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                           OA Online Obituaries.
                                      
                               June 16, 2001
                                      
                          Permian Basin Obituaries
                                      
                                      
   Opal Eileen Melton
   ODESSA On Thursday, June 14, 2001, Eileen Melton went home to be with
   her Lord.
   She was born July 17, 1920, in Healdton, Okla., to Vernon and Ella
   Brandon. She married George Melton Sept. 21, 1940, and was proud to
   celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary this past year. Eileen and
   George put down roots in Odessa in 1960. She was a homemaker in the
   truest sense of the word and a very talented seamstress who created
   beautiful works with her hands. She was a self-taught painter and
   crafter who loved to share her gift with others.
   Eileen was a charter member of Central Baptist Church where she served
   in many capacities through the years. She loved her church and the
   many friends she worshipped together with.
   She was preceded in death by her father, mother, beloved stepmother
   and brother.
   Eileen is survived by her loving husband, George; daughter, Beverly
   Ford and son Donnie Melton, both of Odessa; her brother, Jess Brandon
   of Moore, Okla.; and sister, Nita Lindley of Mexia. Three
   grandchildren, Scarlet Melton, Brandon and Stacy Ford also survive
   her.
   Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m. today, June 16, 2001, at
   Central Baptist Church, 1401 N. Texas Ave., with the Rev. David
   Johnson and Dr. Ernest Easley officiating. Interment will follow at
   Sunset Memorial Gardens under the direction of Hubbard-Kelly Funeral
   Home.
   If desired, memorials can be made to the Television Ministry at First
   Baptist Church.
   Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
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   Robert Ancel Palmer Sr.
   
   ODESSA Robert Ancel Palmer Sr. died Wednesday, June 13, 2001, at the
   age of 91 years, four months and 25 days while at Medical Center
   Hospital.
   Ancel was born Jan. 19, 1910, in Center to Matthew Silvanus and Anita
   Alice Turner Palmer. His early years were spent in East Texas. Then
   the family moved to Robstown and then to Brownsville in the lower Rio
   Grande Valley.
   After completing his schooling, Ancel worked various jobs before
   beginning a long love of aviation. Ancel joined American Airlines in
   1930 where he remained until 1949. At this time, Ancel became airport
   manager in Harlingen until 1965 when he moved to Odessa.
   Ancel held a private pilots license and made his first parachute jump
   at the age of 87. This jump set a new state and regional record for
   the oldest jumper ever.
   He was also a longtime member of the Civil Air Patrol and active as a
   QB.
   During the above times, Ancel married Mary Dorothy McCarty of
   Brownsville, and they had a son, Robert Ancel Palmer Jr. He married
   Alice C. Hartman in 1945, and they celebrated over 54 years of
   marriage until her death in Odessa in October 2000.
   Daddy Ancel, as he was affectionately called by the family, is
   survived by his son, Robert Ancel Palmer Jr. and his wife Bee Bee of
   Dallas and by Barbara J.H. Johnson, his daughter, of Odessa. He is
   further survived by a sister, Dorothy Crowe and her husband, Dick and
   two grandsons, Robert Ancel Palmer III and his wife Melody of Dallas
   and G.L. J Johnson III and wife Stephanie of Oak Point. There are five
   granddaughters, Patricia Palmer Barnard and her husband John of Amelia
   Island, Fla., Janus Palmer Alberts and husband John of Austin, Julie
   Palmer of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Sudie Johnson Rogers and husband Mark
   of San Antonio and Jodie Johnson Rios and her husband Larry of Krum.
   There are five great-grandsons, five great-granddaughters and eight
   nephews.
   Graveside services will be held at 11:30 a.m. today, June 16, 2001, at
   Sunset Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Dr. Jimmy Braswell officiating.
   If desired, memorial contributions can be made to Catholic Charities
   of Odessa or the Permian Basin Food Bank.
   Arrangements by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors.
                          (www.wilsonfuneral.com)
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