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Ernesto Rivera
MARFA — Ernesto Magllanes Rivera, 84, of Eldorado, a retired employee of the Texas Department of Transportation, died Saturday, May 8, 1999, at Angelo Community Hospital in San Angelo.
Mass will be celebrated at 2 p.m. today at St. Mary’s Catholic Church with the Rev. Demetrio Ponce officiating. Burial will be at St. Joseph’s cemetery in Fort Davis. Arrangements were by Memorial Funeral Home.
He was born in Marfa and had lived in Fort Davis for 63 years. He was Catholic.
SURVIVORS: Sons, Ernesto Rivera Jr. of Mesa, Ariz., and Ruben Rivera of Uvalde; daughter, Annie Lou Arispe of Eldorado; sisters, Consuelo Rivera of Marfa and Esperanza McDonald of Lordsburg, N.M.; 11 grandchildren; three adopted grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Kenneth Tudor
MIDLAND — Kenneth Tudor, 74, of Midland, retired owner of Economy Supply, died Monday, May 10, 1999, at a local hospital.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Paul United Methodist Church with the Rev. Robert Kirk officiating. Burial will be at Resthaven Memorial Park. Arrangements by Ellis Funeral Home.
He was born in Lubbock and moved to Midland in 1948. He was an Army Air Corps veteran of World War II. He was Methodist.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Vera Tudor of Midland; sons, Steve Tudor and Keith Tudor, both of Midland; sister, Rebecca Clinton of Lubbock; three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
INA KEISTER
BOONSBORO - Ina Keister, 85, of Reeders Nursing Home, Boonsboro, died Dec. 2, 1998, at the nursing home.
She was born Feb. 23, 1913, in Cumberland. She is the beloved sister-in-law of Alonzo Plummer of Cumberland and Clara Keister of Bladensburg. She is also survived by several nieces and nephews.
Friends will be received at Scarpelli Funeral Home, P.A., 108 Virginia Ave., Cumberland, on Saturday from noon to 1:30 p.m.
Funeral services will be conducted at the funeral home on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. with the Rev. Richard H. Jewell officiating.
Interment will be in Hillcrest Memorial Park, Cumberland.
Carolyn Sue Agee
CRANE — Carolyn Sue Agee, 53, of Crane died Sunday, April 30, 2000, at her residence.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 3, 2000, at the Tabernacle Baptist Church with the Rev. Lyndel Lee officiating. Burial will follow in the Crane County cemetery. Services are under the direction of Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home of Crane.
Carolyn was born Jan. 26, 1947, in Randolph County, Ark. She had been a resident of Crane County since 1989. She married
Michael Paul Agee on Nov. 19, 1990, in Odessa.
She was preceded in death by her father, Gail Jackson, May 19, 1999; and a sister, Lorene, Jan. 24, 1994.
She is survived by her husband, Michael Paul Agee, of Crane; her mother, Cora Mae Jackson, of Pecos; son, Tracy Worster, of Denton; daughters, Tina Patterson of Odessa, Karen Quiroz and husband, Jorge, of Milton, Fla., Jennifer Melugin and husband, Patrick, of Pilot Point, Renee’ Agee of Van Nuys, Calif., and EIizabeth Agee of San Antonio; brother, Tommy Jackson of Pecos; sisters, Charlene Shaw of Pheonix, Margie Windham of Pecos, Maxine Garrett of Beaumont and Elaine Gray of Big Spring; grandchildren, Johnathan Quiroz of Milton, Fla., Rheannon Patterson and Caitlin Patterson, both of Odessa, Garrett Melugin and Cara Melugin of Pilot Point, Eric Worster and Aurora Worster, both of Denton and an unborn grandchild due in November.
Bettie Jean Duren
ODESSA — Bettie Jean Duren, 70, of Odessa passed away Sunday, April 30, 2000, at her residence.
Mrs. Duren was born May 10, 1929, in Midland. She was the great-granddaughter of H. M. Garrett, one of the first pioneers to Midland and the Rankin family of Rankin.
She married
Roddy M. Duren on June 1, 1947, in Mullin. They moved from Goldthwaite to Odessa in 1962, where she had owned Busy Bee Ceramics for many years.
