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Stanley Smith
MONAHANS — Stanley Smith, 70, was born Nov. 15, 1931, to Archie and Annie Muriel Smith in Georgetown. He died suddenly Jan. 10, 2002, at the family ranch in Crane County. Mr. Smith met and married
Eva Long of Crane County while both were attending Southwestern University in Georgetown. They celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary July 28, 2001.
After graduation from Southwestern in 1952, Mr. Smith moved to West Texas with Eva to begin a long-distinguished career with the Monahans-Wickett-Pyote Independent School District. Mr. Smith was a principal with the Monahans school for 30 of his 35 years with the system, the last 20 years as principal of Monahans High School. After retiring from education in 1987, Mr. Smith turned his part-time ranching career into a full-time career. He was also an active volunteer with several organizations in Monahans.
Mr. Smith was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Monahans, the Rotary Club, Ward County Retired Teachers Association, Monahans Main Street, director of the first Butterfield Overland Stagecoach and Wagon Festival and the Kermit Bass Club. He was a Paul Harris Fellow and had also received the Distinguished Service Award from the Monahans Jaycees.
Mr. Smith was preceded in death by his parents and his brother, Shelley V. Smith.
He is survived by his wife, Eva of Monahans; a son, Robert Ell Smith and his wife Oleta of Soper, Okla.; a daughter, Lois Ann McKenzie and her husband Kirke of Iraan; grandsons, Robert “Scooter” Dixon and his wife Gena of Tulia and Shane McKenzie and his wife Laura of San Angelo; granddaughters, Robyn Stanford and husband Jay of Andrews, Candace Smith of Hartshorne, Okla., Stephanie and Shawna Smith of Soper, Okla., and Shelley Hanson and husband Ron of San Pedro, Calif.; 12 great-grandchildren; sisters-in-law, Billee Lou Harris of Monahans and Shirley Smith of Abilene; a special niece, Pam Treadaway of Monahans; and nephews, Vance Smith of Three Rivers and Seth Smith of Dallas.
Services will be at 2 p.m. today, Jan. 12, 2002, at First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Stephen Swisher officiating. Burial will be at Monahans Memorial cemetery.
Arrangements by Harkey Funeral Home.
The family suggests memorials to First United Methodist Church Monahans, Oasis Park Monahans, Permian Basin Rehabilitation Center Odessa, or your favorite charity.
Debbie Cranfill
ODESSA — Debbie Cranfill, 50, of Odessa, a waitress, died Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2002, at Medical Center Hospital. She was born December 31, 1951, to Robert and Jean Cranfill in Columbus, Ohio.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, January 13, 2002, at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Jim Ray Brown officiating.
She is survived by her partner and soul mate of five years, Larry Jacobson; her mother, Jean Cranfill of San Diego; brothers, Bruce Cranfill and Robert Cranfill, both of San Diego; and sister, Sharon Staley of Birmingham, Mich.; two nephews, one niece and one great-niece.
Arrangements are under the direction of Sunset Memorial Funeral Home.
Cy E. Foster
MIDLAND — Cy E. Foster age 65, died Friday, Jan. 11, 2002, at Hospice House.
Cy was born Sept. 22, 1936, in Midland to Cy and Merle Foster. He was raised in Sundown and attended San Angelo State College. The past 10 years he owned an oilfield chemical company in Midland and the previous 15 years he was sales manager and served as vice president of oilfield production chemicals of Unichem International in Hobbs, N.M.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Cy is survived by his wife, Jaye Jean; sons, Chris and Chad, both of Midland, Kelly of Hobbs, N.M, and Kirby of Tulsa, Okla.; daughter, Amy of Winston-Salem, N.C.; two brothers, Carl of Lubbock and Robert of Austin; and three grandchildren, Angie, Gage and Cy.
Memorial services have been scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 13, 2002, at Ellis Funeral Home Chapel, 801 Andrews Highway, Midland, with Pastor Robert Pase of Grace Lutheran Church officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Ellis Funeral Home.
Honorary pallbearers will be Butch Ladd, John Jones, John Meyers, Chad Goldson, David Hicks, Bryan Ham, Michael Ham, Ray Ramsey, Bob Radabaugh and Jim Fletcher.
The family requests that memorials be directed to Hospice House, 903 N. Sam Houston Ave., Odessa, Texas, 79761.
