Modern Betsy Ross of San Antonio stitches 25 years for Flag Day
Leonor Bonilla, 67, is lauded as a modern Betsy Ross as she stitched a 30 by 50 foot flag for the 1996 Flag Day ceremony at Dixie Flag Co. Her 26-year sewing career began in Piedras Negras, Mexico, and she has helped grow the company from five to about 60 employees.
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San Antonio
Leonor Bonilla
Betsy Ross
San Antonians
Bonilla
U.S
Ross
United States
Dixie Flag
Piedras Negras
Mexico
Texas
America
Dixie Flag Co
H. Pete van de Putte
George Draghici
Romania
Draghici
Genny Barron
Barron
Lenora Bonilla
Dixie Flag Manufacturing Co
Memorial services for Eddie Rheingans in Odessa
Eddie Rheingans 69 of Odessa dies after long illness and will receive memorial services at Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home at 10 a.m. She was born in Dallas on July 17 1926 and raised in Ballinger. She worked as a bookkeeper for Frontier Furniture and held multiple officer posts in the American Legion Auxiliary and other veteran and fraternal groups. Surviving are two sons and their spouses, a sister, four grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Memorials are requested to the American Legion in Odessa or the American Cancer Society.
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Odessa
Eddie Lee Rheingans
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Rheingans
Ballinger
Frontier Furniture Co
Earl S. Bailey
Amercan Legion
V.F.W. Post
Women of the Moose Lodge
Tom Rheingans
Gracie
Rio Rancho
N.M
Gary Rheingans
Mary Sims
Montgomery
Kris Rheingans
Sabrina Rheingans
Mary
Karen Wilson
Toree
Tyson Rheingans
Alex Alvarez
Ivonne Roman
Elisandro Alvarez Jr
Odessa Regional Hospital
Rose Hill Babyland
Eufracio Hernandez
Martinez Funeral Home
Lucero Roman
Angelica Alvarez
Adrina Alvarez
Venancio Roman
Socorro Roman
Leonor Alvarez
Elisandro Alvarez Sr
Billy Byford
Medical Center Hospital
Don Palmer
Sunset Memorials Gardens
Clovis
Louisiana
Mary Helen Byford
Tommy Byford
Monahans
Corinne Driggers
MonAhans Memorial Cemetery
Oscar Bejil
Harkey Wilson Funeral Home
Bell County
First Baptist Church
Bobby R. Driggers
Man Kauabiers
Oleta McNaron
Abilene
Merdeyth Gutierrez
Chula Vista
Calif
Greta Cook
Kennedy Meadows
Andrews
Lynn D. Seminole
Arlene N. Widner
Belton
Larry Wayne Snodgrass
First Church of God
Paul Jones
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Hobbs
Garfield
Ark
U.S. Marine Corp
Connie Snodgrass
Lauren Snodgrass
Leif Nelson
Oklahoma City
Donna Harrington
Crane
Charlotte E. Young
Memorial Hospital
Midland
Richard W. Box
Lawrence Eugene Allen
Odessa Death Notices Chronicle June 1996
Death notices from multiple Odessa area obituaries dated June 1996 list infants, adults, and seniors. Entries include stillbirths, births, and deaths in Odessa and Monahans with burial and funeral details, residences, and survivors. Names include Alex Alvarez, Billy Byford, Corinne Driggers, Millie O Long, Larry Wayne Snodgrass, Larry Stevenson, Charlotte Young, Matthew Bruno, Lawrence Allen, and others with family links and funeral homes noted.
Odessa Woman Joins Peace Corps For Niger Assignment
Colleen Lyons, formerly of Odessa, heads to Niger for a two year Peace Corps term. She will aid nutrition efforts by feeding women and rehabilitating malnourished children while living with a local family in an adobe hut. Her schooling includes a 1991 business degree from Austin College in Sherman. Lyons’s father, David, led the Odessa American from 1980 to 1991 and died in 1993 after the family moved to San Antonio. There are about 6,500 Americans serving as Peace Corps volunteers in 94 countries.
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Colleen Lyons
Odessa
Niger
Peace Corps
Lyons
Barbara
Permian High School
Austin College
Sherman
David
Odessa American
San Antonio
Distress alert prompts search across Texas plains
An Amarillo to Lubbock search was prompted after a plane allegedly emitted four distress signals. DPS said the flight from Albuquerque disappeared before dawn, with the last beacon location about 16 miles south of Amarillo. Two beacons were logged around 2 a.m. The pilot reportedly set off then corrected the distress beacon, with no overdue aircraft reports from Albuquerque. Authorities planned to continue the hunt Friday.
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Amarillo
Lubbock
Texas Department of Public Safety
Albuquerque
Texas
DPS
Dean Powell
Odessa seal coat project set to begin citywide
Odessa plans its annual seal coat program starting June 18 under Assistant City Engineer Joe Tucker. About 47 miles of city streets will be treated by August 2 at a cost of 781,282 dollars. Jones Brothers Dirt and Paving of Odessa will perform the work while motorists are urged to exercise caution in construction zones. An additional 34 miles of residential streets will also be seal coated including major roads such as University of Texas of the Permian Basin routes and University Boulevard.
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Joe Tucker
Jones Brothers
Odessa
University of Texas of the
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American Cancer Society
Millie O. Long
Larry Stevenson
Germania Insurance Co
Memorial Hospital and Medical Center
Southside Baptist Church
Bill Hatler
Harkey Funeral Home
West Plains
Sharon Stevenson
Bob
Doris Stevenson
Jeffrey Stevenson
Jennifer Stevenson
Lisa Sinclair
Yoakum
William
Bill’ Stevenson
Orange
Nancy Williams
Matthew Bruno
Michael
Sandra Bruno
John Hopkins Institute
Baltimore
Lawrence Allen
American
University Boulevard
42Nd Street
Eighth Street
52Nd Street
Andrews Highway
Grandview Avenue
Industrial Ave. Midland
Sota
Kirby
Dan
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Dan Williams Millworks
Furniture Factory
Meney
Bios Ee
Ee Seuas
Wee
Isaac Berger
Tokyo
Japan
Ani
LUNDY
Decorator Fabrics
Kent & Michigan
Lusky’'s
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