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Les Fambrough
ODESSA - Les Fambrought, 70, a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War, died Saturday, Dec. 23, 2000, in Midland.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church with Ernest Easley officiating. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
He was born in Sonora. He was a teacher for the Ector County Independent School District for 32 years. He taught at Crockett Junior High School and Odessa High School. He was Baptist.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Joan Fambrough of Odessa; sons, Leslie E. Fambrough of Bonne Terre, Mo., David L. Fambrough of San Angelo, Mark L . Bassham of Midland and Derrek W. Bassham of Odessa; brother, Tommy Fambrough of Fort Worth; sister, Loraine Leach of McCamey; eight grandchildren and two step grandchildren.
Jerry Frederick
ODESSA - Jery Wayne Frederick, 38, of Odessa, a lifetime Odessa resident, died Friday, Dec. 22, 2000, at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas.
Servies will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Odessa Gospel Lighhouse with the Revs. Bobby Bell and Jonathan Jarratt officiating. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Sunset Memorial Funeral Home.
He was born in Odessa. He served as a shop foreman and service technician for Jack Arledge for 20 years.
SURVIVIORS: Wife, Tammy Frederick of Odessa; sons, Kyle Frederick and Kasey Frederick, both of Odessa; mother and stepfather, Lennie and Daniel Blair of Odessa; brothers, Bobby Frederick of Crestview, Fla. and Donnie Frederick of Odessa; and sister, Carolyn Wies of Cleveland, Ohio.
Katie Jo Hutchens
RANKIN - Katie Jo Hutchens, 77, of Rankin, a homemaker, died Friday, Dec. 22, at Desert View Manor Nursing Home in Crane.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church with the Rev. Jim Medley officiating. Burial will be at Ranking cemetery. Arrangements by Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home.
She was born in Lubbock County. She lived in Rankin since 1952. She was Baptist.
SURVIVORS: Daughter, Barbara Johnson of Rankin; son, Hal Hutchens of Rankin; sisters, Helen Swagerty of Winslow, Ariz., Betty Swartz of Sun City, Ariz., and Bobbie Hogue of Stratford, Okla.; five grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.
Marcella McCabe
BIG SPRING - Marcella King McCabe, 85, of Big Spring, an artist, died Saturday, Dec. 23, 2000, at an Odessa hospital.
Graveside services will be at 2:30 p.m. today with Ed Williamson officiating. Burial will be at Mount Olive Memorial Park. Arrangements by Nalley-Pickle and Welch Funeral Home.
She was born in Big Spring. She was loved the outdoors. She was Methodist.
SURVIVORS: Son, Jerry Fuqua of Midland; daughters, Jean Sneed and Eddie Johnson, both of Odessa; sister, Pauline Pearce of Odessa; five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Leonor Pridgen
SANDERSON - Leonor M. Pridgen, 72, of Odessa, died Saturday, Dec. 24, 2000, at her home.
Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. James Catholic Church in Sanderson. Burial will be at Santa Rita cemetery. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
She was born in Sanderson. She lived there until moving to Odessa in 1987. She was Catholic.
SURVIVORS: Husband, Elisandro D. Pridgen of Odessa; sons, Sergio M. Pridgen and Elisandro Jr. of Odessa; and two grandchildren.
Bill Walker
ODESSA - Bill L. Walker, 75, of Odessa, the owner of Inspection Service Inc., died Sunday, Dec. 24, 2000, in Midland.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Andrew Cumberland Presbyterian Church with the Revs. Mike Warker and Craig Martindale officiating. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
Opal Hail
IRAAN - Opal Hail, 79, of Iraan, died Sunday, Dec. 24, 2000, at Iraan General Hospital.
Arrangements are pending with Shaffer-Nichols Chapel of Iraan.
John Masey
ODESSA - John T. Masey, 87, of Midland, died Sunday, Dec. 24, 2000, at Trinity Haven in Odessa.
Arrangements are pending with Sunset Memorial Funeral Home.
James Lewis Sims
ODESSA - James Lewis Sims, 87, died at a local hospital in Odessa, TX, on January 2, 2001 after a brief illness. A private memorial is planned.
He was born in Purcell, Okla. on December 19, 1913 and raised on a dairy farm. After high school, he worked for Haliburton in the oil fields of West Texas in the 1930’s. He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the Sea Bees in the South Pacific. In the 1950’s he was a manufacture’s representative selling oil field equipment and he served as a junior warden at St. John’s Episcopal Church for a number of years.
He later owned his own business, Sims Equipment Company, that sold oil field equipment. From 1967 until 1983 he and his wife owned and operated the Paint Bucket, an arts and crafts business in Odessa.
Mr. Sims took an active part in the activities of his sons including acting as a Boy Scout Troop Leader for the troop at St. Mary’s Catholic Church where his sons attended grade school. A two-day hike with the troop from Buffalo Gap to Horse Head Crossing made a lasting impression on the young boys of the troop.
Mr. Sims was preceded in death by his parents Henry David Sims and Martha Ann "Lena" Cummings Sims of Waurika, OK; by his older brother Roy Sims of Graham, TX; and by his wife Gwyneth of 44 years, who died in 1994.
Mr. Sims is survived by his sons: James L. Sims, Jr. of Fort Worth, TX and by David Bort Sims and his wife Cindy of San Antonio, TX; by his sister Madean Rush of Enid, OK, and her daughter Donna Rush Lamb and family; and by his nephew LeRoy Sims and family of Dallas, TX. Mr. Sims was previously married
to Lucy Ann Byron Kennard with whom he had a daughter, Sally. He is survived by his daughter Sally Van Hooser and her family: children Tom, Tim and Stephanie; and by Tom’s children Brittany and Matthew.
Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
Jamie Clifton
MIDLAND - Jamie Beth Jackson Clifton, 47, of Midland, a homemaker, died Monday, April 2, 2001, at a local hospital.
Memorial services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church with the Rev. Stockton Williams officiating. Arrangements by Ellis Funeral Home.
She was born in Fort Worth.
SURVIVORS: Husband, Bill Clifton of Midland; sons, David William, John William, Lyle William and George William, all of Midland; stepson, Jacob Clifton of Houston; father, James Robert Jackson of Midland; brother, George R. Jackson of Los Angeles; and sister, Julie Underriner of Qatar.
Frank Costa
ODESSA - Frank P. Costa, 81, of Odessa, a retired employee of El Paso Natural Gas Co., died Monday, April 2, 2001, at his residence.
Services will be at 2 p.m. today at the chapel of Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors with the Rev. Griffin Jones officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors.
He was born in Baltimore and moved to Odessa in 1950. He was an Army veteran of World War II.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Erna Costa of Odessa; sons, Rick Costa of Amarillo and Joe Costa of Grapevine; sisters, Marie Tomalonis and Joan Todd, both of Baltimore; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Billy Gotcher
ODESSA - Billy Rex Gotcher, 67, of Odessa, a house painter, died Monday, April 2, 2001, at Hospice House.
Memorial services will be at a later date. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
He was born in Lenorah.
SURVIVORS: Daughter, Billie Kay Thompson of Houston; brothers, Todd Gotcher of Longview and Turiel Gotcher of Odessa; sisters, Lanora Evans of Longview and Maxine Magee of Kaufman; and two grandchildren.
