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March 16, 2001 Permian Basin Obituaries _________________________________________________________________ [INLINE] Charlie Nunn Jr. MONAHANS Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday, March 17, 2001, at Shiloh Baptist Church for Charlie Nunn Jr., 59, who died Monday, March 12, 2001, at Memorial Hospital and Medical Center in Midland. Elders J.D. Stuart and A.J. Ramsey will officiate services and Mr. Nunn will be interred at Monahans Memorial Cemetery under the direction of Harkey Funeral Home. A wake prayer service will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. today at Harkey Chapel. He was born the youngest of two children to Charlie and Georgie Nunn Sept. 19, 1941, in Calvert. He moved to Grandfalls in the early 1950s and remained there until he moved to Crane in 1957. He graduated from Bethune High School in 1961 and returned to Ward County to make his home in Monahans. He was an oil technician for Getty/Texaco since January 1969 and worked for the company until his retirement in December 1998. He married Bobbie Jean Cook June 18, 1965, and during their 35 and a half years of marriage raised their four children in Monahans. Along with being a wonderful husband, father and grandfather, Mr. Nunn enjoyed hunting, fishing, gardening and good-naturedly harassing the ones he loved the most. He became a Christian in 1994 at Faith Temple Church of God in Christ and served the church as Sunday school superintendent. He is survived by his wife, Bobbie Jean Nunn; two sons, Fred Nunn and Tommie Mitchell Jr., both of Monahans; two daughters, Tangy Mitchell of Monahans and Patricia McGill of Lubbock; his mother, Georgia Nunn and a sister, Susie Smith, both of Monahans; nine grandchildren; and a host of nieces and nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins and friends. _________________________________________________________________ Anna Pauline Read LIVINGSTON Anna Pauline "Polly" Read passed away Tuesday, March 13, 2001, in Livingston. She was born March 18, 1914, in Chireno to George W. and Emma Viola Morrison. She was preceded in death by her husband, Elvin Read in 1969; two brothers, Gerster Morrison and Simon Morrison; and two sisters, Margueritte Hawkins and Daphne Woods. She was an active member of the First United Methodist Church in Odessa for 38 years and First United Methodist Church in Lufkin for 28 years. She spent countless hours working with the Society of St. Stephen helping others. She was a lifetime member in the United Methodist Women. Her project for the annual church bazaar in Lufkin was painting wood items, especially "Santas" in all sizes and shapes. Survivors include her brother and his wife, W.J. and Callie Morrison of Lufkin; her daughter and son-in-law, Daphne and Gerald Riley of Livingston; her son and daughter-in-law, Ben and Stella Read of Burkburnett; and grandchildren and spouses, Tim and Heather Newton and children Cody and Garrett of Lufkin, Anna Gay Wright and son Jared of Como, Kent and Amy Newton and children Brandie and Nikki of Lufkin, Bill and Brenda Read and son Noah of Rising City, Neb., Kasi Read of Irving, Krysla and Greg Darden of Wichita Falls and Davyd Read of College Station. She is also survived by many nieces, nephews and friends. Funeral services for Mrs. Read were held at 11 a.m. Thursday, March 15, 2001, at Cochran Funeral Home Chapel in Livingston. Interment will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 17, 2001, at Sunset Memorial Gardens in Odessa. Local services by Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Society of St. Stevens in Lufkin. _________________________________________________________________ [INLINE] Leon Snelson MIDLAND Services for Leon Snelson have been scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday, March 17, 2001, at Second Baptist Church with the Rev. Robert Kepple of Ranchland Heights Baptist Church officiating and the Rev. H.W. Erwin Jr. of Second Baptist Church assisting. Burial will follow at Resthaven Memorial Park. Arrangements are under the direction of Pipkin Funeral Home and Chapel. Visitation will be from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. today at Pipkin Funeral Home and Chapel. "Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on." "Yes," says the Spirit, "That they may rest from their labors, and their works follow them." (Rev. 14:13) Leon Snelson was born June 22, 1927, in Newcastle, Okla., to James W. and Lois Snelson. He moved with his family to Texas at an early age. Growing up on the farm and later working in the oil patch of West Texas, he learned the meaning of hard work and dedication to work well done. He later passed this on to his own family. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Shortly after being discharged, he was "doodlebugging" in Big Lake, where he met Bonnie Pace, who waited on him at the local bank. They were married May 29, 1948, in Big Lake. Their marriage has been a model of fidelity and devotion, not only to each other, but to the purpose, which God designed for their lives as partners in ministry in and through the church. God blessed them with six sons. On the basis of Gods amazing grace and prayers of a godly mother, Leons life was marvelously changed in 1951. He was working as a roughneck on a drilling rig outside of Crane and one evening he walked off the rig floor into the doghouse. There, he knelt on his knees and met his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. This started the beginning of a life dedicated to Jesus, for which he remained faithful until March 13, 2001, when the Lord saw fit to call Leon home to live eternally with Him. Believing God had called him to preach. Leon surrendered to that ministry in 1956. He served with pioneer Southern Baptist Missions in New Mexico, Colorado and California. He also had several pastorates in Texas. He had a burning passion to see people born again into the Kingdom of God. He owned and operated Snelsons Pumping Unit Service from 1980 to 1986. One son, Terry, his mother and father, a brother, Paul, and five sisters, Elsie, Evie, Effie, Emily and Marie, preceded him in death. He is survived by his wife, Bonnie of Midland, and five sons, Mike and his wife Beverly of Odessa, Denny and his wife Mona, Tim and his wife Sherry and Steve, all of Midland, and Mark and his wife Treva of Lorena. He is also survived by 13 grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, a sister, Billie Faglie and her husband Raymond of Snohamish, Wash., and a brother, Leo Snelson and his wife Mary Jim of Junction. Leon touched many lives, and he will be missed greatly by everyone. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be sent to Faith, Hope and Love International, 102 E. Lyon St., Laredo, Texas, 78040 and/or Jubilee Ministry, P.O. Box 1280, Rapid City, S.D., 57709. _________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 2000, 2001 Odessa American. All rights reserved.