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 ============================================================================================ Saturday March 09, 2002 Leonila Chavez ODESSA - Leonila Chavez, 79, of Odessa, a homemaker, died Wednesday, March 6, 2002, at her residence. Mass will be celebrated at noon today at St. Anthony's Catholic Church with the Rev. Gilbert Rodriguez officiating. Burial will follow at Rose Hill Cemetery. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. She was born in Manuel Benavides, Mexico. She was Catholic. SURVIVORS: Sons, Alfredo Chavez of Odessa, Jesus Jose Chavez of Presidio, Alfonso Chavez and Ismael Chavez, both of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico; daughters, Maria Bejarano of Odessa, Rosario Flotte of Ojinaga, Mexico, and Lidia Burrola of Delicias, Mexico; brothers, Jose Garcia of Santa Elena, Mexico, Francisco Garcia of Chihuahua, Mexico, and Margarito Garcia of San Carlos, Mexico; sisters, Maria Garcia Suchil of Chihuahua and Simona Garcia of Mexicali, Mexico; 25 grandchildren; and 25 great-grandchildren. Opal Lambert IRVING - Opal Bernice Carmack Lambert, 92, of Odessa, a retired farmer, died Thursday, March 7, 2002, at Medical Center Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Colonial Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Crown Hill Memorial Park in Dallas. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. She was born in De Leon and moved to Odessa in 1987. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Sons, Galen M. Lambert of Rockwall and Charles E. Lambert of Grand Saline; sister, Kathleen Tiner of Odessa; five grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Bridgett Nasibi HOBBS, N.M. - Bridgett A. Nasibi, 50, of Hobbs, N.M., a secretary, died Wednesday, March 6, 2002, at Hobbs Health Care Center in Hobbs. Services will be at 2 p.m. MST today at Prairie Haven Memorial Park Chapel with the Rev. Russell Hill officiating. Burial will be at Prairie Haven Memorial Park Cemetery. Arrangements by Griffin Funeral Home. She was born in Hobbs. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Son, Joseph Nasibi of Hobbs; and sisters, Katherine Forman of Bryan, Carolyn Mends of Warrensburg, Mo., and Janine Benson of Clarksville, Tenn. Richard White ODESSA - Richard Franklin White, 90, of Odessa, a retired heavy equipment operator, died Wednesday, March 6, 2002, in Odessa. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at First United Pentecostal Church with the Rev. Terry Pugh officiating. Burial will be at the Iraan Cemetery in Iraan. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. He was born in Trickham. He was Pentecostal. SURVIVORS: Sons, Richard Wayne White and Billy J. White, both of McCamey, Weldon Thomas White of Henderson, Travis B. White of Midland and Ronnie D. White of Odessa; numerous grandchildren; and numerous great-grandchildren. Copyright © 1999-2002 Odessa American. All rights reserved.