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   OA Online Obituaries.
   
August 05, 2001

Permian Basin Obituaries

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   Melva Anthony
   Odessa  Melva  Anthony, age 67, of Odessa, passed away on Friday, Aug.
   3, 2001, in Odessa.
   Services  are  scheduled  for  2 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2001, at Sunset
   Memorial  Gardens  Chapel.  Burial  will  follow  at  Sunset  Memorial
   Gardens.
   Melva  Jean  Anthony  was born Feb. 5, 1934, in Seminole to Walter and
   Queenie  Bruce.  She  and  her  family came to Odessa in 1971 when her
   husband, James, retired from the Air Force.
   Melva  was employed with the school district for 13 years, retiring in
   1984.  She had worked most of her time at Blackshear Elementary in the
   cafeteria. She loved to read.
   Survivors  include  her  sons,  James  Anthony  Jr.  and wife Weida of
   Denton, and Mike Anthony and wife Bonnie of Odessa; a daughter, Debbie
   Sweeden  and  husband  Benny  of  Odessa; her mother, Queenie Bruce of
   Lamesa; a brother, Bob Bruce and wife Rita of Lamesa; a sister, Wyvone
   ONeal   and   husband  Pat  of  Houston;  10  grandchildren  and  five
   great-grandchildren.
   Her husband and father preceded her in death.
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   Mabel Howard
   MCCAMEY  Mabel  Lane  Howard,  91,  of McCamey, died Saturday, Aug. 4,
   2001, at Medical Center Hospital in Odessa.
   Funeral  services  will  be  held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2001, at
   First  United  Methodist  Church  with  the Revs. Jodie Windbigier and
   Sheldon Johnson officiating. Burial will follow at the Rankin Cemetery
   with  services  under the direction of Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home of
   McCamey.
   Mrs. Howard was born on Feb. 22, 1910, in Upton County, Texas. She was
   a  lifetime  resident  of  Upton County. She was a housewife and was a
   member  of  the  Womens  Study Club. She served on the Rankin Cemetery
   Association  Board,  and  was  a  member of the First United Methodist
   Church.
   She  was  preceded  in  death by her parents, John and Allie Lane; her
   husband, Harry Howard in 1983; and a daughter, Sondra Storie in 1984.
   Survivors include a son, Scott Skidmore of Reno, Nev.; grandsons, John
   Storie  and  wife  Debbie  of  McCamey,  and  Neal  Storie  of Austin;
   great-grandchildren,  Lane  and  Jonathan  Storie, and Becky and Jacob
   Roever, all of McCamey; sister-in-law, Velma Barron of San Angelo; and
   lifelong friend Paul Patterson of Crane.
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   Ann Slade 
   Shreveport  Ann  Slade,  age 90, of Odessa, passed away in Shreveport,
   La. on Friday, Aug. 3, 2001.
   Services  are  scheduled  for 9 a.m. Monday, August 6, 2001, at Sunset
   Memorial  Chapel  with Chaplain Jim Ray Brown officiating. Burial will
   follow  at  Sunset  Memorial Gardens. A visitation will be held from 6
   p.m. to 7:30 p.m. today at the funeral home.
   Mrs.  Slade  was  born  Jan. 26, 1911, in DeLeon to William and Martha
   Carnes.  She  came  to  Odessa  around 1935. Ann had attended Immanuel
   Baptist Church and was a sitter and companion for many over the years.
   Survivors  include her son, Dub Slade and his wife Patricia; a sister,
   Billie  Little  of  Irving;  sisters-in-law,  Jimmie Carnes of Odessa,
   Katherine  Carnes  of  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  and Blanche Carnes of
   Odessa;  also  numerous nieces and nephews. Seven brothers and sisters
   preceded her in death.
   Services are under the care of Sunset Memorial Funeral Home.
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