Ector Co. TX - Obits from the Odessa American Online 7 Feb 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. February 07, 2001 Dewayne Barbee ODESSA Dewayne Barbee, 31, of Odessa died Sunday, Feb. 4, 2001, in Odessa. Services will be at 10 a.m. today at Central Baptist Church with the Rev. Dewey Blevins officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. He was born in Odessa and was a lifelong resident. He was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Parents, Donna and Terry Barbee of Odessa; brothers, Don Mikeworth of Athens, Brodee Barbee and Terron Barbee, both of Odessa; sister, Renee Barbee of Odessa; and grandparents, Robert and Mary Jo Morrison and Joe Ruth Rittiman, all of Odessa. Michael Cottingham CRANE Michael Brian Cottingham, 34, of Odessa, a respiratory therapist, died Monday, Feb. 5, 2001, at his residence. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at the Crane County Cemetery with Dan Fontenot officiating. Arrangements by Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home. He was born in Crane and had been a resident of Odessa since 1985. He was a member of the Church of Christ. SURVIVORS: Mother, Mary Waldene Cottingham of Odessa; and sisters, Carroll Dawn McCollum of Odessa, Sharon Lee Boggs of North Platte, Neb., and Patricia Faye Lamb of Carlsbad, N.M. Myrtle Ellis ODESSA Myrtle Ann Ellis, 82, of Odessa, a homemaker, died Sunday, Feb. 4, 2001, at Medical Center Hospital. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. today at Rose Hill Cemetery with the Rev. Jimmy Braswell officiating. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. She was born in Soso, Miss. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Husband, Ladell Ellis of Odessa; son, John Ellis of Redwood City, Calif.; daughters, Janett Hopper and Barbara Ellis, both of California; sister, Ruth Eden of San Angelo; four grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Helen Field CRANE Helen Field, 88, of Crane, a homemaker, died Monday, Feb. 5, 2001, at Crane Memorial Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Craig Mull officiating. Burial will follow at the Crane County Cemetery. Arrangements by Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home. She was born in Monticello, Ark., and had been a resident of Crane since 1937. She was Methodist. SURVIVORS: Sons, Birt Field of Crane and Sam Terrell Field of Phoenix; daughter, Bettie Hawkins of Odessa; 10 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren. James Hinchliffe ODESSA James Gilbert Hinchliffe, 84, of Odessa, a retired employee of Amoco, died Monday, Feb. 5, 2001, in Breckenridge. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Northside Baptist Church with the Rev. Clydell Chapman officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. He was born in Mexia. He was an Army veteran of World War II. He was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Sons, David "Ebb" Hinchliffe of Arlington, Gil Hinchliffe of Breckenridge and Gene Walters of Odessa; daughters, Sarah Ogilvy and Nita Martel, both of Odessa; brothers, Burnace Fore of Meterie, La., Norman Hinchliffe of Earth and Maurice Hinchliffe of Mexia; sister, Margaret Hinchliffe of Irving; 13 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. Billie Jones ODESSA Billie Bruce Jones, 72, of Odessa, a homemaker, died Monday, Feb. 5, 2001, at her residence. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Rose Hill Cemetery. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. She was born in Claude, Okla. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Son, Dick Jones of Odessa; daughters, Susan Jones of Odessa, Cindy Thomas of Houston and Jani Schroeder of Los Angeles; five grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. M. Tennessee Purcell ARCHER CITY M. Tennessee Purcell, 97, of Archer City, a homemaker, died Sunday, Feb. 4, 2001, at an Archer City nursing home. Services were at 2 p.m. Monday at Aulds Funeral Home with the Rev. Roger Deerinwater officiating. Burial followed at the Archer City Cemetery. Arrangements by Aulds Funeral Home. She was born in Brown County and had been a resident of Archer City since 1967. She was Methodist. SURVIVORS: Sons, Frank Purcell of Kermit and Homer Purcell of Bangs; daughters, Dorthie Hill of Abilene and Jaunita Sheppard of Archer City; sister, Loucille Morgan of Coleman; 16 grandchildren; 39 great-grandchildren; and 20 great-great-grandchildren. _________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 2000, 2001. Odessa American. All rights reserved.