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Permian Basin Obituaries ============================================================================================ Saturday February 16, 2002 Copyright © 1999-2002 Odessa American. All rights reserved. Jose Carrasco ODESSA - Jose Luis Carrasco, 25, of Odessa, a motorman for Nabors Drilling Co., died Thursday, Feb. 14, 2002, at Medical Center Hospital. Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Monday at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church with the Rev. Pablo Tiong officiating. Rosary will be said at 7 p.m. Sunday at Odessa Funeral Home Angeles Memorial Chapel. Burial will be at Rose Hill Cemetery. Arrangements by Odessa Funeral Home Angeles Memorial Chapel. He was born in Alpine. He was Catholic. SURVIVORS: Wife, Hilda Carrasco of Odessa; son, Jose Damian Carrasco of Odessa; daughter, Yareli Carrasco of Odessa; parents, Jose and Nancy Carrasco of Odessa; and brother, Cesar H. Carrasco of Odessa. Myrtle Crane ODESSA - Myrtle Crane, 78, of Odessa, retired secretary for the Globe of the Great Southwest Theatre, died Thursday, Feb. 14, 2002, at Hospice House. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in the chapel of Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors with the Rev. Dr. Jimmy Braswell offi-ciating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors. She was born in New Boston and moved to Odessa in 1956. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Daughters, Janie Payte of Odessa and Jo Countryman of Hobbs, N.M.; sons, Jerry Crane and Jimmy Crane, both of Odessa; stepson, Beal Crane of Brenham; stepdaughter, Paula Cameron of Austin; sisters, Mary Kath-ryn Skaggs of Odessa, Frances Jones of Old Boston and Violet Anderson of Redwater; brother, Horace King of Old Boston; seven grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. James Dean COMANCHE - James William Dean, 81, of Comanche, a retired diesel mechanic, died Thursday, Feb. 14, 2002, at Veterans Administration Care Center in Temple. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Hall and Sons Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Jerry Shields officiating. Burial will be at Comanche County Gardens of Memory. Arrangements by Hall and Sons Funeral Home. He was born in Paris, Texas, and had been a resident of Odessa. SURVIVORS: Wife, Janie Dean of Comanche; daughter, Brenda Christian of Houston; brother, Max Dean of Odessa; sisters, Ethel Cleere of Odessa, Alta Benthan of Donna and Bernice Bradshaw of Comanche; two grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Roma Fielding FORT STOCKTON - Roma Marie Fielding, 91, of Odessa, a retired bank teller, died Thursday, Feb. 14, 2002, in Odessa. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. today at East Hill Cemetery with the Rev. Larry Krueger officiating. Arrangements by Fort Stockton Funeral Home. She was born in Carson and had been a resident of Fort Stockton before moving to Odessa in 1990. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Daughter, Linda Hillin of Carrollton; brother, J.W. Carson of Shreveport, La.; three grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Versie Huckaby ODESSA - Versie Loden Huckaby, 91, of Odessa, a retired employee of F.W. Woolworth, died Thursday, Feb. 14, 2002, in Odessa. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Clydel Chapman officiating. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Ellis Funeral Home. She was born in Upshur County and had been a longtime resident of Midland before moving to Odessa in 1998. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Son, Russell J. Huckaby of Concord, Calif.; daughter, LaWanda Brown of Odessa; sister, Christine Bostick of Longview; seven grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. Mollie Rice HOBBS, N.M. - Mollie Jo Rice, 68, of Hobbs, N.M., a homemaker, died Thursday, Feb. 14, 2002, at Lea Regional Hospital in Hobbs. Memorial services will be at 10:30 a.m. MST today at First United Methodist Church with the Rev. J. Gorton Smith officiating. Arrangements by Griffin Funeral Home. She was born in Odessa and moved to Hobbs in 1960. She was Methodist. SURVIVORS: Sons, Richard Russell Rice Hobbs, Phillip Oran Rice of Madras, Ore., and Graham Ray Rice of Odessa; daughters, Mollie Jean Setters of Deltona, Fla., and Julie Jo Witherell of Orlando, Fla.; mother, Helen Beatrice Wheeler of Odessa; brothers, C.O. "Pete" Wheeler of Lubbock and Robert Allen Wheeler of Washington; sisters, Freddie Jean Moore of Odessa and Helen Joyce Bowers of Fort Worth; 12 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Madelyn Sherrod MONAHANS - Madelyn Sherrod, 64, of Monahans, a homemaker, died Thursday, Feb. 14, 2002, at Odessa Regional Hospital. Services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with Billy Riley officiating. Burial will be at the Monahans Memorial Cemetery. Arrangements by Harkey Funeral Home. She was born in Amarillo. She was Mormon. SURVIVORS: None listed. Dan Thomas MONAHANS - Dan Leonard Thomas, 75, of Monahans, a retired employee of Halliburton Services, died Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2002, in Marshall. Services will be at 10 a.m. today at First Baptist Church with the Rev. Jeff Box and Wally Watson officiating. Burial will be at the Monahans Memorial Cemetery. Arrangements by Bill Thomas Funeral Home. He was born in Marshall and was a resident of Monahans for 35 years. He was a Navy veteran of World War II. He was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Wife, Peggy Woods of Monahans; son, Skip Woods of Monahans; daughter, Joy Lynn Hardaway of Doho, Qatar; five brothers; three sisters; and two grandchildren. Billie Thurman ODESSA - Billie Frances Thurman, 76, of Odessa, a homemaker, died Thursday, Feb. 14, 2002, at Medical Center Hospital. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. today at Rose Hill Cemetery with the Rev. Dr. Jimmy Braswell officiating. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. She was born in Farmers Valley and was a resident of Odessa for over 40 years. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Sons, Larry Oliver Thurman, the Rev. Michael James Thurman, Stephen Clyde Thurman and Gregory Wayne Thurman, all of Odessa; daughter, Julie Denise Friel of Odessa; and 10 grandchildren. Rito Villalon ODESSA - Rito Salazar Villalon, 27, of Odessa, an oilfield worker, died Thursday, Feb. 14, 2002, in Ector County. Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Monday at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church with the Rev. Pablo Tiong officiating. Rosary will be said at 7 p.m. Sunday at Odessa Funeral Home Angeles Memorial Chapel. Burial will be at Rose Hill Cemetery. Arrangements by Odessa Funeral Home Angeles Memorial Chapel. He was born in Pecos. He was Catholic. SURVIVORS: Mother, Lucila Salazar of Odessa; brother, Pete Villalon Jr. of California; and sisters, Jazmin Leyva, Oyuky Leyva and Hilda Carrasco, all of Odessa, and Debra Villalon of Midland. Jacob Wiebe SEMINOLE - Jacob Guenter Wiebe, 50, of Seminole, a farm laborer, died Thursday, Feb. 14, 2002, at his residence. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the Rienlander Mennonite Church with Henry Riemer officiating. Burial will follow at the Gaines County Cemetery South. Arrangements by Boyer Funeral Home. He was born in Mexico and moved to Seminole in 1977 from Mexico. He was Mennonite. SURVIVORS: Wife, Helena Wiebe of Seminole; sons, John Wiebe and Frank Wiebe, both of Seminole, Jacob Wiebe and Peter Wiebe, both of Plains, Kan.; daughters, Helena Klassen, Mary Wiebe and Anna Wiebe, all of Seminole, and Tina Klassen of Patricia; brother, Henry Wiebe of Canada; sister, Tina Banman of Mexico; and six grandchildren.