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                          OA Online Death Notices.
   
August 21, 2001

   Gregoria Arenivas
   ODESSA  Gregoria M. Arenivas, 88, of Odessa, a homemaker, died Sunday,
   Aug. 19, 2001, at Deerings Nursing Home.
   Mass  will  be  celebrated  at  11  a.m. today at St. Josephs Catholic
   Church  with  the Rev. Fidelo Lugo officiating. Burial will be at Rose
   Hill  Cemetery.  Arrangements  by Odessa Funeral Home Angeles Memorial
   Chapel.
   She was born in La Haciendita. She was Catholic.
   SURVIVORS:  Sons,  Armando  Arenivas  of  Pecos,  Israel  Arenivas and
   Reymundo  Arenivas,  both  of  Odessa;  daughter,  Librada Arenivas of
   Torreon,  Mexico;  sisters, Abigail Martinez of Fort Stockton and Rita
   Martinez of Coahuila, Mexico; and 16 grandchildren.
   Robyn Byrd
   LOVINGTON,  N.M.  Robyn Byrd, 46, of Lovington, N.M., a schoolteacher,
   died Saturday, Aug. 18, 2001, in Midland.
   Graveside  services will be at 5 p.m. today at Lovington Cemetery with
   the  Rev.  Mike  McGuire  officiating.  Arrangements  by  Smith-Rogers
   Funeral Home.
   She was born in Hobbs, N.M. She was Methodist.
   SURVIVORS:  Husband,  Mickey  Byrd  of  Lovington;  son,  Kyle Byrd of
   Lovington; and sister, Michelle Perez of Kermit.
   Louise Fuller
   CORSICANA Louise Mae Fuller, 84, of Okmulgee, Okla., a homemaker, died
   Saturday, Aug. 18, 2001, in Okmulgee.
   Services  will  be  at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Corley Funeral Home Chapel
   with  the  Rev.  Lawrence  Matlock  officiating.  Burial  will  be  at
   Hamilton-Beeman Cemetery. Arrangements by Corley Funeral Home.
   She  was  born  in  Navarro County and had been a longtime resident of
   Odessa before moving to Okmulgee. She was Baptist.
   SURVIVORS:  Sons,  William  Fuller  of  Okmulgee and Wilbert Fuller of
   Odessa;  brother, David Crockett of Corsicana; eight grandchildren; 15
   great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
   Tom Kipgen
   MIDLAND  Tom  J.  Kipgen,  80,  of  Odessa, a retired employee of Wood
   McShane Co. in Monahans, died Monday, Aug. 20, 2001, in Odessa.
   Graveside  services  will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Resthaven Memorial
   Park  with  the  Rev.  David McNary officiating. Arrangements by Ellis
   Funeral Home.
   He  was  born  in  Bradford,  Pa.,  and  had  been  a resident of Fort
   Stockton, Imperial, Royalty and Granfalls. He was Presbyterian.
   SURVIVORS:  Wife,  Margaret  Kipgen  of  Odessa; son, Tom J. Kipgen of
   Edmond,  Okla.;  daughter, Charlcie Ford of Denver; six grandchildren;
   and a great-granddaughter.
   Curtis Lee Sr.
   ANDREWS  Curtis  E.  Lee  Sr., 65, of Andrews, a retired roughneck and
   driller, died Saturday, Aug. 18, 2001, in Andrews.
   Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at McNett Funeral Home Chapel with
   the  Rev.  Ted  Short officiating. Burial will follow at Andrews North
   Cemetery. Arrangements by McNett Funeral Home.
   He was born in Shreveport, La.
   SURVIVORS:  Son,  Curtis  E.  Lee  Jr. of San Angelo; daughters, Patsy
   Githens  of Harrisburg, Ore., and Donna Tilson of Johnson City, Tenn.;
   and two grandchildren.
   
   Alexis Nanez
   FORT STOCKTON Alexis Celeste Nanez, an infant, died Thursday, Aug. 16,
   2001, at Pecos County Memorial Hospital in Fort Stockton.
   Services  were  at  2  p.m.  Saturday  at Church of Christ with Harold
   Durham  and  David  Brockman  officiating.  Burial  was  at  East Hill
   Cemetery. Arrangements by Memorial Funeral Home.
   She was born in Fort Stockton.
   SURVIVORS:  Parents, Jessie Salgado Nanez and Paloma Evangelina Nanez,
   both  of  Fort  Stockton; and grandparents, Margarita Salgado Nanez of
   Fort Stockton and Maria Elena Barron Rascon of Chihuahua, Mexico.
   
   Sybil Vaughan
   ODESSA  Sybil  Fain  Vaughan, 90, of Odessa, a homemaker, died Monday,
   Aug. 20, 2001, at Parks Methodist Retirement Village.
   Graveside  services  will  be  at  9 a.m. Thursday at Odessa Cemetery.
   Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
   She was born in Comanche. She was Baptist.
   SURVIVORS:  Sons,  Joe  E.  Vaughan  of Edmond, Okla., and Tommy Wayne
   Vaughan  of  Mead,  Wash.;  daughter,  Peggy  Page of Odessa; sisters,
   Estelle  Hughes  of Georgetown and Thelma Jean Bevers of Salado; seven
   grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
   
   Helen Anderson
   ODESSA  Helen  Anderson, 56, of Andrews died Monday, Aug. 20, 2001, in
   Odessa.
   Services are pending with McNett Funeral Home.
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