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Permian Basin Obituaries ============================================================================================ December 27, 2001 Ignacio Castillo STANTON - Ignacio Castillo, 75, of Stanton, a retired farm worker, died Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2001, at a Big Spring hospital. Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Joseph Catholic Church with the Rev. Ray Wilhelm officiating. Burial will follow at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery. Arrangements by Stanton Memorial Funeral Home and Chapel. He was born in Floresville. SURVIVORS: Sons, Ignacio Castillo Jr. III of Big Spring, Ramon Castillo of Union City, Ohio, Ramiro Castillo, Antonio Castillo, Avelardo Castillo and Gilberto Castillo, all of Stanton; daughters, Maria DeLao, Helen Valdez and Inez Torrez, all of Stanton, Carmen Ramirez of Gatesville, Juana Perez of Waukegan, Ill., and Lupe Benavidez of Midland; sisters, Juanita Diaz of Benson, Minn., Lydia Castillo of Winters and Isabel Perez of San Antonio; brothers, Avelardo Castillo and David Castillo, both of Gory, Ruben Castillo of Winert, Martin Castillo of Abilene and Lupe Castillo of Benson; 50 grandchildren; 61 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild. Marcella Douglas ODESSA - Marcella Montez Douglas, 84, of Odessa, a homemaker, died Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2001, at Medical Center Hospital. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. She was born in Wilburton, Okla., and moved to Odessa in 1969 from Mount Pleasant. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Son, Richard Douglas of Abilene; daughter, Dorothy Lou "Dot" Allen of Buffalo, Mo.; eight grandchildren; a great-grandchild; and a great-great-grandchild. Josefina Flores HOBBS, N.M. - Josefina Garza Flores, 96, of Hobbs, N.M., a retired Pentecostal minister, died Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2001, at Lea Regional Medical Center in Hobbs. Services will be at 2 p.m. MST Friday at Chapel of Hope Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Frank Lopez and Jose Chavez officiating. Burial will be at Prairie Haven Memorial Park. Arrangements by Chapel of Hope Funeral Home. She was born in Sheffield. SURVIVORS: Daughters, Adela Hernandez and Gloria Velasquez, both of Hobbs, Elida Garcia of Chicago, Alicia Longoria of Brownwood, Ramona Moreno of Odessa and Rosa Lopez of Linden; sons, Tomas Flores of Odessa, Pedro Flores of Lovington, N.M., and Albert Flores of Brownwood; brother, Tomas M. Garza of Odessa; 50 grandchildren; 106 great-grandchildren; and several great-great-grandchildren. Mary Mooney ODESSA - Mary Lee Mooney, 58, of Odessa, a homemaker, died Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2001, at her residence. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Ector County Cemetery. Arrangements by Martinez Funeral Home. She was born in Dothan, Ala. SURVIVORS: Husband, John Mooney of Mejia; sons, Alfred DeWayne Cornish of Houston, John Mooney Jr. and Samuel Wallace, both of Odessa; daughters, Christine Williams, Early Cornish, Dollie Mae Wallace, Quantina Wallace and Kimberly Wallace, all of Odessa, and Samantha Wallace of Houston; and sister, Nellie B. Ricks of Dothan. Frances Overton MIDLAND - Frances Overton, 44, of Midland, an accountant for T. Bob Amthor Co. in Midland, died Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2001, at an Odessa hospital. Memorial services will be at 3 p.m. Friday at First Presbyterian Church with Dr. Jerry Hilton officiating. Arrangements by Ellis Funeral Home. She was born in San Angelo and had been a resident of Jal, N.M. She was Presbyterian. SURVIVORS: Parents, Bob and Carey Overton of Midland; and brother, David Overton of Midland. Imogene Petree CRANE - Imogene "Gene" Petree, 80, of Crane, a homemaker, died Monday, Dec. 24, 2001, at Crane Memorial Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Tommy Parker and Bill Phipps officiating. Burial will be at the Crane County Cemetery. Arrangements by Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home. She was born in DeKalb and was a longtime resident of Crane. She was Christian. SURVIVORS: Sons, Wilburn Petree of Levelland and Bob Petree of Crane; daughter, Linda Edwards of Crane; brother, James John Kennedy of Crane; sisters, Jo Ann Myers of Arbuckle, Calif., and Shirley Stienberg of Crane; seven grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. LaVell Bradford ODESSA - LaVell Bradford, 79, of Odessa died Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2001, at her residence. Services are pending with Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. Santos Garza ODESSA - Santos "Jungle Jim" Garza, 64, of Odessa died Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2001, at Medical Center Hospital. Services are pending with Martinez Funeral Home. Copyright © 2000, 2001 Odessa American. All rights reserved.