Ector Co. TX - Obits from the Odessa American Online 25 Oct 2001

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OA Online Obituaries.

October 25, 2001 
Permian Basin Obituaries Obituaries Index


A.L. Hickerson
ODESSA - Mr. Albert L. Hickerson died Sunday, Oct. 21, 2001, at his residence.
Private memorial services will be held in Austin by his immediate family.
He was born Oct. 11, 1916, near McQueen, Okla. He married Billye Howington Bailey Dec. 29, 1962, in Odessa. She preceded him in death in 1994. His son, Russell David Hickerson, also preceded him in death Jan. 16, 2001.
Survivors include his first wife, Geraldine Hickerson of Austin, seven children, 10 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. The children are Lucretia Love Hickerson of the Seychelle Islands, Lester Brooks Hickerson of Englewood, Colo., Carl Henery Hickerson of Austin, Melanie Jane Hickerson of Austin, Cynthia Hickerson of Bastrop, Helen Deborah Hickerson Nelson of Livermore, Calif., and Riley Gerald Hickerson of Austin.
He was a member of the Texas Society of Professional Engineers, Natural Gas Processors Association, Natural Gas Men of the Permian Basin, Permian Basin Petroleum Association and The Salt Institute. He was a member of the Odessa Country Club and an avid golfer.
He was the owner of Permian Brine Sales Inc. since 1958. He installed the first brine well for the mining of salt for use as a drilling fluid in the Permian Basin. Originally, he had worked for Phillips Petroleum Co. for 20 years in various supervisory, engineering and operating positions.
All memorials are to be made to Alzheimer's Association, the Great West Texas Chapter, at 707 Jefferson Ave., Odessa, Texas, 79761.
Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
 


Joe W. Hill
ODESSA - Joe W. Hill passed away Tuesday morning, Oct. 23, 2001, at Avalon Place in Odessa.
Services are scheduled for 1 p.m. today, Oct. 25, 2001, at Sunset Memorial Chapel with Johnny Thomason and Robert Black officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
Joe W. Hill was born April 26, 1918, in Temple to J.J. and Alice Hill. He had worked as a police officer in Temple for five years before moving to Odessa April 1, 1958. He married Rita T. Ratliff Aug. 28, 1982, in Odessa.
Joe worked for the Odessa Police Department for 24 years before retirement in 1981. He was a former constable of precinct No. 4 in Odessa and had also worked as a security guard at the American Bank of Commerce for five years after retiring from the police force.
Joe was a member of Temple Baptist Church, a lifetime member of Fraternal Order of Eagles, the Andy G. Vaughn Masonic Lodge and the El Maida Shriners and the Odessa Chuck Wagon Gang.
His seven brothers, B.D., Glen, Stanley, Flay, Leonard, Earl and William Hill, and a sister, Virginia, preceded him in death.
Survivors include his wife, Rita T. Hill of Odessa; a daughter, Martha Jo Black and her husband Robert of Plainview; a stepson, Ned Lee Ratliff and his wife Nancy Jane of San Antonio; a stepdaughter, Jean Wills and husband Ted of Odessa; a brother, Wayland Hill of Temple; sisters-in-law, Johnnie Mae Hill and her son Johnny of Temple, Marjorie Hill of The Woodlands and Margie Hill of Huntsville; grandchildren, Clint and Kristen Black and their son Samuel Clint Black of Shreveport, La., and Sarah Ellen Miller of Waco; three nieces; and 12 nephews.
 


Minnie Lee Perry
ODESSA - Minnie Lee Perry, 64, of Odessa passed away Sunday, Oct. 21, 2001, at her residence. She was born Nov. 7, 1936, in Farmerville, La.
Mrs. Perry moved to Odessa in 1972. She was a longtime employee of T&L Grocery & AM Van Line. She was a member of University Church of Christ.
She was preceded in death by a son, Toby Burns in 1996.
She is survived by a son, James Paul Burns of Gatesville; daughters, Cathy Steadham of Odessa and Kim Hernandez of San Antonio; brothers, Mack Bearden, Vaughn Bearden and Bobby Bearden, all of Farmerville, La.; sister, Audrey Brooks of Pinebluff, Ark.; 13 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and former husband, Clyde Benford of Soddy Daisy, Tenn.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 28, 2001, at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home Chapel with Robbie Van Stavern officiating.
Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.