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   OA Online Obituaries.
   
August 11, 2001

Permian Basin Obituaries

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   Elizabeth M. Johnson
   ODESSA  Elizabeth M. Johnson, 76, of Odessa passed away Thursday, Aug.
   9,  2001,  at  Medical Center Hospital. She was born Aug. 29, 1924, in
   Gunnison, Colo.
   Mrs.  Johnson  moved  to  Odessa  in  1962.  She  was  a retired sales
   representative for Sears, Roebuck and Co.
   She is survived by sons, Steven E. Johnson and wife Margaret of Kettle
   Falls,  Wash., Stanley E. Johnson and wife Leslie of Topeka, Kan., and
   Wade  Johnson  and  wife  Cody  of  Sagle,  Idaho; daughter, Katherine
   Kernodle  and  husband  Rex  of  Omaha,  Neb.;  brother,  Clarence  E.
   Skellenger   of   Ridgefield,   Wash.;  sister,  Marie  Skellenger  of
   Ridgefield; 10 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
   Services  will  be  held  at  2  p.m. today, Aug. 11, 2001, at Antioch
   Christian Church with Steve Johnson officiating. Interment will follow
   at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
   Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
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   Donald Dale Porter
   ODESSA  Donald  Dale Porter, 67, of Blanket died Friday, Aug. 3, 2001,
   at Brownwood Regional Medical Center.
   He  was born April 15, 1934, in Indian Creek. He retired from Phillips
   Petroleum  Co. after 40 years. He was raised in Brown County and lived
   in  Odessa  from 1952 until moving back to Blanket in 1996. He married
   Rowena Moad on June 4, 1960, in Odessa. He was Baptist. He was an Army
   veteran of the Korean War.
   Memorial  services will be at 2 p.m. today, Aug. 11, 2001, at Frank W.
   Wilson   Funeral   Directors   Chapel  with  the  Rev.  Griffin  Jones
   officiating.
   He  is  survived  by his wife, Rowena Porter of Blanket; two daughters
   and  sons-in-law,  Connie  and  Kendal  Smith  of  Brownwood and Cindi
   Linette  and  David  Wilkerson  of  Odessa; four grandchildren, Angela
   Naquin  and  husband  Corey  of  Louisiana, Jodie Crocker of Colorado,
   Justin  Crocker  of  Texas  and Cory Porter Wilkerson of Odessa; three
   great-grandchildren,  Graham, Gabriella and Zoe, all of Louisiana; and
   two sisters, Virginia Farling and Faye Dorf, both of California.
   Arrangements by Davis-Morris Funeral Home.
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   Alpha O. Howard
   ODESSA Alpha O. Howard, age 87, of Odessa passed away Friday, Aug. 10,
   2001, at her residence.
   Services  are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Monday, Aug. 13, 2001, at First
   United Methodist Church in Sunray with Kermit Bell officiating. Burial
   will follow at Lane Memorial Cemetery.
   Services  will  be  under the direction of Morrison Funeral Directors.
   Local arrangements are by Sunset Memorial Funeral Home.
   Alpha  O.  Howard  was born Nov. 11, 1913, in Haskell to Shelby Coffee
   Bell  and  Willie Elizabeth Boles Bell. She married Ben Howard on Jan.
   7,  1939, in Clinton, Okla. She and her husband had owned and operated
   Sunray  Hardware  and Furniture for over 40 years. Ben preceded her in
   death in 1982.
   She  and  Ben enjoyed traveling and fishing. They traveled to Colorado
   yearly  for  many years to fly fish. One thing she enjoyed so much was
   to  cook.  She  was  a loving mother and grandmother and enjoyed being
   with her family and friends.
   Survivors  include her daughters, Linda Kay Sweatt and husband Charles
   of Odessa and Annetta Poe and husband Alton of Midland; a sister, Jean
   Bain  of Colorado Springs, Colo.; sisters-in-law, Nita Bell of Fritch,
   Monta  Holt  of  Tularosa,  N.M., VaLois Bell of Fritch, Betty Bell of
   Clarendon  and  Lela Bell of Fritch; grandchildren, Scott and Judy Poe
   of  St.  Cloud,  Fla., Chuck Sweatt of Dallas, Steve and Alisha Poe of
   Cedar Park, Susan Sweatt of Odessa, Craig and Kelley Poe of The Colony
   and  Greg and Kris Sweatt of Sugar Land; five great-grandchildren; and
   numerous nieces and nephews.
   The family suggests memorials be made to Community Care Hospice.
   The   family  also  wishes  to  express  appreciation  to  her  loving
   caregivers.
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