Ector Co. TX - Obits from the Odessa American Online 10 June 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. June 10, 2001 Elsie Elliott BIG SPRING Elsie Elliott, 89, of Big Spring, a retired employee of Ideal Laundry, died Saturday, June 9, 2001, at a local nursing home. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the Nalley-Pickle & Welch Rosewood Chapel with the Rev. Kevin Parker officiating. Burial will be at Trinity Memorial Park. Arrangements by Nalley-Pickle and Welch Funeral Home. She was born in Jayton and moved to Big Spring in 1942. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Sons, Johnny L. McGee of Odessa, John C. Elliott and Kenneth Elliott, both of Big Spring, Wesley Elliott of Dallas, Wixie L. Elliott of Cold Spring and Callan R. Elliott of Mason; brothers, Bill McGee of Odessa and Bobby McGee of San Antonio; sisters, Gladys McGee of Dallas, Opal Hall of Amarillo and Mae Dell Gibson of Florida; 14 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Wilburn Oliver MONAHANS Wilburn C. Oliver, 92, of Monahans, a house mover, died Friday, June 8, 2001, at Monahans nursing home. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at Harkey Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Barry Klempnauer officiating. Burial will be at Tamarisk Cemetery. Arrangements by Harkey Funeral Home. He was born in Weatherford and moved to Monahans in 1939. He was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Wife, Lucille Oliver of Monahans; sons, Billy Oliver of Monahans, Bobby Gilkey of Odessa and Jerry Gilkey and Tommy Gilkey, both of Smackover, Ark.; daughters, Analee Jordan of Phoenix, Ariz., Kathy Pules and Lawana Oliver, both of Monahans, Anita Roberts of Dickenson, N.D., and Mary Allen of Eldorado, Ark.; 30 grandchildren, 52 great-grandchildren and 18 great-great-grandchildren. Carlota Diaz PECOS Carlota M. Diaz, 102, of Pecos, a homemaker, died Friday, June 8, 2001, at Pecos Nursing Home. Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Monday at Santa Rosa Catholic Church. Burial will follow at Barstow Cemetery. Arrangements by Pecos Funeral Home. She was born in Barstow and was a lifelong resident of Pecos. She was Catholic. SURVIVORS: Sons, Raymundo "Tata" Martinez and Manuel M. Diaz, both of Pecos; 33 grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. Mary Tyree ODESSA Mary Estelle Tyree, 79, of Odessa died Saturday, June 9, 2001, at Avalon Place. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Sunset Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Melvin Warren officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. She was born in Colorado City and moved to Odessa in 1951. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Son, Terry T. Tyree of Odessa; brother, Conrad Gaskins of West Monroe, La.; three grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Juan Gonzales ODESSA Juan "Johnny" Manuel Gonzales, 38, of Odessa died Saturday, June 9, 2001, in Andrews. Services are pending with Odessa Funeral Home. _________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 2000, 2001. Odessa American. All rights reserved.