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                           OA Online Obituaries.
                                      
                              January 06, 2001
                                      
                          Permian Basin Obituaries
                                      
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                          John Papa John Griffith
                                      
    ODESSA - John "Papa John" Griffith, 80 years of age, passed away on
       January 5, 2001 at his Odessa residence after a brief illness.
                                      
   He was born on November 18, 1920 in Walmount, Canada to Jay and Betsy
                                 Griffith.
                                      
     Mr. Griffith was a self-employed truck driver and he served in the
      U.S. Army during WWII. He was preceded in death by a son, Sonny
                                 Griffith.
                                      
    He is survived by sons, Jimmy Griffith of Arizona, Christian Ray of
    Georgia and Wayne Lipford of Odessa; daughters, Mary Adkisson, Vicky
      Callahan and Heather Mooney, all of Odessa, and Tina Merchant of
   Missis-sippi; sister, Thelma Gene of California; 36 grandchildren; 28
           great-grandchildren; and 13 great-great-grandchildren.
                                      
   There will be a visitation at Odessa Funeral Home from 9 a.m. until 9
                                p.m. today.
                                      
   A memorial service will be held on Sunday at 5:30 p.m. at 1001 W. 21st
                Street in Odessa. Interment will be private.
                                      
                      Services by Odessa Funeral Home.
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                              Edward Lee Lewis
                                      
      ODESSA Edward Lee Lewis, 67, of Midland went to be with the Lord
     Thursday, Jan. 4, 2001, at Medical Center Hospital after a lengthy
                           battle with his heart.
                                      
     Services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral
        Home Chapel. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
                                      
   Mr. Lewis was born May 7, 1933 in Donna, Texas, to Ira & Della Lewis,
                         who preceded him in death.
                                      
   Mr. Lewis married Gladys Lewis June 1, 1952 and worked and retired at
                        El Paso Products in Odessa.
                                      
    Survivors include his wife and best friend, Gladys Lewis of Midland,
     sons, Eddie Lewis Jr. & wife Julie, Mike Lewis and wife Beth Anne,
   daughters, Cathy Betzel, Sharon Burns and husband Buddy, sister, Helen
      Kirkpatrick of Andrews, known and loved as Papa to them were his
     grandchildren, Adam, Mandy, Amy, Stefanie, Lindsey, Sara, Karissa,
    Bobby, Tiffany, Dakota & Kaytlynn and great-granddaughter, Makayla.
     Aunts, Grace Holland and Arlene Pack, uncle, Buck Holland and many
                            nieces and nephews.
                                      
         You will always be loved and missed by all, May God Bless.
                                      
             Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
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