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All rights reserved ============================================================================================ January 11, 2002 Leonard Brinlee ODESSA - Leonard Brinlee, 80, of Odessa died Saturday, Jan. 5, 2002, at Deerings Nursing Home. Graveside services will be at 9 a.m. today at Rose Hill Cemetery with Emmett Bernard officiating. Arrangements by Odessa Funeral Home Angeles Memorial Chapel. He was born in Cullen County. SURVIVOR: Nephew, R.J. Brinlee of Llano. Debbie Cranfill ODESSA - Debbie Cranfill, 50, of Odessa, a waitress, died Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2002, at Medical Center Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Jim Ray Brown officiating. Arrangements by Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. She was born in Columbus, Ohio, and moved to Odessa in 1985. SURVIVORS: Mother, Jean Cranfill of San Diego; brothers, Bruce Cranfill and Robert Cranfill, both of San Diego; and sister, Sharon Staley of Birmingham, Mich. Janice Dewitt KERMIT - Janice Dewitt, 86, of Kingsland, a homemaker, died Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2002, at Kingsland Hill Care Center in Kingsland. Graveside services were at 3 p.m. Thursday at the Kermit Cemetery with the Rev. Beth Harrington officiating. Arrangements by Cooper Funeral Chapel. She was born in Carlton and had been a resident of Kermit before moving to Kingsland six years ago. She was Methodist. SURVIVORS: Daughter, Donna Woodward of Kingsland; two grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Alyce Earle CRANE - Alyce Earle, 88, of Crane, a homemaker, died Thursday, Jan. 10, 2002, at Medical Center Hospital. Graveside services will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Crane County Cemetery with the Rev. Lyndel Lee officiating. Arrangements by Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home. She was born in Grandfalls and was a resident of Crane since 1988. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Daughters, Margaret Little of Lubbock and Janie Butler of Crane; sons, Ronald Earle of Rota, Spain, and Charles Richard Earle of Lubbock; 13 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Delwyn Russell GILMER - Delwyn Russell, 74, of Mesa, Ariz., a business owner, died Monday, Jan. 7, 2002, in Mesa. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Croley Funeral Home Chapel with Pete Dugger officiating. Burial will be at Hopewell Cemetery in Upshur County. Arrangements by Croley Funeral Home. He was born in Gilmer and was a resident of Arizona for 25 years. SURVIVORS: Daughters, Holly Garza of Mesquite and Rita Webb of Midland; brothers, Paul Russell of Marlin and Freddy Russell of Liberty; sister, Mary Harrington of Houston; and four grandchildren. Alton Smith TOW - Alton K. Smith, 84, of Tow, a retired rancher, died Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2002, in Austin. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church with the Rev. Stanley Nixon officiating. Burial will be at the Tow Cemetery. Arrangements by Waldrope-Hatfield-Hawthorne Funeral Home. He was born in Mason County and had been a resident of Clayton, N.M., before moving to Tow in 1984. He was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Wife, Mary Viola Smith of Tow; sons, Randy Smith of Odessa and Darby Smith of Clayton; daughter, Becky Logsdon of Odessa; five grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and 10 great-great-grandchildren. John Stevens GRAHAM - John C. Stevens, 85, of Graham, a retired employee of Texaco Inc., died Monday, Jan. 7, 2002, in Graham. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at First Baptist Church with the Revs. James C. Hill and Richard Segars officiating. Burial will follow at Oak Grove Cemetery. Arrangements by Morrison Funeral Home. He was born in Prentice, Ky., and had been a resident of Pecos before moving to Graham in 1978. He was a Navy veteran of World War II. He was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Wife, Marie Stevens of Graham; sons, John C. Stevens Jr. of Graham and James Rogers Stevens of Alvin; sisters, Emma Lee Barrett of Graham, Nell Dooley of Goliad and Jo-Ann Porter of Odessa; 12 grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren. Margaret Whitman MONAHANS - Margaret Whitman, 70, of Monahans, a homemaker, died Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2002, at her residence. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Harkey Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be at Monahans Memorial Cemetery. Arrangements by Harkey Funeral Home. She was born in Henderson and was a resident of Monahans since 1947. She was a member of the Church of God in Christ. SURVIVORS: Husband, M.K. Whitman of Monahans; sons, Curtis Edward Whitman and L.K. Whitman, both of Monahans, George Whitman of El Paso, Lary Whitman of Dallas, Kenneth Whitman of Fairfax, Va., and Milton Whitman of Washington, D.C.; daughters, Lovelle Weston, Ona Lewis and Doris Sowells, all of Dallas, June Cartwright of Fort Stockton and Mary Ann Whitman of Hollywood, Calif.; nine grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Anne Williams ALPINE - Anne E. Williams, 95, of Alpine, a retired schoolteacher, died Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2002, at a local nursing home. Graveside services will be at 4 p.m. Saturday at Elm Grove Cemetery with the Rev. Phil McCraw officiating. Arrangements by Geeslin Funeral Home. She was born in Bell County and was a resident of Alpine since 1941. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Sisters, Marie Warwick of Devine and La Nelle Turner of Alpine. Ramona Carrasco CRANE - Ramona Torres Carrasco, 64, of Crane died Thursday, Jan. 10, 2002, at her residence. Services are pending with Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home.