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Max Henderson Fly
CRANE - Max Henderson Fly, a retired superintendent of schools and longtime resident of Odessa, passed away Saturday, Jan. 19, 2002, at his home in Odessa from complications with Rheumatoid Arthritis. He was born to Murry Henderson Fly and Mildred Lorraine (Hamm) on Nov. 5, 1931, in Odessa.
After high school, Max enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served his country during the Korean War. He was a radarman on the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt. After his honorable discharge, he worked in and around the oilfields of the Permian Basin. He left the oilfields when he was 26 years old and went to college. He had a wife and three children at that time. After earning his associates degree at Odessa College, he transferred to Sul Ross in Alpine to finish his bachelor’s degree and teaching certificates.
While teaching and coaching in his first teaching assignment at Sierra Blanca, Max drove the 80 odd miles to the University of Texas at El Paso and earned his master’s degree in 1966. With an administrator’s certificate, he became a principal and served in several West Texas schools. He later became superintendent in Sierra Blanca and Imperial.
Max retired in 1991. He enjoyed trips to Las Vegas with Barbara and family and fishing in the Rio Grande River with his sons, grandsons and fishing buddies.
Max was the youngest of eight children of which only his brother, J. Paul, remains alive. He leaves behind his loving wife, Barbara, to whom he was married
for over 25 years, and six children, Vicki, Patti (Steve), Matt, Mark, Doris Renee and Max Jr. (Rose). Of his 13 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren, seven are named in his honor. He also leaves behind many nieces and nephews and the hundreds of students he nurtured and helped mature into contributing citizens of our country.
Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. today, Jan. 22, 2002, at the Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Craig Mull officiating. Burial will follow at the Crane County cemetery with services under the direction of Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home of Crane.
In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to Paralyzed and Disabled Veterans organizations and the Rheumatoid Arthritis Foundation.
The family wishes to express our thanks to the many friends who have supported us these last few months with their prayers, time and contributions.
Jim Laney
ODESSA - Jim Laney, 89, of Odessa passed away Thursday, Dec. 27, 2001, at Medical Center Hospital. He was born Aug. 26, 1912, in Electra. He married
Lois Treadaway on Oct. 4, 1999, in Odessa.
Mr. Laney lived in West Texas since 1935. He was a welder for Gulf Oil Co. and retired in 1977. He was a member of Sherwood Baptist Church.
He was preceded in death by his parents; first wife of 61 years, Lilah; son, Ray Stanley Laney; a sister; and two brothers.
He is survived by his wife, Lois Laney of Odessa; stepson, Calvin Lawson and wife Frankie of Odessa; stepdaughter, Faye Pool and husband Price of McCamey; sister, Quada Kirk of Midland; sisters-in-law, Jo McLauren and husband Charles of Buchanan and Jean Graham of Big Spring; grandchild, Johnsa Laney of Austin; five step grandchildren, Teresa McGrew, Howard Pool, Sterlene Lock, Phil Pool and Shari Harrison; 11 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. today, Dec. 29, 2001, at Sherwood Baptist Church with the Rev. Tom Hiser officiating. Graveside services will be at 4:30 p.m. at Trinity Memorial Park in Big Spring under the direction of Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
Joan Louise Sherman
ODESSA - Joan Louise Sherman, age 72, left this world for a better one Thursday, Dec. 27, 2001, after a courageous battle with multiple myeloma, a form of cancer.
A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. today, Dec. 29, 2001, in the chapel of Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors with the Rev. Melvin Warren officiating. Interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
She left her home in Odessa and went to Austin to be with her son Ben Sherman and his family while receiving medical treatment. She sold her home in West Odessa and bought a small cottage in the community of Sunrise Beach, a small lakefront village on the shores of beautiful Lake LBJ. This small cottage was her pride and joy and she spent many happy weekends there with family and friends, watching beautiful sunsets over the lake and deer playing in her backyard.
