Ector Co. TX - Obits from the Odessa American Online 7 Sept 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. September 07, 2001 Georgia Armstrong ANDREWS - Georgia Stubbs Armstrong, 81, of Andrews, a homemaker, died Thursday, Sept. 6, 2001, at her residence. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at McNett Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Glenda Massey officiating. Burial will be at the Andrews Old Cemetery. Arrangements by McNett Funeral Home. She was born in Knox City and moved to Andrews in 1994. She was Presbyterian. SURVIVORS: Husband, H.C. "Jake" Armstrong of Andrews; daughter, Roxy Baber of Andrews; brothers, Jack Stubbs of Knox City and Vern Stubbs of Lawn; three grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Tommy McKibben LUBBOCK - The Rev. Tommy McKibben, 58, of Lubbock died Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2001, in Lubbock. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Word Aflame Pentecostal Church with the Revs. Michael Bingham and Dale Bostic officiating. Burial will be at Nevels Memorial Park in Tahoka. Arrangements by White Funeral Home. He was born in O'Donnell and moved to Lubbock in 1977 from Grants, N.M. SURVIVORS: Wife, Connie McKibben of Lubbock; son, Kelly McKibben of Lubbock; daughters, Lisa Huddleston and Darla Beckham, both of Lubbock; brothers, Don McKibben and Jerry McKibben, both of Tahoka, and Joe McKibben of Florida; sisters, Ruby Jones and Patricia Williams, both of Lubbock, Add Triola of Houston, Francis Matthews of Tahoka, Joyce Ware of Clyde, Mary Rowe of Henderson, Shirley Reece and Kay Dillar, both of Odessa; and five grandchildren. Joe Rittiman ODESSA - Joe Ruth "Mama Joe" Rittiman, 75, of Odessa, a retired foodservice worker, died Thursday, Sept. 6, 2001, in Odessa. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Martinez Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Jack Watkins officiating. Burial will be at Resthaven Memorial Park in Midland. Arrangements by Martinez Funeral Home. She was born in Del Rio and had been a resident. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Sons, Terry Barbee and Michael Reggins, both of Odessa, and Babby Reggins of Midland; daughters, Jackie Smith of Hyde Park, N.Y., Theresa Barbee of Augusta, Ga., Rita Owen and Barbara Burns, both of Odessa; sister, Margaret Barbee of Lubbock; brothers, Mike Whistler of Del Rio and Butch Whistler of Lubbock; 20 grandchildren; and 21 great-grandchildren. Sulema Rodriguez FORT STOCKTON - Sulema U. Rodriguez, 83, of Fort Stockton, a homemaker, died Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2001, in Midland. Mass will be celebrated at 2 p.m. today at St. Joseph Catholic Church with the Rev. David Herrera officiating. Burial will be at St. Joseph Cemetery. Arrangements by Fort Stockton Funeral Home. She was born in Lajitas and was a lifelong resident of Fort Stockton. She was Catholic. SURVIVORS: Husband, Frank H. Rodriguez of Fort Stockton; daughters, Ida Sanchez, Angie Lujan and Alicia Barron, all of Fort Stockton; son, Ruben Rodriguez of Fresno, Calif.; brother, Ralph Garcia of Midland; sister, Simone Nunez of Odessa; 14 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Wesley Stephens STANTON - Wesley Isaac Stephens, 56, of Midland, a taxi cab owner, died Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2001, at Veterans Administration Hospital in Big Spring. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Stanton Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Darrel Martin officiating. Burial will follow at Evergreen Cemetery. Arrangements by Stanton Memorial Funeral Home and Chapel. He was born in Hamlin. He was an Army veteran. SURVIVORS: Daughters, Natalie Hancock of Hawaii and Heather Nicole Stephens of Midland; son, Ronald Wesley Stephens of Midland; mother, Estelle Stephens of Stanton; sisters, Norma Jean Edmiston of Stanton and Carolyn Joyce Kirk of Midland; brother, Steven Sean Stephens of Stanton; and a grandson. Maria Rivera MIDLAND - Maria Rivera, 57, of Midland died Thursday, Sept. 6, 2001, at Memorial Hospital and Medical Center in Midland. Services are pending with Stanton Memorial Funeral Home and Chapel.