Ector Co. TX - Obits from the Odessa American Online December 04, 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. Permian Basin Obituaries ============================================================================================ December 04, 2001 Fred Addicks ODESSA - Fred Louis Addicks, 84, of Odessa, a retired toolpusher for Noble Drilling Co., died Sunday, Dec. 2, 2001, at Medical Center Hospital. Services will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Grace Baptist Church with the Rev. Clydell Chapman officiating. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. He was born in Richmond and moved to Odessa in 1976 from Lovington, N.M. He was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Wife, Louise Addicks of Odessa; daughters, Myrna Artukovich of Whittier, Calif; Barbara Addicks of Lubbock and Faith McMillian of Roswell, N.M.; brother, Clifton Addicks of Plant City, Fla.; sister, Eula Anderson of Milwaukee, Wis.; six grandchildren; and six great-grandchiidren. Thomas Durham FREDERICKSBURG - Thomas "Lester" L. Durham, 76, of Odessa, a retired marketing representative of Phillips 66 Petroleum Co., died Nov. 24, 2001, at his home near Fredericksburg. Services were held Monday at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio. Arrangements by Beckman Funeral Home of Fredericksburg. He was born in Canadian, Texas. He was a resident of Odessa for 20 years before moving to Fredricksburg. SURVIVORS: Wife; Alice Durham of Fredericksburg; and sons, Tom Durham of Del Rio and Spencer Durham of Fredericksburg. Betty Harkrider ODESSA - Betty J. Harkrider, 71, of Odessa, a homemaker, died, Sunday, Dec. 2, 2001, at Medical Center Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Jimmy Braswell officiating. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. She was born in Ranger. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Son, Larry Harkrider of Houston; daughter, Randa Harkrider of Houston; brother, Darrel C. Wheat of Ranger; sisters, Joyce Peeples of Eastland and Barbara Willows of Tallahassee, Fla.; two grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Helen Humphries PECOS - Helen Kathryn Humphries, 91, of Balmorhea died Nov. 30, 2001, at her residence. A memorial service will be held at a later date. She was born in Robinson, Ill., and had lived in Balmorhea since 1943. She was Methodist. SURVIVORS: Friend, Jack R. Nail of Balmorhea. A.T. Knapek ANDREWS - A.T. "Shorty" Knapek, 75, of Andrews, a retired seismograph supervisor, died Sunday, Dec. 2, 2001, at Permian General Hospital in Andrews. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at McNett Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Ted Short officiating. Burial will be at Resthaven Cemetery in Midland. Arrangements by McNett Funeral Home. He was born in Columbus. He moved to Andrews from Tulia in 1968. SURVIVORS: Wife, Sibie Knapek of Andrews; daughters, Barbara Elain Wickham of Midland and Patricia Ann Baker of Arizona; sisters, Vlasta Willmann of Columbus; Leona Ciomperlik of San Antonio; Laura Riddle of Bellaire, Texas; four grandchildren; and thirteen great-grandchildren. Carol Turner CHILDRESS - Carol Jean Turner, 73, a homemaker, died Monday, Dec. 3, 2001, in Childress. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Parkview Baptist Church with the Rev. Don McFarland officiating. Burial will be at Childress Cemetery. Arrangements by Johnson Funeral Home of Childress. She was born in Tell. SURVIVORS: Husband, John H. Turner of Childress; daughter, Johneen Nations of Childress; sons, Ennis Turner of Amarillo and Radney Turner of Katy; sisters, Janella Altman of Clarendon, Loreta Boyd of Amarillo and Alvalie Creech of Carrollton; six grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Jessie Neatherlin HASKELL - Jessie W. Neatherlin, 76, of Wink, died Sunday at Winkler County Hospital. Services are pending with Holden-McCauley Funeral Directors of Haskell. Copyright © 2000, 2001 Odessa American. All rights reserved.