When Joan (Jo-Ann) was born Jan. 28, 1929, in Port Arthur, she was in the same hospital at the same time as her father, who had just been seriously injured in an industrial accident at the Texaco Refinery in Port Arthur. Her father later said that she was the reason he pulled through. He survived and lived to retire after serving 35 years with the company, coping with the loss of two limbs that occurred in the accident.
Following his example, she never complained about her illness or her loss of health and was as active as her illness permitted right up to the last. She loved the members of her Joy Sunday school class at First Baptist and stayed in regular contact with them from Austin by phone and e-mail.
Joan was preceded in death by her husband, Leon Sherman, an Odessa teacher who died July 7, 1999, and her parents, John B. and Ethel Heard.
She is survived by her son, Ben Sherman and his wife Saundy of Austin; daughter, Londa Conner of Midland; and brother, John Heard and his wife Lynn of Temple City, Calif. She had six grandchildren, Lee Sherman of Austin, Will Sherman of Sydney, Australia, Jeremy Conner of Midland, Geoffrey Conner of Lubbock, Jodie Conner of Abilene and Jay Conner of Odessa. She also had three nephews, Josh Heard, Major Casey Heard, U.S. Marines in Afghanistan, and Jimmy Bunnell.
The family wishes to express appreciation to all the doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals who assisted with her care. Special thanks goes to Dr. William Myers and all the staff at the Texas Oncology Cancer Center in Austin. Special appreciation is given to the staff of Hospice Austin who assisted through the last days of her illness.
Services have been entrusted to Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors.
Allie Esther Nunley Bridges
ODESSA - Allie Esther Nunley Bridges went to be with our Lord on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2002, at Avalon Place in Odessa at the age of 92. She was born Feb. 6, 1909, in Johnson County, Ark., to W.J. and Willie Carter Nunley, the eighth of 10 children.
As an infant, Allie moved to Checotah, Okla., from Clarksville, Ark. At the age of 9, the family returned to Clarksville in three covered wagons.
On Sept. 10, 1927, she married
Erna Bridges. The couple moved to Camargo, Okla., where they farmed until she moved back to Clarksville while he served in World War II. Their daughter, April, was born while he was serving in the South Pacific. After the war, the family moved back to Camargo until 1951, when she returned to Clarksville to care for her ailing mother.
She and her husband were active members of Landmark Missionary Baptist Church in Clarksville, Ark., where she taught in the beginner department for years. “Miss Allie” loved to cook and care for the pastor of the church and visiting preachers and missionaries.
In 1990, they moved to Odessa to be near their daughter. Allie was a member of Temple Baptist Church of Odessa.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Erna, after they had celebrated 70 years of marriage. She was also preceded in death by her parents and her nine siblings.
Allie is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, April and David Newton of Odessa, and three grandchildren and their families, Paul and MaryEllen Newton of Texarkana, Jill and Lance Johnson, Michelle and Davin of Odessa and Jana and David Duckworth, Dakkota and Kamryn of Odessa. She is also survived by several nieces and nephews and her late husband’s family, Olen and Doris Bridges, Nettie Jacobs, Lucy Jacobs, Lennie and Floyd Randall, Magdalene Dobbs and Eula Bridges.
Family visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. today, Jan. 19, 2002, at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2002, at Landmark Missionary Baptist Church in Clarksville, Ark. Burial will be at the Union Grove cemetery in Clarksville.
The family wishes to express their thanks to the nurses and staff of Avalon Place and Community Care Hospice and Dr. John Whitten for their loving care of our loved one.
Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
Viola Hampton
ODESSA - Funeral services for Viola Hampton of Brownwood will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, Jan. 21, 2002, at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
Mrs. Hampton died Thursday, Jan. 17, 2002, at Brownwood Regional Medical Center.
She was born Nov. 17, 1909, in Dunn, Scurry County, to Willie and Martha Young and William Benjamin Stump. She was one of 11 children, which included four brothers and six sisters. Viola Stump married
Wyatt W. Hampton on Dec. 5, 1934, in Mitchell County. She was a homemaker and a member of Temple Baptist Church in Odessa. Mrs. Hampton had been widowed since Dec. 31, 1988. She had lived in Brownwood since 1996.
