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All rights reserved ============================================================================================ January 12, 2002 Permian Basin Obituaries Cy Elliott Foster MIDLAND - Cy E. Foster, age 65, died Friday, Jan. 11, 2002, at Hospice House. Cy was born Sept. 22, 1936, in Midland to Cy and Merle Foster. He was raised in Sundown and attended San Angelo State College. The past 10 years he owned an oilfield chemical company in Midland and the previous 15 years he was sales manager and served as vice president of oilfield production chemicals of Unichem International in Hobbs, N.M. He was preceded in death by his parents. Cy is survived by his wife, Jaye Jean; sons, Chris and Chad, both of Midland, Kelly of Hobbs, N.M, and Kirby of Tulsa, Okla.; daughter, Amy of Winston-Salem, N.C.; two brothers, Carl of Lubbock and Robert of Austin; and three grandchildren, Angie, Gage and Cy. Memorial services have been scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 13, 2002, at Ellis Funeral Home Chapel, 801 Andrews Highway, Midland, with Pastor Robert Pase of Grace Lutheran Church officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Ellis Funeral Home. Honorary pallbearers will be Butch Ladd, John Jones, John Meyers, Chad Goldson, David Hicks, Bryan Ham, Michael Ham, Ray Ramsey, Bob Radabaugh and Jim Fletcher. The family requests that memorials be directed to Hospice House, 903 N. Sam Houston Ave., Odessa, Texas, 79761. Vivian Mitchell KERMIT - Services for Vivian Mitchell, 82, of Kermit will be at 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 13, 2002, at First Baptist Church in Kermit. Officiating will be the Rev. Earnest Wall, pastor of First Baptist and the Rev. Russell Smith, retired, of Kermit. Burial will follow at the Kermit Cemetery under the direction of McNett Funeral Home of Andrews. Vivian died Thursday, Jan. 10, 2002, at Odessa Regional Hospital. She was born May 18, 1919, in St. Louis, Mo. Vivian was a former runway model in New York City and was also a former Miss Missouri in 1937. Vivian was a past member of the Eastern Star and a member of the First Baptist Church in Kermit. She married C.A. Mitchell on July 8, 1939, in Potosie, Mo. They are longtime ranchers in the Kermit area. Survivors are her husband, C.A. Mitchell of Kermit; daughter, Cheryl and husband Robert Roark of Andrews; brother, Richard and wife Edith Guthrie of Fountain Valley, Calif.; and two grandchildren, Ross and wife Sharon Roark of Collinsville and Rachel Roark and fiance Bart Rankin of Dallas. The family requests memorials to: American Diabetes Association, P.O. Box 2680, North Canton, Ohio, 44720, or your favorite charity. R.E. Mead Jr. DALLAS - R.E. Mead Jr. passed away Dec. 19, 2001, at the age of 72. He was preceded in death by his parents, R.E. Sr. and Mildred Mead, and his brother, Montie Mead. He is survived by three daughters, Vickie, Beckie and Kellie; six grandchildren, Alesha, Ashlie, Lance, Wesley, Jarid and Randy; two great-grandchildren, Torrie and Tommy; and his faithful companion, Linda Spurgeon. R.E. started a very lucrative career in sales with the Yellow Pages and retired from the wholesale ladies apparel industry with his own showroom at the Dallas Apparel Mart. After his retirement, he stayed very active in real estate development. One of his passions was dancing, and he was quite an accomplished ballroom dancer. His other passion was baton twirling, which won him several U.S. championships while instructing others who did likewise. He twirled in high school, college and the Shrine parades for years. Memorial services will be held Saturday, Jan. 19, 2002. In lieu of flowers, please consider contributions in memory of R.E. to the Children's Shrine Hospital, Galveston Burn Unit, 813 Market St., Galveston, Texas, 77550. Stanley Smith MONAHANS - Stanley Smith, 70, was born Nov. 15, 1931, to Archie and Annie Muriel Smith in Georgetown. He died suddenly Jan. 10, 2002, at the family ranch in Crane County. Mr. Smith met and married Eva Long of Crane County while both were attending Southwestern University in Georgetown. They celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary July 28, 2001. After graduation from Southwestern in 1952, Mr. Smith moved to West Texas with Eva to begin a long distinguished career with the Monahans-Wickett-Pyote Independent School District. Mr. Smith was a principal with the Monahans school for 30 of his 35 years with the system, the last 20 years as principal of Monahans High School. After retiring from education in 1987, Mr. Smith turned his part-time ranching career into a full-time career. He was also an active volunteer with several organizations in Monahans. Mr. Smith was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Monahans, the Rotary Club, Ward County Retired Teachers Association, Monahans Main Street, director of the first Butterfield Overland Stagecoach and Wagon Festival and the Kermit Bass Club. He was a Paul Harris Fellow and had also received the Distinguished Service Award from the Monahans Jaycees. Mr. Smith was preceded in death by his parents and his brother, Shelley V. Smith. He is survived by his wife, Eva of Monahans; a son, Robert Ell Smith and his wife Oleta of Soper, Okla.; a daughter, Lois Ann McKenzie and her husband Kirke of Iraan; grandsons, Robert "Scooter" Dixon and his wife Gena of Tulia and Shane McKenzie and his wife Laura of San Angelo; granddaughters, Robyn Stanford and husband Jay of Andrews, Candace Smith of Hartshorne, Okla., Stephanie and Shawna Smith of Soper, Okla., and Shelley Hanson and husband Ron of San Pedro, Calif.; 12 great-grandchildren; sisters-in-law, Billee Lou Harris of Monahans and Shirley Smith of Abilene; a special niece, Pam Treadaway of Monahans; and nephews, Vance Smith of Three Rivers and Seth Smith of Dallas. Services will be at 2 p.m. today, Jan. 12, 2002, at First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Stephen Swisher officiating. Burial will be at Monahans Memorial Cemetery. Arrangements by Harkey Funeral Home.