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                           OA Online Obituaries.
                                      
                               April 28, 2001
                                      
                          Permian Basin Obituaries
                                      
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LaVesta Lee Chennault

   ODESSA LaVesta Lee Chennault, 80, of Odessa passed away Thursday,
   April 26, 2001, at the Hospice House.
   
   She was born June 6, 1920, in Jayton. She worked as a bookkeeper for
   Fitz Equipment for 25 years and retired in 1990. She also worked for
   W.E. Howard, C.P.A., for over 25 years. She was a member and past
   president of the American Business Womens Association and the Odessa
   Tabernacle Church.
   
   She was preceded in death by her husband, James W. "Woody" Chennault
   Oct. 16, 1992; her parents, Ervin and Bessie Lee; and two sisters.
   
   She is survived by her son, Randy Chennault and wife Mary Anne of
   Hemet, Calif.; daughter, Sandra "Sandi" Hudman and husband Wade of
   Odessa; brother, B.R. Lee of Stephenville; six grandchildren, Olivia
   and Bryan Cook, Tammy, Brian and Cory Chennault, Megan and Jeremy
   Hudman; and a great-grandson, Tyler Cook.
   
   Services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, April 30, 2001, at the Odessa
   Tabernacle Church with the Revs. Sam Jordan and Doug Herget
   officiating. Interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
   
   Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
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Coral Scott Rankin

   RANKIN Coral Scott Rankin, 85, of Rankin died Thursday, April 26,
   2001, at Memorial Hospital and Medical Center in Midland.
   
   Services will be at 10 a.m. today, April 28, 2001, at First Baptist
   Church with the Rev. Jim Medley officiating. Burial will follow at the
   Rankin Cemetery with services under the direction of Shaffer-Nichols
   Funeral Home of Crane.
   
   Mrs. Rankin was born March 17, 1916, in Big Spring. She had been a
   longtime resident of Rankin. She was a welder and was a ship builder
   during World War II, and she was also a carpenter. She had owned an
   oilfield water sales business. She married W.E. "Billy" Rankin Jan.
   13, 1947, in McCamey. He preceded her in death Aug. 18, 1995. She was
   a Beta Sigma Phi member at large, a tournament duplicate bridge
   player, a member of the American Quarter Horse Association, a member
   of the West Texas Trail Riders Association and a member of the First
   Baptist Church.
   
   She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Kay and Jim Williams
   of Rankin; sister, Maxine Bennett of Dallas; two grandsons, Michael
   Rankin and John Williams, both of San Antonio; two
   great-grandchildren, Shelby Williams and Barrett Williams, both of San
                 Antonio; and numerous nieces and nephews.
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