Mrs. Hampton is survived by a sister, Mildred Lightfoot of Midland; and three sisters-in-law, Wanda Stump of Lubbock, Robbie Stump of Oklahoma City and Bessie Martin of Odessa. Nephews include Jerry Stump of Palestine, L.G. Stump of Breckenridge, Rick Stone of Kingwood, John Stone of Carbon, Bobby Hamrick of Irving, Charles Stump of Oklahoma City, William Stump of Casper, Wyo., and Danny Stump of Bastrop. Nieces include Cindy Jamar of Cedar Park, Glenna Parnell of Montevideo, Uruguay, Brenda Stump of Oklahoma City, Linda Applegate of Midland, Betty Lovingood of Odessa, Willeen Willis of Lake of the Pines, Pat Seabourn of Odessa and LaNell Mathews of Ore City.
Davis-Morris Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Clara Markowsky Mims
ODESSA - Clara Markowsky Mims, 85, of Weslaco passed away Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2002, at Valley Baptist Medical Center in Harlingen.
Claire was born June 14, 1916, in Cuero to Alfred H. Markowsky Sr. and Leona Albright Markowsky. She moved to Harlingen from Fort Worth with her family in 1925. She moved to Weslaco where she graduated from high school. In the World War II years, she worked for Joske’s Department Store in San Antonio and then for a ladies dress shop in Victoria. She married
R.E. Mims in 1951 and moved to Odessa, where he operated the Odessa Walgreen Agency Drug Store. She moved to Weslaco in 1974. She was a founding member of the Mid-Valley Humane Society in Weslaco and member of Faith Lutheran Church, also of Weslaco.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, R.E. Mims in 1972; her sisters, Eugenia Kirkpatrick of Weslaco, Elgerine Parker of Harlingen and Aline Wood of Dallas; and her brothers, Leland Markowsky of Harlingen and Alfred H. Markowsky Jr. of Corpus Christi.
She is survived by her sons, Gary Mims of Fort Worth and Jack Mims of Weslaco; a sister, Mary Lou Heny of Texas City; a brother, Edward Markowsky of La Feria; and several nieces and nephews.
A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. today, Jan. 19, 2002, at Faith Lutheran Church on Third Street and Border Avenue in Weslaco. Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2002, at Sunset Memorial Gardens in Odessa with the Rev. Ron Rennegarbe officiating.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of McCaleb Funeral Home in Weslaco. Local arrangements by Sunset Memorial Funeral Home.
Mrs. Olene “Granny” Staas
MONAHANS - Mrs. Olene “Granny” Staas was born June 6, 1922, in Ada, OK. When Olene was about two years old, her father decided to move to Texas after having to hide under the porch when the law came to get him for bootlegging.
Olene grew up around Lampasas until she was ten. From there, the family moved around to San Angelo and then on to Littlefield, where drought and the Depression wiped them out. In 1935 the family headed to Big Spring and worked as farm hands. From there, it was on to San Diego to stay with her brother Mitchell. In the summer of 1942, Olene and her mother went to work for Consolidated Aircraft making bombers. Here she met Al Staas. Al had grown up in Big Springs, but the two had never met before.
Olene and Al were married
January 23, 1943. Upon his return from France in 1946, they bought a cafe with her brother Mitch. They sold the cafe in early 1949 and moved on to New Mexico. Al and Olene were sharecroppers until 1958 and eventually settled in Pyote. In 1988, Al passed away and in 1991, Olene moved to Monahans.
Services for Olene will be held on Thursday, December 27 at 11:00 a.m. at the Wickett Church of Christ. Burial will follow at the Monahans Memorial cemetery.