Don Douglas Beck
ODESSA — Don Douglas Beck, 82, passed away Friday, Jan. 11, 2002, at Medical Center Hospital.
Mr. Beck was born March 3, 1919, in Lehigh, Okla., to K.L. and Eva Beck. Don Beck and Rebecca Barnard were married
April 24, 1992, in Odessa.
Mr. Beck is survived by his wife, Rebecca Beck and son Don Beck of Odessa; two stepsons, Joe Barnard of Knox and Richard Barnard of Dallas; two daughters, Darla Auten of Odessa and Cheryl Farr of Odessa; and eight grandchildren.
He retired from the Air Force as a master sergeant. He started the company Automatic Pipe Racker Inc. in 1967, beginning the pipe handling business in West Texas. He held several patents for the equipment. He retired in 1992.
He was a member of the Texas Trapshooters Hall of Fame and many time member of the Texas State Team. Accepting induction into the Amateur Trap Shooting Association Hall of Fame in 2002 ceremonies will be senior veteran Don Beck. Mr. Beck had been captain or co-captain of five veteran All-American teams (also earning a spot on the 1987 men’s second team). He captained the 1990 senior veteran team, and he placed on nine more senior veteran teams from 1991 to 2001. Beck broke 100 from the 27 in August 1989, completing the Grand Slam after four 100s in doubles from 1980 to 1989 and numerous 200s in singles throughout his 57-year shooting career. From 1986, Beck won 22 Grand American veteran trophies, including two Clay Target titles, one GAH, one All-Around and two High-Over-All. Becoming a senior veteran in 1989, he earned 27 Grand American trophies in that category in eight years, including one Clay Target, two All-Around and one High-Over-All.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2002, at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Mike Bartlett and the Rev. Jimmy Braswell officiating. Interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
Memorials may be made Home Hospice of Odessa and the Amateur Trap Shooting Association Hall of Fame.
Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
V. Lucille Holmans
KERMIT — V. Lucille Holmans died Jan. 11, 2002, in the Reagan County Care Center in Big Lake, Texas. Services will be Monday, Jan. 14, 2002, at Cooper Funeral Chapel in Kermit, Texas. Burial will follow in the Kermit cemetery.
Lucille was born Sept. 3, 1907, in Mullin, Texas. She married
Hector G. Holmans on Jan. 1, 1927, in Coleman County Texas. They lived in Kermit for over 50 years. Lucille loved playing dominoes and quilting. She was preceded in death by her husband, Hector and a grandson, Dean Anderson.
Lucille is survived by her sons, Harold G. Holmans and wife, Bonnie of Jal, N.M. and George Holmans and wife, Bonnie Mae of New Braunfels, Texas; daughters, Wanell Stroud and husband, Jimmie of Odessa and Anita Gregg and husband, Gerry of Big Lake; sister, Ella Brown of Coleman; brothers, J.D. Pitts of Odem, Texas, and George Robert Pitts of Albuquerque; 14 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
Donna Bailey
FORT STOCKTON — Donna Faye Bailey, 61, of Pecos County, a secretary, died Monday, Feb. 4, 2002, in Fort Stockton.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at First Christian Church with the Rev. Ernie Waggoner officiating. Burial will be at East Hill cemetery. Arrangements by Fort Stockton Funeral Home.
She was born in Iraan and was a lifelong resident of Pecos County. She was Christian.
SURVIVORS: Husband, William Bailey of Fort Stockton; daughters, Chris Peters of Plano, Marie Bailey of Stratton, Colo., and D’Anne Asleson of El Paso; mother, Laurisa Cash of Iraan; and seven grandchildren.
Cielo Payne
McCAMEY — Cielo Mia Summer Milagros Payne, 9-day-old infant daughter of Dean Payne and Melissa Flores of McCamey, died Sunday, Feb. 3, 2002, at Cooks Children’s Hospital in Fort Worth.
Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Resthaven cemetery. Arrangements by Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home.
SURVIVORS: Parents; brother, Mathias Blue Angel Rain Flores of McCamey; and grandparents, Irene Flores and Gerald Ostrick, both of McCamey, and Iva Payne of Wisconsin.
