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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 08, 1998

Page

11

Obituary for Mildred Loraine White Odessa resident 73

Graveside services for Mildred Loraine White 73 of Odessa are set for 3 p.m. today at Sunset Memorial Gardens with Rev. Dr. John S. Rasco officiating. She died August 5 1998 at Medical Center Hospital born June 9 1925 in Dublin Texas. She married James M White Jr on May 18 1946 in Baird. A retired assistant manager for T G Y she was known as a cook and gardener who once saved a child from a burning car. Survivors include her husband James M White of Odessa son James M White III and Joyce of Monahans daughter Lana White Vaughn of Odessa four grandchildren five great grandchildren four brothers and four sisters Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home in charge.

Odessa Mildred Loraine White Sunset Memorial Gardens John S. Rasco White Medical Center Hospital Dublin Texas James M. White Jr Baird James M. White Joyce Monahans Lana White Vaughn Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home

Methodists weigh gay marriage ban amid church ethics debate

The Judicial Council considered whether ministers may perform gay marriages as the church reevaluates the 1996 ban. Leaders and clergy discussed Scripture authority, church laws, and potential congregational splits as observers noted the high stakes for United Methodists with 9.5 million members.

Blake Judicial Council Solomon Creech Evelynn Caterson Absecom N.J Joseph Allen Southern Methodist University Joe Florence Casa Linda Methodist Church Dallas North Carolina Omaha First United Methodist Church United Methodist Church U.S Southern Baptists

Death notices from Fort Stockton and Odessa area

Multiple obituaries list Jared Joseph Conroy 10 of Fort Stockton who died Aug. 4 1998 with services Aug. 5 at Fort Stockton Funeral Home. Also listed are Onis Millard Crawford 81 co owner of Crawford's Department Store died Aug. 6 1998 in Merkel with burial at Rose Hill Cemetery and Norberto Sanchez Aguirre 62 of Odessa died Aug. 7 1998 with services pending. Further notices include Chester Clyde Jackson 73 of Odessa and Mary Juanita Williams Stokes 40 of Odessa dying in early August 1998. Survivors and burial details provided for several families.

Fort Stockton Jared Joseph Conroy Jayson Dean el Paso Sheena Morrison Don Conroy Crawford Merkel Onis Millard Crawford Crawford’s Merkel Nursing Home First Baptist Church Marion Fonville Jimmy Griffith Rose Hill Cemetery Merkel Starbuck Funeral Home Stamford Jim Crawford Odessa Robert Crawford Andrews Mignon Brown New Home Earl Crawford Riverside Calif Ralph Crawford Fort Worth Norberto Odessa Norberto Sanchez Aguirre Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home Chester Jackson Chester Clyde Jackson Medical Center Hospital Odessa Funeral Home Angeles Memorial Chapel Stokes Odessa Mary Juanita Williams Stokes

Accused killer tied to family drug ring nabbed in federal probe

In Laredo area raid, Ernesto Alonzo Ramirez 21 and relatives face money laundering and conspiracy charges in a narcotics network moving marijuana and cocaine between Laredo and Toledo. DEA and prosecutors unsealed an indictment under Operation Aguacate, with 18 of 24 suspects arrested and Ramirez awaiting a federal hearing.

Jose Angel Moreno Alonzo Ernesto Ramirez Webb County Ramirez Laredo Toledo Ohio Federal Express United Parcel Service Airborne Express Western Union Aguacate

Weeds cloging Rio Grande threaten Valley water shortage

Exotic aquatic plants hydrilla and water hyacinth are rapidly spreading in the Rio Grande, clogging stretches from Falcon Dam to Brownsville. With Lake Amistad and Falcon Dam at 20 percent capacity, releases to loosen growth could worsen shortages. Mechanical harvesting offers quick relief while grass carp may provide a longer term fix.

Harlingen Rio Grande Texas Parks and Wildlife Texas House-Senate Austin Lake Amistad Falcon Dam Rio Grande Valley Cindy Martinez Brownsville Mies Falcon Africa Asia Europe Florida United States New Orleans Congress U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Earl Chilton

Mediation possible in suit over prisoner abuse in Brazoria

ANGLETON AP Negotiations could begin next week in a civil suit by Missouri inmates against Brazoria County and Capital Correctional Resources Inc. alleging abuses from 1996 to 1998. CCRI guards and sheriff's deputies are charged in the videotaped assaults. The Facts reported the footage and named defendants including Sheriff Joe King and former CCRI personnel.

Angleton Missouri Brazoria Capital Correctional Resources Inc CCRI San Antonio Hank Prejean Joe King Robert Christopher Charles Wagner Bobby Crawford Wilton David Wallace Lester Arnold David Cisneros

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