Olene is survived by her sister, Agnes Dickey of Houston; brother, Roy Phares of San Diego, CA; children, Richard Staas of Pyote and Donald Staas of Quinlan, TX; grandchildren, Lisa Wilmon of Monahans, Teresa Anaya of Flower Mound, Kristi Williams of Carrolton, Jennifer Staas of San Angelo, Tina Wallace of Odessa, Mike Wallace of Quinlan, Paula Dean of Pyote, Jamie Millard of Durrant, OK, and Shay Keener of Monahans; great-grandchildren, Kelly Anaya, Forest Wilmon, Addison Wilmon, Brandy Dean, Amanda Dean, Codey Aldridge, Taylor Millard, Austin Millard, Derrick Millard and Avery Keener.
Olene was preceded in death by her sister, Jewel Davis; brothers, Mitchell Phares and Henry Phares; daughter, Pat Fritsche on April 24, 2001, and husband, Al Staas on February 2, 1988.
Harkey Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Bill Harold Williams
PLANO - Mr. Bill Harold Williams, age 68, of Dallas passed away Friday, Dec. 21, 2001, with complications from diabetes. Born in Lorenzo, he had lived in Plano and Dallas since 1969. He was married
to Shirley Lynn Williams of Lubbock. The family takes comfort in knowing that Bill was a faithful follower of Jesus Christ. His joyful presence will be truly missed by all who knew him.
He was preceded in death by his wife, parents and a brother.
He is survived by his companion and friend, Julia R. Jones of Richardson, and his three children, Brad Williams and wife Freda of Allen, Kathy Lisman and husband Tracy of Odessa and Kristy Ulmer of Plano. He is also survived by two brothers, Floyd Williams and wife Frances of Davis, Calif., and Fred Williams of Lake Isabel, Calif.; a sister, Elva Sims of Lubbock; nine grandchildren; and brother-in-law, Marlin Smith and wife Lucretia of San Antonio.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 27, 2001, at Cross Bend Christian Church in Plano. Interment will follow at Ridgeview Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m. today at Turrentine-Jackson-Morrow Funeral Home.
Peggy Goodman
AUSTIN - Peggy Goodman, 75, of Austin, a homemaker, died Dec. 21, 2001, at her residence.
Goodman was born in Pecos, Texas, in 1926. She married
Air Force Lt. Ray Goodman in 1944 and spent the next 25 years traveling with Ray and their two children to bases around the world. She returned to her beloved Texas in 1966 and lived in Austin until her death.
Her life was filled with unconditional love for her family and friends. Peggy’s generosity, humor and smile will be deeply missed by all who knew and loved her.
Her husband, Ray, and their son, Pete, preceded Peggy in death.
She is survived by her daughter, Judy Neill; grandson, Jamie Neill; brother James Buchanan, brother and sister in-law Mickie and Laura Buchanan.
Services will be held at 1 p.m. today at Weed-Corley-Fish Funeral Home with Dr. Helen P. Almanza officiating. Burial will be at Ft. Sam Houston National cemetery in San Antonio.
For those desiring, memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, Box 4829, Austin, TX, 78765.
Arrangements by Weed-Corley-Fish Funeral Home Austin, TX.
Gary Dean Allison
ODESSA - Gary Dean Allison, 44, of Odessa passed away Thursday, Jan. 17, 2002, at a local hospital after a lengthy illness. He was born March 9, 1957, in Odessa. He married
Sheila Frasier on Dec. 24, 1975, in Odessa. He had worked as a plant operator.
He is survived by his wife, Sheila Allison; son, David Allison; daughter, Sabrina Allison; mother, Sybil Allison all of Odessa; father, W.R. Dobbs of Houston; sister, Brenda Richardson; grandsons, Dustin Hollis and Jeremy Rodgers all of Odessa; half brothers, Rusty and Mark Dobbs and Jeff Barns, all of Houston; half sister, Pam Dobbs of Austin; and step brother, Bill Allison of Cherokee.
Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 21, 2002, at Sunset Memorial Gardens with Rev. Jack Oden officiating.
Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
