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Charlie Nunn Jr.
MONAHANS - Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday, March 17, 2001, at Shiloh Baptist Church for Charlie Nunn Jr., 59, who died Monday, March 12, 2001, at Memorial Hospital and Medical Center in Midland. Elders J.D. Stuart and A.J. Ramsey will officiate services and Mr. Nunn will be interred at Monahans Memorial cemetery under the direction of Harkey Funeral Home.
A wake prayer service will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. today at Harkey Chapel.
He was born the youngest of two children to Charlie and Georgie Nunn Sept. 19, 1941, in Calvert. He moved to Grandfalls in the early 1950s and remained there until he moved to Crane in 1957.
He graduated from Bethune High School in 1961 and returned to Ward County to make his home in Monahans. He was an oil technician for Getty/Texaco since January 1969 and worked for the company until his retirement in December 1998. He married
Bobbie Jean Cook June 18, 1965, and during their 35 and a half years of marriage raised their four children in Monahans.
Along with being a wonderful husband, father and grandfather, Mr. Nunn enjoyed hunting, fishing, gardening and good-naturedly harassing the ones he loved the most.
He became a Christian in 1994 at Faith Temple Church of God in Christ and served the church as Sunday school superintendent.
He is survived by his wife, Bobbie Jean Nunn; two sons, Fred Nunn and Tommie Mitchell Jr., both of Monahans; two daughters, Tangy Mitchell of Monahans and Patricia McGill of Lubbock; his mother, Georgia Nunn and a sister, Susie Smith, both of Monahans; nine grandchildren; and a host of nieces and nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.
Anna Pauline Read
LIVINGSTON - Anna Pauline "Polly" Read passed away Tuesday, March 13, 2001, in Livingston. She was born March 18, 1914, in Chireno to George W. and Emma Viola Morrison.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Elvin Read in 1969; two brothers, Gerster Morrison and Simon Morrison; and two sisters, Margueritte Hawkins and Daphne Woods.
She was an active member of the First United Methodist Church in Odessa for 38 years and First United Methodist Church in Lufkin for 28 years. She spent countless hours working with the Society of St. Stephen helping others. She was a lifetime member in the United Methodist Women. Her project for the annual church bazaar in Lufkin was painting wood items, especially "Santas" in all sizes and shapes.
Survivors include her brother and his wife, W.J. and Callie Morrison of Lufkin; her daughter and son-in-law, Daphne and Gerald Riley of Livingston; her son and daughter-in-law, Ben and Stella Read of Burkburnett; and grandchildren and spouses, Tim and Heather Newton and children Cody and Garrett of Lufkin, Anna Gay Wright and son Jared of Como, Kent and Amy Newton and children Brandie and Nikki of Lufkin, Bill and Brenda Read and son Noah of Rising City, Neb., Kasi Read of Irving, Krysla and Greg Darden of Wichita Falls and Davyd Read of College Station. She is also survived by many nieces, nephews and friends.
Funeral services for Mrs. Read were held at 11 a.m. Thursday, March 15, 2001, at Cochran Funeral Home Chapel in Livingston. Interment will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 17, 2001, at Sunset Memorial Gardens in Odessa. Local services by Sunset Memorial Funeral Home.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Society of St. Stevens in Lufkin.
Leon Snelson
MIDLAND - Services for Leon Snelson have been scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday, March 17, 2001, at Second Baptist Church with the Rev. Robert Kepple of Ranchland Heights Baptist Church officiating and the Rev. H.W. Erwin Jr. of Second Baptist Church assisting. Burial will follow at Resthaven Memorial Park. Arrangements are under the direction of Pipkin Funeral Home and Chapel.
Visitation will be from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. today at Pipkin Funeral Home and Chapel.
"Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on." "Yes," says the Spirit, "That they may rest from their labors, and their works follow them." (Rev. 14:13)
Leon Snelson was born June 22, 1927, in Newcastle, Okla., to James W. and Lois Snelson. He moved with his family to Texas at an early age. Growing up on the farm and later working in the oil patch of West Texas, he learned the meaning of hard work and dedication to work well done. He later passed this on to his own family.
