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Martha Jackson
ODESSA — Martha Jackson, 78, of Odessa passed away Sunday, March 28, 2004, at her residence. She was born May 5, 1925, in McLennan County, Texas. She moved to Odessa in 1956. She was a member of Bethlehem Baptist Church.
She is preceded in death by her husband, David Jackson. She is survived by two sons, Alvin Jackson of Oxnard, Calif., and David Jackson of El Paso, Texas; one daughter, Kathy Craft of Houston, Texas; one granddaughter, Niki Bryant of Chicago, Ill.; three grandsons, Christopher Jackson, Jonathan Jackson of Oxnard, Calif., and Jarvis Smith of Hollywood, Calif.; two great-grandsons.
You may visit with Martha from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday. A wake service will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, both at Martinez Funeral Home.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Bethlehem Baptist Church, 1000 W. Clements Street, with the Rev. Roscoe Sutton officiating and bring the eulogy. Burial will follow at The Ector County cemetery, Rose Hill Section.
Funeral Arrangements by Martinez Funeral Home.
Vickie Marie Kidd
ODESSA — Vickie Marie Kidd, 53, of Odessa went to be with our Lord on Tuesday, March 30, 2004. She was born December 7, 1951, in Pocahontas, Ark., to William and Esther Fowler.
Vickie dedicated her life to working with children where she worked at First Baptist Child Development Center for 12 years.
Vickie is survived by her loving husband of 32 years, Jerry Kidd of Odessa; son, Cody E. Kidd of Odessa; daughter, Terra Kidd and fiancé, Robert Carilli, of Los Angeles, Calif.; parents, William and Esther Fowler of Odessa; mother-in-law, Helen Choate of Odessa; brother, Mack Bradshaw and wife, Betty, of Odessa; aunt and uncles; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Vickie will be missed by all, but always in our thoughts and prayers.
Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Thursday, April 1, 2004, at the First Baptist Church with Dr. Jimmy Braswell officiating. Interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
Melvin Gorden Korthals
ODESSA — Melvin Gorden Korthals, 78, passed away Monday, March 29, 2004, at the Home Hospice House. He was born in Beaver City, Okla., on January 24, 1926, to Godlip and Gladys Frost Korthals.
Melvin was a corporal in the United States Marine Corps. He was a veteran of WWII, where he was a rifle marksman. He participated in the assault and capture of Iwo Jima and served the last ninety days of the war as a POW. Melvin worked as a journeyman lineman in Artesia, N.M., and in Oklahoma.
In his later years, he was able to fulfill his lifetime dream of owning and operating a salvage business, where he was able to practice his renowned skill as shade tree mechanic. Melvin was a loving father and grandfather. He was always there for his family and friends in their time of need and would help in any way he could. He was the hero of the family.
He is preceded in death by his mother and father. He is survived by Maxine Killion and Elena Korthals both of Odessa, Texas; daughters, Sharon Roland of Fresno, Calif., Carol Savoie, Vickie Korthals, both of Odessa, Texas, Terry Hamilton and husband, Darwin, of Las Cruces, N.M.; brothers, Roy Frost of Fort Worth, Texas, Herman Korthals of Shodo, Okla., Charles Korthals of Kent, Texas, Lester Korthals of Decatur, Ill., Gene Leisure of Lubbock, Texas, Harry Leisure of Pacific Junction, Iowa, Larry Leisure of Lake Tawawakanee, Texas, Jerry Leisure of Lake Tawawakanee, Texas, Burl Landers of Branson, Mo.; sister, Juanita Berg of Mesquite, Texas; eight grandchildren, Samuel White, Melissa Roland, Shane Savoie, Jeremy Herron, Steve Herron, Melvin Herron, Heather Hamilton and Tiffany Bristol; 15 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Friday, April 2, 2004, at V.F.W. Hall, Post 4372, 208 V.F.W. Lane, Andrews Highway North and V.F.W. Lane with the Rev. Dick Brown and Chaplain Al Bullard officiating. Interment will be held private, at a later date.
