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All rights reserved ============================================================================================ Sunday March 24, 2002 John Tylka ODESSA - John Tylka went to be with our Heavenly Father on Thursday, March 21, 2002. He was 80 years and 51 weeks old. During World War II, Dad was in the Navy and sang with many big name artists. Dad was a singing bartender in Chicago for five years. He won first place in an amateur show and second place in 1946 in the Chicago Tribune Festival. Dad moved to Odessa in 1951 from Chicago and became the manager of the American Legion from 1953 until 1960. He then became a janitorial salesman, which he was until he retired in 1997. Dad was most remembered for his singing "My Buddy" at the Ector County Cemetery on Memorial Day. He sang this song for 48 years. The last couple of years Dad sang for the V.F.W. at many service men and women's military services. Our family feels extremely blessed for the many friends and family who have shared our love with our dad, Papa, and Big Papa. We know you are with Mom, "Bobo" and Carol (Aunt Carol-o) now. We will miss you forever. We love you and will see you again. He is survived by his son, Harold Tylka of Odessa; daughter, Dianne Vaught and husband Mark of Odessa; sisters, Lill Juraska of Milwaukee, Wis., And Pauline Griffith of St. Louis, Mo.; grandchildren, Stephanie Thisted and husband, Bruce, Chris Vaught, Kimi Vaught, Jeffrey Vaught and Sasha Tylka, all of Odessa; great-grandchildren, Tiffany and Brittney Thisted and Sasha has one on the way, all of Odessa. Rosary will be said at 7 p.m. Monday, March 25, 2002 at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. Funeral Mass will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 26, 2002, at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church with Father Pablo Tiong O.P. officiating. Interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. Noble Lee ODESSA - Noble Lee, 78, passed away Friday, March 22, 2002, at Medical Center Hospital. He was born Feb. 13, 1924, in Cooper, Texas. Mr. Lee married Sybil Perry on March 7, 1948, in Germany, and moved to Odessa from Monterey, Calif., in 1969. He was enlisted in the U.S. Army and Air Force, and was a U.S. Postal Carrier for ten years, and enjoyed reading. He was a member of Belmont Baptist Church. Family visitation is scheduled for 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Monday, March 25, 2002, at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. Services are scheduled for 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 26, 2002, at Sunset Memorial Chapel. Burial will follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Survivors include his wife, Sybil Lee; sons, Gary Lee of Terrell; Robert E. Lee of Dennison, and Terry A. Lee of Florida; a daughter, Suzan B. Perry of New York City, N.Y.; a sister, Maizie Southard of Bonham; thirteen grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. Memorials may be donated to the American Cancer Society or to the Alzheimer's Association. Services are under the direction of Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. Lexie Jean and Addy Ann Rawls ODESSA - Lexie Jean and Addy Ann Rawls, twin daughters of David and Kara Rawls, passed away Thursday, March 21, 2002, at Odessa Regional Hospital. Graveside services are scheduled for 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 26, 2002, at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Survivors include parents, David and Kara Rawls of Odessa; grandparents, Benny & Pamela Flud of Odessa; and Byron and Pam Patterson of Gardendale; great-grandparents, O. B. & Cassi Stibham, George and JoElla Flud, Pat & Netta Patterson, Charles Walker, and David and Edna Rawls; aunts, Amber Patterson of Gardendale; and KaElla Flud of Odessa; and uncle, Benny Flud, Jr. of Odessa. Services are under the direction of Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. Grace E. McLendon ODESSA - Grace E. McLendon, 84, passed away on Saturday, March 23, 2002, to be with her heavenly father. She was born in Clarksville, Texas, on May 16, 1917. She was a retired nursery worker from Temple Baptist and a homemaker who lived most of her life in Odessa. She will be greatly missed by family and many friends. Children were the love of her life. Grace was a wonderful mother and grandmother known as "Granny Grace" and loved and adored by all. She is survived by six children, Jack McLendon, Mary Alice Emery, Elizabeth Hagedorn, Danny McLendon, Stevie Charles McLendon, Shelia Gay McLendon, eleven grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mary Lynn Cagle of Monahans and Inez Walthall of Magnolia, Ark. She is preceded in death by her husband, Hugh Charles McLendon, four brothers and two sisters. Services will be held Tuesday, March 26, 2002, at 3 p.m. at Temple Baptist Church with Dr. Griffin Jones officiating. Burial to follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Funeral arrangements are provided by Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. If desired, the family requests memorials be made to the West Texas Alzheimer's Association. Copyright © 1999-2002 Odessa American. All rights reserved.