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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 01, 2000

Page

11

Death notices from Odessa Kermit and Fort Worth area

Obituary notices report Elmer Bliss of Kermit a 76 year old tool pusher who died March 31 2000 with burial at Kermit Cemetery. Gladys Marie Deary of Odessa a 67 year old housekeeper died March 29 2000 with services at Parker Heights Christian Church and burial at Rose Hill Cemetery. Frances Valentine Evans 96 of Odessa died March 29 2000 with services at First Presbyterian Church and burial at Sunset Memorial Gardens. John Duncan Hallford 74 of Alvarado a geophysicist died March 30 2000 private services pending. Rozelle Hight 84 of Odessa died March 29 2000 with burial at Little Saline Cemetery. Thomas G Lavario 17 months of Odessa died at Children’s Medical Center Dallas with services at Rose Hill Cemetery. Cecil B Potts 92 of Monahans died March 30 2000 with burial at Monahans Memorial Cemetery. Donato Velasco 73 of Odessa a retired oil supervisor died March 30 2000 with private services in Ojinaga Mexico. Survivors include spouses children and grandchildren listed for each case.

Kermit Elmer Bliss Medical Center Hospital Kermit Cemetery Eddie Cotton Cooper Funeral Home Chapel Erick Okla Ruby Bliss Gary Bliss Jimmy Bliss Kathy Odom Lakin Kan Chuck Prescott Parker Heights Grover Pool Marlin Lorraine Poole Odessa Frances Valentine Evans Seabury Nursing Center First Presbyterian Church Philip McLarty Sherry Holloman Sunset Memorial Gardens Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home Dayton Ohio Dick Evans Martha Francell Mary Frances van Pelt Sanger John Hallford Fort Worth John Duncan Hallford Alvarado Laurel Land of Fort Stockton Barrett Hallford Joe C. Hallford Jr Ima Joe Rozelle Tonawanda, N.Y Thomas G. Lavario Children’s Medical Center Dallas Rose Hill Cemetery Martinez Funeral Home Hector Magdalena Levario Ramon Meierhoff James Meierhoff Billie Meierhoff Samantha Meierhoff Jose Guadalupe Madgalena Alvarado-Guillen Juarez Mexico Cecil Potts Monahans Cecil B. Potts Harkey Funeral Home Paul Garcia Owas Monahans Memorial Cemetery Pottsville Donato Velasco Ojinaga San Bernardino Calif Juana Velasco Santa Fe N.M Juan Velasco Oscar Velasco Alejandro Velasco Tatum, N.M Silvia Velasco Pecos Diana Velasco

Census shaped by Texas officials for redistricting

Texas Secretary of State spokesman Jane Dees warns the census shapes redistricting and political clout as officials aim to boost turnout to 70 percent. The Census Bureau launches a $167 million national ad campaign amid concerns about undercount by minorities and inner cities.

U.S House of Representatives Texas Jane Dees Elton Bomer Census Bureau

Obituary notices for Gober and Vickers two Odessa residents

Walter D. Gober, 88, of Abilene, former Odessa businessman, died March 30 2000. Funeral April 1 at Davis-Morris Chapel. interment Eastlawn Memorial Park. Carolyn Sue Vickers, Odessa, died March 31 2000. Service April 3 at Sunset Memorial Chapel. interment Sunset Memorial Gardens. Survivors listed. obituaries note marriages, children, and church memberships.

Brownwood Walter D. Gober Odessa Abilene Hendrick Hospice Davis-Morris Funeral Home Eastlawn Memorial Park Walter McCollough County Helen England Gober & Son's Inc Helen Lake Amstead del Rio Lake Spence Robert Lee Pecan Baptist Church Coke County David Gober

City seeks better bond rating amid economy downturn

City officials Hext and Zentner said bond ratings affect interest costs. Standard & Poor rated prior bonds A and Moody’s A2, placing current bonds mid A range. Rating depends on city finances. officials expect ratings to stay at or above prior levels despite downturn. Delegation includes Melton Atkins Morton Moore McGuire.

James Zentner Standard & Poor Moody’s Zentner Moody's Hext Larry Melton Mike Atkins Richard Morton Mary Kaye Moore Jerry McGuire

Houston student slain in Mexico

Houston University of Houston sophomore Edgar James Trias was last seen leaving a Matamoros disco with two women. He was found hours later in his pickup with a fatal throat slash on a barren countryside road. Mexican police seek the two women as U.S. consular officials assist.

Matamoros U.S Trias Tamaulipas Alfredo Blas Blas

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