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Rachel Guebara
ODESSA — Rachel Guebara, 29, of Odessa passed away Tuesday, July 1, 2003. She was born November 10, 1973, in Tulia, Texas. She married
Joel Guebara June 23, 1991, in Odessa.
Mrs. Guebara was a graduate of Permian High School in 1992. She was a member of Holy Redeemer Catholic Church and she was a full-time mom.
She was survived by her husband, Joel Guebara; sons, Andrew Joel Kix Guebara and Kristian Hope Guebara; parents, Jose and Simona Orona; brothers, Rudy and Roger Orona, all of Odessa.
Rosary will be said at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 2, 2003, at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home Chapel. Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Thursday, July 3, 2003, at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church with Rev. Frank Chavez officiating. Interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
Jack W. Black
SAN ANGELO — Jack W. Black, 88, of Big Lake died on Monday, June 30, 2003, in Big Lake, Texas. Jack was born Sept. 3, 1914, in Morgan, Texas, to Myrtle Doty and Earnest Black. He graduated from Abilene High School in 1934 and received his Bachelor of Arts Degree from Baylor University in 1939. He played on the Baylor Bears football team from 1935 to 1939. He received his Master of Arts Degree from Sul Ross State University in 1949.
Following graduation from Baylor, he taught and coached in Bruceville-Eddy for two years and Temple for one year. In 1943 he moved to West Texas where he was an educator in Big Lake, Eldorado and Iraan until he retired in 1979.
He is survived by his wife, Virginia; son, Ken Black and wife, Katha, of Dallas; daughter Carol Staskus and husband, Al, of Austin. Grandchildren, Brett McAnally and wife, Chrissy, of Austin, Suzanne Anderson and husband, Russell, of Plano and Kacy Black of Nacogdoches. He has five great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
He was an avid outdoorsman who loved to hunt and fish. His favorite hobby was making hunting knives. He was a member of the Big Lake Masonic Lodge and Scottish Rite. In his earlier years, he was very active in the Concho Valley Boy Scouts of America. In 1961, he was awarded the Silver Beaver Award, the highest honor given to adults for service rendered. He served as a member of the board for Reagan County Hospital and was a member of the board for Trailblazers.
Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 2, 2003, at First United Methodist Church in Big Lake with Rev. Tim Fahrenthold and Rev. J. B. Bitner officiating the service. Interment will be at 4 p.m. at Roby cemetery in Roby, Texas.
Pallbearers for the service will be Jerry Jack Parker, Kirk Pullig, Jerry Floyd, Henry Settle, Charles Bobb and Rusty Owens. Honorary Pallbearers will be the Twin Buttes Fishing Club members.
Madilene Smith Herbert
ODESSA — Madilene Smith Herbert left this life on June 29, 2003, for eternity and is awaiting the return of the Lord.
She was born on July 20, 1911, in Haskell, Texas, and was brought up in and around Abilene, Texas until she came to Midland, Texas in the late 1920s, and during the year 1944 moved to Odessa, Texas living there 55 years. In March 1999, she returned to Midland. She was the third daughter of six born to her father, Phillip Wesley Smith and her mother, Lillian Lurenda Hulsey Smith. She was the last living member of her father and mother’s family and of her generation.
Madilene was a charter member of the congregation of the Church of Christ which meets at 21st and Eisenhower Streets in Odessa, Texas. She attended there faithfully for fifty years and until recently, she seldom missed a worship service. She was well versed in the Bible and could quote many verses of Scripture from memory. She read her Bible regularly until she lost her sight at the age of 65. She always enjoyed cooking and in her younger years, she was famous among family members for her Mexican enchiladas and tacos before Mexican food became popular. She enjoyed sewing, piecing, and making quilts in an earlier time when she was caring for family and home. Madilene was quick to help anyone in need.
She was preceded in death by her parents, sisters and her only daughter-in-law, Kathryn Sue Jeffries Herbert.
Madilene is survived by her husband of 55 years, Robert M. Herbert of Midland, Texas; her son, William Kenneth Herbert of Midland, Texas; grandson, Kelly Mark Herbert and his wife, Jane Ellen Herbert, and their children, Levi William Herbert and Sarah Jane Herbert, all of Katy, Texas; granddaughter, Holly Lynn Wesson and her husband, Jeffrey Craig Wesson, and their children Micah Cheyenne Wesson, Jacey Jo Wesson, Craig Weldon Wesson and Cody William Wesson, all of Midland, Texas. She is also survived by a dear niece, Patricia Ann Sibley and her husband, W. L. Sibley, of Odessa, Texas; nephew, Morris Young and his wife, Reba, of Odessa, Texas; nephew, Stanley Reynolds of Midland, Texas; other nieces and nephews.
The family will receive friends at Ellis Funeral Home, Tuesday, July 1, 2003 between the hours of 6 and 8 p.m.
Services have been scheduled for 3 p.m. Wednesday, July 2, 2003, at Eisenhower Church of Christ, 21st & Eisenhower Streets, Odessa, Texas with Burt Groves officiating. Interment will follow at Resthaven Memorial Park in Midland. Arrangements are under the direction of Ellis Funeral Home, 801 Andrews Hwy. Midland, Texas.
Pallbearers will be Kelly Herbert, Jeff Wesson, Jonn Sibley, Tom Fulton, Craig Wesson, Cody Wesson, Brian Sibley, Levi Herbert and Tate Sibley.
Memorials may be directed to Home Hospice, 901 W. Missouri, Midland, Texas 79701, Odessa Christian School, 2000 Doran, Odessa, Texas 79761 or Eisenhower Church of Christ, 807 E. 21st St., Odessa, Texas 79761.