We the family would like to express our utmost sincere gratitude to each and everyone of you, for the wonderful loving care expressed to our father and brother during this time. Especially to you Home Hospice.
In lieu of flowers please send in Memory of Melvin Gorden Korthals to The Hospice House at 903 N. Sam Houston and Home Hospice at 516 N. Texas in Odessa, TX 79761.
Services by Odessa Funeral Home.
Judge Paul McCollum
ODESSA — Judge Paul McCollum, 79, an Odessa resident since 1940, passed away Tuesday, March 30, 2004, in Odessa, in the company of his loving family.
Paul McCollum was born in Comanche, Texas, on March 13, 1925, the third child of Dr. Charles W. “Choc” McCollum and Atrelle Goodloe Mallory McCollum. His mother predeceased him in 1962, and his father in 1982. His sister, Mary Jane McCollum, was born in Comanche in 1920, and died in infancy. His brother, Charles Rector McCollum, was born in Comanche in 1922, and passed away in 1940.
At an early age, Paul moved with his family to Texon, in Reagan County, where he attended school through his sophomore year in high school. In 1940, at the commencement of his junior year in high school, the family moved to Odessa, and Paul attended Odessa High School, graduating from OHS in 1942. He was a Broncho football letterman, a member of the National Honor Society, and president of the student body/student council.
Judge McCollum was a WWII veteran. Following high school graduation, Paul attended college for one semester, and when he was 18 years old, was sworn in the U.S. Army Air Corps as an aviation cadet. He was transshipped to Kelly Field in San Antonio, where he was classified as a bombardier cadet, and sent for his training. He was graduated, awarded his bombardier wings and 2nd Lieutenant commission in October of 1943, at the age of 18 years and 6 months. The Bombardier Association, a few years ago, researched the matter and declared that McCollum was the youngest bombardier cadet ever to be graduated and commissioned. Upon graduation, Paul was transferred to the 463rd Bomb Group, 774th Squadron, Fifteenth Air Force.
McCollum was shot down as a result of anti-aircraft fire over Ploesti, Romania. He and his crew were interned by a neutral power, Turkey, from which they escaped and made their way to Egypt. He was sent back to the States and attended bombardier instructor’s school, and ended the War as an instructor at Childress (TX) Army Air Field. McCollum was awarded two air medals, the European Theatre of Operations medal with three battle stars, the Mediterranean-North African Theatre of Operations medal with one battle star and the North American Theatre of Operations medal.
Upon returning to the States, McCollum was honorably discharged and attended Baylor University, where he graduated with a J.D. Degree in 1950.
Judge McCollum married
Alice Holland on February 20, 1952, in Odessa, Texas. They have two grown children: daughter, Kathleen M. McCulloch, who is an attorney with Shafer, Davis, Ashley, O’Leary & Stoker Law Firm; and son, Rector Choc McCollum, who is a detective sergeant with the Dallas Police Department; and two grandchildren, Travis Paul McCollum and Hannah Kathleen McCollum.
Judge and Mrs. McCollum are members of First Baptist Church in Odessa.
Paul McCollum practiced law in Odessa, Texas, 1950-1953; he served as County Judge, Ector County, Texas, 1953-1955; served as District Judge, Ector County, Texas, 70th Judicial District, 1955-1960; and resigned from district court bench to practice law with Shafer, Davis, McCollum, Ashley, O’Leary & Stoker Law Firm, 1961-1993; served as Justice, 8th Court of Appeals, 1994. From 1995 to present, he served as Former and Senior Justice, 8th Court of Appeals; as such, he receives assignments to Courts of Appeal, District Courts and County Courts at Law, on an as-needed basis.
Judge McCollum is admitted to practice in all Courts of Texas; United States District Courts, in and for the Western, Northern and Southern Districts of Texas; United States Courts of Appeal for the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits; and the United States Supreme Court.
