Ector Co. TX - Obits from the Odessa American Online 4 Jan 2001 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 Death Notices. January 04, 2001 Lavearn Brown McCAMEY Lavearn R. Brown, 75, of McCamey, a retired dietician for the McCamey Hospital, died Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2001, at her residence. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at First Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Resthaven Cemetery. Arrangements by Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home. She was born in Mexia and had been a resident of McCamey since 1939. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Daughter, Sandra Joan Woolsey of Anna; sons, Kenneth Wayne Brown of Odessa, Gary Lynn Brown of Austin and James Leonard Brown of McCamey; 10 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren. Eunus Godfrey ODESSA Eunus Godfrey, 86, of Odessa, a retired real estate agent, died Monday, Jan. 1, 2001, at Memorial Hospital and Medical Center. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Vine Baptist Church with the Rev. Michael Thurman officiating. Burial will follow at Ector County Cemetery. Arrangements by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors. She was born in McCullen. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Daughter, Paula Holley of Odessa; three grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Minnie Johnson FORT WORTH Minnie Lee Johnson, 90, of Fort Worth, a homemaker, died Monday, Jan. 1, 2001, at her residence. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. today at Sunset Memorial Park with Dr. Cecil Maxey officiating. Arrangements by Brown, Owens and Brumley Funeral Directors. She was born in Cleburne and had been a resident of Odessa before moving to Fort Worth in 1967. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Daughters, Billie Girouard of Fort Worth and Helen Lankford of Sweetwater; sister, Ruthell Carson of Burleson; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Edward McCasland ODESSA Edward McCasland, 49, of Fort Worth died Sunday, Dec. 31, 2000, at Medical Center Hospital. Memorial services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Joe Stewart officiating. Arrangements by Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. He was born in Odessa. SURVIVORS: Wife, Jean McCasland of Fort Worth; daughters, Tammy Spoon of Fort Worth and Sherri Smith of Arlington; parents, Johnny and Bonnie McCasland of Odessa; grandmother, Ida Mae Randolph of Odessa; and a grandchild. Ernest Oglesby ODESSA Ernest Monroe Oglesby, 67, of Odessa, a retired disposal operator, died Sunday, Dec. 31, 2000, in Goldsmith. Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. today at Sunset Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Jimmy Smith officiating. Arrangements by Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. He was born in Olden and moved to Odessa from Big Lake in 1972. He was an Army veteran. He was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Wife, Elizabeth Ann Oglesby of Goldsmith; sons, Monty Ray Oglesby of Rankin and Terry Gene Oglesby of Odessa; daughters, Debra Jan Turner of Northville, Mich., Tanya Yvette Read of Harrisonville, Mo., Shiela Ann Pate and Gay Dawn Kennedy, both of Odessa; brother, Arthur Ray Oglesby of Brownwood; sister, Mary Joette Langford of Ranger; 15 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Lazara Renteria FORT STOCKTON Lazara Gonzales Renteria, 80, of Fort Stockton, a homemaker, died Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2001, at Medical Center Hospital. Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Joseph Catholic Church with the Revs. Jose Vasquez and David Herrera officiating. Rosary will be said at 7 p.m. today at the church. Burial will be at St. Joseph Cemetery. Arrangements by Fort Stockton Funeral Home. She was born in Fort Stockton and was a lifelong resident. She was Catholic. SURVIVORS: Husband, Pascual Subia Renteria of Fort Stockton; son, Ector Gonzales Renteria of Fort Stockton; daughters, Juanita Renteria Hosier of Midland and Edna Gonzales Renteria of Fort Stockton; brother, Senon Garcia Gonzales of Fort Stockton; 14 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren. Noma Stahl ODESSA Noma "Polly" Leona Stahl, 91, of Odessa, a retired sales clerk for Anthonys Department Store and Williams Jewelry, died Monday, Jan. 1, 2001, at Medical Center Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. today in the chapel of Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors with the Rev. James Bishop officiating. Burial will be at 3 p.m. today at Longwolf Cemetery in Loraine. Arrangements by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors. She was born in Loraine and moved to Odessa in 1954 from Snyder. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Son, Edwin Stahl of Marlow, Okla.; brothers, L.D. May of Odessa and Hubert May of Colorado City; a grandchild; a great-grandchild; and a great-great-grandchild. Floy Waters ODESSA Floy Betrice Waters, 80, of Odessa, a homemaker, died Monday, Jan. 1, 2001, at Medical Center Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Vine Baptist Church with the Rev. Michael Thurman officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors. She was born in Bearden, Ark. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Husband, Charles Grady Waters of Odessa; daughters, Dottie Creech of Irving, Jeannie Hight and Debbie Imler, both of Odessa; son, David Waters of Denver; nine grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. _________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 2000, 2001. Odessa American. All rights reserved.