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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jan 04, 2003

Page

11

Death notices from multiple Texas towns in early January 2003

Lucile Nadine Ashmore 87 of Denver City died Jan 2 2003 at Yoakum County Hospital. Services Jan 5 at First United Methodist Church burial Denver City Memorial Park. Minnie Faye Brazel 75 of Temple died Jan 1 2003 in Odessa burial Temple Garden of Memories. Jacob Mendias Marfa January 1 2008 services Jan 7 Merced Cemetery list of survivors. Anita C Reza 103 of Marfa died Jan 3 2003 Alpine Rosary and Mass at Memorial Funeral Home Merced Cemetery. Fidel Pam Rios 68 of Fort Stockton died Jan 2 2003 Midland Mass Jan 6 Fort Stockton Catholic burial Fort Stockton Catholic. Jerry Shortes 58 of Midland court reporter died Dec 31 2002 services Jan 3 2003 Nalley-Pickle & Welch. Raymond Lee Skelton 91 Alpine former owner Raymonds Fix-it Shop died Jan 2 2003 First Christian Church burial Alpine. Debra Hall 49 of Odessa died Jan 2 2003 residence services pending Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. Andrew Vassilion 76 of Odessa died Jan 2 2003 residence. Robert Younger 70 of Odessa died Jan 3 2003 Medical Center Hospital.

Lucile Ashmore Denver City Lucile Nadine Ashmore Yoakum County Hospital First United Methodist Church Weldon McCormick Steve Brooks Denver City Memorial Park Ratliff Funeral Home Fort Worth W.D. “Duncan” Ashmore Douglas Ashmore Odessa Larry Steven Ashmore Lufkin Sandra Harmon Betty Hogan Bryan Minnie Brazeai Minnie Faye Brazel Temple Harper-Talasek Funeral Home David Allenson Temple Garden of Memories Trickham Billy Jughters Brazeal San — Parker Fort Wort Ata Csi Aeemaeieiocon Cordova Merced Cemetery Memorial Funeral Home Marfa Lupe Mendias Maria Jacob Mendias Jr Dallas Joe Mendias Marina del Rey Calif Berta Mendias Serna Faviola Arrieta el Paso Rebecca Skeen Fort Stockton Alice Trego Arcata Anita Reza Marfa Anita C. Reza Alpine Memorial Funeral Pome Chapel St. Mary Catholic Church Bedford Celia Reza Garcia Monroe Lovelad San Francisco Fidel Rios Fidel “Pam” Rios Midland St. Joseph Catholic Church David Herrera Fort Stockton Catholic Cemetery Cora R. Rios Annabell Rios Elsa Acosta Jerry Shortes Nalley-Pickle & Welch Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home Howard County Corene O'Neill Big Spring Jim O'Neill Skelton Debra Hall Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home Andrew Vassilion Robert Younger Medical Center Hospital

Obituary: Willie Myrtle Simmons Gatlin 93 Odessa resident dies

Willie Myrtle Simmons Gatlin, 93, of Odessa, born June 1, 1909 in Klondike Texas, died January 1 2003. Survived by children Joyce Rives Bill Stanford Jim Gatlin Sue Cregg. two sisters Jewel Melton Maxine Soloway. numerous grandchildren and greats. Funeral 11 a.m. January 4 2003 at United Saumur. Shaffer Nichols Funeral Home in charge. Burial Crane County Cemetery. Memorials to Home Hospice of Odessa.

Odessa Willie Myrtle Simmons Gatlin Bone Klondike Texas John Franklin Lillie Mae Simmons Much Olton William Paul James Lee Wanda Joyce Tommie Joann Monterey Park Calif N. Sam Houston N.M Jeremy Mason Brent Mason Brian Mason Barbara Fry Patti Steve Big Vicki Lauderback Crane United Saumur Einaes Larry Krueger Crane County

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Big Bend seeks volunteers for weed action group

The National Park Service at Big Bend plans a community based volunteer weed action group. A meeting is set for 7 p.m. January 21 at Sul Ross State University. Call 915 477 1148 for details.

Big Bend National Park Service Sul Ross State University

TTUHSC names new president

AP reports Creighton University medical school administrator will be the new president of Texas Tech Health Sciences Center. He became dean in 1998 and vice president in 1999. will start in June. He is an ophthalmologist and the first black president of a Texas health sciences center.

Lubbock Creighton University Medical School Texas Tech Health Sciences Center Creighton Texas Tech David Smith Wilson Smith

Handicapped Woman Seeks Dismissal of Sheriff’s Office Suit

Linda Chesser, 40, who uses a wheelchair due to illness, asks a judge to dismiss the lawsuit against Ector County Sheriff’s Office. Defendants named include former Sheriff Year Wood, Capt. Gary Fields, and former constable Ri. The suit alleges the wheelchair user was harmed during transport from her Huntington Avenue home to the jail, with improper seating causing injury.

Ector County Yearwood Gary Fields Rias Ector Aanarac i Ees Linda Chesser Huntington Avenue Chesser

Lovington man drowns near dairy plant lagoon

Rick Duffield, 38, of Lovington, was found Thursday in a drainage lagoon behind the Dairy Farmers of America cheese plant and pronounced dead at the scene. An employee monitoring plant discharge said the drowning appears accidental, with a whey covered slope leading to the lagoon three quarters of a mile away.

Lovington N.M Dairy Farmers of America Rick Duffield Bobby Arthur Lea County West Agro Gilmore Road Dudley Duffield

Crime and Vehicle Malfunction Reported in Local Sheriff Log

Police logs list injury accidents and felony crimes from sheriffs and local reports. A case notes damage to a vehicle's doors and windows in the 900 block of West 24th Street between 9 pm Wednesday and 5:05 am Thursday. Another report cites vandalism to a vehicle in the 2700 block of Keystone Drive between 11 pm Dec 23 and 7 am Friday.

West 24Th Street Odessa Keystone Drive

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