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All rights reserved ============================================================================= Death Notices Friday, December 13, 2002 Ina Bailey KERMIT - Ina Pearl Bailey, 76, of Kermit, died Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2002, at Hospice House in Odessa. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at First Baptist Church with the Rev. Ernest Wall officiating. Burial will be at Kermit Cemetery. Arrangements by Cooper Funeral Chapel. She was born in Fisher County. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Daughter, Rhonda Tatro of Andrews; and one grandchild. Elpidio Barrera BIG LAKE - Elpidio Bustos Barrera, 78, of Big Lake, died Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2002. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at First Baptist Church with the Revs. J.B. Bitner and Murray Sauders officiating. Burial will be at the Glen Rest Cemetery. Arrangements by Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home. He was born in Sanderson. He was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Wife, Hortencia Barrera of Big Lake; sons, Pete Barrera of Ozona and Johnny Barrera of Big Lake; daughters, Lupe Barrera of Big Lake, Elizabeth Cata of San Juan Pueblo, N.M., and Eva Benavides of Crane; brother, Didio Barrera of Odessa; sisters, Alvesa Pardo of San Diego and Eustalia Falcon of Toya; 12 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Chloea Bryant IRAAN - Chloea "Granny" Bryant, 80, of Iraan, owner and operator of Granny’s Restaurant, died Thursday, Dec. 12, 2002, at the Parks Methodist Retirement Home. Graveside services will be at 4 p.m. today at Restland Cemetery with the Chaplin Gale Wilson officiating. Arrangements by Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home. She was born in Grange, Ark. SURVIVORS: Daughters, Eva White of Odessa and Kay Bryant of Midland; son, Doyle Bryant of Burleson; brother, Bartus Voyles of Strawberry, Ark.; sisters, Joyce Denton of Cave City, Ark. Ina Glidwell of Monette, Ark., Emma Whitely of Florida, Inga Dixon of Johnson City and Ruby Voyles of Odessa; nine grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren. Eddie Crow NOCONA - Eddie L. Crow, 77, of Stanton, an oilfield worker, died Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2002, at his residence. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Scott-Morris Chapel with the Rev. David Harp officiating. Burial will be at Nocona Cemetery. Local arrangements by Gilbreath Funeral Home in Stanton. He was born in Nocona. He was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Wife, Gladys Crow of Stanton; sons, Eddie Dale Crow and Woody Crow, both of Big Spring, and Danny Crow of Houston; six grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Bobby Esparza ODESSA - Bobby Esparza, 38, of Odessa, died Monday, Dec. 9, 2002, at his residence. Services will be at 10 a.m. today at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home Chapel. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. SURVIVORS: Daughter, Dominica Esparza of Odessa; parents, Robert Esparza and Carmen Ceballos, both of Odessa; brothers, Rudy Esparza of Dallas, Ernest Esparza of Hawaii and Prajedes Ceballos III of Odessa; sisters, Selina Betancourt, Melinda Esparza, Carmelita Ceballos and Celvia Ceballos, all of Odessa. Mary Flournoy ODESSA - Mary Beatrice Flournoy, 90, of Ozona, a retired clerk, died Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2002, at the Crockett County Care Center. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. She was born in Wills Point. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Daughters, Mary Capps of Ozona and Lynn Morgan of Lake Buchanan; sister, Juanita Hill of Hobbs, N.M.; and nine grandchildren. James Gill ODESSA - James Alfred Gill, 77, of Odessa, a retired oilfield worker, died Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2002, at Hospice House. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors Chapel. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors. He was born in Atwood. SURVIVORS: Sons, Ray Gill and Frank Gill, both of Odessa, Jerry Gill of Austin and Earl Wayne Moore of Midland; daughter Glenda Williams of Kingwood; sister, Audrey Murray of Nebraska; 16 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. Y.B. Hodnett BIG SPRING - Y.B. Hodnett, 75, of Big Spring, a retired postal worker, died Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2002, at the Veterans Administration Medical Center. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Myers and Smith Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Randy Cotton officiating. Burial will be at Trinity Memorial Park. Arrangements by Myers and Smith Funeral Home. He was born in the Vealmoor Community. He was an Army veteran of World War II. He was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Wife, Sue Hodnett of Big Spring; sons, Dewey Dwayne Hodnett of Big Spring and Michael Hodnett of College Station; daughters, Suzanne Huitt of Big Spring, Sharon Childs of Odessa and Patricia Hall of Wylie; stepdaughters, Anita McNelly of Moore, Okla., and Kathy Tolle of Euless; sisters, Anna Mae Hyden and Marie Gillihan, both of Big Spring, and Juanita Smith of Midland; 16 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Juanita Johnson STAMFORD - Juanita "Nita" Bounds Goss Johnson, 94, of Odessa, a retired home economics teacher, died Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2002, at the Hospice House. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Highland Memorial Cemetery with the Rev John Erwin officiating. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. She was born in Oran. She was Methodist. SURVIVORS: Son, Robert H. Goss of Dallas; sister, Virginia Loop of Stamford; three grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Julie Johnson-Kass FORT DAVIS - Julie Johnson-Kass, 38, of Fort Davis, a hotel general manager, died Sunday, Dec. 8, 2002. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Methodist Church of Fort Davis with the Rev. Ernie Vineyard officiating. Graveside services will be Dec. 17 at Restland Cemetery in Dallas. Arrangements by Geeslin Funeral Home. She was born in Dallas. She was Methodist. SURVIVORS: Son, Chaz Mark Johnson of Fort Davis; daughter, Chelsea Ane Johnson of Fort Davis; Father, Richard M. Norton of Corpus Christi; mother, Anita Norton of Fort Davis; and sisters, Kerry Newkirk of Granbury and Leslie Hadjiev of Pennsylvania. Abel Lujan FORT STOCKTON - Abel D. Lujan, 33, of Fort Stockton, died Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2002, in Fort Stockton. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Elizabeth Fish officiating. Burial will be at East Hill Cemetery. Arrangements by Memorial Funeral Home. He was born in Fort Stockton. SURVIVORS: Father, David Lujan of Fort Stockton; mother, Lydia Duarte of Houston; brother, Marcos Lujan of Odessa; and sister, Ashley Duarte of Houston. Margaret Mims LUBBOCK - Margaret Mims, 82, formerly of Lubbock, owner and operator of a drive-in restaurant and a saleswoman, died Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2002, at the Regency Village Care Center in Austin. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Resthaven’s Abbey Chapel with the Rev. John Ballard officiating. Burial will be at Resthaven Memorial Park. Arrangements by Resthaven Funeral Home. She was born in Crosby County. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Daughters, Virginia Ruth Camp of Austin and Jo Ellen Meeks of Odessa; sister, Yvonne Sinclair of Lubbock; six grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren. James Toler LA GRANGE - James Ralph Toler, 77, of La Grange, a retired drilling consultant, died Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2002, at his residence. Arrangements by Koenig & Strickland Funeral Home. He was born in Dublin. He was a Navy veteran of World War II. SURVIVORS: Daughters, Sharon Kay Adams of Houston, Janice Whitworth of Odessa, Mary Toler of Florida and Sandra Badell of Venezuela; and six grandchildren. Copyright © 1999-2003 Odessa American. All rights reserved.