He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Shortly after being discharged, he was "doodlebugging" in Big Lake, where he met Bonnie Pace, who waited on him at the local bank. They were married
May 29, 1948, in Big Lake. Their marriage has been a model of fidelity and devotion, not only to each other, but to the purpose, which God designed for their lives as partners in ministry in and through the church. God blessed them with six sons.
On the basis of God’s amazing grace and prayers of a godly mother, Leon’s life was marvelously changed in 1951. He was working as a roughneck on a drilling rig outside of Crane and one evening he walked off the rig floor into the doghouse. There, he knelt on his knees and met his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. This started the beginning of a life dedicated to Jesus, for which he remained faithful until March 13, 2001, when the Lord saw fit to call Leon home to live eternally with Him.
Believing God had called him to preach. Leon surrendered to that ministry in 1956. He served with pioneer Southern Baptist Missions in New Mexico, Colorado and California. He also had several pastorates in Texas. He had a burning passion to see people born again into the Kingdom of God. He owned and operated Snelson’s Pumping Unit Service from 1980 to 1986.
One son, Terry, his mother and father, a brother, Paul, and five sisters, Elsie, Evie, Effie, Emily and Marie, preceded him in death.
He is survived by his wife, Bonnie of Midland, and five sons, Mike and his wife Beverly of Odessa, Denny and his wife Mona, Tim and his wife Sherry and Steve, all of Midland, and Mark and his wife Treva of Lorena. He is also survived by 13 grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, a sister, Billie Faglie and her husband Raymond of Snohamish, Wash., and a brother, Leo Snelson and his wife Mary Jim of Junction.
Leon touched many lives, and he will be missed greatly by everyone.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be sent to Faith, Hope and Love International, 102 E. Lyon St., Laredo, Texas, 78040 and/or Jubilee Ministry, P.O. Box 1280, Rapid City, S.D., 57709.
Raul Molina Rivera
Raul Molina Rivera, 49, of Odessa died Friday, Feb. 2, 2001 at Medical Center Hospital in Odessa.
Mr. Rivera was born Aug. 21, 1951 in El Paso. He was a retired sandblaster from Meister Industries.
He is preceded in death by one brother, Martin Rivera.
Survivors include: Wife, Tomasa Muro Rivera of Odessa; sons Raul M. Rivera, Jr. and Isaiah M. Rivera, both of Odessa; daughters, Jolene Rangel and husband Blas Rangel, Jr. of Odessa and Erica J. Rivera and grandson Zacheriah Seth Rangel of Odessa; parents, Jesus and Petra Rivera of Van Horn; brothers, Jesus Rivera, Jr. of Van Horn, Joe Rivera of Sweetwater, Danny Rivera of Big Spring, and Mike Rivera of Big Spring; sisters, Rosemary Talavera of Van Horn and Irma Rivera of Sweetwater.
Pallbearers will be his brothers, son-in-law and brother-in-law.
Services will be 2 p.m. Monday at Bible Centered Fellowship Church in Odessa. Mr. Rivera will be in state at Odessa Funeral Home from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Monday and from 12:30 p.m. until service time at Bible Centered Fellowship Church. Burial will follow at Rosehill cemetery.
Services entrusted to Odessa Funeral Home.
James Henry ‘Hoot’ Farrar
WAXAHACHIE - James Henry "Hoot" Farrar, 83, passed away Tuesday morning, March 13, 2001, at Baylor Medical Center in Dallas.
He was born June 4, 1917, to Henry T. and Verda Jane (Johnson) Farrar in Henrietta, Okla. He graduated from Pharoah High School, served briefly in the U.S. Navy and was honorably discharged. He married
Virginia Lee Henley on June 22, 1940, and was employed all his adult life in the oilfields of Oklahoma and Texas. He retired as a tool pusher from Well Tech in West Texas. He was an avid fisherman and hunter.
He was preceded in death by his parents, wife and a sister, Mildred Paris.
