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All rights reserved ============================================================================================ Tuesday January 22, 2002 Jane Crawford KERMIT - Jane Crawford, 55, of Kermit, co-owner and operator of Mid-Tex Construction Co., died Monday, Jan. 21, 2002, at Medical Center Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Community Church with the Rev. Henry O. Freund officiating. Burial will be at the Kermit Cemetery. Arrangements by Cooper Funeral Chapel. She was born in Kermit and was a lifelong resident. SURVIVORS: Husband, Don Crawford of Kermit; sons, John Allen Anderson of Denton and Bradley D. Crawford of Kermit; daughter, Lesa Jane Anderson-Sanchez of Midland; mother, Lillian Nordman of Kermit; sister, Judy Adams of Kermit; and three grandchildren. Arlo Gill ALPINE - Arlo Reed Gill, 85, of Alpine, retired owner of Gill and Gill Associates, died Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2002, at his residence. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at St. James Episcopal Church with the Rev. Judith Burgess and Elaine Ponton officiating. Arrangements by Geeslin Funeral Home. He was born in Iowa City, Iowa. He was an Army veteran of World War II. SURVIVORS: Wife, Mona Ruth "Joy" Gill of Alpine; and daughter, Jeri Gill Eaton of New Windsor, Md. Ora Howes ODESSA - Ora Delma Howes, 85, of New Braunfels, a homemaker, died Sunday, Jan. 20, 2002, at a New Braunfels nursing home. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. today at Sunset Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Jimmy Braswell officiating. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. She was born in Dawson and had been a resident of Odessa. She was a member of the Assembly of God Church. SURVIVORS: Daughters, Lois Hermanson of McQueeney and Judy Dennison of New Braunfels; brothers, Vernon Cook of Clovis, N.M., William M. Cook of Kilgore and Raymond B. Cook of Paducah; eight grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren. Melissa Kuhn CEDAR HILL - Melissa Templeton Kuhn, 34, of Midlothian, an administrative assistant for a credit union, died Saturday, Jan. 19, 2002, in Dallas. Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Hope Lutheran Church with the Rev. Joel Berthelsen officiating. Burial will follow at Little Bethel Memorial Park in Duncanville. Arrangements by West-Hurtt Funeral Home. She was born in Houston. SURVIVORS: Husband, Robert J. Kuhn of Midlothian; sons, Thomas Robert Kuhn and Matthew Allan Kuhn, both of Midlothian; parents, Judy and E.W. Templeton of Fort Stockton; sisters, Kellie Wynne and Melinda Kirby, both of Odessa; and grandparents, Gladys and D.C. Pickett Sr. of Alvin and Maxie and Arleigh B. Templeton of San Antonio. B.I. Langston JAL, N.M. - B.I. "Arkie" Langston, 83, of Jal, N.M., a retired truck driver for El Paso Natural Gas Co., died Saturday, Jan. 19, 2002, in Kermit. Services will be at 2 p.m. MST Wednesday at Calvary Baptist Church with the Rev. Alan Speed officiating. Burial will be at the Jal Cemetery. Arrangements by Calvary Funeral Home. He was born in Knoxville, Ark., and moved to Jal 54 years ago from Wewoka, Okla. He was an Army veteran of World War II. He was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Wife, Vera Langston of Jal; son, John Langston of Waco; daughter, Carolyn Stockton of Mountain Park, Okla.; sisters, Edna Coulthard of Sparks, Nev., Wanda Smith and Katie Langston, both of Nampa, Idaho; three grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Johnny Pemberton ODESSA - Johnny Ray Pemberton, 46, of Odessa, owner of J.R. Catering Service, died Saturday, Jan. 19, 2002, at his residence. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Rose Hill Cemetery with the Rev. Rick Alkire officiating. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. He was born in Kermit. He was Methodist. SURVIVORS: Daughters, Stacy Pemberton of Alpine and Tracy Pemberton of Houston; mother, Peggy Cobb of Odessa; stepfather, Curtis Cobb of Odessa; brothers, Joe Mike Pemberton of Midland and Shane Pemberton of Jacksonville, Fla.; grandmother, Eva Milam of Odessa; and five grandchildren. H.A. Shipp Jr. LAMESA - H.A. Shipp Jr., 76, of Andrews, a security guard, died Sunday, Jan. 20, 2002, at Hospice House of Odessa. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Lamesa Memorial Park with the Rev. Milton Jochetz officiating. Arrangements by McNett Funeral Home. He was born in McCarty. He was a Navy veteran of World War II. SURVIVORS: Sisters, Helen Shipp of Hobbs, N.M., Bobbie Lanford of Andrews and Sarah Clift of Mesa, Ariz. Dorothy Lee DE SOTO - Dorothy Nell Lee, 86, of Odessa died Sunday, Jan. 20, 2002, in De Soto. Services are pending with Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors.