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All rights reserved ============================================================================================ Friday March 22, 2002 Manuel Antonio Galindo Sr. ODESSA - Manuel Antonio "Gordo" Galindo Sr., 36 years of age, passed away Wednesday, March 20, 2002, following an automobile accident. He was born March 18, 1966, in Ojinaga, Mexico, to Alberto and Angela Galindo. He was preceded in death in his father, Alberto Galindo. He is survived by his wife, Leticia Galindo of Odessa; son, Manuel Antonio Galindo Jr. of Odessa; daughters, Jessica Galindo and Angie Galindo, both of Odessa; his mother, Angela Galindo of Odessa; brothers, Jose Galindo, Ubaldo Galindo, Isaiaz Galindo and Luis Galindo, all of Odessa, and Homero Galindo of Midland; sisters, Guadalupe Galindo and Barbara Urias, both of Odessa, and Eva Galindo of Pecos; and numerous nieces and nephews. Rosary will be said at 7 p.m. today at Odessa Funeral Home Chapel. Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 23, 2002, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church with the Rev. Serafin Avenido officiating. Burial will follow at Rose Hill Cemetery. Services by Odessa Funeral Home. Durwood Cook Hudson ODESSA - Durwood Cook Hudson, 76, of Odessa passed away Wednesday, March 20, 2002, at Medical Center Hospital. He was born Dec. 19, 1925, in Abilene. Durwood married Claudine Mae Murray on June 9, 1946, and moved from Fort Worth, where he attended barber school, to McCamey. They moved to Odessa in 1949. Durwood was a barber in McCamey and Odessa for 53 years and retired in 1997. He served in the Navy during World War II and served on the USS Lexington. He was a member of Temple Baptist Church, the Galilean Bible class and Young at Heart fellowship. Durwood was preceded in death by his parents, Joe and Effie Ladelle Hudson of McCamey; his daughter, Cindy Brown of Odessa; brothers, Joe and Billy Hudson; and sisters, Thelma Owens, Buena Price, Norma Jean Ivy, Maureen DeMerritt, Pauleen Powell and Lela Hickox. He is survived by his wife, Claudine; daughters, Claudia Anderson of Bastrop and Cathy Thomason of Odessa; sister, Tommie Dean of Lufkin; nine grandchildren, Chris Cook of Dallas, Chad Cook of Dallas, Heather Caswell of Odessa, Corrie Thompson of Odessa, Melissa Hunt of Laredo, Jeff Thomason of Florida, Scott Thomason of Odessa, Monica Stewart of Wyoming and Thomas Butler of California; and 11 great-grandchildren, Taylor, Dalton and Jonathan Cook, Dillon and Anita Thompson, Kodie Caswell, Austin, Alex and Aaron Hunt, Jaret Thomason and Kayla Stewart. Durwood was a loving husband, father and grandfather. In lieu of flowers, donations or memorials may be made to Temple Baptist Young at Heart. Memorial services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 23, 2002, at Temple Baptist Church, Harvesters Classroom, with the Rev. Kyle Rodgers officiating. Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. Terry Ford Levett ODESSA - Terry Ford Levett, 39, of Odessa passed away Wednesday, March 20, 2002, at Medical Center Hospital. He was born Jan. 4, 1963, in Kalamazoo, Mich. He married Tosha Alderidge on Jan. 11, 2002, in Odessa. He was a U.S. Army veteran and a Protestant. Terry was preceded in death by grandparents, William Bailey, Mrs. Corky Levett and Ed Levett. He is survived by his wife, Tosha Levett of Odessa; daughter, Victoria "Dani" Alderidge of Odessa; parents, George and Arlean Levett of Ozona; grandmother, Vada Bailey of Plainwell, Mich.; stepgrandmother, Dorothy Levett of Plainwell, Mich.; uncles, Mr. and Mrs. William Bailey, Mr. and Mrs. Craig Bailey and Mr. and Mrs. Rick Levett, all of Plainwell, Mich.; aunts, Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Anderson of Hasting, Mich., and Mr. and Mrs. Larry Risner of Plainwell, Mich.; father and mother-in-law, David and Billie Alderidge of Odessa; grandfather and grandmother-in-law, Fred Alderidge of Odessa and Glenda Littlejohn of Monahans; sister-in-law, Tiffany Alderidge of Odessa; and many aunts, uncles, cousins and friends. A private service will be held at a later date. He will lie in state this evening, March 22, 2002, at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. Orbie Howard Redman ODESSA - Orbie Howard Redman, age 86, of Odessa died Tuesday, March 19, 2002, in Odessa. He was born April 26, 1915, in Prague, Okla., to Omer and Della Redman. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today, March 22, 2002, in the chapel of Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors with the Rev. Melvin Warren of First Baptist Church officiating. Interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. He married Dorothy Vessels on Aug. 18, 1937, in Odessa. Mr. Redman served in the U.S. Army during World War II in Germany where he was wounded and became disabled. He was an independent wholesale and retail gasoline operator. He was an art teacher and artist in Odessa where they raised their family. He was a member of First Baptist Church and was an ordained Baptist deacon and a Sunday school teacher. He was a loving and caring husband and father. He was an avid traveler and fisherman. Mr. Redman was preceded in death by his parents; a daughter, Debra Kay Redman; and a brother, Orvilee Redman. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy Redman of Odessa; sons, Gerald D. Redman of Central, Bobby H. Redman and wife Toni of Midland and Jerry Don Redman and wife Sue of Scottsdale, Ariz.; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. If desired, memorials may be made to Home Hospice, 903 N. Sam Houston, Odessa, Texas, 79761. You are invited to leave a message or memory in our online guest book at www.wilsonfuneral.com. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors. Copyright © 1999-2002 Odessa American. All rights reserved.