Judge McCollum’s memberships include: Ector County Bar Association; State Bar Association of Texas; American Bar Association; Sustaining Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation; College of the State Bar of Texas; Fellow, International Academy of Trial Lawyers. His professional activities include: Served upon and chaired committees of the State Bar of Texas throughout his professional career. For several years he chaired the important and prestigious State Bar Conference of Lawyers and Claims Adjusters, and through the committee, aided in the enactment of legislation rendering the committee no longer necessary, resulting in its dissolution; he served four terms as Director and as Vice President of Texas Young Lawyers Association (formerly Texas Junior Bar Association, the membership of which is made up of Texas lawyers under age 36), Boss of the Year of the Odessa Legal Secretaries Association, 1963; Conferee World Law Institute, Atlanta, October 1997, one of 300 conferees invited to attend upon and participate in the World Law Institute hosted by former Presidents Jimmy Carter of the United States, and Mikhail Gorbachev of the USSR and the Russia Federation, the purpose of this Institute being to give direction and establish guidelines and law governing international trade.
Paul’s other affiliations include Odessa Chamber of Commerce; Odessa Rotary Club, Paul Harris Fellow; AF&AM Masonic Lodge #955, Odessa, Texas; Odessa Scottish Rite Association; Odessa Shrine Club; El Maida Temple AAONMS, El Paso, Texas; El Paso Scottish Rites Association; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Disabled American Veterans; American Legion, Earl S. Bailey Post, Odessa, Texas; Fifteenth Air Force Association; 463rd Bomb Group.
Judge McCollum has served as past president of Odessa Town Hall Association; past director of Odessa Boys Club; past director, predecessor organization of now United Fund; Bombardiers Association; served as Government Appeals Agent of the Selective Service System 1952-1971 (the pro bono representative through initiation and appeal of any prospective draftee or inductee who wished to appeal his classification or status); chairman, March of Dimes, 1952; served on the Odessa Park Advisory Board; served as chairman Policy Advisory Committee, Permian Basin Regional Health Systems Agency, 1976-1980; Odessa Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee; served as chief timekeeper for the Odessa Regional Golden Gloves Tournament for 35 years; President, Odessa Naturalist Society; has for several years served as Director of the Odessa Crystal Ball Foundation (the primary funding organization of the Permian Basin Rehabilitation Center); served as member of Mayor’s Liaison Committee to Confederate Air Force (now: Commemorative Air Force); Distinguished Associate, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine; founding member, University of Texas of the Permian Basin; member, Baylor Bear Foundation; chosen as the recipient of the Heritage of Odessa Foundation’s 1989 Award for Excellence in Community Service in Law.
Judge McCollum is survived by his wife, Alice Holland McCollum; his daughter, Kathleen M. McCulloch and husband, Michael; his son, Rector Choc McCollum and wife, Jill; and grandchildren, Travis Paul McCollum and Hannah Kathleen McCollum.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, April 2, 2004, at the First Baptist Church of Odessa with Rev. H. Bailey Stone and Delman Hodges officiating.
Pallbearers will be Perry Davis Jr., Ray Stoker Jr., James M. O’Leary, Jim Bob Pharries, Bill Lane and Dr. John Hundley. Honorary pallbearers will be William J. Edwards, Bill Rash, Abner Burnett, Glen Flournoy, Dick Saxe, Berkley G. Craig, Howard Purvis and Wilmer Ray.
If desired, memorials may be made to Hospice House Foundation, 903 N. Sam Houston, Odessa, Texas 79761.
Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
Mary Jean Moten
ODESSA — Mary Jean Moten, 73, was born in Carthage, Texas, on March 16, 1931, to the parentage of Bertha Lee and Leonard Everhart. Both parents preceded her in death.
She was the fifth of six children: brothers, the late J.C. “Mike” Everhart and the late Charles William “C.W” Everhart; sisters, Elav Jay Upshaw and Edith Jean Daniels of Los Angeles and Paramount, Calif., respectively, and Louise Cleaver (Frank) of Odessa, Texas. Jean was married
to Maywood Moten, who preceded her in death.