She was preceded in death by her father, Horace Rankin Jr.
She is survived by her husband, Roddy Duren, of Odessa; sons, Terry Lynn Duren of Palmdale, Calif., and Roy Dale Duren of Odessa; her mother, Opal Rankin, of Odessa; sister, Ann Spooner, of Odessa; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Funeral services are scheduled for 4 p.m. today, May 2, 2000, in the Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Dick Brown officiating. Graveside services are scheduled for 3 p.m. Wednesday May 3, 2000, in Duren cemetery in Mullin under the direction of Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
Honorary pallbearers will be Tom Duren, Phil Duren, Chris Duren, Richard Duren, Don Burnett and Evan Arendell.
Services are entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
Mary Martha Coffield Gearhart
MARFA — Mary Martha Coffield Gearhart, 79, died Sunday, April 30, 2000, at the Gearhart Ranch in Jeff Davis County.
Memorial services at 2 p.m. Thursday, May 4, 2000, at First Presbyterian Church in Marfa with Dr. John Davenport officiating.
Visitation will from 2 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, May 2, 2000, at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel in Marfa.
Mrs. Gearhart was born June 16, 1920, on the Billingsley Ranch in Presidio County. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Coffield and granddaughter of pioneer ranchers, Mr. and Mrs. W.T. Jones. She graduated from Marfa High School and attended National Park College in Washington, D.C., and the University of Texas at Austin.
She married
Dr. Benjamin F. Gearhart Jr. July 19, 1941.
Mary Martha Gearhart was a lifelong member of the First Presbyterian Church in Marfa. She sponsored the Youth Association of Bloys Campmeeting from 1960 to 1970, served as president of the Texas Presbyterian Synodical from 1970 to 1971, and was also president of the West of the Texas Pecos Cattlewomen for one term.
In addition, Mrs. Gearhart was one of the founders of the Davis Mountains Trans-Pecos Heritage Association and an active member of the American Cattlewomen’s Association.
She is survived by her husband of 59 years, Dr. Benjamin F. Gearhart Jr. of Jeff Davis County; daughters, Martha Anne Gearhart of El Paso and Jessica and her husband, Bill McInnis of Ganado; a son and his wife, William Allen and Marsha Gearhart of Valentine; three grandchildren, Ben Mitchell McInnis and Rachel Coffield Mclnnis, both of Ganado, and Paul Brandon Gearhart of Valentine.
Mrs. Gearhart’s life demonstrated an abiding love and compassion for her family, friends and others. She exhibited a deep and constant faith in her God and her church. She was a faithful steward of the land she loved so much. Her dignity, courage and faith have set an example for all those near her on the promise of God’s abiding love and grace.
Memorials in her honor and memory may be made to the First Presbyterian Church (The Mary Martha Coffield Gearhart Sacred Music Fund), Marfa, Texas 79843; to the Bloys Campmeeting Association Fort Davis, TX 79734, or to the organization or charity of one’s choice.
Minnie Cora Sanders
GRAHAM — Minnie Cora Sanders, 82, of Weatherford passed away Sunday, April 30, 2000, at a Weatherford hospital.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, May 4, 2000, at Morrison Funeral Home Chapel with John Herington pastor of Springtown Road Church of Christ in Weatherford, officiating. Burial will follow in Pioneer cemetery in Graham. Arrangements are under the direction of Morrison Funeral Home in Graham.
Mrs. Sanders was born Oct. 19, 1917, in Loco, Okla., to the late Ephriam Robert and Amanda Ophilia Prichett Baggert.
She married
William Frank Sanders Dec. 2, 1977, in Seminole. He preceded her in death May 14, 1994.
Mrs. Sanders was a retired registered nurse having worked the Memorial Hospital in Seminole and Medical Center Hospital in Odessa. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Survivors are her daughter, Sharron Simpson and husband, Lee, of Weatherford; son, Lanny Forman and wife, Emily, of Odessa; sister, Elva Sitton of Gentry, Ark.; four grandchildren, Larry Lynn Foreman, Angelia Michelle Dunlap and husband, Larry, Chayne Allen Haller and Shannon Dale Barber; and four great-grandchildren also survive.
Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association or the American Cancer Society.
