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All rights reserved ============================================================================================ January 03, 2002 Bill Ager ODESSA - Bill Ager, 72, of Dayton, died Thursday, Dec. 27, 2001, at Brook Army Medical Center in San Antonio. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. today at Ector County Cemetery. Arrangements by Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. He was born in Deadwood, S.D. and was a former resident of Odessa. SURVIVORS: Son, Clinton Ager of San Antonio; step-sons, Randy Fairchild, Skeeter Fairchild and Jackie Fairchild, all of Houston; daughters, Paula Ager and Delores Ager, both of San Antonio; brother, Jan Lessard of Odessa; and sisters, Saralee Harper of Tampa, Fla. and Mary Woolf of Odessa. Billy Black BROWNWOOD - Billy Bryant Black, 67, of May, a retired U.S. Army veteran, died Monday, Dec. 31, 2001, at Audie Murphy Veterans Hospital in San Antonio. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Davis-Morris Funeral Chapel in Brownwood with the Revs. Ken Green and James Cook officiating. Burial will be at Zephyr Cemetery. Arrangements by Davis-Morris Funeral Home. He was born in Democrat. He was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Daughters, Desi Gutknecht and Teresa Heffer, both of Denton; son, Wendell L. Black of Prairie City, Ore.; sister, Mary Robertson of Brownwood; and nine grandchildren. Cristi Cox PECOS - Cristi Cox, 25, of Amarillo, died Monday, Dec. 31, 2001, in Abilene. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Pecos Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. J.R. Wooten officiating. Arrangements by Pecos Funeral Home. She was born in Ozona. She was Presbyterian. SURVIVORS: Mother, Debra Diehl of Amarillo; stepfather, Ray Diehl of Amarillo; sister, Misti Link of Abilene; a grandmother, Ann Shaw of Amarillo; and a great-grandmother, Louise Cranfill of Barstow. Lois Craddock ODESSA - Lois L. Craddock, 89, of Burnet, died Monday, Dec. 31, 2001, at her home. Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. today at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. She was a longtime resident of Odessa and Hobbs, N.M. SURVIVORS: Daughters, Lexey Griggs of Burnet and Annette Harris of Dayton; eight grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. Elvenie Davis RALLS - Elvenie Davis, 93, of Ralls, a retired Avon representative, died Thursday, Dec. 27, 2001, at Covenant Medical Center in Lubbock. Services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Ralls First Baptist Church with the Revs. Floyd Haddock and Claude Cone officiating. Burial was at Ralls cemetery. Arrangements were by Adams Funeral Home. She was born in Paris and moved to Ralls in 1948 from Cone. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Son, Dean Davis of Lubbock; daughter, Joyce Miller of Alpine; sister, LaVerne Jackson of Afton; six grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren Sarah Donohoe MINEOLA - Sarah Ellen Donohoe, 95, of Mineola, a farmer, died Sunday, Dec. 30, 2001, at a Tyler hospital. Services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Beaty Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Mark Neely officiating. Burial was at Roselawn Memorial Gardens. She was born in Mineola. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Son, Pete Donohoe of Mineola; daughter, Betty Dale of Odessa; brother, J.C. Cowart of Mineola; sister, Gladys Wood of Fairfield; nine grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Pamela Fisher GRAFORD - Pamela Dawn Fisher, 39, of Graford, a deli associate, died Sunday, Dec. 30, 2001, at a Ft. Worth hospital. Services were held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Baum Carlock Bumgardner Chapel with the Rev. Foy Layton officiating. Burial was at the McAdams Cemetery. Arrangements by Baum Carlock Bumgardner Funeral Home. She was born in Seminole. She was Christian. SURVIVORS: Husband, Robert L. Fisher of Graford; daughters, Buffy Wingo of Mineral Wells, Amanda Fisher of Coalmont, Ind. and Renee Fisher of Graford; son, Wesley Shrum of Odessa; parents, James Wesley and Sandra Shrum of Midland; brother, Wesley H. Shrum of Midland; sisters, Debbie Gressett of Mineral Wells, Brenda Bright of Midland and Gina Taylor of Graford; and four grandchildren. Paul Morrison PECOS - Paul Lafayette Morrison, 94, of Pecos, a retired postmaster, died Monday, Dec. 31, 2001, at Pecos Nursing Home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the First Christian Church of Pecos with the Rev. Ernie Waggoner officiating. Burial will follow at Fairview Cemetery. Arrangements by Pecos Funeral Home. He was Christian. SURVIVORS: Wife, Georgia Morrison of Pecos; sons, Norman Morrison of Ceby City, Philippines, Jimmy Morrison of Fort Worth and Raymond Morrison of Pecos; two grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Randall Nessel ODESSA - Randall Curtis Nessel, 37, of Odessa, employee of Brandon & Clark, Inc., died Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2002, at his residence. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Life Unlimited Church with the Rev. Don Palmer officiating. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. He was born in Florence, Ariz. and served in the U.S. Navy from 1982 to 1988. SURVIVORS: Wife, Priscilla Nessel of Odessa; son, Ryan Nessel of Odessa; daughter, Kelly Nessel of Odessa; mother, Marshallene Perez of Odessa; father, W.R. Nessel of Angola, Ind.; stepfather, Nicolas Perez of Odessa; brother, Marshall Nessel of Odessa; stepbrothers, Nicolas C. Perez, Donnie Perez, and Marco Perez, all of Odessa; and stepsister, Dolores Saar of Odessa. Elizabeth Pale MIDLAND - Elizabeth Caroline Pale, 92, retired Shell Oil Company employee, of Odessa, died Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2002, at her residence. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Resthaven Memorial Park in Midland with the Rev. Larry Hawes. Arrangements by Reyes-Garcia Funeral Home of Midland. She was born in St. Louis, Mo. She was a member of Christian Science Church. SURVIVOR: Daughter, Eva Hinojos of Odessa. Bea Rice CRANE - Bea Rice, 83, of Crane, a homemaker, died Monday, Dec. 31, 2001, at her residence. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Tommy Parker officiating. Burial will be held at 2 p.m. at the Fairview Cemetery in Midland. Arrangements by Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home of Crane. She was born in Stillwater, Okla. and had lived in Crane for 23 years. SURVIVORS: son, Ronnie Pinkston of Crane; daughters, Linda Latham Fowler of Amarillo and Doris Burgess of Baird; brother, Ed Cogle of California; 16 grandchildren; and 33 great-grandchildren. Eufracia Canalez STANTON - Eufracia Canalez, 81, of Midland, died Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2002, at a Midland Hospital. Services are pending with Stanton Memorial Funeral Home. Herman Lawson ANDREWS - Herman Harvey Lawson, 78, of Andrews, died Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2002, at Medical Center Hospital in Odessa. Services are pending with McNett Funeral Home of Andrews. Evelyn Lemond ANDREWS - Evelyn Lemond, 77, of Andrews, died Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2002, at Snyder Oak Center in Snyder. Services are pending with McNett Funeral Home of Andrews. Houston Lowe CRANE - Houston B. Lowe, 79, of Arvada, Colo. and formerly of Crane, died Monday, Dec. 31, 2001, at the Exempla Lutheran Hospital in Wheat Ridge, Colo. Services are pending with Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home of Crane. Silbestre Torres ODESSA - Silbestre Torres, 75, of Coahoma, died Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2002, at Medical Center Hospital. Services are pending with Martinez Funeral Home.