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All rights reserved =========================================================================== Obit Notices Saturday, November 02, 2002 Floyd A. 'Pop' Hale ODESSA - Floyd Alexander "Pop" Hale, 80, of Odessa passed away Thursday, Oct. 31, 2002, at the State Veterans Home in Big Spring. He was born June 15, 1922, in Cleburne, Texas. He moved to Odessa in 1946 from Hermleigh, Texas. He worked for the Odessa Fire Department from December of 1949 to August of 1982, and retired as a Captain. He was an integral part of many changes of the Odessa Fire Department over that span of time. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II as a M.P. at the Battle of Bastogne. He was a member of the VFW, American Legion and a charter member of Northside Baptist Church. He loved his family and grandchildren and was a very loving husband, father and grandfather. He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Bonnie Ruth Hale; and brothers, Claude and Denfer Hale. He is survived by his son, Buddy Floyd Hale of Odessa; daughters, Margie Horn of Colleyville, Texas and Brenda Caskey of Odessa; brothers, Elvin Hale of Socorro, N.M., and Gilley Hale of Las Cruces, N.M.; 10 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, 2002, at the Northside Baptist Church with the Rev. Clydel Chapman officiating. Interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Family will meet with friends at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday. Pallbearers will be Alex Hale, Eric Field, Brian Field, Bryan Lauterbach, Klenton Caskey and Vance Caskey. Family requests memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, 707 Jefferson, Odessa, TX, 79761, or the Odessa Fire Department, P.O. Box 4398, Odessa, TX, 79760. Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. Billie Jean Wilkins CRANE - Billie Jean Wilkins of Odessa died on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2002, at the Odessa Hospice House. Memorial services will be held at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2002, at Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home Chapel in Crane with Dr. Lonnie Hayter officiating. Mrs. Wilkins was born March 3 in Wall, Texas, to William Earl and Myrtle Williams. She married Ray Wilkins on May 22, 1948. She was a hairstylist and owned and operated the Country Cottage Hair Salon and loved and appreciated her customers and their families. She had lived in Odessa all her life and was a member of Northside Baptist Church. She is survived by her husband, Ray Wilkins of Odessa; her children, Tommy Wilkins and his wife Janeen of Midland, Bill Wilkins of Odessa and Bonnie Blount and her Husband Eldon Jr. of Odessa; two sisters, Earlene Shaver and her husband Rayford of Monahans and Velma Williams of Abilene; her grandchildren, James Bracken and wife Tracie, Steven Bracken and wife Amy, Wendy Wilkins, Emily King and husband Kerry and David Blount; and three great-grandchildren, Brittany, Chris and Taylor and a baby expected in April. To those I love and those who love me: When I am gone, Release me, Let me go, I have so many things to see and do. You must tie yourself to me with tears, Be thankful for our Beautiful years. I gave to you my love and care. You can only guess How much all of you gave to me in happiness. I thank you all for the love that each of you have shown, But now it's time I travel on alone. So grieve awhile for me if you must, Then let your grief be comforted by trust in the lord. It's only for a time that we must part, So bless the memories within your heart. I won't be far away, for life goes on, So if you need me, just call and I will come. Though you can't see or touch me I will be near, With all my love around you soft and clear. And then, when you must come this way alone, I'll greet you with a smile and say… "Welcome home to those I love." In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to the Hospice House, 903 N. Sam Houston, Odessa, TX, 79761. Lydia 'Mae' Mason CRANE - Lydia "Mae" Mason, 88, of Crane, died on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2002, in Odessa at the Lois Owen Retirement Home. Services will be held at 2 p.m. today, Nov. 2, 2002, at Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Larry Kruger officiating. Burial will be in the Crane County Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home. Mrs. Mason was born on Oct. 9, 1914, in Juno, Texas. She married Roy E. Mason on July 2, 1930, in Sanderson, Texas. She and her husband ranched in Terrell and Upton Counties before moving to Crane. She went to work at Crane Memorial Hospital and worked there for 37 years before her retirement. She was a lifelong member of the First United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, three brothers, two sisters and one son. She is survived by her daughter, Barbara Fly of Odessa; her son, R.E. Mason and wife Evelyn of Crane; a brother, Ross Stavley and his wife Pehlam Rose of Sanderson; six grandchildren, Vicki Lauderback of Crane, Patti and Steve Hedges of Big Spring, Maxie and Rose Fly of Odessa, Jeff and Penny Mason of Katy, Bobby and Annette Mason of Andrews and Becky and Johnny Haynes of Farmington, N.M.; five great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; and several nieces and nephews. Copyright © 1999-2002 Odessa American. All rights reserved.