She retired from Medical Center Hospital in 1979. She was a loving housewife and a homemaker. She loved her family and was most proud of her son, Ronnie. She always strived to be the best wife to her husband and mother to her son.
Jean was a lady who found joy in life simple pleasures. Next to her faith in God through the authority from Jesus Christ, nothing was more important than her family. All who had the pleasure of knowing her became enchanted with her loving spirit.
Mary Jean Moten leaves to cherish her memory, her son, Ronnie E. Moten; grandchildren, Amber and Roshode McQueen and Rodney Baldwin, all of Odessa, Carol Margaret Freeman, Darlene Washington and Kathy Moten, all of Waco, Texas; great-grandchild, Kaebryl McQueen; sisters, Elva Jay Upshaw of Los Angeles, Calif., Louise Cleaver (Frank) of Odessa, Texas, and Edith Jean Daniels of Paramount, Calif.; one uncle, Rev. Roscoe Sutton; one aunt, Lucille Beck; a host of other relatives including nieces, nephews, cousins, and a huge following of faithful and loving friends.
Her warm smile will be missed forever!
Viewing will be from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday, April 2, 2004. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday morning at the Greater St. John Baptist Church, 2125 Muskingum.
Services are under the direction of Martinez Funeral Home.
Davin J. Murry
SAN ANGELO — Davin J. Murry, 9, of San Angelo, went to be with the Lord, Monday, March 29,,2004 in San Angelo.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 3, 2004, at Lillie Street Church of Christ with Altheron Payne Sr. officiating. Interment will follow at Belvedere Memorial Park.
Davin was born November 20, 1994, in Odessa, Texas, to his parents Bobby Murry and Ellen Bars. He attended Blackshear Elementary and was an Honor Roll student. Davin was active in the Jr. R.O.T.C., Cub Scouts and YMCA Basketball.
He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Mary E. Clifton, A.J. and Catherine Moore, and his best friend, Kea Miller. Davin is survived by his loving family: parents, Ellen and Gary Bars of San Angelo and Bobby and Catherine Murry of Odessa; grandfathers, Macio Tennie Sr. of Grover Beach, Calif., and Robert Hilliard of Odessa; grandmother, Atherine Bars of Odessa; great-grandmother, Clara South of Newelton, La.; seven brothers, Bobby Murry Jr., Xerxes Murry, Chris Murry, William Murry, Robert Murry, Richard Murry and Jermaine Murry; nine sisters, Michelle Murry, Rachel Murry, Jackie Murry, Shawnecqua Murry, Misty Murry, Cathy Murry, Brittany Murry, Jasmine Murry and Ashley White; six uncles, Macio Tennie Jr., Charles Louis, James Shorts, Stanley Terrell, Richard Murry and Alvin Moore; six aunts, Winnie Louis, Patricia Shorts, Suprena Terrell, B.J. Tennie, Leslie Tennie and Johnnie Tennie; numerous cousins, great-uncles and great-aunts.
The family will receive friends from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, April 2, 2004, at Johnson’s Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to S.A.N.B. Davin Murry Memorial Fund, P.O. Box 5291, San Angelo, TX 76902-5291.
Cecil Welch
ODESSA — Cecil Welch, 91, of Fredricksburg, passed away Monday, March 29, 2004, at the Hill Country Memorial Hospital in Fredricksburg. He was born August 2, 1912, in Atoka, Okla.
He was a retired heavy equipment operator. He was a member of the International Union of Operating Engineers. and the San Juan Lodge #25 Masonic Lodge in Aztec, N.M.
He is survived by his wife, Freda Welch of Fredricksburg; son, John Welch of Pittsburgh, Pa.; daughter, Rebecca Watson of Fredricksburg; three grandchildren, Joanna Watson of Fredricksburg, Shelby and Sean Welch, both of Pittsburgh, Pa.
Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, April 2, 2004, at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
