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   OA Online Obituaries.
   
August 14, 2001

Permian Basin Obituaries

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   'Peggy' Lennie Mae Cook
   ODESSA  Peggy  Lennie  Mae Cook, 78, quietly passed from this life and
   went  home to be with her Lord on Aug. 11, 2001. She was born Aug. 14,
   1922,  in  Douglas  and  married Joseph Louis Cook on Nov. 5, 1939, in
   Sebastian.
   Funeral  services  are  scheduled  for 2 p.m. today, Aug. 14, 2001, at
   Tanglewood   Church   of  Christ  with  Joe  Cross  and  Roy  Smalling
   officiating.  Interment  will  follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens under
   the direction of Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
   Peggy  was  a  dedicated  Christian wife and mother who loved bringing
   people  to  Christ.  In her early years, Peggy worked as a cashier for
   the  Piggly Wiggly grocery store in Beaumont. She loved helping others
   in need. Peggy was an avid gardener who enjoyed raising vegetables and
   fruit  and  then  canning  it or giving it away to others. Even in the
   last  years  of  her  life,  she planted trees and a garden. Peggy had
   friends  all  over  the state of Texas and the United States. Her door
   was always open to not only family and friends, but to anyone in need.
   She  was  preceded  in death by her parents, Lee and Betty Rogers; her
   loving husband and best friend, Joseph Louis Cook; three brothers; and
   a sister.
   Left behind to cherish her memories are her four children, Ernest Cook
   and  his  wife  Sue  of  Beaumont,  Joe L. Cook and his wife Marsha of
   Odessa, Dwight Cook and his wife Debbie of Odessa and Judy Day and her
   husband  Lynn  of  Austin;  her  sister, Dorothy Summa and her husband
   David  of  Harlingen;  her brother, Edgar Rogers and his wife Ethel of
   Jasper;     10     grandchildren;    26    great-grandchildren;    two
   great-great-grandchildren; and a host of other extended family.
   Active  pallbearers  will  be  Todd Cook, Lee Cook, Landon Cook, Peter
   Cook,  Michael Mancias and Eric Steffens. Honorary pallbearers will be
   Stan Weber, Don Miller and Bill Bowden.
   May her religious beliefs and good deeds remain in our lives always.
   The family suggests memorial contributions be made to Odessa Christian
   School, Tanglewood Church of Christ or Victory Tree Childrens Home c/o
   Tanglewood Church of Christ.
   Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
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   Woodrow W. Eggleston
   ODESSA  Woodrow W. Eggleston, 87, passed away Saturday, Aug. 11, 2001,
   at  Parks  Methodist  Retirement  Village. He was born May 6, 1914, to
   William  Franklin  Eggleston  and Sarah Elizabeth Casteel Eggleston in
   Denton.
   Services  were  held  at  10  a.m.  Monday,  Aug.  13, 2001, at Sunset
   Memorial  Chapel  with the Rev. Griffin Jones of Temple Baptist Church
   officiating. Burial followed at Resthaven Memorial Park in Midland.
   Mr.  Eggleston  married  Leona  Marie  Williams  on March 23, 1935, in
   Lamesa  and  moved  to Odessa in 1939. He was a measurement specialist
   for  Phillips  Petroleum Co., retiring after 34 years. After retiring,
   he  moved  to Hemphill, returning to Odessa three years ago to live at
   Parks  Methodist Retirement Village. He enjoyed fishing, gardening and
   carpentry work.
   His  wife, Leona Eggleston; sisters, Myrtle Pugh and Georgia Rice; and
   brothers,  Bill,  Ottie, Emmitt and Earnest Eggleston all preceded him
   in death.
   Survivors  include  son,  Ramon Eggleston of Hemphill; daughter, Patsy
   Fisher  and husband Gene of Odessa; brother, Carl Eggleston of Odessa;
   sisters,  Anna  Bell  Smith  of  Seminole and Ione Bradford of Lamesa;
   grandchildren,  Joe  Fisher,  Sheryl  Baker  and  Christie Powell; and
   great-grandchildren,  Brent, Christopher and Audrey Baker and Dane and
   Victoria Powell.
   Memorials may be made to Hospice.
   Services are entrusted to Sunset Memorial Funeral Home.
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