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                           OA Online Obituaries.
                                      
                               July 03, 2001
                                      
                          Permian Basin Obituaries
                                      
                                      
   Myrtle Bell
   ODESSA Myrtle Bell, 82, of Odessa passed away Sunday, July 1, 2001, at
   Medical Center Hospital. She was born April 22, 1919, in Whiteflat.
   She married William David Bell on May 17, 1936, in Doole. He preceded
   her in death in 1988.
   Mrs. Bell moved to Odessa in 1948. She was a homemaker and a member of
   Eisenhower Church of Christ. She was a loving mother and a devoted
   Christian.
   She was preceded in death by her son, Billy Bell; sisters, Ruth Bell
   and Belle Day; and brothers, Roy Stegal and John Will Rollins.
   She is survived by sons, Lee Roy Bell of Odessa and Don Bell of
   Oklahoma City, Okla.; daughters, Lula Duncan and Jo Anne Pitman, both
   of Odessa; daughter-in-law, Jean Bell of Odessa; brothers, Othoe
   Stegal of Paris, Texas, and Henry Rollins of Richardson; sister, Mary
   Curby of Fairview, Okla.; 14 grandchildren; and numerous
   great-grandchildren.
   Services will be held at 2 p.m. today, July 3, 2001, at Eisenhower
   Church of Christ with Burt Groves and David Boren officiating.
   Interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
   Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
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   Maxine Rives
   McCAMEY Maxine Rives, a retired schoolteacher, went to be with the
   Lord on Saturday, June 30, 2001, after a hard-fought battle with
   cancer.
   Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today, July 3, 2001, at First
   United Methodist Church in McCamey with the Rev. Dr. Ernest Easley
   officiating. Interment will follow at Resthaven Cemetery in McCamey
   with services under the direction of Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home.
   Maxine was born Oct. 22, 1926, to the Rev. O.O. and Betty Moore in
   Chapman Ranch.
   Mrs. Rives taught school for 38 years. She served on the school board
   of trustees in McCamey after retirement. She married Billy Rives on
   Feb. 11, 1950, in San Angelo. After living in McCamey for 48 years,
   they moved to Odessa in 2000.
   She was preceded in death by her parents; a sister, Martha Ann Moore;
   a brother, Randy Moore; and a son, Riley Rives.
   She is survived by her husband, Billy Rives of Odessa; a son, Randy
   Rives and his wife Denise of Odessa; two granddaughters, Angel Thomas
   and husband John of Nashville, Tenn., and Jennifer Rives of El Paso; a
   grandson, Brandon Rives of Odessa; a brother, Dr. Barcus Moore of
   Corpus Christi; and a sister, Vera Vernon of Houston.
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   Rutha B. Yarborough
   ODESSA Rutha Bell Yarborough, 66, of Odessa passed away Sunday, July
   1, 2001.
   She was born Feb. 15, 1935, in Gonzales to Milton and Lonia DuBose.
   Rutha came to Odessa in 1952 from San Angelo. That same year, she
   married A.J. Yarborough in Brady. She enjoyed cooking and attended
   Foursquare Gospel Church in Odessa.
   Graveside services are scheduled for 11 a.m. today, July 3, 2001, at
   Sunset Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Robert Lamb of Foursquare Gospel
   Church.
   Both parents and a sister, Lillie Mae Murray, preceded her in death.
   Rutha is survived by her husband, A.J. Yarborough of Odessa; son,
   Wesley Jay Yarborough and wife Rosemarie of Odessa; daughters, Patty
   Kincheloe and husband Mike of Odessa, Kathy Chesnut and husband Roger
   of Wimberly and Joyce Ann Cooper and husband Larry of Jolton, Tenn.;
   brother, Milton DuBose of Houston; sisters, Mary Robinson and husband
   Bill of Buffalo, Geneva Joslin and husband Rex of Brady, Shirley
   Harmeier of Tomball and Helen Obonesky of Tomball; eight
   grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
            Services entrusted to Sunset Memorial Funeral Home.
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