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All rights reserved ================================================================================ ============ Thursday May 02, 2002 Obituaries W.C. 'Dub' Brown AUSTIN - W.C. "Dub" Brown, a former Odessa resident, died Wednesday, May 1, 2002, in Austin. Dub was born Dec. 8, 1918, in Ennis, the son of William Coleman and Effie Sparks Brown. He graduated from Ennis High School where he was an outstanding football player and captain of the football team. He married Wilma Jo Hunt of Hillsboro on July 15, 1941, in Dallas. Dub served in the U.S. Army during World War II in the Pacific campaign. After the war, he returned to Dallas where he began a distinguished career in the mortgage banking and real estate business. In 1956, Dub moved to Odessa to become executive vice president of Key Investment Co. and was later promoted to president. During his career, Dub served in numerous capacities in the Texas Mortgage Bankers Association. He was an active community leader in Odessa, including president of the Odessa Country Club, member of the board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce and president of the Permian High School Booster Club. Dub was chairman of the board of deacons and an elder at First Presbyterian Church. In 1964, Dub moved to Austin where he was senior vice president, head of the mortgage loan and real estate departments and a member of the board of directors of City National Bank of Austin (later First City National Bank), the first bank in Austin to establish a real estate department. He was a valued member of the Austin Home Builder's Association and the Texas Bankers Association that presented him with its Outstanding Service Award. In 1971, he was appointed by Gov. Preston Smith to the statewide Special Advisory Committee on Housing to the Texas Department of Community Affairs. He retired from First City Bank in 1982. Dub was a member of Covenant Presbyterian Church and served as an elder. Upon retirement, Dub continued his lifelong passion for golf and was a member of Austin Country Club. He was also an avid gin rummy player and spent many hours playing cards with his numerous friends at the Austin Country Club and The Austin Club. Dub is survived by his loving wife of more than 60 years, Jo Brown; his son and daughter-in-law, Bill and Karen Brown; and his daughters and sons-in-law, Beverly and Gene Ross and Judy and John Bush, all of Austin. He is also survived by his grandchildren, Courtney and Travis Brown of Austin, Robb Bush and his wife Joanne and their children Julia and Jaron of Southlake and Jason Bush and his wife Jennifer and their son Jack of Dallas. Other family members include several nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today, May 2, 2002, at the Weed-Corley-Fish Funeral Home. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, May 3, 2002, at Weed-Corley-Fish Funeral Home. Arrangements by Weed-Corley-Fish Funeral Home, 3125 N. Lamar, Austin, 78705, (512) 452-8811. Bonnie Shannon Hutson ODESSA - Bonnie Marie Hutson, 84, of Amarillo passed away Monday, April 29, 2002. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, May 3, 2002, at Immanuel Baptist Church with the Rev. Bill Cook and Mark Riley officiating. Bonnie Hutson was born Aug. 26, 1917, in Paradise to Hugh Smith and Eunice Shannon. She graduated from Pampa High School in 1935 and received a degree from the School of Cosmetology. She married A.K. Hutson in 1938 in Amarillo. They moved to Odessa in February 1943 where she was a resident until she moved back to Amarillo in January 2001 to be close to her daughter and first-born son. Our mother had a strong faith in her Lord and Savior and was a faithful member at Immanuel Baptist. She was a loving and kind person with a beautiful outlook on life. She always took her children to church and was a strong influence in their upbringing. She had a soft voice, always forgiving and loving toward others. She was a gentle and caring mother that stayed home and was always there for her children. Being a good mother-in-law and grandmother was important to her. Her grandchildren adored and loved her greatly. Bonnie was preceded in death by her husband, A.K. Hutson; a grandson, Michael Jordan Hutson; and a granddaughter, Katty Marie Brown Graham. She was also preceded in death by three brothers, Haywood Shannon, Raymond Shannon and W.B. Shannon, and four sisters, Jessie Grote, Mimi Jones, Ora Huebner and Aileen Shannon. She leaves behind a daughter, Patty Pool and son-in-law John Pool of Amarillo; four sons, Wayne Hutson of Amarillo, Kenneth Hutson and wife Kathryn of Odessa, Mike Hutson of Odessa and G.R. Hutson and wife Carol of Odessa; a brother, Ralph Shannon and wife Charlotte of Oklahoma City; three sisters-in-law, Cletus Hutson of Odessa, Alene Hutson of Lake Jackson and Elsie Hutson of Nacogdoches; 15 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. With special fondness, she leaves behind many nieces and nephews and lifelong friends, including Lorene Martz and Charlotte Glenn. Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. Copyright © 1999-2002 Odessa American. All rights reserved.