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All rights reserved ============================================================================================ January 19, 2002 Permian Basin Obituaries Allie Esther Nunley Bridges ODESSA - Allie Esther Nunley Bridges went to be with our Lord on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2002, at Avalon Place in Odessa at the age of 92. She was born Feb. 6, 1909, in Johnson County, Ark., to W.J. and Willie Carter Nunley, the eighth of 10 children. As an infant, Allie moved to Checotah, Okla., from Clarksville, Ark. At the age of 9, the family returned to Clarksville in three covered wagons. On Sept. 10, 1927, she married Erna Bridges. The couple moved to Camargo, Okla., where they farmed until she moved back to Clarksville while he served in World War II. Their daughter, April, was born while he was serving in the South Pacific. After the war, the family moved back to Camargo until 1951, when she returned to Clarksville to care for her ailing mother. She and her husband were active members of Landmark Missionary Baptist Church in Clarksville, Ark., where she taught in the beginner department for years. "Miss Allie" loved to cook and care for the pastor of the church and visiting preachers and missionaries. In 1990, they moved to Odessa to be near their daughter. Allie was a member of Temple Baptist Church of Odessa. She was preceded in death by her husband, Erna, after they had celebrated 70 years of marriage. She was also preceded in death by her parents and her nine siblings. Allie is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, April and David Newton of Odessa, and three grandchildren and their families, Paul and MaryEllen Newton of Texarkana, Jill and Lance Johnson, Michelle and Davin of Odessa and Jana and David Duckworth, Dakkota and Kamryn of Odessa. She is also survived by several nieces and nephews and her late husband's family, Olen and Doris Bridges, Nettie Jacobs, Lucy Jacobs, Lennie and Floyd Randall, Magdalene Dobbs and Eula Bridges. Family visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. today, Jan. 19, 2002, at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2002, at Landmark Missionary Baptist Church in Clarksville, Ark. Burial will be at the Union Grove Cemetery in Clarksville. The family wishes to express their thanks to the nurses and staff of Avalon Place and Community Care Hospice and Dr. John Whitten for their loving care of our loved one. Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. Viola Hampton ODESSA - Funeral services for Viola Hampton of Brownwood will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, Jan. 21, 2002, at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Hampton died Thursday, Jan. 17, 2002, at Brownwood Regional Medical Center. She was born Nov. 17, 1909, in Dunn, Scurry County, to Willie and Martha Young and William Benjamin Stump. She was one of 11 children, which included four brothers and six sisters. Viola Stump married Wyatt W. Hampton on Dec. 5, 1934, in Mitchell County. She was a homemaker and a member of Temple Baptist Church in Odessa. Mrs. Hampton had been widowed since Dec. 31, 1988. She had lived in Brownwood since 1996. Mrs. Hampton is survived by a sister, Mildred Lightfoot of Midland; and three sisters-in-law, Wanda Stump of Lubbock, Robbie Stump of Oklahoma City and Bessie Martin of Odessa. Nephews include Jerry Stump of Palestine, L.G. Stump of Breckenridge, Rick Stone of Kingwood, John Stone of Carbon, Bobby Hamrick of Irving, Charles Stump of Oklahoma City, William Stump of Casper, Wyo., and Danny Stump of Bastrop. Nieces include Cindy Jamar of Cedar Park, Glenna Parnell of Montevideo, Uruguay, Brenda Stump of Oklahoma City, Linda Applegate of Midland, Betty Lovingood of Odessa, Willeen Willis of Lake of the Pines, Pat Seabourn of Odessa and LaNell Mathews of Ore City. Davis-Morris Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Clara Markowsky Mims ODESSA - Clara Markowsky Mims, 85, of Weslaco passed away Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2002, at Valley Baptist Medical Center in Harlingen. Claire was born June 14, 1916, in Cuero to Alfred H. Markowsky Sr. and Leona Albright Markowsky. She moved to Harlingen from Fort Worth with her family in 1925. She moved to Weslaco where she graduated from high school. In the World War II years, she worked for Joske's Department Store in San Antonio and then for a ladies dress shop in Victoria. She married R.E. Mims in 1951 and moved to Odessa, where he operated the Odessa Walgreen Agency Drug Store. She moved to Weslaco in 1974. She was a founding member of the Mid-Valley Humane Society in Weslaco and member of Faith Lutheran Church, also of Weslaco. She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, R.E. Mims in 1972; her sisters, Eugenia Kirkpatrick of Weslaco, Elgerine Parker of Harlingen and Aline Wood of Dallas; and her brothers, Leland Markowsky of Harlingen and Alfred H. Markowsky Jr. of Corpus Christi. She is survived by her sons, Gary Mims of Fort Worth and Jack Mims of Weslaco; a sister, Mary Lou Heny of Texas City; a brother, Edward Markowsky of La Feria; and several nieces and nephews. A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. today, Jan. 19, 2002, at Faith Lutheran Church on Third Street and Border Avenue in Weslaco. Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2002, at Sunset Memorial Gardens in Odessa with the Rev. Ron Rennegarbe officiating. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of McCaleb Funeral Home in Weslaco. Local arrangements by Sunset Memorial Funeral Home.