Ector Co. TX - Obits from the Odessa American Online December 29, 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 ============================================================================================ December 29, 2001 Permian Basin Obituaries Obituaries Index Jim Laney ODESSA - Jim Laney, 89, of Odessa passed away Thursday, Dec. 27, 2001, at Medical Center Hospital. He was born Aug. 26, 1912, in Electra. He married Lois Treadaway on Oct. 4, 1999, in Odessa. Mr. Laney lived in West Texas since 1935. He was a welder for Gulf Oil Co. and retired in 1977. He was a member of Sherwood Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his parents; first wife of 61 years, Lilah; son, Ray Stanley Laney; a sister; and two brothers. He is survived by his wife, Lois Laney of Odessa; stepson, Calvin Lawson and wife Frankie of Odessa; stepdaughter, Faye Pool and husband Price of McCamey; sister, Quada Kirk of Midland; sisters-in-law, Jo McLauren and husband Charles of Buchanan and Jean Graham of Big Spring; grandchild, Johnsa Laney of Austin; five stepgrandchildren, Teresa McGrew, Howard Pool, Sterlene Lock, Phil Pool and Shari Harrison; 11 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Services will be held at 2 p.m. today, Dec. 29, 2001, at Sherwood Baptist Church with the Rev. Tom Hiser officiating. Graveside services will be at 4:30 p.m. at Trinity Memorial Park in Big Spring under the direction of Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. Joan Louise Sherman ODESSA - Joan Louise Sherman, age 72, left this world for a better one Thursday, Dec. 27, 2001, after a courageous battle with multiple myeloma, a form of cancer. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. today, Dec. 29, 2001, in the chapel of Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors with the Rev. Melvin Warren officiating. Interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. She left her home in Odessa and went to Austin to be with her son Ben Sherman and his family while receiving medical treatment. She sold her home in West Odessa and bought a small cottage in the community of Sunrise Beach, a small lakefront village on the shores of beautiful Lake LBJ. This small cottage was her pride and joy and she spent many happy weekends there with family and friends, watching beautiful sunsets over the lake and deer playing in her backyard. When Joan (Jo-Ann) was born Jan. 28, 1929, in Port Arthur, she was in the same hospital at the same time as her father, who had just been seriously injured in an industrial accident at the Texaco Refinery in Port Arthur. Her father later said that she was the reason he pulled through. He survived and lived to retire after serving 35 years with the company, coping with the loss of two limbs that occurred in the accident. Following his example, she never complained about her illness or her loss of health and was as active as her illness permitted right up to the last. She loved the members of her Joy Sunday school class at First Baptist and stayed in regular contact with them from Austin by phone and e-mail. Joan was preceded in death by her husband, Leon Sherman, an Odessa teacher who died July 7, 1999, and her parents, John B. and Ethel Heard. She is survived by her son, Ben Sherman and his wife Saundy of Austin; daughter, Londa Conner of Midland; and brother, John Heard and his wife Lynn of Temple City, Calif. She had six grandchildren, Lee Sherman of Austin, Will Sherman of Sydney, Australia, Jeremy Conner of Midland, Geoffrey Conner of Lubbock, Jodie Conner of Abilene and Jay Conner of Odessa. She also had three nephews, Josh Heard, Major Casey Heard, U.S. Marines in Afghanistan, and Jimmy Bunnell. The family wishes to express appreciation to all the doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals who assisted with her care. Special thanks goes to Dr. William Myers and all the staff at the Texas Oncology Cancer Center in Austin. Special appreciation is given to the staff of Hospice Austin who assisted through the last days of her illness. Services have been entrusted to Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors. (www.wilsonfuneral.com) Copyright © 2000, 2001 Odessa American. All rights reserved.