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                           OA Online Obituaries.
                                      
                               April 10, 2001
                                      
                          Permian Basin Obituaries
                                      
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Omar Lamar Kay

   ROBERT LEE Omar Lamar Kay, 81, of Alpine, died Saturday evening, April
   7, 2001, while visiting in Robert Lee.
   
   Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 11, 2001, at
   United Methodist Church in Robert Lee. The Rev. Tom Garmon, pastor of
   Alpine First United Methodist Church, and the Rev. Jim Reeves, pastor
   of the Robert Lee United Methodist Church, will officiate. Burial will
   follow at the Robert Lee Cemetery. Arrangements are made by Shaffer
   Funeral Home.
   
   Lamar Kay was born Jan. 3, 1920, in Stephenville, Texas. During World
   War II, he served three years in the 36th Division Infantry of the
   U.S. Army. He served in North Africa, Italy, Germany and France.
   Following the war, he attended Sul Ross State College in Alpine, where
   he met Alta Bell Bilbo. They were married Aug. 24, 1947, in the Robert
   Lee United Methodist Church.
   
   Lamar received his degree from Sul Ross in 1948 and was employed by
   the U.S. Department of Agricultures Soil Conservation Service. He
   served in Texas SCS offices at Childress, Lubbock and Van Horn, then
   moved back to Alpine in 1952. He discovered an unclassified grass that
   still carries his name, Kayii. He retired in 1976.
   
   Lamar was a life member of the American Legion Post 0079, the Disabled
   American Veterans of Texas and the Paralyzed Veterans of America.
   Following vascular surgery in 1987, Lamar was told he would never walk
   again. But, he proved them wrong and walked until the time of his
   death.
   
   As a dedicated Mason, he was a member of the Alpine Chapter of the
   Grand Royal Arch Chapters of Texas, the Alpine Lodge 766 of the Grand
   Lodge of Texas, the Alpine Council No. 342 of the Grand Council and
   the Alpine Grand Commandry No. 90 of the Knights Templar of Texas. He
   was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Alpine, an avid
   fisherman, hunter and golfer, and he enjoyed his travels to many
   different countries.
   
   Lamar was preceded in death by his parents, Omar C. Kay and Gertrude
   Kay, and one brother, John Sid Kay. He is survived by his wife of 53
   and a half years, Alta Bell Kay; one daughter and son-in-law, Jan and
   Bobby Hungate of Waco; one son and daughter-in-law, Mark and Judy Kay
   of Andrews; one granddaughter, Kara Edwards of Waco; and two
   grandsons, Nicholas Kay of Andrews and Kayce Hungate of Waco. He is
   also survived by a sister-in-law, Judy Kay, and daughter, Carolyn, of
   Fort Worth. Other in-laws are: Bob and Jamie Boren of Robert Lee, Jo
   Ann and Jarvis Littlefield of Grove, Okla., Janet Rathmell of Mertzon
   and numerous nieces and nephews.
   
   Pallbearers will be Tom Boren of Lubbock, John Boren of Snyder, Jerry
   and Rick Littlefield of Grove, Okla., Sandy Evans of Arlington, Steve
   Evans of Mineral Wells and Ben and Randy Bessent of Robert Lee.
   Honorary pallbearers are Jarvis Littlefield of Grove, Okla., Bob Boren
   of Robert Lee, C.D. McCollister of Alpine and Dr. Sam Little of
   Alpine.
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Betty Jane Taylor Rhodes

   Betty Jane Taylor Rhodes, 72, of Odessa passed away Sunday, April 8,
   2001, at Medical Center Hospital. Betty was born September 4, 1928, in
   Breckenridge, Texas.
   
   She was preceded in death by her parents, Art and Annie Taylor,
   brothers, Karl, Jack, Bill, Duggan and J.P., sisters, Nadine and
   Maydale, sons, Artie and Eddie Rhodes.
   
   Betty is survived by, husband Jimmie Rhodes of Odessa; daughter,
   Johnnie Rhodes of Odessa; son, Jim Tom Rhodes of Morgan Hill, Calif.;
   daughter-in-law, Cathy Rhodes Fickes of Anchorage, Alaska; sisters,
   Waldine Barr of Stephenville and Bonnie Murff of El Paso; brother,
   Sonny Taylor of El Paso; grandson, Jimmie Rhodes of Gainesville, Fla.;
   granddaughters, Tracey Taylor of Port Orchard, Wash. Donella Vieiro of
   Las Vegas, Nev., and Katie Rhodes of San Jose, Calif.; great-grandson,
   Lawrence Taylor of Port Orchard; and numerous nieces, nephews, great
   nieces and great nephews and great-great-nieces and nephews.
   
   Memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, April 12, 2001, at
   Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Ronnie Fields
   officiating.
   
             Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
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