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James Lester Butler
ODESSA — James Butler, 86, of Odessa died Wednesday, March 1, 2000, at Medical Center Hospital. He was born Jan. 6, 1914, in Gober.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 4, 2000, at Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors Chapel with the Rev. Dr. Jimmy Braswell officiating. Interment will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements are by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors.
Mr. Butler was employed by Starr Gas and Magnatex for 40 years until his retirement in 1982. He was a member of Sherwood Baptist Church. He enjoyed watching TV, antiquing and flea markets. He loved his family, visiting with friends and spending time with his granddaughter, Kelly.
He was preceded in death by a daughter, Carmen Brown.
Mr. Butler is survived by his daughter, Debra Bigler and her husband, Rex, of Houston; granddaughters, Kelly Bizzell of Odessa and Madison Bigler of Houston; and a special person in his life, Peggy Randolph.
If desired, memorials may be made to Home Hospice, 3053 E. University Blvd., Odessa, 79762.
Peggy Jo Hewitt Burleson
ODESSA — Peggy Jo Hewitt Burleson, 61, of Odessa died Monday, Feb. 21, 2000, at Medical Center Hospital.
Services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at Sunset Heights Baptist Church with the Rev. Jess Little officiating. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
She was born Dec. 13, 1938, in Anson.
Mrs. Hewitt moved to Odessa in 1955 from Snyder. She was a homemaker and a Baptist.
Survivors include her sons, Glenn Rich of Odessa, Monty Greathouse of San Angelo and Billy Greathouse of Odessa; daughters, Debbie Dunagin of Odessa, Sharon Tidwell of Odessa, Dee Dee Foreman of Odessa and Daphne Anderson of Sulphur Springs; 15 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
Services are entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
Robbie Lee Feeler
ODESSA — Robbie Lee Feeler, 48, died Friday, Feb. 18, 2000, in Midland.
Graveside services are scheduled for 3 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 24, 2000, at Sunset Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Jimmy Dennis officiating. Services are under the care of Sunset Memorial Funeral Home.
Mr. Feeler was born June 28, 1951, to Johnnie and Gloria Feeler, in Odessa, and has been a longtime resident. He was a Mason, and a member of the Local 798 Pipeliner Union.
His parents, Johnnie and Gloria Feeler; a stepbrother, Randy Ford; and a sister, Debbie Boydstun, preceded him in death.
Survivors include sons, Chad Feeler and Nick Bethune, both of Odessa, and Tanner Feeler, of Heber Springs, Ark.; daughter, Carrie Feeler of Heber Springs, Ark.; stepmother, Earlene Feeler of Lufkin; grandmother, Annis Doolen of Crane; brother, Johnnie Feeler of Crane; stepbrother, Ricky Ford of Lufkin; half brother, Terry Dean Feeler of El Paso; sisters, Tina Patz of Lewisville and Tammi Feeler, of Odessa; and several nieces and nephews.
Ricky Lee Burt
ODESSA — Ricky Lee Burt, 15, of Wichita Falls died Saturday, Feb. 19, 2000, in Wichita Falls.
Services will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Weeks Dubose officiating. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
He was born April 13, 1984, in Odessa and was a former resident of Odessa.
He was a sophomore and played football for Hirschi High School in Wichita Falls. He was Baptist.
Survivors include his parents, Laura and Tom Duffy of Wichita Falls; sister, Brittany Jo Williams of Wichita Falls; grandparents, Darlene Garrett of Odessa and Ron Naumcheff of Oregon; great-grandmothers; Ola Irene Kowacich of Odessa and Mina Roberts of Mathis; uncle, David Randal Garrett of Odessa; and numerous other family and friends, from Odessa and Wichita Falls, who loved him very much.
Services are entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
Myrtle Louise Helt
ODESSA — Myrtle Louise Helt, 84, our beloved mother and grandmother, went to be with the Lord Sunday, Feb. 20, 2000.
The family will be at 3822 Melody Lane.
The family will meet with friends at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Johnny Dickerson officiating. Burial will be at Resthaven Memorial Park in Midland.
She was born Jan. 3, 1916, in Nowata, Okla.
Mrs. Helt moved to Odessa in the 1970’s from Aniheim, Calif. She had worked in a dry cleaners. She was a member of the Assembly of God Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Earnest Helt; parents; 10 brothers and sisters.
