Obituary notices from Odessa and Comanche area deaths
Audrey Lucille Davis 82 of Odessa died December 2 1998 in Odessa born August 2 1916 in Conway Springs Kansas married James William Davis July 7 1936 in Newkirk Oklahoma high school sweethearts married 62 years services and interment details given with family memorials to Asbury Methodist Church. Alton Franklin Hines 72 of Proctor died December 1 1998 from automobile accident born May 2 1926 in Stamford survived by wife Retha Olen Hogan six daughters and many grandchildren funeral details at Hall & Sons with graveside at Proctor Cemetery memorial fund in Comanche.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Audrey Lucille Davis
Conway Springs
Kan
James William Davis
Newkirk
Oklo
Frank W. Wilson
First Methodist Church
Kaw City
Okla
Troy Pults
Grandview Cemetery
Davis
Asbury Methodist Church
Hobbs
N.M
Gretchen
James Edwin Davis
Mary Elizabeth
Branson Gatlin
Jimmie Earl Davis
Brandon Gatlin
Alicia Gatlin
Frieda Mitchell
F.R. Mitchell
E. University Bivd
Alton Franklin Hines
Proctor
Stamford
Andrew Franklin
Sally Ellen Tabitha Hines
Dresser Engineering
Retha Olen Hogan
Carbon
Assembly of God Church
Alton Ray Hines
Iowa Park
Juanita Riggs
Katharine Hollowell
George
Lubbock
Sally Hopkins
Bill
Martha Johnson
Henderson, Ky
Paula McDaniel
Wallace
Clyde
Margaret Vega
Filiberto
Goldthwaite
C.P. Hines
Winnsboro
Marvin Hines
Garland
Frances Burns
Eastland
Ellen Kitchen
Weatherford
Beatrice Mahan
Hasse
Velma Hammer
Abilene
Hall & Sons Funeral Home
Don Longoria
Frank Hines
First American Bank
Comanche
Odessa Coach Mel Howard rites set at Sunset Memorial Gardens
Graveside services for 69 year old Odessa coach Mel Howard will be held at 4 p.m. Thursday December 3 1998 at Sunset Memorial Gardens with Rev. Charlie McReynolds officiating He died December 1 1998 at Medical Center Hospital He married Opalene Cox July 11 1970 in El Paso A native of Archer City he grew up in Muleshoe and coached in the South Plains El Paso Socorro and West Texas producing several championship teams Survivors include his wife daughters and a son six grandchildren and one great grandchild along with brothers and sisters and other relatives Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home is handling arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Mel Howard
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Charlie McReynolds
Howard
Medical Center Hospital
Opalene Cox
el Paso
Mel
Archer City
Muleshoe
Eastern New Mexico University
Indi Howard
Sherry Roller
Spring
Donna Howard
Lubbock
Jacque Howard
Cindy Cook
Bastrop
Debbie Munda
Dell City
Joe Moore
Waxahachie
Thomas Howard
Margie Howard
Naomi Owen
Janelle Singleterry
Elsinore
Calif
Austin Mayor and Clergy Call for Racial Reconciliation
Austin mayor Kirk Watson and about two dozen religious and civic leaders, after six months of work, release a three page statement urging whites to acknowledge racism in Austin and commit to reconciliation. The document ties the city’s divisions to Interstate 35 and follows a history of race-related tensions and a 1995 police party incident with a later settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Kirk Watson
Willie Lewis
Austin American-Statesman
Watson
Texas
McCarthy
Sterling Sands
Greater Calvary Baptist Church
US Justice Department
Woman Sues Over Cremation Mix Up In Houston Case
Diana Montalvo and her three children sue Compean Funeral Directors and president Greg Compean for 1.7 million after Jose P. Montalvo was cremated in error amid a morgue mix up while Perez’s body was also handled for cremation. The suit cites negligence in transferring remains from Memorial Southwest Hospital for autopsy and later services in Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Harris County Medical Examiner’s Office
Diana Montalvo
Jose P. Montalvo
Compean Funeral Directors of
Houston
Greg Compean
Euripedez Perez
Perez
Compean Funeral Home
la Marque Crematorium
Montalvo
Bellboy who shouted Call for Philip Morris dies at 88
Johnny Roventini, the 4 foot bellboy whose shouted call for Philip Morris made him a famous advertising figure, dies at 88 in Suffern New York. He began in 1933 after meeting Milton Brow and became the living symbol for the cigarette brand appearing on radio and TV shows. He retired in 1974 and is survived by a brother and two nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny
New York
Roventini
Philip Morris
White Plains
N.Y
Johnny Roventini
Suffern
Philip Roventini
New Yorker
Milton Brow
Philip Morrees
Red Skelton
Jackie Gleason
Philip
Morris Cos. Inc
Darienne Dennis
Brooklyn
Death notices for Ballard Briggs Spain and kin in Texas New Mexico
Nancy Elizabeth Ballard 83 of Seminole died December 1 1998 at Memorial Health Care Center Seminole. Graveside services at Gaines County Cemetery Friday with Rev Earnest Wall. Surviving include sons William EB Ballard Las Vegas and J T Ballard Seminole, daughter Dean Durham Seminole, eight grandchildren, seven great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren. Vera Allene Briggs 88 of Artesia died December 2 1998 at Carlsbad Medical Center. Services 2 p m today at Terpening Son Mortuary Chapel burial at Woodbine Cemetery. Survivors include sons William D Sanders San Angelo and Dale Sanders Las Cruces New Mexico Jim Mitchell England Theodore Briggs Midland, brother Lawson Monteith Lovington NM, one grandchild and two great grandchildren. Louis V Spain 91 of DeSoto died November 30 1998 in Dallas. Graveside services Friday 10 a m at Shiloh Cemetery Ovilla with Rev Duane Dougherty. Survivors include brother John Hill Spain Tyler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Elizabeth Ballard
Seminole
Memorial Health Care Center
Gaines County Cemetery South
Earnest Wall
Boyer Funeral Home
Mills County
Lamesa
William EB. Ballard
Las Vegas
J.T. Ballard
Dean Durham
Terpening & Son
Woodbine Cemetery
Terpening & Son Mortuary
Lovington
N.M
Artesia
William D. Sanders
San Angelo
Dale Sanders
Las Cruces
Jim Mitchell
England
Theodore Briggs
Midland
Lawson Monteith
Odessa women die, two listed with funeral services pending
Odessa residents Bernice Bledsoe 77 and Ila Mayme Henderson 71 died on Wednesday December 2 1998 in Austin and at her Odessa residence respectively. Martinez Funeral Home and Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home are handling arrangements with services pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Bernice Bledsoe
Austin
Martinez Funeral Home
Ila Henderson
Ila Mayme Henderson
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
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Matthew Hollowell
Jay Ledbetter
Elmer Riggs Jr
John McCarthy
Sympathy Ee
Laset Gate Delat
Ela Ee
FDIC
Cornerstone Financial
Cite Tel
Ae Yue IK
Dennis
Nancy Ballard
Vera Ballard
Louis Spain
Grandview
Weigh of
Gary R. Albertson
D.O
D. William Davison
Garland Lang
American Society of Bariatric Medicine
Odessa American
First Baptist Church
N. Lee
Ernest Easley
Curtis Brewer
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