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January 19, 2001 Pedro Alcala ODESSA Pedro Garcia Alcala, 74, of Odessa, a retired carpenter, died Sunday, Jan. 14, 2001, at his residence. Services were at 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 18, 2001, at Sunset Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Jim Ray Brown officiating. Burial was at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. He was born in Jourdanton and moved to Odessa in 1951. SURVIVORS: Sons, Pedro G. Alcala Jr. of Fort Worth and Charles Hardeman of Crane; daughters, Margaret Luna and Maria Raya, both of Fort Worth; brothers, Fred Reyes and Chavel Alcala, both of San Angelo; sister, Sue Garcia of San Angelo; 13 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Walter Bice CENTERVILLE, Ohio Walter Bernard Bice, 92, of Marietta, Ohio, a retired manager for Siebenthalers Nursery in Dayton, Ohio, died Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2001, in Marietta. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Routsong Funeral Home with Tim Nowlin officiating. Burial will be at Miami Valley Memory Gardens. Arrangements by Routsong Funeral Home. He was born in Enterprise, W. Va. He was a member of the Church of Christ. SURVIVORS: Daughter, Sue Brantley Smith of Austin; son, Dr. W. Bernard Bice of Vienna, W. Va.; seven grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. Lucius Bunton III ODESSA Lucius D. Bunton III, 76, of Austin, a retired federal judge, died Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2001, in Austin. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. today at First Baptist Church with the Rev. Dr. Ernest Easley officiating. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. He was born in Del Rio and had been a resident of Marfa and Odessa. He was an Army veteran of World War II. He was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Wife, Mary Jane Bunton of Austin; son, Lucius Bunton of Austin; daughter, Cay Warner of Pampa; and four grandchildren. Ralph Isaac NEDERLAND Ralph Isaac, 53, of Nederland, owner of Arrow Business Services and pastor of Vine Bible Church, both in Nederland, died Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2001, at his residence. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Vine Bible Church with John Bigelow officiating. Arrangements by Broussards Mortuary. He was born in Odessa and had been a resident of Nederland for 19 years. SURVIVORS: Wife, Diane Isaac of Nederland; sons, Steven Isaac of Orange City, Iowa, and Christopher Isaac of Salt Lake City; and a grandson. Helen McLean DEERFIELD, Mo. Helen J. McLean, 87, of Odessa, a homemaker, died Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2001, at New Horizons Nursing Center. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Deerfield Cemetery. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. She was born in Dodson and moved to Odessa in 1997 from Kansas City, Mo. SURVIVORS: Sons, Harold McLean of Odessa and Dr. Dewey McLean of Blacksburg, Va.; sister, Lelon Downs of Wellington; six grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Margaret Murphey ODESSA Margaret K. Susie Murphey, 62, of Odessa, a retired Postmaster relief, died Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2001, at her residence. Services will be at 10 a.m. today at Beacon Baptist Church with the Rev. Amon Langston officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. She was born in San Angelo and moved to Odessa in 1951. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Husband, Tommie L. Murphey of Odessa; daughters, Cynthia OKeefe of Muskogee, Okla., Debbie Langston of Odessa and Melissa Gage of Bellville; sons, Dale Reese of Fort Worth, James Tony Gray of Japan, Daniel Gray of Wickett, Tom Murphey of Odessa, Dr. Mark Murphey of Ruston, La., Terry Murphey of Greenwood and Kenneth Murphey of Monahans; sisters, Bell Thornton of Odessa, Izetta McKinney of Miles and Sylvia Smith of Mineral Wells; brother, Pete Hardin of Roland, Okla.; 21 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Lucy Wright ODESSA Lucy Mae Wright, 74, of Odessa, a homemaker, died Thursday, Jan. 18, 2001, at Home Hospice. Graveside services will be at 4 p.m. today at Sunset Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Emmett Barnard officiating. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. She was born in Fayetteville, Ark. SURVIVORS: Sons, Kenneth J. Wright and Calvin Wright, both of Odessa, Kendale Wright of Midland and David George Wright of Newport News, Va.; brother, Walter Drane of Arkansas; and two grandchildren. _________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 2000, 2001. Odessa American. All rights reserved.