Ector Co. TX - Obits from the Odessa American Online 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 © 1999 - 2002 Odessa American. All rights reserved ============================================================================================ January 09, 2002 Patricia Banks ODESSA - Patricia Lenora Banks, 54, of Odessa, a homemaker, died Sunday, Jan. 6, 2002, in Odessa. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Martinez Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. William Tatum officiating. Burial will be at Rose Hill Cemetery. Arrangements by Martinez Funeral Home. She was born in Youngstown, Ohio. She was Baptist. SURVIVOR: Husband, J.D. Banks of Odessa. Paul Brothers BROCTON, Ill. - Paul T. Brothers, 51, of Brocton, Ill., an environmental technician with Kam Solutions of Mattoon, Ill., died Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2002, at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana, Ill. Services were at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Taber Funeral Home with the Rev. Virgil Haynes officiating. Burial was at Payne Cemetery. Arrangements by Taber Funeral Home. He was born in Huntington, W. Va., and had been a resident of Odessa. He was Lutheran. SURVIVORS: Wife, Sheila Brothers of Brocton; stepson, Jeff Pangburn of El Paso; parents, John and Mabel Dirksen Brothers of Odessa; and sister, Alice Fischer of Palmdale, Calif. Alfredo Estrada OJINAGA, Mexico - Alfredo Estrada, 57, of Kermit, an oilfield roustabout, died Saturday, Jan. 5, 2002, at Martin County Hospital in Stanton. Services will be held at a later date in Ojinaga, Mexico. Arrangements by Cooper Funeral Chapel. He was born in San Carlos, Mexico, and was a longtime resident of Kermit. He was Catholic. SURVIVORS: Wife, Maria Elena R. Estrada of Kermit; sons, Sergio Alfredo Estrada Jr., Victor Manuel Estrada and Martin Estrada, all of Kermit; daughters, Luz Maria Rodriguez and Mariela Estrada, both of Midland; mother, Esperanza Benavides Estrada of Fort Stockton; brothers, Humberto Benavides Estrada of Chihuahua, Mexico, and Efrain Benavides Estrada of Odessa; sister, Carolina Estrada Ramos of Fort Stockton; and five grandchildren. Lorina Guevara ODESSA - Lorina Subia Guevara, 55, of Odessa, a homemaker, died Saturday, Jan. 5, 2002, at Medical Center Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. today at Buenas Nuevas Assembly of God Church with the Rev. Rosario Hill officiating. Burial will follow at Rose Hill Cemetery. Arrangements by Odessa Funeral Home Angeles Memorial Chapel. She was born in Alpine. SURVIVORS: Husband, Armondo Guevara Sr. of Odessa; sons, Armondo Guevara Jr. of El Paso, Oscar Ybarra and Frank Subia, both of Odessa; daughters, Cynthia Villegas and Melody Salgado, both of San Antonio; five brothers; four sisters; and two grandchildren. Ruth Lewis KERMIT - Ruth Lewis, 91, of Luling, La., a homemaker, died Saturday, Jan. 5, 2002, in Luling. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Cooper Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Emmett Upchurch officiating. Burial will be at the Kermit Cemetery. Arrangements by Cooper Funeral Chapel. She was born in Hot Springs, Ark., and had been a resident of Kermit for 41 years before moving to Louisiana. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Daughter, Janice Champion of Luling; son, Jerry Lewis of Bandera; sister, Alice Alexander of Conroe; six grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren. Teodosio Martinez ODESSA - Teodosio Martinez, 79, of Odessa, a retired self-employed laborer, died Sunday, Jan. 6, 2002, at Medical Center Hospital. Memorial services will be at 4 p.m. Thursday at Eisenhower Church of Christ with Miguel Bustillos officiating. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. He was born in San Ignacio, Mexico, and moved to Odessa in 1986 from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. He was a member of the Church of Christ. SURVIVORS: Wife, Trinidad Martinez of Odessa; son, Victor R. Martinez of Odessa; brothers, Reynaldo Martinez of La Puente, Calif., Rogelio Martinez and Raul Martinez, both of Mexico City; sister, Raquel Martinez of Mexico City; and three grandchildren.