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All rights reserved ============================================================================================ Thursday March 14, 2002 Doug Combest ODESSA - Doug Combest, beloved father, grandfather and brother, passed away Monday, March 11, 2002, at Hospice House. His son, Lohn, and his parents preceded him in death. Graveside services are scheduled for 2 p.m. today, March 14, 2002, at Sunset Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Jimmy Braswell of Home Hospice officiating. Doug was born Dec. 28, 1933, in Clarendon to Cecil and Susan Combest. He served in the U.S. Army. He came to Odessa in 1952 and graduated from Odessa High School in 1954. He married JoAnn Watkins in 1954. Doug was a reserve deputy sheriff in Corpus Christi and Odessa for 14 years. He had retired from Meridian, formerly El Paso Natural Gas Co., in 1991 after 31 years of service. He was a member of the American Legion, he enjoyed fishing, boating and R.V.-ing. Survivors include his son, Scott Combest and wife Rochelle and grandchildren, Clare and Reid Combest, all of Dallas; special friend, Needa Faught of Midland; brothers, Park Combest of Odessa and Michael Combest of Elkhart, Ind.; and sisters, Beth Beard of Houston and JoAnn Combest of Garland. Memorials can be made to Home Hospice. Betty Joe Craft MONAHANS - Betty Joe Craft, 76 years of age, passed away Tuesday, March 12, 2002, at her Monahans residence. She was born Sept. 30, 1925, in Westbrook and was resident of Monahans for the past 30 years. She was a member of Emmanuel Baptist Church of Monahans and a homemaker. She married John L. Craft on Jan. 3, 1952, in Loving, N.M. Betty Joe is survived by her husband of Monahans; son, Hank Craft and his wife Donnette of Muskogee, Okla.; daughters, Vickie A. Bucy and her husband Randy of Odessa and Jonelle Wiley and her husband Bryan of Farmerville, La.; sister, Nell Waldrop and her husband David of Odessa; brother, T.J. Oliver Jr. and his wife Thelma of Stockdale; 10 grandchildren, Randy, Rhonda, Vicki Lynn, Lee, Jamie, Jill, Candi, Brandi, Jeremy and Jason; 25 great-grandchildren; and very dear friend, Pat Kelsey. A visitation will be held from 9:30 a.m. until service time Friday, March 15, 2002, at Emmanuel Baptist Church of Monahans. Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. at Emmanuel Baptist Church with the Rev. Craig Routen officiating. Burial will follow at the Monahans Cemetery. Her grandsons will serve as pallbearers. Services by Odessa Funeral Home. Jimmy Leon Ivins Sr. ODESSA - Services for Jimmy Leon Ivins Sr. will be at 10 a.m. Friday, March 15, 2002, at Parkview Church of Christ with Charles Jones officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Jimmy went to be with the Lord on Monday, March 11, 2002, following a lengthy illness. Born June 8, 1935, in Vivian, La., Jimmy spent most of his adult life in Odessa, where he graduated from Odessa High School in 1953. Jimmy was employed for many years with Marks Crane and Rigging, where he worked at the time of a 1979 accident that left him paralyzed. Following the accident, Jimmy became an advocate for those with handicapping conditions in Odessa, lobbying city and county officials to make public buildings more accessible to the handicapped. He also served his Lord by caring for shut-in church members over the phone. Jimmy is survived by his wife of 46 years, Patsy; his three sons, Jimmy Ivins Jr. of Odessa, John Ivins and his wife Tyra of Midland and Bill Ivins of Aztec, N.M.; his grandchildren, Laura Ivins, Taira McKenzie and Sean Ivins; a great-grandchild, Alec McKenzie, all of Moore, Okla.; as well as his mother, Mildred Lincoln of Odessa. The family requests that, in lieu of flowers, memorial gifts be sent to Odessa Christian School, 2000 Doran, Odessa, Texas, 79761. Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. Choicie Steward ODESSA - Choicie Steward of Odessa passed away Wednesday, March 13, 2002, at her residence. She was born in Hearne. She moved to Odessa in the 1940s. She was a retired cook and an active member of Rose of Sharon Baptist Church. She is survived by four daughters, Alyce Joyce Gilbert of Houston, Willie Ruth Smith, Carolyn Jean Martinez and Janice LaVonne White, all of Odessa; 11 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 16, 2002, at Rose of Sharon Baptist Church with the Rev. J.W. Hanson officiating. Interment will follow at Odessa Cemetery under the direction of Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. Copyright © 1999-2002 Odessa American. All rights reserved.