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                           OA Online Obituaries.
                                      
                                May 03, 2001
                                      
                          Permian Basin Obituaries
                                      
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   Morris Dennis Hart
   
   ODESSA Morris Dennis Hart, age 83, of Odessa died Tuesday, May 1,
   2001, at Medical Center Hospital. He was born May 25, 1917, in
   Stonewall County.
   
   Graveside services will be at held at 2 p.m. today, May 3, 2001, at
   Aspermont Cemetery in Aspermont with the Rev. Bobby Earl Hart
   officiating.
   
   Mr. Hart married Virginia Baker in Medford, Ore., in 1944. They moved
   to Odessa 27 years ago from Seagraves. He served in the U.S. Army
   during World War II. He retired from Western in 1982.
   
   He is survived by his wife, Virginia Hart of Odessa; nephews, Bobby
   Hart, Dennis Hart and Milburn Bransford; and nieces, Sue Richardson,
   Rose Marie Simmons, Cheryl Sentel, Karen Van Patton, Shirley McCree,
   Jerri Cole and Dian Hart.
   
   Throughout Morris life, he touched a lot of people with his kindness
   and heart-felt chuckle. He will be missed by many.
   
   Arrangements by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors.
   
   (www.wilsonfuneral.com)
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   David E. Lawrence
   
   MIDLAND David E. Lawrence died Tuesday, May 1, 2001, in Midland.
   
   A visitation has been set from 6 to 8 p.m. today, May 3, 2001, at
   Ellis Funeral Home in Midland. Funeral services have been scheduled
   for 10 a.m. Friday, May 4, 2001, at Ellis Funeral Home Chapel with
   Rev. Don Palmer officiating.
   
   David E. Lawrence was born Aug. 21, 1934, in Quitman to Owen and
   Jewell Lawrence. He graduated from Quitman High School June 1, 1951.
   David was the high school senior class president, three-year high
   school football letterman and a pilot for 20 years. Mr. Lawrence
   served in the U.S. Navy from 1952 to 1955 as an aviation structural
   mechanic, last stationed at Sanford, Fla. He then served on reserve
   status from 1955 to 1960. Dave worked in the Permian Basin oil fields
   after leaving the Navy, last working for Bob Keating as an aircraft
   mechanic in Odessa. On Dec. 21, 1991, he married Mildred Louise
   Blewett in Odessa. David was a member of Aircraft Owners and Pilots
   Association.
   
   David was preceded in death by his parents and his first wife, JoAnn
   Lawrence.
   
   He is survived by his wife, Mildred Louise Lawrence of Midland; his
   three sons, David K. Lawrence of Tomball, Jesse Blewett and his wife
   Leta of Midland and Vernon Andrew Blewett of Odessa; his daughter,
   Brenda K. Lawrence of Odessa; his six brothers, Owen Lawrence of
   Quitman, John Lawrence of Mineola, Jerry VanDusen of Houston, Walter
   VanDusen of Mesquite, Kenneth VanDusen of Grand Prairie and Bill
   VanDusen of Odessa; a sister, Martha Jo Morris of Odessa; two
   grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and
                                  nephews.
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