Ivan Shifflet
ODESSA — Ivan A. Shifflet, 84, of Odessa, a retired employee of Rexene Products, died Sunday, Feb. 3, 2002, at Medical Center Hospital.
Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Tom Reed officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
He was born in Mammoth, W.Va., and was a resident of Odessa since 1962.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Fay Shifflet of Odessa; sons, Gene Shifflet of Houston, Gary Shifflet of Odessa and Ray Shifflet of Granbury; daughters, Charlotte Hanson and Retha Armstrong, both of Odessa; brother, Joe Shifflet of Hampton, Va.; sisters, Lillian Naylor of Florida and Thelma Shifflet of Fayetteville, W.Va.; 13 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.
Teri Smith
ODESSA — Teri L. Smith, 44, of Goldsmith, owner of the Buckhorn Bar and Grill in Goldsmith, died Sunday, Feb. 3, 2002, at her residence.
Services will be at 4 p.m. Thursday at First Baptist Church. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
She was born in Mississippi and was a longtime resident of Goldsmith. She was Baptist.
SURVIVORS: Husband, Randy Smith of Goldsmith; son, Jay English of Goldsmith; daughters, Chasity Franco of Dallas, Fanci Thompson of Odessa, Sasha English and Samantha Smith, both of Goldsmith; mother, Elma Louis Blackston of Iuka, Miss.; stepfather, Cecil Blackston of Iuka; sister, Bonita Adair of Midland; brothers, Glen Blackston of Birmingham, Ala., Chris Blackston of Odessa, Kent Bradley of Horn Lake, Miss., Ronny Burkett of Arlingon, Tenn., and Tim Bradley of Memphis, Tenn.; and four grandchildren.
Samuel Teague
ODESSA — Samuel DeWayne Teague, 63, of Lewisville, a pipeline inspector for Mustang Engineering Co. in Taylor, Mich., died Sunday, Feb. 3, 2002, in Taylor.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Sunset Memorial Gardens with J.T. Proffitt officiating. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
He was born in Wewoka, Okla., and had been a resident of Odessa. He was an Army veteran of the Vietnam War.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Myrna Teague of Lewisville; sons, Phillip Inman of Lewisville and Charles Smith of Las Vegas; daughters, Jeanetta Calhoun of Odessa, Mischelle Schumucker of Gainesville, Mo., Nancy Mathis Bryant of Wewoka, Dana Lee Proffit of Joplin, Mo., and Shawnda Teague of Baton Rouge, La.; sister, Shirley Tingwald of Wewoka; and five grandchildren.
Gerald Young
IRAAN — Gerald Young, 76, of Iraan, a retired sales representative for an oilfield company, died Monday, Feb. 4, 2002, at Memorial Hospital and Medical Center in Midland.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Iraan Methodist Church with the Revs. Mike Wright and Rick Parker officiating. Burial will be at Restland cemetery. Arrangements by Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home.
He was born in Big Flat, Ark., and was a resident of Iraan since 1967.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Dorothy Young of Iraan; son, Eugene Young of Salt Lake City; daughter, Lavita Reed of Denver City; stepmother, Thelma Horton of Marshall, Ark.; half brother, Jack Young of Tulsa, Okla.; sisters, Willa Mae Devore of Madisonville, Kan. and Modean Brink, of Flora, Ill.; 5 grandchildren; and 6 great-grandchildren.
Mary Blaylock
ODESSA — Mary Blaylock, 54, of Odessa died Monday, Feb. 4, 2002, at Odessa Regional Hospital.
Services are pending with Martinez Funeral Home.
Wanda Clayton
ODESSA — Wanda Ruth Clayton, 73, of Odessa died Monday, Feb. 4, 2002, at Deering Nursing Home.
Services are pending with Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors.
Woodrow Hollis
ODESSA — Woodrow W. Hollis, 78, of Odessa died Monday, Feb. 4, 2002, at Medical Center Hospital.
Services are pending with Sunset Memorial Funeral Home.
Soledad Navarrette
ODESSA — Soledad Navarrette, 86, of Odessa died Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2002, at her residence.
Services are pending with Martinez Funeral Home.
Rosa Rodriguez
MIDLAND — Rosa Flores Rodriguez, 84, of Rankin died Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2002, at Memorial Hospital and Medical Center in Midland.
Services are pending with Odessa Funeral Home Angeles Memorial Chapel.
