Ector Co. TX - Obits from the Odessa American Online 28 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 28, 2001 Lucia Beltran ODESSA Lucia Beltran, 66, of Odessa died Saturday, May 26, 2001, at her residence. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Odessa Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Jimmy Braswell officiating. Burial will follow at Rose Hill Cemetery. Arrangements by Odessa Funeral Home. She was born in Big Spring. SURVIVORS: Husband, Guadalupe Beltran of Odessa; sons, Harvey Beltran of Odessa, Larry Beltran of Houston, and Joe Beltran of Midland; brother, Celestino Mata of Anaheim, Calif.; sisters, Aida Orosco, Sophia Melendez and Yolanda Nick, all of Colorado Springs, Colo.; and four grandsons. Frances E. Carpenter EARLY Frances E. Carpenter, 81, of Early, a homemaker, died Sunday, May 27, 2001, at an Early nursing home. Services will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the First Baptist Church in Early with the Revs. Eddie Ailshie and Terry Kizer officiating. Graveside services will be held at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Van Horn Cemetery. Arrangements by Heartland Funeral Home. Carpenter was born in El Paso and had been a resident of Jeff Davis County, Van Horn and Odessa. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Daughters, Carolyn Heard of Early, Kay Hoelting of Vandalia, Ohio, and Paula Gildon of Fort Worth; brother, Paulie Evans of El Paso; sister Lottie Woods of Van Horn; 10 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren; and one great-great grandson. Morine Lula Carson IRAAN Morine Lula Carson, 90, of Sheffield, a restaurant owner, died Saturday, May 26, 2001, in Sheffield. Services will be at 3 p.m. Monday at Sheffield Church of Christ with the Rev. Mac Deaver officiating. Burial will follow in the Sheffield Cemetery. Arrangements by Shaffer-Nichols Chapel of Iraan. Carson was born in Sherwood and was a longtime resident of Sheffield. She was Christian. SURVIVORS: Brother, Olin Smith of Sheffield; and several nieces and nephews and friends. Ruth Hallmark ODESSA Ruth Hallmark, 76, of Odessa, a retired bookkeeper, died Sunday, May 27, 2001, at Hospice House in Odessa. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. at Sunset Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Johnny Pritcher officiating. Arrangements by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors. Hallmark was born in Winnsboro. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Husband, Rooks Hallmark of Odessa; daughter, Bobbie Parisher of Llano; brother, Adrian Garrett of Odessa; five grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and three great-great grandchildren. Pauline McClure ARDMORE, OKLA. Pauline E. Criswell McClure, 88, of Lone Grove, Okla., died Saturday, May 26, 2001, in Ardmore, Okla. Graveside services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Oakwood Cemetery in Wewoka, Okla. Arrangements by Alexander Funeral Home in Wilson, Okla. McClure was born in Stringtown, Okla. SUVIVORS: Sons, Paul Criswell of Odessa and Jack Criswell of Lone Grove, Okla.; daughters Bonnie Hughes of Chickasha, Okla., Pat Massey of Lone Grove, Okla., and Caroline Smith of Lone Grove, Okla.; 17 grandchildren; and 31 great-grandchildren. Rickie Lynn Tillotson ODESSA Rickie "Rick" Lynn Tillotson, 49, Stewart and Stevenson equipment coordinator, died May 23, 2001, in Honolulu, Hawaii. A memorial service will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Redeemer Lutheran Church in Odessa. Tillotson was born in Pampa and had been a resident of Fort Stockton. SURVIVORS: Wife, Kathie Tillotson of Odessa; daughter, Kimberly Tillotson of Abilene; brother, Jimmy Leroy Tillotson of Fort Stockton; sister, Vivian T. Hickman of Fort Stockton; and mother, Elena Tillotson of Odessa. Blanca Galindo ALPINE Blanca Galindo, 72, of Odessa died Saturday, May 26, 2001 at Alpine Hospital. Services are pending with Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors. _________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 2000, 2001. Odessa American. All rights reserved.