Ector Co. TX - Obits from the Odessa American Online Submitted by Charlene Beatty Beauchamp cbodessa@classicnet.net Thanks to the Odessa American Online http://www.oaoa.com/ ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** OA Online Obituaries. Permian Basin Obituaries Copyright © 1999 - 2002 Odessa American. All rights reserved ============================================================================================ Sunday January 27, 2002 Joe G. Urias ODESSA - Joe G. Urias, 76, of Odessa, passed away Friday, Jan. 25, 2002, at Medical Center Hospital. He was born June 30, 1925, in Fort Stockton. He married Paula A. Prado on May 14, 1943, in Fort Stockton. Mr. Urias moved to Odessa in 1955 from Fort Stockton. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He was a retired restaurant owner and a Catholic. He was preceded in death by his parents, Ubil and Concepcion Urias; sisters, Goya Velasquez, Santos Franco, and Margarita Maldonado. He is survived by his wife, Paula Urias of Odessa; son, Danny P. Urias of Odessa; three grandchildren, Joseph Woods of Irving, Anjanette Loy and husband Brent of Hot Springs, Ark., and Tiffany Urias of Dallas; and great grandson, Dalton Cade Loy of Hot Springs. A rosary will be said at 7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 27, 2002, at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. Funeral Mass will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 28, 2002, at St. Anthony's Catholic Church with Father James Bridges officiating. Interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens under the direction of Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. Sandra Martin CRANE - Sandra Martin, 60, long-time resident of Crane, passed away Jan. 24, 2002. She was born to Archie Martin and Ethel Scott on Jan. 18, 1942, in Odessa. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 27, in the Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Ellis Lane officiating. Burial will be in Crane County Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home. Honorary pallbearers are David Collier, Audwin Gallion, Darrell Harvey, Danny Plummer, Jesse Borrego, and Tim Chadman. She was preceded in death by her father, Archie Martin and her sister, Peggy Foster. She is survived by her mother, Ethel Scott of Crane; her children, Cindy and Randy Benton of Crane, Jeri Blue of Crane and Rhonda Baker of Dublin; grandchildren, Kylee, Carlee, Christopher and Cory of Crane, Lyndsie Tucker of Midland, Jerid Wells of Houston, and Cody, Ashlea and Cassie Baker of Dublin. You are gone from our lives, but will never be forgotten for one moment of each day. You are our best friend, our angel, God's gift to use for a short while. We were truly blessed to have you. What will we ever do without you, your love, your tender touch. This will be the hardest thing we ever have to endure in our lives, but we know you are where you need to be now - no pain and with the angels who are very lucky to have a wonderful woman as gentle and loving as you. We love you mother forever. Odis E. "Curly" Nelson ODESSA - Odis E. "Curly" Nelson, 89, of Owasso, Okla., formerly a longtime Odessa resident, died Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2002, at Select Specialty Hospital. He was born July 27, 1912, to Robert and Ethel Nelson in Antlers, Okla. He was in the Army Air Corps from 1942 until 1945. He was a master sergeant serving in the 44th bomber group stationed in England where he flew the B-224 bomber. He was twice decorated with an Air Medal and Bronze Star. He married Mary Goad on June 20, 1948, in Durant, Okla. That year they moved to Odessa from Oklahoma. He retired from Exxon as a pumper in 1975. He loved to travel by RV and go camping. He made friends easily and loved to talk and joke. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge. He was a member of the United Methodist Church. His wife preceded him in death in 1993. Survivors include his daughter, Helga Bevel and husband Dennis of Owasso, Okla.; sisters, Viola Mullings of Broken Arrow, Okla., and Anna Belle Morgan of Longview; and a grandchild, Krystal Bevel of Owasso, Okla. Services are scheduled for 10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 28, 2002, at Sunset Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Bill Heggemeier officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Services are under the direction of Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. Copyright © 1999-2002 Odessa American. All rights reserved.