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September 30, 2001 Nena Chapman SWEETWATER - Nena Dessa Lee Rasco Chapman, 86, of Midland, a homemaker, died Friday, Sept. 28, 2001, at an Odessa hospital. Services will be at 3 p.m. Monday at Cate-Spencer and Trent Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Nick Gates officiating. Burial will be at the Roscoe Cemetery in Roscoe. Arrangements by Cate-Spencer and Trent Funeral Home. He was born in Sipe Springs. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Daughters, Claudia Jones of Midland and Linda Scott of Hamilton, Miss.; brother, Lonnie M. Rasco of Wink; three grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Allen Holloway ODESSA - Allen Holloway, 68, of Odessa, a retired pipeline estimator for Lone Star Transportation, died Friday, Sept. 28, 2001, at his residence. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Griffin Jones and Jack Watkins officiating. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at the Talpa Cemetery in Talpa. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. He was born in Imperial and moved to Odessa in 1956 from McCamey. He was an Army veteran of the Korean War. He was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Wife, Tommie Holloway of Odessa; sons, Allen Earl Holloway Jr. of Odessa, Mark Holloway and Alton Holloway, both of Houston; daughter, Joan Castillo of Austin; four sisters; 18 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Eula Lee MARATHON - Eula Mae Lee, 95, of Alpine, a homemaker, died Saturday, Sept. 29, 2001, at a local nursing home. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the Marathon Cemetery. Arrangements by Geeslin Funeral Home. She was born in Artesia, N.M. SURVIVORS: Son, Gene Lee of Marathon; and a granddaughter. Hollis Maddux SNYDER - Hollis Edward Maddux, 90, of Wink, a retired guager for Chevron Oil Co., died Friday, Sept. 28, 2001, at Medical Center Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Colonial Hill Baptist Church with the Rev. Miller Robinson and Dr. Tommy Culwell officiating. Burial will be at Hillside Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Bell-Cypert-Seale Funeral Home. He was born in Garner and had been a resident of Snyder. He was an Army veteran of World War II. He was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Sons, Keith Maddux of Wink and Ronnie Maddux of San Angelo; brother, Connely Maddux of Redding, Calif.; sisters, Dorothy Stevens of Deport and Vida Hines of Spokane, Wash.; three grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Tulon Murphy FORT STOCKTON - Tulon Lamar Murphy, 79, of Fort Stockton, a retired automobile mechanic, died Thursday, Sept. 27, 2001, at Memorial Hospital and Medical Center in Midland. Memorial services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Kingdom Hall with Glen Forney officiating. Arrangements by Memorial Funeral Home. He was born in Booneville, Miss. He was an Army veteran of World War II. SURVIVORS: Wife, Felina S. Murphy of Fort Stockton; son, Tulon Murphy Jr. of Fort Stockton; brothers, Troy Murphy of Mississippi, Geraldine Murphy, Earl Wayne and Billy Murphy, all of Alabama; sisters, Eulalon Holder, Bessy Murphy and Louise Raimey, all of Mississippi; four grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Kathryn Paterson TOYAH - Kathryn Paterson, 76, of Toyah, a homemaker, died Thursday, Sept. 27, 2001, in Toyah. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the Toyah Cemetery with the Rev. Bruce Abbott officiating. Arrangements by Pecos Funeral Home. She was born in Sangerton. She was Methodist. SURVIVORS: Sons, Dale Sutton of Santa Fe and Melvin Sutton of Pecos; daughter, Karen Hornberger of Toyah; brother, Jack Gibson of Albuquerque, N.M.; sisters, Laurene Vanmeter of Redding, Calif., Rachel Ward of Tucson, Ariz., and Joyce Newsom of Lamesa; six grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. Joseph Rush ODESSA - Joseph Cecil Rush, 68, of Odessa, a body shop technician for Taylor Body Shop and an employee of ACME Sign Co., died Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2001, at his residence. Graveside services will be at 9 a.m. Monday at Ector County Cemetery with the Rev. Jim Ray Brown officiating. Arrangements by Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. He was born in Mena, Ark., and moved to Odessa in 1960 from Jal, N.M. SURVIVORS: Great-uncle and great-aunt, Obie and Eva Taylor of Odessa. Beatrice Altom MIDLAND - Beatrice Altom, 68, of Midland died Friday, Sept. 28, 2001, at her residence. Services are pending with Stanton Memorial Funeral Home and Chapel. Donna Hummer UPTON COUNTY - Donna Hummer, 49, of Odessa died Friday, Sept. 28, 2001, in Upton County. Services are pending with Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. Albino Tarango PECOS - Albino Tarango, 44, of Pecos died Saturday, Sept. 29, 2001, at Reeves County Hospital in Pecos. Services are pending with Pecos Funeral Home.