Ector Co. TX - Obits from the Odessa American Online December 28, 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 28, 2001 Haskell Baker ODESSA - Haskell Baker, 83, of Odessa, a retired welder for Shell Pipeline Co., died Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2001, at Medical Center Hospital. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. today at Sunset Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Dr. Jimmy Braswell officiating. Arrangements by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors. He was born in Pittsburgh, Okla., and moved to Odessa in 1958. He was an Army veteran of World War II. SURVIVORS: Son, Ronnie Baker of Texas; daughter, Donna K. Allen of Graham; brothers, Willard Baker of Ardmore, Okla., and Wayne Baker of Abilene; sister, Mary E. Harrell of Carlsbad, N.M.; six grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. LaVell Bradford ODESSA - LaVell Bradford, 79, of Midland, a retired waitress, died Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2001, at her residence. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Jim Ray Brown officiating. Burial will follow at Odessa Cemetery. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. She was born in Mingus. She was Pentecostal. SURVIVORS: Son, Lloyd Clark of Tampa, Fla.; brother, George Bradford of El Paso; two granddaughters; and two great-grandchildren. Glenda Hewitt POST - Glenda Sparlin Hewitt, 52, of Post, a homemaker, died Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2001, at her residence. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Graham Chapel Church of Christ with David Joyner and Bobby Cowdrey officiating. Burial will follow at Terrace Cemetery. Arrangements by Justice-Mason Funeral Home. She was born in Lubbock and had been a resident of Odessa. She was a member of the Church of Christ. SURVIVORS: Sons, Nicky Hewitt and Brent Hewitt, both of Post; mother, JoElla Sparlin of Post; brothers, Bud Sparlin of Snyder and David Sparlin of Post; and two grandchildren. Neva Johnson ODESSA - Neva E. Johnson, 87, of Abilene, a retired insurance agent and stockbroker, died Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2001, at a nursing home in Clyde. Services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Harold Fleming officiating. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Elliott-Hamil Funeral Home. She was born in Comanche and had been a resident of Odessa. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Son, Howard E. Johnson of Oklahoma City; daughters, June Grigsby of Lake Brownwood and Tennie McCarty of Buffalo Gap; brother, M.K. Tanner of Tulare, Calif.; sister, Lillie Criner of Kaufman; 11 grandchildren; and 22 great-grandchildren. Irma Meise ELLWOOD CITY, Pa. - Irma D. Meise, 90, of Ellwood City, Pa., a homemaker, died Sunday, Dec. 23, 2001, at St. Francis Medical Center in Pittsburgh. Services will be at 11 a.m. EST today at Marshall Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Tod Custer officiating. Burial will be at Sylvania Hills Memorial Park in Rochester, Pa. Arrangements by Marshall Funeral Home. She was born in Pittsburgh. She was Presbyterian. SURVIVORS: Son, Carl W. Meise Jr. of Odessa; daughter, Suzanne Ierino of Ellwood City; sister, Ruth Upperman of Pittsburgh; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Leeaner Moffett ODESSA - Leeaner Moffett, 100, of Odessa, a homemaker, died Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2001, at Seabury Nursing Home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Greater St. John Missionary Baptist Church with the Rev. E.J. Miller officiating. Burial will be at Rose Hill Cemetery. Arrangements by Martinez Funeral Home. SURVIVORS: Nieces, Mertha Sumuel of Los Angeles, Estella Willard, Frankie Lewis, Bertha Sumuel and Lora Davis, all of Odessa. Joan Sherman AUSTIN - Joan Sherman, 72, of Austin died Thursday, Dec. 27, 2001, at her residence. Services are pending with Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors. Copyright © 2000, 2001 Odessa American. All rights reserved.