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All rights reserved ============================================================================= Thursday August 22, 2002 Dr. Joe Boyd MIDLAND - Dr. Joe T. Boyd, 77, of Midland, a chiropractor, died Monday, Aug. 19, 2002, at Veterans Administration Hospital in Big Spring. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the Nalley-Pickle & Welch Chapel in Midland with the Rev. Curtis Brewer officiating. Burial will be at Tahoka Cemetery in Tahoka. Arrangements by Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home and Crematory. He was born in Lubbock and moved to Odessa in 1957 and then to Midland in 1970. He was a Navy veteran of World War II and the Korean Conflict. SURVIVORS: Sons, Robert Boyd of Midland, Joe R. Boyd of North Richland Hills and Clay Boyd of Austin; daughters, Toni Mosier of Fredericksburg and Lorraine Wheeler of Odessa; brothers, Wayne Boyd of Austin, Lewis Boyd of Lubbock, James Boyd of San Antonio, Dalton Boyd of Mesquite, Jerry Boyd of Mexia and Dayton Boyd of Abernathy; 18 grandchildren; and 11 great grandchildren. Alvena Gandy ODESSA - Alvena Crawford Gandy, 78, of Austin, a nurse, died Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2002, in Austin. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Sunset Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Bob Hopkins officiating. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Sunset Memorial Gardens. She was in born in Mills County and recently moved to Austin from Midland, where she had lived since 1940s. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Daughters, Nancy Gandy of Austin and Sharon Gandy Pelkey of Ruidoso, N.M.; 11 grandchildren, and 10 great-grandchildren. Matthew Garrett ODESSA - Matthew Tyler Garrett, infant son of Steve and Josenia Garrett, of Odessa died Saturday, Aug. 17, 2002, at Odessa Regional Hospital. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Sunset Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Jim Ray Brown officiating. Arrangements by Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. He was born in Odessa. SURVIVORS: Parents; and grandparents, Joe and Lucy Robertson of Odessa and Billiand Vickie Rose of San Antonio. Waylon Sly ODESSA - Waylon Wilford Sly, infant son of David E. and Priscilla Sly, of Odessa died Monday, Aug. 19, 2002, at Odessa Regional Hospital. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Sunset Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Jim Ray Brown officiating. Arrangements by Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. He was born in Odessa. SURVIVORS: Parents; brother, Ryan Tyler Sly of Odessa; sister, Kelly Ashton Sly of Odessa; and grandparents, David W. and June Sly and Ismael and Maria Quintanar, all of Odessa. Margarette Walker STANTON - Margarette Lou Ellen Walker, 82, of Stanton, an accountant, died Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2002, at Stanton Care Center. Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. today at First Baptist Church in Stanton with the Revs. Bobby Walker and David Harp officiating. Graveside services will be at 4:30 p.m. at Lone Wolf Cemetery in Loraine. She was born in Dunn. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Husband, William A. Walker of Stanton; grandson, Andrew Walker of Midland; and great-grandchildren, Megan Walker and Billy Dean Walker, both of Midland. Raymond Whirley CRANE - Raymond "Ray" Whirley, 69, of Crane, a retired shop welder, died Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2002, at Medical Center Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at First Baptist Church. Burial will be at Crane County Cemetery. Arrangements by Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home. He was born in Colorado City. He was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Wife, Vivian "Sis" Whirley of Crane; daughters, Deana Bradford of Odessa, Sharon Herrington of Weslaco, Patty Ford of Odessa, Tammy Maxwell of Canyon Lake; Tony Craig of Greenwood and Mary Ann Smith of Crane; sons, Mike Whirley of McCamey and Denis Whirley of Odessa; siser, Doris McMorries of Tarzan; 21 grandchildren; and 24 great-grandchildren. Florentino Yslas FORT STOCKTON - Florentino Ramirez Yslas, 77, of Fort Stockon, a retired farmer, died Sunday, Aug. 18, 2002, in Fort Stockton. Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. today at St. Agnes Catholic Church with the Rev. David Herrera officiating. Burial will be at Fort Stockton Catholic Cemetery. Arrangements by Memorial Funeral Home. He was born in Ahuazotepec Pue, Mexico. SURVIVORS: Wife, Maria de Jesus Colin Yslas of Fort Stockton; brothers, Ernesto R. Yslas, Federico Ramirez Yslas and Jose R. Yslas, all of Mexico; sisters, Angeles Leon and Brijida Valencia, both of Mexico; one grandchildren; and one great- grandchild. W.T. Jumper ANDREWS - W.T. Jumper, 76, of Andrews died Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2002, in Odessa. Services are pending with McNett Funeral Home. Donna Price ODESSA - Donna Price, 69, of Odessa died Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2002, at Medical Center Hospital. Services are pending with Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. Copyright © 1999-2002 Odessa American. All rights reserved.