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Esperanza Estrada
FORT STOCKTON - Esperanza Benavides Estrada, 82, of Fort Stockton died Saturday, Jan. 26, 2002, at Pecos County Memorial Hospital.
Services will be today in Ojinaga, Chihuahua, Mexico. Arrangements by Memorial Funeral Home.
She was born in Manuel Benavides, Chihuahua, Mexico.
SURVIVORS: Daughter, Carolina Ramos of Fort Stockton; sons, Humberto Estrada of Cuahtemoc, Chihuahua, Mexico and Efrain Estrad of Odessa; 15 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.
Anna Heronema
ANDREWS - Anna Christine Heronema, 78, retired employee of Andrews High School cafeteria, of Andrews, died Saturday, Jan. 26, 2002, at Permian General Hospital.
Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church with the Rev. Bernard Gully officiating. Rosary will be said at 7:30 p.m. today at McNett Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be in Andrews West cemetery. Arrangements by McNett Funeral Home.
She was born in Loretta, Kan. She was Catholic.
SURVIVORS: Daughters, Bernadine Gibson of Lorane and Kathleen Heromena of Andrews; sons, Kenneth Heronema of Raeydon, Okla., and Richard Heronema and Allan Heronema, both of Andrews; nine grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Juanita Wade
ODESSA - Juanita Wade, 81, of Odessa, a homemaker, died Saturday, Jan. 26, 2002
Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at RoseHill cemetery with the Rev. Jimmy Braswell officiating. Arrange-ments by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
She was born in Breckenridge. She was Baptist.
SURVIVORS: Daughter, Linda Ford of Spring; John Martin of Del Rio; and one grandchild.
Sarah Wolfrum
MCCAMEY - Sarah Clydine Wolfrum, 81, of McCamey, a homemaker, died Saturday, Jan. 26, 2002, in the Baylor Hospital in Grapevine.
Services will be at 2 p.m. today at the First United Methodist Church of McCamey. Burial will follow in Resthaven cemetery. Arrangements by Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home.
She was born in Palo Pinto County. She was Methodist.
SURVIVORS: Daughters, Sarah Tucker of McCamey, Carol James of Midland, and Becky Gryder of Keller; sisters, Geneva Broussard of Hitchcock, Kathleen Labredo of Lewisville, and Bernice Midland of Mineral Wells; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
James Robinson
ODESSA - James Edward Robinson, 72, of Odessa died Sunday, Jan. 27, 2002, at Hospice House.
Service are pending with Martinez Funeral Home.
Lucio Aguilera
GATESVILLE - Lucio Fierro Aguilera, 52, of Gatesville, a retired oil field mechanic, died Friday, Dec. 28, 2001, in Temple.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday, at Scott’s Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Mount Zion cemetery in Temple.
He was born in Odessa. He was Baptist.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Clydene Aguilera of Gatesville; son, Kenneth Aguilera of Odessa; father, Lucio Aguilera of Odessa; mother, Dominga Aguilera of Odessa; sisters, Gloria Grogan and Theresa Aguilera, both of Odessa, Elizabeth Venezuela of Houston and Margaret Gonzales of Texas City; brothers, Billy Miller of Arlington, Paul Aguilera of Odessa and George Aguilera of El Paso; and one grandson.
William Langston
ODESSA - William Arthur Langston, 68, of Odessa, died Saturday, Dec. 29, 2001, at Medical Center Hospital.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday, at the Frank W. Wilson Funeral Chapel. Interment and Masonic graveside rites will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
He was born in Calhoun City, Miss.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Rosie Langston of Odessa; son, Bobby Jack Langston of Odessa; daughter, Tandra Lee Pomeroy of Odessa; sister, Anice Lowry of Byhalia, Miss.; and five grandchildren.
Leeaner Moffett
ODESSA - Leeaner Moffett, 100, of Odessa, a homemaker, died Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2001, at Seabury Nursing Home.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Greater St. John Missionary Baptist Church with the Rev. E.J. Miller officiating. Burial will be at Rose Hill cemetery. Arrangements by Martinez Funeral Home.
SURVIVORS: Nieces, Mertha Sumuel of Los Angeles, Estella Willard, Frankie Lewis, Bertha Sumuel and Lora Davis, all of Odessa.
Sarah Rhone
BIG SPRING - Sarah Rhone, 57, of Big Spring, a homemaker, died Thursday, Dec. 27, 2001, at Medical Center Hospital in Odessa.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday and Meyers and Smith Funeral Home with the Rev. Pat Githens officiating. Burial will follow at Trinity Memorial Park. Arrangements by Meyers and Smith Funeral Home.
She was born in Lamesa. She was a member of the First Assembly God Church.
SURVIVORS: Daughters, Sheila Sullenbarger of Lamesa and Kessa Easley of Colorado City; sons, Archie Easley Jr. of Lamesa and Mark Easley of Hot Springs, Ark.; brothers, Robert Light of Longview, Bruce Light of Mineral Wells, Fred Slough of Dallas and Jerry Slough and Dail Slough, both of Lamesa; sisters, Mary Royall of League City, Lattie McClendon of Lamesa, Bernice Land of Andrews and Mary Angott of La.; and 10 grandchildren.
Ann Black
ODESSA - Ann Black, 67, of Andrews, died Saturday, Dec. 29, 2001, in Andrews.
Services are pending with McNett Funeral Home.
Dorothy Pryor Moore
ARLINGTON - Dorothy Pryor Moore went home to be with the Lord Dec. 1, 2001.