Survivors include her daughter, Ella Mae Thames of Odessa; son, Paul Privette of Gladstone, Mo.; sisters, Wilma Leviskie of Red Bluff, Calif., Thelma Hatfield of Whittier, Calif.; nine grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials to Crescent Park Baptist Church Music Ministry.
Services are entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
Francis McKee
ODESSA — Francis McKee was born Nov. 30, 1925, in Boone County, Iowa, to Carroll and Grace Karnes McKee. He passed away Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2000, in Odessa.
Services are scheduled for 4 p.m. Friday, Feb. 11, 2000, at St. John’s Episcopal Church with Rev. Laura Deaderick officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
Mr. McKee served in the Army Air Force during World War II. He served as a B-17 aircrew member in the 8th Air Force, 748th Bomber Squadron and the 457th Bomb Group. He was honorably discharged as a staff sergeant. After the war, he married
Jacque Driscoll on June 1, 1955, in Gallipolis, Ohio. They came to Odessa in 1960. He worked as vice president for a division of Refchem from 1960 to 1973. In 1973 he moved to Houston and worked for Universal Maintenance Construction Co. as its accounting manager.
His sister preceded him in death.
Survivors include his daughters, Julie McKee and Laura Doenz and her husband, Monte, all of Odessa; brother, William Carroll McKee of Denver; and one granddaughter, Casey Michelle Mohler of Odessa.
Services are under the care of Sunset Memorial Funeral Home.
Melba Lucille Dennis
ODESSA — A longtime Odessa resident, Melba Lucille Dennis, 96, died Friday, July 7, 2000, at Medical Center Hospital.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Sherwood Church of Christ with Lynn Money and John Driggers officiating. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens under the direction of Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
The eighth of nine children born to Joe Tom and Emma Dennis, Melba Lucille was born June 22, 1904, in Clyde. During her young years, her family moved back and forth several times between Clyde and Moran, traveling in horse-drawn covered wagons. The schools she attended were the typical one-room, one-teacher-for-all-grades country schools of that time period. Lucille excelled in her schoolwork and completed the ninth grade, the top level of the schools at that time.
Leaving the farm in 1934, Lucille and her parents came to West Texas, first living in Crane, where she worked in a laundry and did housekeeping. During this time, Melba Lucille began to be called simply "Cil" by her family and friends and the abbreviation of her name has remained. Following her mother’s death in 1936, Cil and her dad moved to Odessa where Cil began a job that would last until 1941 with the J.J. Willis family as a nanny and housekeeper.
For a short period of time, 1941 to 1943, Cil worked for the Ector County Sheriff’s Department as a cook for Sheriff Bill Marr and his family and also for the jail inmates.
From 1943 to 1950, Cil worked at Wes-Tex Food, then located at West 10th Street and Whitaker Avenue. She cooked for the restaurant within the store and also worked as a butcher. Cil claimed to have made the very first potato salad to be served by the Odessa Chuck Wagon Gang. It seems that the Wes-Tex owners had volunteered to provide the ingredients for potato salad and it became Cil’s responsibility to make it. The Gang offered her the job of making potato salad for other events, but after one time of preparing it in her own home, for which she was paid $5, Cil declined this offer saying it involved more work than she was able to handle.
Cil’s mercantile business career began in 1950 when she was employed by J.C. Penney’s. In 1954, she went to work for Sears Roebuck Co. as a clerk in the linens department. Her work at Sears took her through retirement in 1969. Although officially retired, Cil was not content to stay home, so she went to work for Strike It Rich, working there until 1972.
This special lady continued to be very active in giving of herself to others. She was a member of Sherwood Church of Christ where she taught children’s Bible classes for many years. She had a certain wit about her that has brought many smiles to many friends. She never met a person who did not at once become her friend. When failing health made it necessary to move to Avalon Nursing Home, Cil graciously accepted another challenge and went about spreading joy throughout the halls of Avalon.
We shall all miss "Our Cil." She is survived by a host of friends, nieces and nephews, including Lavada Scott of San Antonio, Barbara Richardson of Tuscumbia, Ala., Wayne Duzan and Robert Duzan, both of Odessa, Richard Duzan of Newark, Del., and Sheila Evans of Montgomery, Ala.
Memorials may be given to Odessa Christian School.
Arrangements entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
