Ector Co. TX - Obits from the Odessa American Online 27 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 27, 2001 Linda Hanks ANDREWS Linda Lee Hanks, 60, of Corpus Christi, a schoolteacher, died Monday, June 25, 2001, at Sunny Brook Healthcare Center in Corpus Christi. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the Andrews North Cemetery with the Rev. Robert L. Bonnington officiating. Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Mathias Episcopal Church. Arrangements by McNett Funeral Home. She was born in Le Flore County, Okla., and had been a resident of Andrews. SURVIVORS: Husband, Richard Hanks of Corpus Christi; son, Zachary Hanks of Houston; parents, R.L. and Reva Hammett of Andrews; and brother, Glenn Hammett of Andrews. Lorene Hyder ODESSA Lorene Shelton Hyder, 89, of Odessa, a homemaker, died Sunday, June 24, 2001, at Hospice House. Services will be at 10 a.m. today at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. K.M. McCarthick officiating. Burial will be at 4 p.m. at Parklawn Memorial Gardens in Plainview. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. She was born in Limestone County. SURVIVORS: Daughters, Norvene Owen of Plainview and Rita Glasscock of Odessa; sons, Garth Hyder of Foster, Ore., and Mel Hyder of Jenks, Okla.; brothers, Clifton Shelton of Artesia, N.M., and Joe Shelton of Phoenix; 11 grandchildren; and 25 great-grandchildren. Gene Rains DURANT, Okla. Gene Rains, 87, of Durant, Okla., a retired custodian, died Friday, June 22, 2001, at Medical Center of Southeastern Oklahoma in Durant. Services were at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Dalton-Holmes Funeral Home Chapel with Russell Fincher officiating. Burial was at Highland Cemetery. Arrangements by Dalton-Holmes Funeral Home. He was born in Henryetta, Okla., and had been a resident of Odessa. SURVIVORS: Daughter, Ranell Rains Hopkins of Houston; sisters, Lucille Long and Mary Stephanos, both of Dallas; two granddaughters; and a great-granddaughter. Mattie Staggs CRANE Mattie Buchanan Staggs, 78, of Odessa, a retired nurse, died Monday, June 25, 2001, at Avalon Place Nursing Center. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Dr. Jimmy Braswell officiating. Burial will follow at the Crane County Cemetery. Arrangements by Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home. She was born in Goodrich, Tenn. SURVIVORS: Daughters, Pat Taylor of Paducah, Wanda Staggs and Brenda Johnson, both of Odessa, and Lori McCaleb of Boise, Idaho; son, Tony Staggs of Crane; sisters, Bertha Halbrooks of Odessa, Christine Cobb of Hollaway, Tenn., and Viola Biediger of San Antonio; 13 grandchildren; and 21 great-grandchildren. Barbara Utterback ODESSA Barbara Jane Utterback, 69, of Odessa, a retired registered nurse, died Friday, June 22, 2001, at Medical Center Hospital. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. today at Unitarian Universalist Church. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. She was born in Detroit. She was Lutheran. SURVIVORS: Daughter, Wendy Hilliard of Odessa; sister, Mary Lou Liebler of Michigan; and five grandchildren. _________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 2000, 2001. Odessa American. All rights reserved.