Ector Co. TX - Obits from the Odessa American Online 24 March 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. March 24, 2001 Permian Basin Obituaries _________________________________________________________________ Minnie Eva Steen ODESSA Minnie Eva Steen, 95, of Odessa passed away Thursday, March 22, 2001, in Odessa after a lengthy illness. She was born May 25, 1905, in Eustace to Copeland and Cora Campbell. She married Homer T. Steen Jan. 30, 1930, in Hollis, Okla. He preceded her in death July 13, 1988. She was a homemaker and a member of Terrace Hills Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband; a daughter, Willie May Freeman; two daughters-in-law; a son-in-law; a brother; and five sisters. She is survived by sons, Bobby Steen of De Leon and Homer W. Steen of Monahans; daughters, Jean Boyd and husband Herman of McKinney, Norma Rankin and husband Leroy, and Cora Ross and husband Jimmie, all of Odessa; 14 grandchildren; 35 great-grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, March 26, 2001, at Terrace Hills Baptist Church with the Rev. Danny Willis officiating. Interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. _________________________________________________________________ Sallie Dell Hughes ODESSA Sallie Dell Hughes passed away Thursday, March 22, 2001, at Medical Center Hospital. She was born Feb. 18, 1933, in San Angelo to Lonnie and Alice Thompson. She attended college at Texas Tech where she met Boyd Hughes, and they were married May 16, 1952, in Odessa. Sallie was preceded in death by her father, Lonnie L. Thompson Sr., and brother, Lonnie L. Thompson Jr. Sallie worked for Bethlehem Supply, Republic Supply and CEMA. She enjoyed her family, grandchildren, great-grandchild and a multitude of friends. Survivors include her husband, Boyd Hughes; sons, Bryan Hughes and Jeff Hughes; three grandchildren, Cody Hughes, Jennifer Hughes and Bradley Hughes, all of Odessa; a great-grandchild, Hunter Bryan Hughes; mother, Alice Thompson; sister, Linda Duncan and husband Tom Duncan; and many nieces and nephews. Graveside services are scheduled for 10 a.m. Monday, March 26, 2001, at Sunset Memorial Gardens with Craig Martindale, pastor of Cumberland Presbyterian Church, officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors. (www.wilsonfuneral.com) _________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 2000, 2001 Odessa American. All rights reserved.