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Permian Basin Obituaries ============================================================================================ Sunday February 10, 2002 Copyright © 1999-2002 Odessa American. All rights reserved. Benjamin Benavidez VAN HORN - Benjamin Benavidez, 70, rancher, of Ruidosa, died Thursday, Feb. 7, 2002, at an El Paso hospital. Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Marfa with the Rev. Rick Ruiz officiating. Rosary will said at 7 p.m. Monday at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at Merced Cemetery. Arrangements by Memorial Funeral Home in Van Horn. He was born in Sanderson. He was an Army veteran. SURVIVORS: Sons, Benjamin D. Benavides of Presidio and Steve D. Benavidez of Big Bend National Park; daughters, Teresa B. Porras of Presidio and Louisa D. Benavidez of Edinburg; sister, Ida Taulbee of El Paso; and two grandchildren. Jose E. Bustillos BARSTOW - Jose E. Bustillos, 83, of Barstow, died Thursday, Feb. 7, 2002, in Ojinaga, Mexico. Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Monday at Our Lady of Refuge Catholic Church with the Rev. Manuel Munoz officiating. Rosary will be said at 7 p.m. today in Our Lady of Refuge Catholic Church. Burial will follow at Barstow Cemetery. Arrangements by Pecos Funeral Home. He was born in Redford. He was Catholic. SURVIVORS: Sons, Miguel Bustillos of Midland, Juan Bustillos of Ojinaga, Mexico, and Roberto Castillo of Dallas; daughter, Juanita Galindo of Barstow; sister, Victorina Florez of Pecos; brother, Elijio Bustillos of Odessa; eight grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. S.E. Edwards GRANBURY - S.E. Edwards, 76, of Grandbury, a retired auto mechanic, died Friday, Feb. 8, 2002, at his residence. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Evergreen Cemetery in Lipan. He was born in Callahan County. He was a Navy veteran. He was a Jehovah's Witness. SURVIVORS: Wife, Florence Edwards of Granbury; sons, Jeffrey Edwards of Georgetown and John Edwards of Fort Worth; daughters, Sara Jo Townley of Heavener, Okla., and Cindy Maureen McKinzie of Granbury; brother, Robert Edwards of New Braunfels; sisters, Hope Hill of Abilene, and Ruby Stegal of Azle; seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Jerry Keele ODESSA - Jerry Glenn Keele, 60, of Odessa, died Friday, Feb. 8, 2002, at Medical Center Hospital. Graveside services will be at noon Monday at Sunset Memorial Gardens with Guy Weathers officiating. Arrangements by Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. He was born in Brady and was a resident of Odessa for more than 50 years. He was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Sons, Starrett D. Keele of Fort Worth and Robert P. Keele of Odessa; mother, Ellon L. Keele of Odessa; sisters, Ginger Miller of Odessa and Tammy Underwood of Mineral Wells; and three grandchildren. Albino Luna MCCAMEY - Albino B. Luna, 69, of McCamey, a retired janitor, died Thursday, Feb. 7, 2002, at the McCamey Hospital. Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Monday at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church with the Rev. Barry McLean officiating. Rosary will be said at 8 p.m. today at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Burial will follow in the Resthaven Cemetery. Arrangements by Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home. He was born in Mexico. He was Catholic. SURVIVORS: Wife, Margarita Luna of McCamey; sons, Otillo Luna and Carlos Luna, both of Phoenix, Esmundo Luna of Mexico, Arturo Luna of Hobbs, N.M., Eloy Luna of Odessa; daughters, Lupe Luna and Rosa Luna, both of Phoenix, and Enedina Luna of Odessa; brothers, Daniel Luna of Dexter, N.M., Manuel Luna of McCamey, and Francisco Luna of Lake Arthur; sisters, Elisa Rios of Odessa, Juana Alvarado of Van Horn and Tiburcia Alvarado of McCamey; 22 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren. Ruth Thomas ANDREWS - Ruth Thomas, 71, of Tulsa, Okla., retired school secretary, died Friday, Feb. 8, 2002, at her home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in McNett Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Don Farris of Rogers, Ark. officiating. Burial will follow at the Andrews West Cemetery. Arrangements by McNett Funeral Home. She was born in Konawa, Okla. SURVIVORS: Daughters, Vicki Lynn Mashunkashey of Tulsa, Cheryl Lanette Thomas of Andrews, and Connie Jean Atwood of Searcy, Ark.; nine grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.