He is survived by two sons, Jim Farrar and his wife Ellen of Weatherford and Jerry Ray Farrar and his wife Della of Maypearl; a brother, Bob Farrar of Inola, Okla.; a sister, Juanita Lewis of Tulsa, Okla.; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
The celebration of life will be at 11 a.m. today, March 15, 2001, at the Pat Boze Memorial Chapel of the Wayne Boze Funeral Home with Brother Walter Sanders officiating. Interment will follow at the Maypearl cemetery. Pallbearers will be James Allen, Chad Farrar, Johnny Farrar, Tobar Hensley, Jeff Hill and Jimmy Reavis.
Arrangements under the direction of the Wayne Boze Funeral Home.
Youtha D. Milford Gregg
BIG LAKE - Youtha D. Milford Gregg, 79, formerly of Kermit, died Tuesday, March 13, 2001, at Reagan Memorial Hospital in Big Lake.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday, March 16, 2001, at First Baptist Church in Kermit with Dr. Randy Houston officiating and the Rev. Ernest Wall assisting. Burial will follow at the Kermit cemetery. Arrangements are by Cooper Funeral Chapel.
Youtha was born Dec. 1, 1921, to Thomas Ellis Milford and Gaudy Abigail Bolt Milford in Red River County. She was a housewife, sales associate and seamstress. Youtha was a member of the First Baptist Church of Kermit. She and her husband, Mack, lived in Kermit 48 years. Mack preceded her in death March 26, 2000.
Survivors include a son and his wife, Gerry Gregg and Anita of Big Lake; a daughter, Cynthia Bass of San Angelo; son-in-law, Jerry Bass of Eldorado; sister, Allene Thompson of Temple; sisters-in-law, Ruth Nichols of Fort Worth and Villa Gregg of Port Neches; five grandchildren, Ryan Bass and fiancee Regina Ward of Colorado City, Bradley Bass and wife Mitzi of San Angelo, Lindsey Edmiston and husband Justin of Del Rio, Cody Gregg and wife Suzanne of McAllen and Kimberly Flores and husband Steven of Mansfield; and great-grandchildren, Gracen and Gradyn Bass, Trace Edmiston, Andrew and Hannah Gregg, Isabel Flores and Kyle Ward.
Pallbearers will be Jim Clark, Stanley Mulsow, Paul Forest, Gerald Speed, Thurman Cox, Larry Fernandes and Bill White.
Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association or American Cancer Society.
Kathlene Noell Stout
ODESSA - Kathlene Noell Stout, 82, of Odessa passed away Monday, March 12, 2001, at Medical Center Hospital after a full and active life.
She was born July 18, 1918, in Addison and attended schools in Addison, Stephenville, Ralls and Lubbock. She attended Texas Tech where she was a member of Alpha Chi, an all-university honorary society, and graduated in 1939 with a bachelor of business administration degree. In August 1944, she joined the Cadet Nurses Corp and moved to Baltimore, Maryland to attend Johns Hopkins Hospital School of Nursing where she received her R.N. in August 1947.
Kathlene married
Fred Arthur Stout Jr. on Dec. 2, 1947. He preceded her in death in 1997.
Kathlene joined the Medical Center Hospital Auxiliary in 1980. She served in several positions before serving as president from 1986 to 1987. In December 2000, she was awarded a 20-year service pin award. She was elected as memorial chairman for 13 consecutive years and worked many long hours and years to make it possible to have the new Memorial Wall.
Kathlene will always be remembered because of her unselfishness to service. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church where she served throughout the years as both deacon and elder as well as treasurer of the Presbyterian Women. She was also a member of the Modern Gardeners, Twentieth Century Study Club, Symphony Guild and Odessa Forum.
Her survivors include her son, Fred Arthur Stout III and his wife Kim of Paradise Valley, Ariz.; daughters, Anne K. Tyre and husband Jerry of Jacksonville, Fla., Laura R. Stout of Kerrville, Mary L. Stout of Odessa and Noell E. Ince and husband Mark of Gonzales; seven grandchildren, Natalie Tyre, Nicole Tyre, Noelle Tyre and Arthur Jerald Tyre of Jacksonville, Fla. and Ariana Ince, Mariah Ince and Thompson Ince of Gonzales.
Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, March 16, 2001, at the First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Sherry Holloman officiating.
Public visitation will be from noon to 9 p.m. today, March 15, 2001, at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