In her early life as a child and later during the Great Depression, Madilene and her family suffered some difficult times. She was impacted by those times in her life and was prompted to write the following poem depicting her life and it prophetically took her from her beginning to her last day on earth and into eternity.
Traveling Home
One day I started a journey.
It was at the break of dawn.
The earth beneath my feet was like soft cushions as I walked the trail along.
The morning sun was sparkling the dew upon the grass.
My heart was light and happy as through the woods I passed.
In the far distance a huge mountain I could see.
It stood so still and silent as if it were waiting for me.
I trudged along the pathway, though my feet became weary and slow,
And before I seemed to notice, it wasn’t morning anymore.
Midday had overtaken me and time was passing fast.
But the mountain stood patiently waiting.
I surely would reach it at last.
My thoughts were to go onward and upward,
Though the way became rocky and steep, then I struggled,
but stumbled for my heart had grown faint and weak.
Many years have come and swiftly past and my journey will soon be over,
then I’ll reach home at last.
- Madilene Herbert, November 1964
Mary Grant
ODESSA — Mary J. Grant, 82, of Houston passed away Sunday, July 6, 2003. She was a member of First United Methodist Church of Pasadena.
She is survived by her daughters, Karen Cryer and husband, Jerry, Connie Crowder and husband, Eddie; son, Ronnie Preston Grant and wife, Thylia; brother, Virgil Byerly; sisters, Juanita Miliam, Peggy Fansler and Betty Jo Burton; five grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 9, 2003, at Grand View Funeral Home in Pasadena. Interment will be at 10 a.m. Friday, July 11, at Sunset Memorial Gardens in Odessa.
Services entrusted to Grand View Funeral Home.
Richard “Dick” Heine
MIDLAND — Richard “Dick” Heine, of Midland, passed away Tuesday, July 8, 2003.
He was born July 10, 1933, in Waxahachie, Texas, to Carl Heine and Una Dillard Heine. Dick started in the oil service business at the age of 19 and has been in the business for 53 years, having owned his own company several years. Dick was a semi-retired consultant for Precision Pressure Data in Midland.
Dick is survived by his wife of 28 years, Eula Heine of Midland, TX; daughter, Elizabeth Pumpelly of Dallas, TX; son, William Heine of Dallas, TX; daughter, Shannon Kizer of Midland, TX; brother, Gerry Heine of Waxahachie, TX; 11 grandchildren and one great-grandson.
The family will receive friends at Ellis Funeral Home, Thursday, July 10, 2003 between the hours of 6 and 8 p.m.
Funeral services have been scheduled for 11 a.m. Friday, July 11, 2003, at Ellis Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow at Resthaven Memorial Park. Arrangements are under the direction of Ellis Funeral Home, 801 Andrews Hwy., Midland, Texas.
Pallbearers will be Jim Snodderly, Floyd Allen, Chris Pumpelley, James Pumpelley, Jim Blair and Jim Blocker.
Mary Evelyn Grimes
ODESSA — Mary Evelyn Grimes, 77, of Odessa, Texas, passed away on Monday, July 7, 2003, in Odessa.
Services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 9, 2003, at Westminster Presbyterian Church with Rev. Bob Sams officiating. Interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Services have been entrusted to Sunset Memorial Gardens and Funeral Home.
Mrs. Grimes was born on June 13, 1926, in Chadwick, Illinois. She married
Jesse Taylor Grimes III on April 14, 1950, in Odessa at St. Mary’s Catholic Church. He preceded her in death on November 30, 1986. Mrs. Grimes attended nursing school in Illinois, and moved to Odessa in 1949 to assist other nurses here during the Polio epidemic. Since that time, she has worked for Headlee Hospital, Drs. Rainer, Wood, Lily, and Heston. She also worked for Medical Center Hospital. Mrs. Grimes was a member of the American Legion Women’s Auxilliary.
Survivors include a son, Taylor Grimes of Odessa; a daughter, Dana Harrington of Odessa and her husband, Dale; grandchildren, Joseph, Emily and Sarah Harrington, and Tiffany and Taylor Grimes.
The family will receive visitors on Tuesday July 8, 2003, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. Memorials have been requested to the Westminster Presbyterian Church Memorial Fund.
Bill Davis
ODESSA — Bill Davis, 69, of Odessa, a fireman and owner of a fiberglass repair business, died Saturday, July 5, 2003 at Medical Center Hospital.
Services will be at 9 a.m. Monday at the Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Chapel with the Rev. James Otterness officiating. Burial will follow at 3 p.m. in Coleman, Texas. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
He was born in Coleman.
SURVIVORS: Son, Glenn Davis of Winnfield, La.; daughters, Vickie Smith of Sikes, La. and Ranee Ingles of Winnfield; sister, JoAnn Molder of Midland; seven grandchildren; and great-grandchildren.
Jimmie Justice
ANDREWS — Jimmie Lee Justice, 68, of Andrews, died Thursday, July 3, at her residence in Andrews.
Services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Andrews Church of Christ with the Rev. Mark Wilson officiating. Burial will be in the Andrews North cemetery. Arrangements by McNett Funeral Home.
She was born in Quanah.
SURVIVORS: Daughters, Mary Proby and Louella Justice, both of San Antonio and Lisa Justice of Andrews; sons, Robert Justice of San Antonio and James and Terry Justice, both of Midland; sisters, Rubie Jewel Campbell of California, Gladys Buckner and Rebecca Ruth Turner, both of Odessa, Betty McFarland and Dorothy Greer of Dallas and Betty Jan Thomas of Lubbock; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
