Ector Co. TX - Obits from the Odessa American Online December 15, 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 15, 2001 Lore Cherry ODESSA - Lore "Gina" Cherry, 76, of Odessa, a homemaker, died Thursday, Dec. 13, 2001, at Medical Center Hospital. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. today at Sunset Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Clydell Chapman officiating. Arrangements by Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. She was born in Germany. SURVIVORS: Son, Glen Cherry of Odessa; daughters, Judy Wilson of Austin and Dorothey McClure of Crane; seven grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Charles Hopkins ODESSA - Charles Hopkins, 61, of Odessa, a retired truck driver, died Thursday, Dec. 13, 2001, at his residence. Graveside services were at 4 p.m. Friday at Rose Hill Cemetery. Arrangements by Martinez Funeral Home. He was born in Shuqualak, Miss. SURVIVOR: Aunt, Kathryn L. Hopkins of St. Louis. Velton Kerr FORT STOCKTON - Velton A. Kerr, 78, of Fort Stockton, retired owner and operator of a salvage yard, died Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2001, in Fort Stockton. Services will be at 10 a.m. today at Immanuel Baptist Church with the Rev. A.D. Jackson officiating. Burial will be at East Hill Cemetery. Arrangements by Fort Stockton Funeral Home. He was born in New Madrid, Mo., and was a resident of Fort Stockton since 1944. SURVIVORS: Daughters, Claudette Kerr of Fort Stockton and Frances Kerr of Yuma, Ariz.; sister, Ima Jean Herbert of Spotsylvania, Va.; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. John Lee ANDREWS - John E. Lee, 71, of Andrews, a retired manager for National Oil Well Co., died Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2001, in Aurora, Colo. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Andrews Church of Christ with Mark Wilson officiating. Burial will be at the Andrews North Cemetery. Arrangements by McNett Funeral Home. He was born in Goodnight and moved to Andrews in 1973 from Hobbs, N.M. He was an Army veteran of the Korean War. He was a member of the Church of Christ. SURVIVORS: Wife, Wanda Lee of Andrews; sons, David Lee of Aurora and John Norman Lee of Lubbock; sister, Gladys Howard of Wichita Falls; and five grandchildren. Erma Pickett ODESSA - Erma Pickett, 89, of Odessa, a homemaker, died Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2001, at Medical Center Hospital. Services were at 2 p.m. Friday at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Johnny Dickerson officiating. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Randolph Memorial Gardens in Pocahontas, Ark. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. She was born in Reyno, Ark. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Son, Frank Pickett of Odessa; and two grandchildren. Vera Wallace BALLINGER - Vera Opal Wallace, 76, of Odessa, a homemaker, died Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2001, at her residence. Services will be at 4 p.m. today at Rains-Seale Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Bill Swindler officiating. Burial will be at the Concho Cemetery in Concho. Arrangements by Rains-Seale Funeral Home. She was born in Bell County and had been a resident of Paint Rock. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Daughters, Joyce Ritchey of Dryden and Carol Hill of Odessa; two sisters; five grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Lizzie Murphey ODESSA - Lizzie Faye Murphey, 88, of Odessa died Thursday, Dec. 13, 2001, at her residence. Services are pending with Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. Copyright © 2000, 2001 Odessa American. All rights reserved.