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 ================================================================================ ============ Wednesday May 15, 2002 Alvin Garrison KERMIT - Alvin Garrison, 74, of Kermit, a retired production foreman for Bass Enterprises, died Tuesday, May 14, 2002, at the Hospice House in Odessa. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at First Baptist Church. Burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at East Mound Cemetery in Matador. Arrangements by Cooper Funeral Chapel. He was born in Whiteflat and was a resident of Kermit for 57 years. SURVIVORS: Son, Jim Bob Garrison of Seminole; daughters, Rebecca Rae Smith of Coleman and Kimberly Boyd of Midland; brother, C.D. Garrison of Matador; sister, Eugenia Barton of Matador; 12 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Edward Hale ODESSA - Edward Sidney Hale, 69, of Odessa died Friday, May 10, 2002, at Seabury Nursing Center. Memorial services will be at a later date. Arrangements by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors. He was born in Webber Falls, Okla. SURVIVORS: Sisters, Billye Hale Jackson of Joplin, Mo., and Emma Hale Burnett of Midland. Mary Hornbuckle RUIDOSO, N.M. - Mary E. "Dugan" Hornbuckle, 90, of Ruidoso, N.M., a homemaker, died Friday, May 10, 2002, in Ruidoso. Services will be at 11 a.m. MST today at First Christian Church with the Rev. Jim Smith officiating. Burial will be at Forest Lawn Cemetery. Arrangements by LaGrone Funeral Chapel. She was born in Denton County and had been a resident of Odessa. SURVIVORS: Son, H.T. "Tom" Hornbuckle Jr. of Ruidoso; and a granddaughter. Mary Jefferson BRACKETTVILLE - Mary Factor Jefferson, 75, of Fort Stockton, a homemaker, died Saturday, May 11, 2002, at Pecos County Memorial Hospital in Fort Stockton. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at New Jerusalem Temple with the Rev. Raymond Goodloe officiating. Burial will be at the Seminole Indian Scout Cemetery. Arrangements by Memorial Funeral Home. She was born in Mexico. SURVIVORS: Sons, Lee Roy Jefferson Jr. and Wayne Jefferson, both of Fort Stockton; brother, Fred Factor of Brackettville; sister, Annie Shield of Brackettville; and three grandchildren. Irene Ramos ANDREWS - Irene L. Ramos, 66, of Andrews, a homemaker, died Tuesday, May 14, 2002, in Andrews. Mass will be celebrated at 2 p.m. Thursday at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church with the Rev. Bernard Gully officiating. Rosary will be said at 7 p.m. today at McNett Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be at the Andrews North Cemetery. Arrangements by McNett Funeral Home. She was born in Ojinaga, Mexico, and moved to Andrews in 1976 from Jal, N.M. She was Catholic. SURVIVORS: Husband, Eusebio Ramos of Andrews; daughters, Maria Marquez, Irma Rey, Martina Ortiz and Veronica Blanco, all of Andrews, and Maria Rodriguez of Cuauhtemoc, Mexico; sons, Jose Ramos and Sergio Ramos Sr., both of Andrews; sisters, Estella Lujan of Andrews and Maria Luisa Galindo of Midland; brothers, Moses Lujan Jr. and Mario Lujan, both of Odessa, Crispin Lujan of Andrews and Eduardo Lujan of Ojinaga; 19 grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Tomas Valenzuela CRANE - Tomas "Tommy" Valenzuela, 42, of Crane died Tuesday, May 14, 2002, at his residence. Services are pending with Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home. Copyright © 1999-2002 Odessa American. All rights reserved.