She was born Nov. 16, 1935, in Seminole, Okla. Dorothy resided in Odessa for many years where she graduated from Odessa High School and Odessa College prior to attending the University of Texas at El Paso. In her youth, she was well known for her vocal talent and frequently sang at Temple Baptist Church where she attended. Later in life, she developed her artistic abilities and thoroughly enjoyed painting. Dorothy was loved and admired for her strength and perseverance in life. She moved to Arlington to be near her children.
She was preceded in death by her son, Jeffery Woodward Moore.
She is survived by her daughter, Lisa Suzanne Blackmon of Fort Worth, and son, J. Michael Moore of Arlington. She cherished her relationships with her grandchildren, Courtney Blackmon of Fort Worth and Jake and Erin Moore of Arlington. Dorothy had three sisters, Arada Jones and husband Charles of Odessa, Mary Ann Pike and Glynda Pryor, both of Dallas; and a brother, A. Joe Pryor and wife Nelda of Bakersfield, Calif. She was Aunt Dot to eight nieces and nephews and 13 great-nieces and nephews.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8, 2001, at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 2210 S. Collins, in Arlington.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to OC Foundation Memorial Fund, Odessa College, 201 W. University Blvd., Odessa, Texas, 79764, or the charity of your choice.
Maurice Gordon Smith
ODESSA - This is our father, Maurice Gordon Smith. Faced with pain and paralysis for over 20 years from Parkinson’s disease, his soul was finally freed from the body that imprisoned it Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2001.
“Flash,” as he was known to family and friends, was born Dec. 30, 1930, in Olton. He graduated from Plainview High School and married
his high school sweetheart, Jo Ann, in 1949. He worked for General Tire Co. for 18 years and received medical retirement from there in 1984.
Preceding him in death were his parents, Jo Ella Smith and Jerome Gritzman.
In celebrating his life, we remember how he loved golf, camping with his daughters and high school football, especially the Odessa High Bronchos. Although he was bedridden the last years of his life, he would listen to the games Friday night and watch taped playoff games over and over. He served as president of the Odessa High Band Boosters in 1973-1974. Both he and Jo Ann are lifetime members of the Odessa High Band Boosters. Flash was a simple and good man. He would not want to be remembered as a saint, but as a human being having both good and bad traits. He showed tremendous courage and dignity in the way he handled his declining health. He knew that bad times could be endured and good times should be savored.
Flash is survived by his wife, our mother, Jo Ann. She loved him and cared for him through good times and bad for over 52 years. He left a legacy of memories with his daughters and their families. They are Marsha Tice and her husband, Bob, of Aurora, Colo., Dr. Margaret Stratton and her husband, Steve, of Germantown, Md., Mari Leal and her husband, Armando, of Odessa and Marice Collier.
Flash was blessed with nine grandchildren. They are Jennifer Tice Opila, Amber Tice, Emily Stratton, Brian Stratton, Riley Hagelstein, Andrew Hagelstein, Andy Leal, Cipriano Leal and Nikki Johnson. He also had five great-grandchildren, Hayden and Opal Opila, Ariana Leal, Alexis and Trevor Johnson.
Flash is also survived by cousins, Bluford Turner of Fritch and Betty Lou Vaughn of Amarillo.
A special thanks to the doctors, nurses and especially the caregivers who treated him and attended him at home.
The family would specifically like to thank Sonia Ramirez, Diana Williams, Dick Brown, John Caraway and Gary Vaughn. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to Home Hospice and Hospice House of Odessa.
On Friday, the seventh of December at 11 a.m., we will lay Daddy to rest at Rose Hill cemetery. The pallbearers are Bill Stanford, John Caraway, Bob Drugan, Andrew Hagelstein, Andy Leal, Cipriano Leal and Brian Stratton. Dick Brown will preside over the graveside service. Viewing will be today, with the family receiving from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at Odessa Funeral Home Angeles Memorial Chapel.
Who, through long days of labor,
And nights devoid of ease,
Still heard in his soul the music
Of wonderful melodies.
We love you, Daddy.
Marsha, Margaret and Mari.
Dr. Edwin Theron Blair
ODESSA - Dr. Edwin Theron Blair, 83, of Odessa passed away Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2001, at Medical Center Hospital. He was born Jan. 5, 1918, in Paris, Ark. In 1941, he graduated from Baylor University College of Dentistry and then was licensed to practice in Texas and Arkansas. In 1941, he entered the U.S. Army Medical Corps and ended his tour as major in 1946. He then moved to Odessa and started his general dental practice where he also met and married
his wife Phyllis Adams Nov. 21, 1950.
Dr. Blair served the community as a general dentist from 1946 to 1951 and then specialized in pediatric dentistry from 1951 to 1987 when he retired. He was a life member of the Texas Dental Association, American Dental Association, American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry and charter member for the Association for Functional Orthodontics. He was also an active member of First Baptist Church since 1946.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Theron Cherry and Ocie Lillian Blair, and sister, Ruth Lillian Barton.
Survivors are his wife, Phyllis of Odessa; son, Phillip Theron Blair and wife Lisa of Fort Worth; daughters, Betsy Blair of Manhattan, Kan., and Sallie A. Blair of Midland; and eight grandchildren, Amy, Ashley, Jason, Jonathan, Angela, Jeremy, Josiah and Jordan Blair.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. today, Dec. 6, 2001, at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Dr. Ernest Easley officiating. Interment will be at 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7, 2001, at Oakwood cemetery in Paris, Ark.
Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
