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                          Permian Basin Obituaries
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Thursday June 27, 2002 

Willie Benham
ODESSA - Willie Olene Leonard Benham, 74, of Odessa, a retired employee of First 
State Bank, died Tuesday, June 25, 2002, at Medical Center Hospital.
Services will be at 3 p.m. Friday at Immanuel Baptist Church with the Rev. Bill 
Cook officiating. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by 
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
She was born in Coleman. She was Baptist.
SURVIVORS: Sons, Bruce Benham of Odessa and Stanley Benham of Gardendale; 
stepson, Ronnie Acton of El Paso; daughter, Patty Needham of Atlanta; brothers, 
Bobby Dale Leonard of Odessa and Dulane Leonard of Big Spring; six 
grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Judy Goss
QUITMAN - Judy Carol Patterson Goss, 56, of Sanderson, a homemaker, died 
Tuesday, June 25, 2002, in Sanderson.
Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. Friday at Shady Grove Cemetery with the 
Rev. Fred Morrow officiating. Arrangements by Memorial Funeral Home.
She was born in Wood County.
SURVIVORS: Husband, Jerry Goss of Sanderson; daughter, Patricia Hagelstein of 
Sanderson; mother, Claudine Patterson of Quitman; brother, Tony Patterson of 
Quitman; sister, Nicki Wall of Littleton, Colo.; and three grandchildren.

Donald Huey
MONAHANS - Donald Lee Huey, 57, of Monahans, a self-employed oilfield 
construction worker, died Tuesday, June 25, 2002, at his residence.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Immanuel Baptist Church with the Revs. 
Morris Johnson, David Lively, Robert Mitchell and Larry Bennett officiating. 
Burial will be at Monahans Memorial Cemetery. Arrangements by Family Funeral 
Services.
He was born in Coleman.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Beverly Huey of Monahans; son, Gary Huey of Monahans; daughter, 
Debra Francisco of Monahans; brothers, Raymond Huey of Dallas, Sam Huey and Lynn 
Huey, both of Monahans, and Terry Huey of Weatherford; sister, Opal Mobbs of 
Abilene; and five grandchildren.

William Pulkinen
HOUSTON - William S. "Billy" Pulkinen, 51, of Odessa, a truck driver, died 
Saturday, June 22, 2002, in Odessa.
Services were at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Forest Park Lawndale Funeral Home Family 
Chapel. Burial was at Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery. Arrangements by Forest Park 
Lawndale Funeral Home and Cemetery.
He was born in Houston and had been a resident of Pasadena.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Cindy Lynn Pulkinen of Odessa; sons, David Manuel and Jason 
Manuel, both of Odessa; daughters, Brandy Ambrose and Kathy Mitchel, both of 
Odessa; brother, Frank Pulkinen of Manvel; sister, Patricia Truelock of Houston; 
and five grandchildren.

Lester Smith
LAMESA - Lester Smith, 67, of Lamesa, a self-employed truck driver, died 
Tuesday, June 25, 2002, at Sage Healthcare Center in Lamesa.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at St. John's Baptist Church with the Rev. 
Nathanial Tarpley officiating. Burial will be at Lamesa Memorial Park. 
Arrangements by Branon Funeral Home.
He was born in Gonzales and was a resident of Dawson County for 44 years.
SURVIVORS: Daughter, Debra Favors of Odessa; son, Lester Ray Smith of Lamesa; 
sister, Ernestine Stovall of Gonzales; and a grandchild.

J.C. Williamson
SEMINOLE - J.C. Williamson, 89, of Weatherford, a retired farmer, died Tuesday, 
June 25, 2002, at a Weatherford hospital.
Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Gaines County Cemetery 
South with James T. Smith officiating. Arrangements by Boyer Funeral Home.
He was born in Snyder. He was Presbyterian.
SURVIVORS: Sons, Mac Williamson of Ingleside, Hardy Williamson of Cedar Creek, 
David Williamson of West Monroe, La., Edd Williamson of Orville, Calif., James 
Williamson of Freemont, Calif., Mike Williamson of Princeton, N.J., and Steve 
Williamson of Richardson; and daughters, Joyce Castleberry of Weatherford and 
Jan Spiller of Coahoma.

Guerrero Olivas
STANTON - Guerrero "Gary" Olivas, 70, of Stanton died Wednesday, June 26, 2002, 
at his residence.
Services are pending with Stanton Memorial Funeral Home and Chapel. 
 
 
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