Ector Co. TX - Obits from the Odessa American Online  14 August 2001

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                          OA Online Death Notices.
   
August 14, 2001

   Edna Boykin
   NATHAN,  Ark.  Edna  Allen  Boykin,  84, of Nashville, Ark., a retired
   cook, died Saturday, Aug. 11, 2001, at a Nashville hospital.
   Graveside  services  were Monday at Academy Cemetery with Gerald Eaton
   and  Jack  Nivens  officiating. Arrangements by Nashville Funeral Home
   Services.
   She  was born in Dekalb County, Ala. She was a member of the Church of
   Christ.
   SURVIVORS:  Daughter, Betty Boykin Carroll of Nashville; son, Billy W.
   Boykin  of  Houston;  sister, Mimmie Allen Nivens of Wichita Falls; 10
   grandchildren;       12       great-grandchildren;      and      three
   stepgreat-grandchildren.
   Eddie Brannan
   WOODVILLE  Eddie  G.  Brannan,  71,  of  Woodville, a retired oilfield
   salesman  for Benro Pump Co., died Sunday, Aug. 12, 2001, at Woodville
   Convalescent Center.
   Memorial  services will be at 5 p.m. Wednesday at Stringer and Griffin
   Funeral Home. Arrangements by Stringer and Griffin Funeral Home.
   He  was  born  in  Big  Spring  and had been a resident of Midland and
   Hobbs, N.M. He was Nazarene.
   SURVIVORS: Daughter, Terrie OHara of Woodville; and two grandchildren.
   Sherry Brantley
   PECOS  Sherry  Lee  Brantley,  39,  of Pecos, a salesperson for Bryans
   Nursery in Pecos, died Saturday, Aug. 11, 2001, in Mason.
   Services will be at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at Calvary Baptist Church with
   Stan  Roberts officiating. Burial will be at Mount Evergreen Cemetery.
   Arrangements by Pecos Funeral Home.
   She  was  born  in Fort Smith, Ark., and was a resident of Pecos since
   1974. She was Baptist.
   SURVIVORS:  Sons, Clifton Brantley and Chris Armstrong, both of Pecos;
   daughter, Amy Harrison of Fort Still, Okla.; parents, Ervin and Janice
   Schwindt  of  Temple;  brothers,  Sheldon Schwindt of Austin and Scott
   Schwindt  of  Temple;  and  grandparents, Anton and Maggie Schwindt of
   Dickinson, N.D.
   Dorothy Spradlin
   PARIS,  Texas  Dorothy Spradlin, 60, of Carrollton, a retired employee
   of J.T. Luckey Co. in Dallas, died Saturday, Aug. 11, 2001, at Medical
   Center of Lewisville.
   Services  were Monday in the chapel of Fry and Gibbs Funeral Home with
   Dr.  L.C.  Stout  officiating.  Burial  was  at  Union Grove Cemetery.
   Arrangements by Fry and Gibbs Funeral Home.
   She  was  born in Hico and had been a resident of Alpine before moving
   to Dallas in 1958.
   SURVIVORS:  Husband  John  D.  Spradlin  of  Carrollton; sons, Michael
   Spradlin  of  The Colony and David Spradlin of Dallas; daughter, Cindy
   Spradlin  of Dallas; mother, Delphia Killion of Alpine; sister, Bonnie
   Abercrombie; and two grandchildren.
   Jessie Watkins
   ODESSA  Jessie  B.  Watkins,  72,  of  Odessa, a retired janitor, died
   Friday, Aug. 10, 2001, in Odessa.
   Services  will  be  at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Freedom Missionary Baptist
   Church  with  the  Rev.  Kenneth  White officiating. Burial will be at
   Ector County Cemetery. Arrangements by Martinez Funeral Home.
   He was born in Kosse and had been a resident. He was Baptist.
   SURVIVORS:  Wife, Ruth Collins Watkins of Odessa; sons, Johnny Johnson
   of Temple, Jessie B. Watkins Jr. of Lubbock, John Earl Watkins, Robert
   Lee  Watkins  and  Willie  Ray  Watkins,  all of Odessa, and Eddie Ray
   Watkins  of  Midland;  daughters,  Janell  Banks  of Austin, Jesse Mae
   Watkins,  Emma  Jean  Watkins and Evelyn Louise Tunson, all of Odessa;
   sisters,  Eula Faye Watkins of Odessa and Jewel Faye Watkins of Kosse;
   38 grandchildren; and 38 great-grandchildren.
   John Barnsley
   SAN  FRANCISCO  John Randall Randy Barnsley, 39, of San Francisco died
   Saturday, Aug. 11, 2001, in California.
   Services are pending with Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home.
   Bill Hadden
   MIDLAND  Bill  Hadden,  70,  of Midland died Sunday, Aug. 12, 2001, in
   Midland.
   Services are pending with Ellis Funeral Home.
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