Ector Co. TX - Obits from the Odessa American Online November 24, 2001 Submitted by Charlene Beatty Beauchamp cbodessa@classicnet.net Thanks to the Odessa American Online http://www.oaoa.com/ ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** OA Online Obituaries. Permian Basin Obituaries Copyright © 2000, 2001 Odessa American. All rights reserved ============================================================================================ November 24, 2001 Permian Basin Obituaries Obituaries Index Iva Jennings Smiley ODESSA - Iva Smiley passed away Friday, Nov. 23, 2001, at Medical Center Hospital. She is preceded in death by her mother, Beatrice Graham and stepfather, P.F. Graham of Odessa. She is also preceded in death by her father, Ike Jennings, and stepmother Juanita Jennings of Midland. Her sister, Linda Bowers Cherry of Kilgore also preceded her in death. Iva Smiley was born in Hobbs, N.M., on July 2, 1937. She went to school in Seminole for six years before coming to Odessa. She went to Bowie Junior High and graduated from Odessa High School. Iva is survived by her husband, Harvey Smiley of Odessa; five children, Allen Dale Owensby and wife Patricia; Juanita Lee Russell and husband Dennis; James Basil Hooper Jr., Walter Robert Hooper and Anjanette Smiley, all of Odessa. She has three stepchildren, Susan Zemlock and Sherry Davis, whom she held very dear, and Marian Miller of Shreveport. There are 11 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren, not counting the step great-grandchildren. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, Nov. 26, 2001, at Faith Tabernacle Assembly of God with Rev. Scott Sprouse officiating. Interment will follow at Ector County Cemetery. Iva Smiley was a legal secretary and she worked at Southwestern Bell for a time. Her final and best job was being part owner and dispatcher at Rolling Homes Rental, Inc. where she met and made many friends over the years. Services have been entrusted to Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors. www.wilsonfuneral.com Iva Lee Williams Stewart TYLER - Services for Iva Lee Williams Stewart, 89, of Odessa will be at 3:30 p.m. today, Nov. 24, 2001, at Burks Walker Tippit Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Sherman Mayfield officiating. Burial will be at Williams Cemetery under the direction of Burks Walker Tippit Funeral Directors. Mrs. Stewart died Monday, Nov. 19, 2001, at an Odessa nursing home. She was born March 10, 1912, in Omen Community. She had been a resident of Tyler for 40 years and moved to Odessa in the 1970s. She was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church in Odessa and Bethel Baptist New Chapel Hill and a homemaker. She married Roy Williams on Nov. 17, 1928. He passed away Sept. 16, 1983. She then married Ben Stewart on May 10, 1991. She was valedictorian of her graduating class at Arp High School. She is survived by her husband, Benjamin F. Stewart of Odessa; daughter and son-in-law, Jerrie and Jimmy Smith of Odessa; brothers, George H. Arnold Sr. of Refugio and Billy R. Arnold Sr. of Universal City; grandchildren, J. Scott Smith and wife Grace of Odessa and Tana L. Cooper and husband Steven of Schertz; great-grandchildren, Joe McFarland of Schertz and Lillian and William Smith of Odessa; and stepchildren, James Stewart, Tilda Jones and Martha Hector. Pallbearers will be Kendall C. Williams, T.L. Williams, Louis H. Arnold, Billy J. Arnold, Jesse Copeland, Billy R. Arnold Jr., Ralph D. Parman and Don Williams. Jo Ann Jernigan SAN ANTONIO - Jo Ann Jernigan of San Antonio, formerly of Odessa, passed away on Saturday, November 17, 2001, at the age of 75. She was born on February 18, 1926. Her husband, Vernon Hubert Jernigan, preceded her in death. Survivors include her daughters, Verna Lynn Jernigan and Cheryl Thomas and her husband, Dickey, one grandson, Michael, and a host of other loving family members and friends. Private services were held Friday, November 23, 2001. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, 8115 Datapoint Dr., San Antonio, TX 78229 Copyright © 2000, 2001 Odessa American. All rights reserved.