Ector Co. TX - Death Notices 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 May 04, 2002 Velma Hanks ODESSA - Velma Pearl Hanks, 75, of Odessa, a homemaker, died Thursday, May 2, 2002, in Odessa. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Mike Hanks and Frank Chavez officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. She was born in Smackover, Ark., and moved to Odessa in 1953 from Goldsmith. She was Catholic. SURVIVORS: Husband, Cecil O. Hanks of Odessa; sons, Cecil A. "Tony" Hanks of Odessa, Michael Hanks of Sweeney and Gerald "Bubba" Simons of Blackwell; daughters, Lynda Hanks-Eaton of Monahans and Margie Simons-Kennedy of Odessa; 10 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Leonard Smith FORT STOCKTON - Leonard Wayne Smith, 67, of Fort Stockton, owner of Smith Septic Service, died Thursday, May 2, 2002, at Medical Center Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with David Smith officiating. Burial will be at East Hill Cemetery. Arrangements by Memorial Funeral Home. He was born in Stamford. SURVIVORS: Wife, Concepcion M. Smith of Fort Stockton; son, Richard Smith of Hewitt; brothers, Rodger Smith of Hurst, Paul Smith of Sunset, La., Larry Smith and David Smith, both of Baton Rouge, La.; sisters, Nelda Nesloney of Corpus Christi, Lanell Tadlock of Lubbock and Lanita Smith of Batesville, Ark.; and two grandchildren. Lloyd Tilghman Jr. LEVELLAND - Lloyd Tilghman Jr., 72, of Brownfield, a retired independent truck driver, died Wednesday, May 1, 2002, in Lubbock. Private services will be in Levelland. Arrangements by Resthaven Funeral Home. He was born in Clarksville. He was an Army veteran. SURVIVORS: Wife, Alberta Lynn Tilghman of Brownfield; sons, Mike Tilghman of Brownfield, Lloyd "Trey" Tilghman III of Monongahela, Pa., and Greg Tilghman of Odessa; daughters, Becky Moravec of Belle Vernon, Pa., and Diane Tilghman of Brownfield; and 12 grandchildren. Robert Grubb ODESSA - Robert Grubb, 86, of Odessa died Thursday, May 2, 2002, at Medical Center Hospital. Services are pending with Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. Eugenio Ramos ODESSA - Eugenio Salcido Ramos, 77, of Odessa died Friday, May 3, 2002, at his residence. Services are pending with Odessa Funeral Home Angeles Memorial Chapel. Copyright © 1999-2002 Odessa American. All rights reserved.