with the Christmas choir up here. For I have no words to tell you the joy their voices bring, For it is beyond description to hear the angels sing. I know how much you miss me, I see the pain inside your heart. But I am not so far away we are really not apart. So be happy for me dear one, you know I hold you dear. And be glad Im spending Christmas with Jesus Christ this year. I send you each a memory of my undying love, For, after all, "love" is the gift more important in the stories Jesus told. So please love and keep each other as my father said to do, For I cannot count the blessings of love he has for each of you. So have a Merry Christmas and wipe away that tear, For I am having Christmas with Jesus Christ this year. Author unkown The family requests memorials to the First Assembly of God Building Fund. Services are entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. _________________________________________________________________ Maleta F. Rasberry ODESSA Maleta F. Rasberry, 82, of Odessa went to be with her Lord and Savior Christmas Day, Dec. 25, 2000. Mrs. Rasberry was born July 26, 1918, in Sylvester. She married Clyde Rasberry in 1940 in Odessa. He preceded her in death in 1972. She was a longtime member of the Pentecostal Church and a woman of great faith. She is survived by three brothers, L.C. Hamlin of Wichita Falls, Carl Hamlin of Odessa and Johnny Hamlin of Houston; two sisters, Laura Keith of Odessa and Ruth Smith of Austin; several cousins, including Jim Hamlin of Odessa, Don Hamlin of Marina, Calif., Melissa Smith of Longview and Helen Scott of Ocean Shore, Wash.; and numerous nieces and nephews. Graveside services are scheduled for 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 29, 2000, at Odessa Cemetery with the Rev. Dick Brown officiating. Services are entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. _________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 2000 Odessa American. All rights reserved.