Ector Co. TX - Obits from the Odessa American Online 5 Oct 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 Obituaries. October 05, 2001 Jewell Arrick BIG SPRING - Jewell Arrick, 93, of Big Spring, retired owner of the Telephone Answering Exchange, died Thursday, Oct. 4, 2001, at Scenic Mountain Medical Center in Big Spring. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Trinity Memorial Park. Arrangements by Myers and Smith Funeral Home. She was born in Nolan County and moved to Big Spring in 1948. She was Methodist. SURVIVORS: Daughters, Mary McCullough of Sand Springs, Bonnie Burris and Sherri Wisener, both of Burnet, Sue Larimore of Exmore, Va., and Sonja Patterson of Austin; sons, C.H. Arrick Jr. and Jerry R. Arrick, both of Big Spring, and John R. Arrick of Odessa; sister, Ada Crowell of Corpus Christi; 16 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. Edward Cupps ODESSA - Edward Allen Cupps, 65, of Odessa, superintendent for Jones Brothers Dirt and Paving Contractors, died Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2001, at Medical Center Hospital. Memorial services will be at 6 p.m. Saturday at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home Chapel. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. He was born in Abilene. SURVIVORS: Wife, Barbara Cupps of Odessa; daughter, Valarie Cupps of Gardendale; brother, Jerry Dennis Cupps of Jacksonville, Fla.; sisters, Wanda Ann Bowman and Barbara Fern Reed, both of Phoenix; and two grandchildren. Joseph Kirby EUNICE, N.M. - Joseph Leon Kirby, 89, of Eunice, N.M., a retired gang pusher for Johnston Construction Co., died Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2001, at Lea Regional Medical Center. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Calvary Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Elio Barrios and Curtis Hayes officiating. Burial will be at Brunson Memorial Cemetery. Arrangements by Calvary Funeral Home. He was born in Florence, Ala., and moved to Eunice in 1948 from Jonesboro, Ark. He was a member of the Assembly of God Church. SURVIVORS: Wife, Katherene Kirby of Eunice; sons, Jesse Kirby of Decatur and Leon Kirby of Odessa; daughters, Katherine Britton, Clidene Kirby and Mary Massingale, all of Eunice, Ginger Bissey of Roswell, N.M., Barbara Heard and Naomi Browning, both of Hobbs, N.M.; sister, Irene Thompson of Paragould, Ark.; brothers, Holland Kirby of Cincinnati and Joe Kirby of Creve Couer, Ill.; 19 grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild. James Speer II ALPINE - James Speer II, 83, of Alpine, a retired professor at Wake Forest University in North Carolina, died Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2001, at his residence. No services are listed. Arrangements by Geeslin Funeral Home. He was born in Comanche, Okla. He was an Army veteran of World War II. SURVIVORS: Wife, Blanche Speer of Alpine; daughter, Ann Ashliman of Burley, Idaho; sons, James Speer III of New York, Jeffrey Speer of Longmont, Colo., and George Speer of Washington, D.C.; sister, Martha Eskridge of Tulsa, Okla.; brother, John B. Speer of Albuquerque, N.M.; seven grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Jose Villa ALPINE - Jose Reyes Villa, 48, of Alpine, a ranch hand, died Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2001, at an Odessa hospital. Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. today at Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church with the Rev. Mike Alcuino officiating. Burial will follow at Holy Angels Cemetery. Arrangements by Geeslin Funeral Home. He was born in Mexico. SURVIVORS: Wife, Refugia Ortega of Alpine; two sisters; and four brothers.