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 ============================================================================================ Sunday January 27, 2002 Bobby Andrews GRANDFALLS - Bobby "Red" Andrews, 69, of Grandfalls, a retired oilfield worker, died Jan. 26, 2002, at Ward Memorial Hospital. Services will be at 4 p.m. Monday at First Baptist Church of Grandfalls with the Rev. Craig Rhoton officiating. Burial will follow at Tamarisk Cemetery of Grandfalls. Arrangements by Harkey Funeral Home. He was born in Byers. He was a Marines veteran of the Korean War. He was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Sons, Dennis Andrews and Bobby Andrews, both of Monahans; daughters, Cathy Brookshire of Wichita Falls and Treva Ellis of Amarillo; brother, Raymond Andrews of Wichita Falls; sister, Carolyn Robinson of Clarington; nine grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Walter Friesen ALPINE - Walter Bennett Friesen, 57, of Alpine, a geologist, died Friday, Jan. 25, 2002, at his residence. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Ed Waddill officiating. Burial will be at Elm Grove Cemetery. Arrangements by Geeslin Funeral Home. He was born in Fort Worth. SURVIVOR: Mother, Merle Tilley of Alpine. Calvin Gibson ODESSA - Calvin Gibson, 65, of Odessa, a retired retail worker and carpenter, died Friday, Jan. 25, 2002, in Odessa. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Ellis Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at Fairview Cemetery. Arrangements by Ellis Funeral Home. He was born in Pittsburgh, Calif. SURVIVORS: Sons, James Scott Gibson of Milpatas, Calif., and Autrey Loye Gibson of Nineveh, Ind.; stepdaughter, Gina A. Robbins of Browstown, Ind.; mother, Camealia Faye Jimno of Milpatas; and two grandchildren. Corwyn Melton ODESSA- Corwyn Martin Alexander Melton, 2 months, died Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2002, at Medical Center Hospital. No services are scheduled at this time. Arrangements by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors. SURVIVORS: Parents, Eric Melton and Maureen McAhon; brothers, Isaac Melton of Santa Anna and Julian Melton of Odessa; sisters, Faethe Melton of Odessa and Rebeckah Melton of Santa Anna; grandmothers, Cathy McAhon of Odessa and Betty Melton of Breckenridge; grandparents, Gail and James Lewis of Cisco; and great-grandmother, Jean McAhon of Las Cruces, N.M. Alicia Rodriguez PECOS - Alicia A. Rodriguez, 56, of Pecos, a homemaker, died Jan. 24, 2002, at Midland Memorial Hospital. Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Monday at Santa Rosa Catholic Church with the Rev. Ben Flores officiating. Rosary will be said at 7:30 p.m. today at Pecos Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be at Mt. Evergreen Cemetery. Arrangements by Pecos Funeral Home. She was born in Grandfalls. She was Catholic. SURVIVORS: Husband, Efren Rodriguez of Pecos; daughter, Joanne Rodriguez of San Antonio; mother, Maria A. Chavez of Pecos; brothers, Luis Acosta and David Acosta, both of Pecos; sisters, Angelina Sanchez of Monahans, Valentina Whitmore of Las Vegas and Cruzita Acosta of Pecos. Delbert Thompson ODESSA - Delbert Leroy Thompson, 67, of Odessa, a truck driver, died Saturday, Jan. 26, 2002, at Trinity Haven Healthcare in Midland. Services will be at 4 p.m. Monday at Sunset Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Bill Count officiating. Arrangements by Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. He was born in Wichita Falls. He was an Army veteran. SURVIVORS: Son, Dale Thompson of Odessa; sister, Sara Newman of Pampa; and a grandchild. Billy Fine MONAHANS - Billy Fine, 72, of Del Rio died Jan. 26, 2002, in San Antonio. Services are pending with Harkey Funeral Home. Sarah Wolfrum MCCAMEY - Sarah Clydine Wolfrum, 81, of McCamey died Saturday, Jan. 26, 2002, in the Baylor Hospital in Grapevine. Services are pending with Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home.