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March 15, 2001 Permian Basin Obituaries _________________________________________________________________ James Henry Hoot Farrar WAXAHACHIE James Henry "Hoot" Farrar, 83, passed away Tuesday morning, March 13, 2001, at Baylor Medical Center in Dallas. He was born June 4, 1917, to Henry T. and Verda Jane (Johnson) Farrar in Henrietta, Okla. He graduated from Pharoah High School, served briefly in the U.S. Navy and was honorably discharged. He married Virginia Lee Henley on June 22, 1940, and was employed all his adult life in the oilfields of Oklahoma and Texas. He retired as a tool pusher from Well Tech in West Texas. He was an avid fisherman and hunter. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife and a sister, Mildred Paris. He is survived by two sons, Jim Farrar and his wife Ellen of Weatherford and Jerry Ray Farrar and his wife Della of Maypearl; a brother, Bob Farrar of Inola, Okla.; a sister, Juanita Lewis of Tulsa, Okla.; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. The celebration of life will be at 11 a.m. today, March 15, 2001, at the Pat Boze Memorial Chapel of the Wayne Boze Funeral Home with Brother Walter Sanders officiating. Interment will follow at the Maypearl Cemetery. Pallbearers will be James Allen, Chad Farrar, Johnny Farrar, Tobar Hensley, Jeff Hill and Jimmy Reavis. Arrangements under the direction of the Wayne Boze Funeral Home. (www.AmericanMemorials.com) _________________________________________________________________ Youtha D. Milford Gregg BIG LAKE Youtha D. Milford Gregg, 79, formerly of Kermit, died Tuesday, March 13, 2001, at Reagan Memorial Hospital in Big Lake. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday, March 16, 2001, at First Baptist Church in Kermit with Dr. Randy Houston officiating and the Rev. Ernest Wall assisting. Burial will follow at the Kermit Cemetery. Arrangements are by Cooper Funeral Chapel. Youtha was born Dec. 1, 1921, to Thomas Ellis Milford and Gaudy Abigail Bolt Milford in Red River County. She was a housewife, sales associate and seamstress. Youtha was a member of the First Baptist Church of Kermit. She and her husband, Mack, lived in Kermit 48 years. Mack preceded her in death March 26, 2000. Survivors include a son and his wife, Gerry Gregg and Anita of Big Lake; a daughter, Cynthia Bass of San Angelo; son-in-law, Jerry Bass of Eldorado; sister, Allene Thompson of Temple; sisters-in-law, Ruth Nichols of Fort Worth and Villa Gregg of Port Neches; five grandchildren, Ryan Bass and fiancee Regina Ward of Colorado City, Bradley Bass and wife Mitzi of San Angelo, Lindsey Edmiston and husband Justin of Del Rio, Cody Gregg and wife Suzanne of McAllen and Kimberly Flores and husband Steven of Mansfield; and great-grandchildren, Gracen and Gradyn Bass, Trace Edmiston, Andrew and Hannah Gregg, Isabel Flores and Kyle Ward. Pallbearers will be Jim Clark, Stanley Mulsow, Paul Forest, Gerald Speed, Thurman Cox, Larry Fernandes and Bill White. Memorials may be made to the Alzheimers Association or American Cancer Society. _________________________________________________________________ [INLINE] Kathlene Noell Stout ODESSA Kathlene Noell Stout, 82, of Odessa passed away Monday, March 12, 2001, at Medical Center Hospital after a full and active life. She was born July 18, 1918, in Addison and attended schools in Addison, Stephenville, Ralls and Lubbock. She attended Texas Tech where she was a member of Alpha Chi, an all-university honorary society, and graduated in 1939 with a bachelor of business administration degree. In August 1944, she joined the Cadet Nurses Corp and moved to Baltimore, Maryland to attend Johns Hopkins Hospital School of Nursing where she received her R.N. in August 1947. Kathlene married Fred Arthur Stout Jr. on Dec. 2, 1947. He preceded her in death in 1997. Kathlene joined the Medical Center Hospital Auxiliary in 1980. She served in several positions before serving as president from 1986 to 1987. In December 2000, she was awarded a 20-year service pin award. She was elected as memorial chairman for 13 consecutive years and worked many long hours and years to make it possible to have the new Memorial Wall. Kathlene will always be remembered because of her unselfishness to service. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church where she served throughout the years as both deacon and elder as well as treasurer of the Presbyterian Women. She was also a member of the Modern Gardeners, Twentieth Century Study Club, Symphony Guild and Odessa Forum. Her survivors include her son, Fred Arthur Stout III and his wife Kim of Paradise Valley, Ariz.; daughters, Anne K. Tyre and husband Jerry of Jacksonville, Fla., Laura R. Stout of Kerrville, Mary L. Stout of Odessa and Noell E. Ince and husband Mark of Gonzales; seven grandchildren, Natalie Tyre, Nicole Tyre, Noelle Tyre and Arthur Jerald Tyre of Jacksonville, Fla. and Ariana Ince, Mariah Ince and Thompson Ince of Gonzales. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, March 16, 2001, at the First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Sherry Holloman officiating. Public visitation will be from noon to 9 p.m. today, March 15, 2001, at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. _________________________________________________________________ [INLINE] Marshall Ivry Tarrant ODESSA Marshall Ivry Tarrant, age 86, of Odessa died Tuesday, March 13, 2001, at Medical Center Hospital. He was born Aug. 16, 1914, in Itan to Marion and Gera Surles. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 17, 2001, at Crescent Park Baptist Church with the Rev. Dr. Ernest Easley officiating. Interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Mr. Tarrant graduated from high school in Cisco. He then married Hannah Louise Rhodes, whom he met in high school. They moved to Odessa in 1942, where they raised their family. He was employed by Standard Oil, which later became Exxon, retiring in 1979. He was a member of Crescent Park Baptist Church, where he had been a Sunday school teacher and a deacon. He is survived by his son, Mike Tarrant of Odessa, and three grandchildren. Arrangements are by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors. (www.wilsonfuneral.com) _________________________________________________________________ Thomas Briton Molder Jr. TULSA, Okla. Thomas Briton Molder Jr., age 75, passed away Sunday, March 11, 2001, at his home near Imperial. Thomas was born in Shawnee, Okla., to Thomas and Clara Bertha Affentranger Molder. A retired oil producer, he had been a resident of West Texas for 30 years. He was a veteran of World War II. He was preceded in death by his parents and a son, Jerry B. Molder. Surviving are his sons, Thomas B. Molder III, Ricky T. Molder and Randy L. Molder; daughter, Sonya Molder Reed; brothers, Leslie Leroy Molder and Fred Raymond Affentranger; 15 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, March 16, 2001, at the Moores Rosewood Chapel in Tulsa, Okla. Interment will be at the Cleveland Cemetery in Cleveland, Okla. Moores Rosewood Chapel, (918) 744-1202. _________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 2000, 2001 Odessa American. All rights reserved.