Ector Co. TX - Obits from the Odessa American Online 3 March 2001

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                           OA Online Obituaries.
                                      
                               March 03, 2001
                                      
                          Permian Basin Obituaries
                                      
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                       [INLINE] Cecil Vernon Driggers
                                      
   MARBLE FALLS Cecil Vernon Driggers was born Oct. 20, 1920, in Seymour
   to Odessa and Hubert Driggers and died Feb. 28, 2001, in Marble Falls
                            at 80 years of age.
                                      
   Mr. Driggers grew up in Olney and married Johnie Henry Dec. 25, 1938,
    in Wickett. During World War II, he was stationed at Camp Roberts in
      Paso Robles, Calif., and later returned to Wickett to raise his
                                  family.
                                      
     Mr. Driggers worked for Gulf Oil Co. for 13 years until he began a
   construction company with his dad and brothers. He later started C.V.
   Driggers Construction Co. in Odessa with his sons. He was a member of
    the Church of Christ in Burnet and at one time served as a preacher
                          and elder in Jonestown.
                                      
   He is survived by his wife of 62 years as well as three sons and their
    wives: John and Judy of Bronte, Max and Sandy of Austin and Sid and
     Ruth of Odessa. His brothers and their wives are: Joe and Melba of
     Arlington, Harold and Hazel of Brownwood and Jerry and Shirlen of
   Arlington. Mr. Driggers is also survived by eight grandchildren and 12
      great-grandchildren as well as many friends throughout West and
                               Central Texas.
                                      
   Mr. Driggers requested that he be cremated. A private memorial service
     for his family will be held today, March 3, 2001, in Marble Falls.
                                      
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                         Vallie Myrtle Bickerstaff
                                      
    BASTROP Vallie Myrtle Bickerstaff, 77, of Bastrop departed from this
                            life Feb. 27, 2001.
                                      
     She is survived by her husband, Ted Bickerstaff Sr.; sons, Martin
    Gordon, Ted Bickerstaff Jr. and Tim Bickerstaff; daughters, Rebecca
       Jones and Virginia Bickerstaff; brothers, James Sessions, Otis
        Sessions and Kenneth Sessions; a sister, Frances Blue; eight
               grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
                                      
    Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. today at Fairview Cemetery in
                                  Bastrop.
                                      
         Arrangements by Marrs-Jones Newby Funeral Home in Bastrop.
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