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All rights reserved =========================================================================== Saturday July 06, 2002 Don Glass ODESSA - Don Glass, 59, of Odessa, passed away July 3, 2002, in Odessa. He was born Sept. 7, 1942, in Greenwood, Ark., to Earnest and Almedia Glass. Don came to Odessa in 1951 from Arkansas. He attended Grace Baptist Church. His father, Earnest Glass and brother Ronnie Glass preceded him in death. He is survived by his mother, Almedia Glass of Odessa; brother, Randy Glass of Odessa; sister, Linda Autry of Odessa; sons, Michael Glass of Odessa and Don Glass of Beaumont; grandchildren, Mikayla Glass, Daniel Bishop, Amber and Chris Ybarra, Gary Don Glass, Terry Don Glass, and Jesica Dawn Glass; one great- grandchild, Levi Glass; several nieces and a nephew. Services are scheduled for 1 p.m. today, July 6, 2002, at Grace Baptist Church with the Rev. William Chapman officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Services are under the direction of Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. Ervin Paul Lieb ODESSA - Ervin Paul Lieb, 101, of San Antonio passed away Thursday, July 4, 2002, in San Antonio. He was born Oct. 16, 1900, in Lueders to Henry and Mina Lieb. Graveside services are scheduled for 11 a.m. Monday, July 8, 2002, at Sunset Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Bob Bratcher officiating. E.P. lived in Houston from 1958 until 1995 and then moved to San Antonio in 1995 when he retired. He was a real estate broker. He married Ruby Jan. 2, 1926, in Abilene. He was part of a pioneer West Texas family. They settled in Shackelford County in the 1870s. He graduated from high school in 1917. His mother, father, wife, Ruby, two brothers, and two sisters preceded him in death. He is survived by his son, Dwight Lieb of San Antonio; daughter-in-law, Marleen Lieb of Odessa; sister, Olga Marie Taylor of Fort Worth; four grandchildren, Robert Lieb and wife Denise of Taylor, Emily Bajus and husband John of Stamford, Conn., Cheri Maddox and husband John of Fort Worth and Richard Eric Lieb of Los Angeles, Calif.; six great-grandchildren. Services are under the direction of Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. Mary Marlene Moore LUBBOCK - Services for Mary Marlene Moore, 67, of Lubbock will be held at 10 a.m. today, July 6, 2002, at Trinity Church Chapel with the Rev. Paul Jantzen officiating. Burial will follow at City of Lubbock Cemetery under the direction of Resthaven Funeral Home of Lubbock. She died June 30, 2002. She was born Dec. 31, 1934, in Shawnee, Okla. She married Ray Messer on Aug. 14, 2000, in Lubbock. He passed away June 30, 2002. She graduated from Odessa High School in 1953. She attended the University of North Texas and graduated from Hardin-Simmons University in 1957 with a bachelor of music degree. After attending New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, she graduated from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1959 with a master of music education degree. She was a doctoral student at Indiana State University, North Texas State University and Texas Tech University in music and education. She was the recipient of a teaching fellowship and studied in Europe. She was a schoolteacher in Odessa, Amarillo and Lubbock between 1961 and 1976. She taught private organ and piano lessons in her studio between 1961 and 1985. Following her teaching career, she was a real estate agent and broker until her death. She was a Republican Precinct Chairman in Lubbock. She was an active member of Trinity Church and a member of the Christian Coalition, T.B.N. and Binny Hinn Ministries. Mrs. Moore was given national recognition from the Music Teachers National Association as a nationally certified teacher of piano, organ and theory. She was a member of the Texas Music Teachers Association and Lubbock Board of Realtors. Her daughter Michelle Mullen of Glen Cove, N.Y.; her son, Michael Mullen of New York City; 3 stepdaughters, Sheila Swanson of Lubbock, Rhonda Porter of Little Rock, Ark., and Teresa Bell of Houston; and stepson Randy Moore of Abilene survive her. The family suggests memorials to Trinity Church, 7002 Canton Ave., Lubbock, Texas, 79413; Trinity Broadcast Network, Box A, Santa Anna, Calif., 92711; or Binny Hinn Ministries. Harry A. Palmer ODESSA - Harry A. Palmer, beloved brother, husband and father went to be with our Lord Thursday, July 4, 2002, at Baylor All Saints Hospital in Fort Worth. He was born April 12, 1932, to Harry and Alma Allen Palmer at his grandmother's house. He graduated from Goldthwaite High School in 1948. Harry attended Texas Tech University where he met Trula Jean Adams. They were married Dec. 23, 1951. He joined the Air Force Jan. 8 and was inducted Jan. 15, 1951. He was sent to Cal-Aero Technical Institute where he was taught aviation mechanics and graduated at the top of his class. He was sent to San Marcos Air Force Base with a friend of his from Goldthwaite and they were both together until their enlistment was up in January 1955. Harry was chief of liaison flight line at the time his enlistment. He came back to Texas Tech to finish his petroleum engineering degree. He took a part-time job and found he loved airplanes. He worked for Champs Aviation from 1956 until 1965 when he moved from Lubbock to Midland. He started a maintenance shop there. He won State and Regional General Aviation Award in 1965 and State, Regional and National General Aviation Award in 1966, and it was presented to him by Mr. Halaby in Washington, D.C. He was preceded in death by his parents, Harry W. and Alma Allen Palmer. He is survived by his wife, Trula A. Palmer of Odessa; sons, Harry E. Palmer and wife Cheryl of Houston, David A. Palmer and wife Karen of Odessa and Morris W. Palmer and wife Kim of Orlando, Fla.; daughter, Laura Anders and husband Ron of Childress; sister, Mary Conn of Fort Worth; and six grandchildren, Michael Paul Anders and Cody Allen Anders, both of Childress, Brittany Nicole, Jacqueline Carol, Katherine Elizabeth and Katelyn Renee Palmer, all of Orlando, Fla. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. today, July 6, 2002, at Asbury United Methodist Church with the Rev. Dave Dinneen officiating. Interment will be at 7 p.m. today at the Goldthwaite Cemetery in Goldthwaite. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Boy Scouts of America. Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. Copyright © 1999-2002 Odessa American. All rights reserved.