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 ============================================================================================ Friday February 15, 2002 Copyright © 1999-2002 Odessa American. All rights reserved. Antonio Abila BARSTOW - Antonio Jimenez Abila, 86, of Barstow, a retired cotton gin worker, died Thursday, Feb. 14, 2002, at Reeves County Hospital in Pecos. Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Saturday at Our Lady of Refuge Catholic Church with the Rev. Ben Flores officiating. Rosary will be said at 7 p.m. today at the church. Burial will be at the Barstow Cemetery. Arrangements by Pecos Funeral Home. He was born in Barstow and was a lifelong resident. He was Catholic. SURVIVORS: Wife, Raquel Abila of Barstow; sons, Alfredo Abila of Barstow and Alberto Abila of Visalia, Calif.; daughters, Patricia Galdo of Arlington and Hortencia Castillo of La Porte; seven grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Ruth Duzan ODESSA - Ruth McPherson Duzan, 91, of Odessa, a retired employee of Holcomb Variety Store, died Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2002, at Parks Methodist Retirement Village. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home Chapel with J. Von Gourley officiating. Burial will be at 12:30 p.m. Saturday at the Hico Cemetery in Hico. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. She was born in Altman and was a resident of Odessa since 1953. She was Baptist. SURVIVOR: Sister, Mary McPherson Lemley of Richardson. Michael Jasin MIDLAND - Michael Jasin, 82, of Midland, a retired plumber, died Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2002, at his residence. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Ellis Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Gale Wilson officiating. Burial will follow at Fairview Cemetery. Arrangements by Ellis Funeral Home. He was born in Benld, Ill., and was a resident of Midland since 2000. He was a Navy veteran. SURVIVORS: Son, James Jasin of Romeo, Mich.; daughters, Janis Filarski of Ray, Mich., Joyce McKelvey of Midland and Jane Jasin of Warren, Mich.; a brother; five sisters; and seven grandchildren. Tommy Jones ODESSA - Tommy C. "Uncle" Jones, 67, of Odessa, former owner of Tommy's Trim Shop, died Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2002, in Odessa. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. today at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. He was born in Brock. SURVIVOR: Sister, Carol Steveson of Odessa. Dorris Moss EARLY - Dorris Moss, 81, of Brownwood, a retired nurse, died Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2002, at a Brownwood nursing home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Heartland Funeral Home Chapel with Sammie Courington officiating. Burial will be at Jenkins Springs Cemetery in Brown County. Arrangements by Heartland Funeral Home. She was born in Ruleville, Miss., and had been a resident of Odessa before moving to Brownwood in 1970. She was an Army veteran of World War II. She was a member of the Church of Christ. SURVIVORS: Son, Dolton Moss of San Antonio; daughter, Judie Turner of Brownwood; two grandchildren; and a great-grandson. Mildred Qualls MIDLAND - Mildred Aline Qualls, 81, of Midland, a homemaker, died Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2002, at Memorial Hospital Rehabilitation Center in Midland. Memorial Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Stephen's Church with the Rev. James Bridges officiating. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Wilcox-Clements Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be at the Marble Falls Cemetery in Marble Falls. Arrangements by Ellis Funeral Home. She was born in Holdenville, Okla., and had been a resident of San Antonio and Burleson before moving to Midland in 2000. SURVIVORS: Son, Johnie Lee Qualls of Midland; sister, Holine Wilson of Duncan, Okla.; 14 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Herman Boyd McKINNEY - Herman Edward Boyd, 82, of McKinney died Thursday, Feb. 14, 2002, in McKinney. Services are pending with Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. Rito Villalon ODESSA - Rito Salazar Villalon, 26, of Odessa died Thursday, Feb. 14, 2002, in Odessa. Services are pending with Odessa Funeral Home Angeles Memorial Chapel.