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All rights reserved =========================================================================== Monday September 02, 2002 Ryan Antilley ODESSA - Ryan Keith Antilley, 21, passed away Friday, Aug. 30, 2002, at Medical Center Hospital. He was born May 14, 1981, to Robert and Laura Antilley in Odessa, Texas. Ryan was a lifetime resident of Odessa. He enjoyed jet skiing, driving his new Harris Kyotboat at Horseshoe Bay, swimming, computers, fishing, weightlifting and most of all driving his Pontiac Trans Am. He graduated Permian High School in 1999. He attended Odessa College, University of Texas of the Permian Basin and Texas Tech. He was a member of the First Baptist Church. Chapel services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Monday, Sept. 2, 2002, at Sunset Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Melvin Warren of First Baptist Church officiating. Survivors include his parents, Keith and Laura Antilley of Odessa; his grandparents, Weldon and Bette Campbell of Odessa and Bob and Winnie Antilley of Austin; an aunt, Kerrie Engelmann and husband Scott of Pfugerville; and an uncle, Richard Campbell and wife Sharon of Seabrook, Texas. Services are under the direction of Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. C.D. Gale ODESSA - C.D. Gale, age 75, of Odessa, passed away at Memorial Hospital and Medical Center in Midland on Aug. 31, 2002. Services are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Hubbard-Kelly Chapel with the Rev. Doug Herget officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. C.D. was born Nov. 19, 1926, in Mitchell County to Robert Lee and Lula Mae Gale. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II and was honorably discharged with the rank of sergeant in 1945. He attended college in Abilene for three years and then married Elena Marie Hendrich on March 11, 1949, in Colorado City. He and his wife came to Odessa in 1968. He had worked 31 years for Plains Machinery Company and retired as Vice President and General Manager. He was a member of Odessa Tabernacle. His parents; a sister, Lillian May; and brothers, retired Major Louis Gale, Willie Lee Gale and Henry Gale preceded him in death. Survivors include his wife of 53 years, Elena Gale of Odessa; a son, Dave Lewis Gale of Forney; two grandchildren, Preston Scott Gale and Ashley Elena Gale both of Forney; and two nieces and three nephews. Services are entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. Robbie Ladyman Hess CRANE - Robbie Ladyman Hess, 64, of Crane, died Friday, Aug. 30, 2002, at Medical Center Hospital in Odessa. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Monday, Sept. 2, 2002, in the Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Steve Baker officiating. Burial will follow in the Crane County Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home. Mrs. Hess was born July 12, 1938, in Oklahoma City. She married Robert "Bob" Hess on Aug. 13, 1955, in Borger, Texas. She had worked for First State Bank and for Permian Accounting before her retirement. She was preceded in death by her father, Haskell Burnis Ladyman and a brother, H.D. Ladyman. She is survived by her husband, Bob Hess of Crane; her mother, Ludie Dee Ladyman of Odessa; three children, Sherrill Hess Roberts and husband Steve of Webster, Texas, Rusty Hess and wife Freddie of Flora Vista, N.M. and Darrell Hess and wife Jo of Webster; a sister, Jewell Ladyman Brewer and husband Dale of Odessa; sister-in-law, Phyllis Ladyman of Chickasha, Okla.; and grandchildren, Danielle and Kyle Hess of Flora Vista, N.M. and Derick and Tyler Hess of Crane. Pallbearers will be Bud Taylor, Danny Simmons, Lynn Till, Shane Taylor, Derick Hess and David Brewer. Melba Shannon ODESSA - Melba Jane Shannon, 62, passed away Friday, Aug. 30, 2002, at her residence. She was born Jan. 20, 1940, to Charles and Christine Reid in Brownfield, Texas. Melba was a resident of Odessa and a member of Primitive Baptist Church in Brownfield. She had owned Water Plus since 1991. She passed after fighting a brief battle with cancer. She married John Shannon on Oct. 4, 1956, in Seminole. Chapel services are scheduled for 11 a.m. Monday, Sept. 2, 2002, at Sunset Memorial Funeral Chapel with Troy Wilke officiating. Her husband, her father and one sister, Avis Shurley, all preceded her in death. Survivors include her two sons, Richard Alan Shannon and wife Marleen of Odessa and Steven Paul Shannon and wife Lacrisa of Houston; a daughter, Lora Mansel and husband Max of Phoenix, Ariz; mother, Christine Reid of Brownfield; a brother, Glen Reid of Brownfield; and 11 grandchildren. Memorials may be made to Hospice of Midland. Services are under the direction of Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. Copyright © 1999-2002 Odessa American. All rights reserved.