Ector Co. TX - Obits from the Odessa American Online 14 May 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. May 14, 2001 Kelly Kennedy ODESSA Kelly S. Kennedy, 33, of Odessa, a stockbroker and journeyman bladesmith, died Thursday, May 10, 2001, at his residence. Services were held at 10 a.m. Sunday at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church, with the Rev. Mark Woodruff and the Rev. James P. Bridges officiating. Burial was in Ector County Cemetery. Arrangements by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors. He was born in Odessa. He was Catholic. SURVIVORS: Mother, Susan Kennedy of Odessa; grandmother, Johnnie Williams of Odessa; and great-grandfather, Lee Rector of Odessa. Altha King SAN ANGELO Altha B. King, 89, of Odessa, a retired food service worker, died Saturday, May 12, 2001 in Odessa. Public visitation will be this evening at Johnsons Funeral Home in San Angelo. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday, May 15, 2001 in the Fairmount Cemetery in San Angelo under the direction of Johnsons Funeral Home. Local arrangements are by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. She was born in Itasca. She moved to Odessa from San Angelo in 1986. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Daughter, Evelyn Venable, of Odessa; son, Robert A. King, of Kerrville; three grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. Bill Morrow FORT STOCKTON Bill Morrow, 72, of Fort Stockton, a retired sales manager, died Saturday, May 12, 2001, in Fort Stockton. Services will be at 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 15, 2001 at the Church of Christ with the Rev. Ernie Waggoner of the First Christian Church officiating. Burial will be at East Hill Cemetery in Fort Stockton. Arrangements by Fort Stockton Funeral Home. He was born in Mayfield, Okla. He was an Air Force veteran. He lived in Odessa before he moved to Fort Stockton in 1958. He was a member of the Church of Christ. SURVIVORS: Wife, Donna Morrow, of Fort Stockton; sons, Randy Morrow of Fort Stockton, Rocky Morrow of Green River, Wyo., and Billy Morrow, of Wichita Falls; daughters, Teresa Therwhanger of Lamesa, Marca Taylor of Abilene, and Tanya Hambrick of Fort Stockton; sister, Uma Dowding of Austin; and seven grandchildren. J.C. Payne TROY, OKLA. J. C. "Red" Payne, 69, of Kermit, a self-employed trucker, died Sunday, May 13, 2001, at his residence. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 15, 2001, at Baptist Temple Church in Troy, Okla., with the Rev. Richard Coffman officiating. Burial will be Wednesday, May 16, 2001, at 2 p.m. at Troy Cemetery in Troy, Okla. Arrangements by Cooper Funeral Chapel in Kermit. He was born in Tishomingo, Okla., and lived in Kermit 50 years. He was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Wife, Lee Payne, of Kermit; son, Jimmy Payne of Kermit; daughter, Janice Petty of San Angelo; sisters, Dorothy Clemmons of Tishomingo, Okla., and Veljean Sellers of St. Louis, Mo.; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Rafael Porras MONAHANS Rafael Porras, 72, of Monahans, a retired grocery store owner, died Saturday, May 12, 2001, at Medical Center Hospital in Odessa. Mass will be at 11 a.m. today at St. Johns Catholic Church, with the Rev. John Lucido officiating. Burial will be in Monahans Memorial Cemetery. Arrangements by Harkey Funeral Home in Monahans. He was born in Julimes, Chihuahua, Mexico, and moved to Monahans three years ago. He was Catholic. SURVIVORS: Wife, Manuela Porras of Monahans; sons, Tzony Porras of St. George, Utah, and Jaime Porras and Omar Porras of Monahans; daughter, Nelida Porras of Presidio; brothers, Victor Porras of Salt Lake City, Utah, and Armando Porras of Ore.; sisters, Ester Gomez of Chihuahua, Mexico, and Concepcion Mendoza of Dumas; and 10 grandchildren. Marjorie Rhoades KERENS Marjorie Alice Rhoades, 46, of Odessa, a waitress, died Saturday, May 12, 2001, in Odessa. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m., Tuesday, May 15, 2001, in the Alligator Cemetery near Kerens. Arrangements by Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home. She was born in Lamesa. She was a Baptist. SURVIVORS: Husband, Buddy Rhoades of Odessa; son, Johnny Paul Green of Odessa; brothers, Selvester Green of Dallas, Randall Green of Oklahoma City, and Jeff Green, Willie D. Green and Richard Green, all of Odessa; sisters, Betty Claybrook of Dallas and Lois Thornburg of Odessa; and one grandchild. Jack Rogers PECOS Jack Howard Rogers, 82, of Pecos, a retired building contractor, died Sunday, May 13, 2001, at Reeves County Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 15, 2001, at the First United Methodist Church in Pecos with the Rev. Bruce Abbott officiating. Burial will be at Mt. Evergreen Cemetery. Arrangements by Pecos Funeral Home. He was born in Wichita Falls. He was an Army veteran of World War II, and had lived in Pecos since 1944. He was Methodist. SURVIVORS: Wife, Ruth Elizabeth Rogers of Pecos; daughters, Barbara Ann R. Lasater of Plano, and Rebecca Nell R. Patterson of Pecos; sister, Betty R. Scalice of San Diego, Calif.; and four grandchildren. Margarette Frankson AUSTIN Margarette Frankson, 82, of Austin died Saturday, May 12, 2001, at Gracy Woods Nursing Home in Austin. Services are pending with Martinez Funeral Home. _________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 2000, 2001. Odessa American. All rights reserved.