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                          OA Online Death Notices.
                                      
                               July 06, 2001
                                      
                              Ola Mae McClure
    CRANE Ola Mae Smart McClure, 86, died Wednesday, July 4, 2001, at a
                             McCamey hospital.
     Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Graford Cemetery.
               Arrangements by Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home.
                      She was born in Hollywood, Ark.
     SURVIVORS: Son, Jimmy Lee McClure of Lago Vista; sisters, Florence
      Blalock of Weatherford and Dorothy Natalie of Huntsville; three
        grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and one great-great
                                grandchild.
                             Patricia Pat Keith
    TRENT Patricia Pat Keith, 73, of Trent, a retired sales clerk, died
              Wednesday, July 4, 2001, at an Abilene hospital.
    Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Trent Church of Christ with
    Larry Gill officiating. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens in
               Odessa. Arrangements by Starbuck Funeral Home.
    She was born in Trent and moved back there from Odessa in 1991. She
                   was a member of the Church of Christ.
      SURVIVORS: Son, Calvin Keith Jr. of Mesa, Ariz.; daughters, Judy
   Wagoner of Odessa and Brenda Damewood of Katy; brother, John Barnes of
      Corpus Christi; sisters, Edna Bergstrom, LaVora Bishop and Betty
        Hamner, all of Trent, and Frances Baxter of Mansfield; seven
                 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
                                A.J. Ramsey
    MONAHANS A.J. Ramsey, 66, of Monahans, minister of Holy Light Church
         of God in Christ, died Monday, July 2, 2001, in Monahans.
   Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church with A.L.
     Jackson officiating. Burial will be at Monahans Memorial Cemetery.
                    Arrangements by Harkey Funeral Home.
            He was born in Paige and moved to Monahans in 1945.
    SURVIVORS: Wife, Jo Ramsey of Monahans; sons, A.J. Ramsey Jr. of El
   Paso and Bobby Bell of Fort Worth; daughters, Jean Ramsey of Monahans
     and Betty Ramsey of Los Angeles; sisters, Ruth Coy of Albuquerque,
    N.M., Edna Jackson of Tucson, Ariz., and Bertha McCoy of Fort Worth;
             eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
                                 Bill Roach
       ODESSA Bill Roach, 60, of Odessa, an employee of the Sheriffs
            Department, died Thursday, July 5, 2001, in Odessa.
   Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Latter Rain Worship Center with
     the Rev. Craig De Armond officiating. Burial will follow at Leaday
     Cemetery in Leaday. Arrangements by Sunset Memorial Funeral Home.
     He was born in Snyder. He was a member of the Latter Rain Worship
                                  Center.
     SURVIVORS: Wife, Kay Roach of Odessa; sons, Michael Barkemeyer of
    Coleman and Greg Barkemeyer of San Diego; daughter, Letitia Wells of
    Odessa; father, Floyd Roach of Odessa; mother, Theda Davis of Grand
     Prairie; brothers, Rick Roach of Midland and Jackie Roach of Grand
   Prairie; sisters, Martha Fletcher of Grand Prairie and Diane Wilson of
                      Odessa; and four grandchildren.
                            Sarah Shellenberger
    FORT STOCKTON Sarah M. Shellenberger, 89, of Levelland, a homemaker,
                died Wednesday, July 4, 2001, in Levelland.
     Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Fort Stockton Funeral Home
   Chapel with the Rev. Carl Ford officiating. Burial will follow at East
         Hill Cemetery. Arrangements by Fort Stockton Funeral Home.
    She was born in Eula. She was a member of the Apostolic Tabernacle.
      SURVIVORS: Sons, Billy Gene Shellenberger of Cameron, Donald W.
    Shellenberger of Odessa and Al Shellenberger of Midland; daughters,
     Betty Stark of McKinney; Martha Ford of Bedford; Frances Tabor of
        Midland and Glenda Taylor of Levelland; 18 grandchildren; 31
          great-grandchildren; and four great great grandchildren.
                               Karl E. Menge
    ODESSA Karl E. Menge, 79, of Odessa died Thursday, July 5, 2001, in
                                  Odessa.
          Services are pending with Sunset Memorial Funeral Home.
                              Santiago Porras
   CRANE Santiago Villa Porras, 86, of Crane died Thursday, July 5, 2001,
                        at Medical Center Hospital.
          Services are pending with Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home.
                                      
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