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                           OA Online Obituaries.
                                      
                                May 31, 2001
                                      
                          Permian Basin Obituaries
                                      
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   Opal Jones
   ROTAN Opal Jones, 89, of Rotan died May 28, 2001, at the Fisher County
   Hospital. Services were at 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 30, 2001, in the
   Rotan Church of Christ. Burial followed in the Belvieu Cemetery under
   the direction of Weathersbee Funeral Home of Rotan.
   Mrs. Jones was born Nov. 2, 1911, in Bryson to the late Mr. and Mrs.
   Gid Senn. She married Alton Jones in Aspermont Jan. 10, 1926. He died
   April 24, 1966.
   Mrs. Jones had lived in the Rotan area most of her adult life. She was
   a member of the Church of Christ.
   Mrs. Jones was preceded in death by her parents, her husband and two
   sons, Hubert Jones of Rotan, June 6, 1997, and Dean Jones of Tularosa,
   N.M., July 21, 2000.
   Survivors include a son, Clifton Jones and wife Doris of Odessa; a
   sister, Ruby Jenkins of Abilene; two daughters-in-law, LaVada Jones of
   Rotan and Mary Jones of Tularosa; eight grandchildren, Linda Nelson,
   Buddy Jones, Gail Stoecker, Kenneth Jones, Kevin Jones, Debbie Salmon,
   Dianne Talbert and Mike Jones; 16 great-grandchildren; two
   great-great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
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   Margaret Newman
   ODESSA Margaret Newman, age 72, of Odessa passed away at her residence
   May 29, 2001.
   Graveside services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday, June 1, 2001 at
   Sunset Memorial Gardens. The family will receive visitors from 6 to 8
   p.m. Thursday night at the funeral home. Services are under the
   direction of Sunset Memorial Funeral Home.
   Margaret was born Feb. 1, 1929. She married John Newman Oct. 13, 1945.
   She had been a resident of Odessa for 46 years. Margaret worked as a
   licensed vocational nurse for many years. She was preceded in death by
   her husband, John Taylor Newman; brothers, Roy Edward Speed, Lonnie
   Speed and Billy Jean Speed; and a sister, JoAnn Speed.
   Survivors include her son, J. Frank Newman of Midland; daughters,
   Mitzie Jo Shoemake of Odessa and Debbie Lynn McLaughlin of Austin; a
   brother, Gerald Wayne Speed of Kermit; a sister, Anita Gail Burnett of
   Kermit; four grandchildren, Nikki Dawn Brown, Paula Janeen Ward,
   Natalie McLaughlin and Taylor Dean Newman; and great-grandchildren,
   Alixe Ward, Carly Ward, Rebecca Brown and Zachariah Brown.
   The family requests memorial donations to Community Care Hospice.
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   Laura Sullivan
   ODESSA Laura Faye Sullivan, 76, of Odessa died Monday, May 28, 2001,
   at her residence. She was born Feb. 1, 1925, in Grainola, Okla., to
   Thomas and Maud Johnston.
   Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, June 1, 2001, in the
   chapel of Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors with the Rev. Bill
   Heggemeier officiating. Interment will follow at Sunset Memorial
   Gardens.
   Mrs. Sullivan was raised in Roy, N.M. She married Dick Sullivan in
   1942, and they moved to Odessa in 1962. She was employed by Walgreens
   in Midland and Odessa for over 30 years. She attended First United
   Methodist Church.
   Mrs. Sullivan was preceded in death by her husband, Dick, and a
   daughter, Linda Teakell.
   She is survived by her son, Jack Sullivan of Odessa; sister, Mrs.
   Floran Hutchinson of Farmington, N.M.; brothers, Warren Johnston of
   Artesia, N.M., Robert Johnston of Fallon, Nev., and Wayne Johnston of
   Albuquerque, N.M.; four grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.
   Arrangements by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors.
                          (www.wilsonfuneral.com)
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