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All rights reserved ============================================================================================ Thursday February 21, 2002 Ross Cairns ODESSA - Mr. Ross Cairns, age 61, died Thursday, Feb. 14, 2002. He was employed by Schlumberger as a senior equipment operator in Midland. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, Feb. 25, 2002, at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, 3625 W. 11th St. at N. Loop 338, with Brother Chuck Dietz presiding. He was preceded in death by his mother, Jean Cairns, and beloved father-in-law, Maurice Kolkema. Mr. Cairns is survived by his wife, Judi Cairns; sons, David and Ray and wife Sheri and grandson, Levi. Other survivors include his father, Dr. Edmund Cairns; sister, Nancy Trehub and husband Roger; a beautiful mother-in-law, Evelyn; nieces, Jane, Crissy and Traci; and nephew, Dan. A memorial fund has been set up in the name of Ross Cairns, care of Joe Baxter, Caprock Congregation of Jehovah Witnesses, 908 W. 20th St., Odessa, Texas, 79763. Arrangements by Boone Funeral Home, Bossier City, La., (318) 742-5361. Tim Edward Fletcher ODESSA - Tim Edward Fletcher, 57, of Odessa passed away Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2002, at his residence. He was born May 12, 1944, in Anderson County. He married Jerry Ann Thomas on May 24, 1965, in Ector County. He worked in the highline construction business. He was a U.S. Army veteran. He is survived by his wife, Jerry Fletcher of Odessa; daughter, Sandra Vasek of Odessa; four sons, Kendall Ross of Junction, Tim Fletcher of Batesville, Ark., Randell Ross of Denton and Eddy Fletcher of Corpus Christi; two brothers, Robert Fletcher of Lubbock and W.L. Fletcher of Lampasas; four sisters, Dorthy Jones of Mineral Wells, Laura Ply of Lake Stamford, Dora Gilmore of Mineral Wells and Thra Dale "Bo" Howard of Grand Prairie; 13 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22, 2002, at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Charles Howard officiating. Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. Henry Clifford 'Cliff' Shannon ODESSA - Henry Clifford "Cliff" Shannon, 92, of Odessa passed away Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2002, at his residence. He was born Feb. 13, 1910, in Stephenville. He married Gwendola Ground on Jan. 9, 1939, in Anson. He was a member of Belmont Baptist Church and had held every office at the church and was a longtime trustee until the time of his death. He was owner of G&S Oil Co. He was preceded in death by a son, Clifford Earl Shannon. He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Gwen Shannon of Odessa. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22, 2002, at Belmont Baptist Church with the Rev. Gene Rotramell officiating. Interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. Marjorie Waldrip MUNDAY - Marjorie Harris Waldrip, 87, of Odessa passed away Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 19, 2002, at San Jacinto Manor in Deer Park. She was born March 23, 1914, in Weinert to Walter Harris and Amalee Collier Harris. She married Lynn Waldrip on Jan. 28, 1933. She was a 35-year resident of Odessa and a member of Crescent Park Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband of 67 years. She is survived by two daughters, Betty Henderson of La Porte and Peggy Bledsoe of Robinson; three grandchildren, Pete Henderson and wife Tonya of La Porte, Sherrie Moore and husband Mike of Robinson and Terrie Duffy and husband Pat of Manor; two nephews, Walter Spaid of Tahlequah, Okla., and Jerry Davis of Plano; two nieces, Bettye Porter of Irving and Johnna Terrell of San Antonio; and five great-grandchildren. Graveside services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22, 2002, at Johnson Memorial Cemetery in Munday with the Rev. Michael Moore officiating. Services are under the direction of Paul U. Lee Funeral Home in La Porte. Winnie Eulene Craddock Baker ODESSA - On Feb. 18, 2002, Eulene Baker left this earth and joined her Lord and Savior in heaven greeted by her loved ones who have gone before. She was born July 4, 1917, in Strawn to Nettie Bigham Craddock and Henry J. Craddock. After graduation from high school, she moved to McCamey and worked as a telephone operator until her retirement in 1942 to become a full-time homemaker, a career to which she brought excellence in all she did. She married Frank Baker on Oct. 14, 1938, in Strawn at the home of her parents. Eulene and Frank moved to Odessa in 1941. Two children were born of this marriage, James Jackson "Jim" Baker, who predeceased Eulene in 1989, and Linda Carol Baker of Midland. Besides Frank and Linda, she is survived by a grandson, John P. Herring of Boston, Mass.; brother-in-law, James A. "Slick" Baker and wife Lila of San Angelo; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by two sisters and four brothers. Eulene was a woman of great courage and strength, compassion and hope, wisdom and integrity. She was a longtime member of St. Luke's United Methodist Church and was active for many years in United Methodist Women and WSCS, where she was the recipient of the Distinguished Service Award. Eulene will be remembered as a loving and devoted wife and mother, a genuine and loyal friend who cared for and gave to others all of her life. She touched many lives and will be missed by all who knew her. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. today, Feb. 21, 2002, at St. Luke's United Methodist Church with Kevin Bushart officiating. Interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers are Raymond Brooks Baker, Gene Crawford, Bob Childers, Mack Herring, Jack Herring and Larry Ritchie. Honorary pallbearers are Harry Bradley, Chunky Hendrick, George Blumentritt and Jay Hooks. Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.