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Mary Elizabeth Riley
ODESSA — Mary Elizabeth Riley went to be with her Lord on Tuesday, June 11, 2002. She was born May 25, 1926 in Olla, LA to George and Lillie Etheridge.
She was raised in Olla, LA, she married
James D. Riley on September 10, 1942. While James was in the army, they traveled and lived in many places. They settled in West Texas in 1946, living in Goldsmith and North Cowden and moved to Odessa in the early 1950’s. Mary was a homemaker for many years. After her children were grown, she worked in the library at Permian High School, Ector County Library and was curator at the Presidential Museum. She developed the library at Medical Center Hospital and then worked at Texas Tech library. Mary most recently was employed at Midland Memorial Hospital in the library. She was very respected by the medical community. She was a member of Crescent Park Baptist Church where she was very active in the music program, was a Sunday School teacher and served on several committees for many years. Her husband developed Alzheimer’s disease and she gave him loving care at home. She devoted herself to his special needs until his death. She loved the Lord and His Word and would listen to Gospel music daily, especially Bill Gaither. Mary loved her family and took great pride in them and her home.
She was preceded in death by her husband, James D. Riley, son, Kenneth Riley, parents, two brothers and one sister.
Mary is survived by her daughters, Sarah Beesinger of Plano and Marsha Prince and husband, Billy of Plano; sister, Frances Brown of Monticello, Ark; grandchild, Rachel Beesinger of Tyler; step grandchildren, Carol Campise of Dallas, Denise Martin of Austin, Donald Prince of Denton and numerous nieces, nephews and precious friends.
A family visitation will be held from 6-8 PM, Thursday, June 13 at Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors. Funeral Services will be held at 3:30 p.m. Friday, June 14 at Crescent Park Baptist Church with Dr. Johnny Dickerson officiating. Interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. If desired, Memorials may be made to Crescent Park Renovation Fund or the charity of your choice.
Services have been entrusted to Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors. You are invited to leave a message or memory in the online guest book at www.wilsonfuneral.com.
Selestino G. Rosas
ODESSA — Our Lord called our beloved Selestino G. Rosas, 94, of Odessa, to be with Him on June 12, 2002, at Deering’s Nursing Home. He was born on April 15, 1908 in Fort Stockton, Texas. He was a retired rancher who enjoyed telling tall tales, stories and jokes.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Petra Cedillos Rosas. He is survived by his sister, Maxina Cedillos and his two nieces, Cruz Ramirez and Adel Cortez. He is also survived by two stepsons, Florentino Guitan Sr., his wife Josie, and his children, Florentino Guitan Jr., Raymond, and Joe Paul; and Timoteo (Doroteo) Garcia. He is also survived by countless nieces and nephews.
Rosary will be held today at 7:30 p.m. at Memorial Services. Mass will be celebrated Friday, June 14 at 1:00 p.m. St Joseph’s Catholic Church with Rev. Gilbert Rodriguez officiating. Burial will follow at Rose Hill cemetery. Paul Bearers will be Hipolito Cisneros Jr., Larry Cortez, Paul Mata, Tom Ornelas, Scott Randolph, and Israel Urias.
Services entrusted to Memorial Services, 404 N. Washington Ave., Odessa, Texas.
Verland Brooks Pierson
WACO — Verland Brooks Pierson, 83, formerly of Colorado City, TX passed away June 11, 2002 in Waco. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, June 14, 2002 at Connally Compton Funeral Directors Chapel with Jerry Price, minister, as officiant. Interment will follow at Oakwood cemetery.
Visitation will be held 6-8pm Thursday evening.
Verland was born June 26, 1918 in Randolph, Iowa to Harry and Hester Pierson. He served in the Army and was a veteran of WWII. He was also a member of the American Legion and a lifetime member of the VFW. Verland was employed with Haliburton, Inc. for almost 20 years.
He is survived by his wife, Maxene Pierson of Waco; children, Sandra Williams of Manor, TX, Debbie Fuller of Hobbs, NM, James Martin of Moody, TX, Howard Martin of Troy, TX and Troy Martin of Hewitt, TX; 12 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; brother, Keith Pierson and two sisters, Maurine Martin and Maxine McClanahan.
Leone Latham
ANDREWS — Leone J. Latham, 86, of Wichita Falls, a retired employee of the housekeeping department at Andrews Community Hospital, died Sunday, June 2, 2002, in Wichita Falls.
Services will be at 4 p.m. Wednesday at Second Baptist Church with the Revs. Jim Bennix and Ivy Shelton officiating. Burial will follow at the Andrews County cemetery. Arrangements by Owens and Brumley Funeral Home.
She was born in Goree.
SURVIVORS: Daughters, Myrna Murdoch of Andrews, Jackie Styles of Holliday and Linda Routon of Wichita Falls; sons, Charles Latham of Derby, Kan., and Dusty Latham of Augusta, Kan.; brothers, Heard Crouch and Jim Crouch, both of Wichita Falls; sister, Kay Cox of Dallas; 17 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild.
Thelma Matthews
STEPHENVILLE — Thelma D. Matthews, 88, of Stephenville, a homemaker, died Saturday, June 1, 2002, at Harris Methodist Hospital in Erath County.
Services were at 2 p.m. Monday at First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Ken Sheppard-Mahaffey officiating. Burial was at Gardens of Memory cemetery. Arrangements by Lacy Funeral Home.
She was born in Blue Ridge and had been a resident of Andrews. She was Presbyterian.
SURVIVORS: Daughter, Jenny Allen of Stephenville; and three grandson.
Jean Meece
ODESSA — Jean Meece, 75, of Odessa, a retired registered nurse, died Monday, June 3, 2002, at her residence.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the chapel of Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors with the Rev. Terry Wright officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors.
She was born in Sayre, Penn. She was Baptist.
SURVIVORS: Husband, Dale Meece of Odessa; daughter, Diane Smith of Odessa; sons, Jeff Meece of Covington, La., and Warner Meece of Denver City; brothers, Lester Warner of Alvin and Bruce Warner of Englewood, Colo.; sisters, Janice Martz of Eddison, N.J., and Joanne Luker of Odessa; 10 grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.
Joseph Patrick McClease
ODESSA — Joseph Patrick McClease, 75, of Odessa peacefully passed away Feb. 7, 2002 at the Hospice House.
Joe was born in Memphis, Tenn., May 24, 1926, son of James Rex McClease and Kate Alice hustler McClease. While a young child, the family moved to Courtland, Miss., where Joe grew up and graduated high school.
He served briefly in the Army during World War II and was honorably discharged. In 1957, Joe joined his older brother, Rex, and made his home in Odessa.
Joe was a respected painter and worked most of his career with Chalmers Signs. He was an avid aviation enthusiast. He built and flew gliders, R.C. planes and ultralights. Joe was a talented artist, and worked in a multitude of mediums. Other hobbies included birdwatching, gardening, exploring nature and reading. He was preceded in death by his parents and only brother, Rex.
He is survived by three loving nieces, Michal Turner and husband, Del, of Alexandria, Va.; Alice Calder and husband, James of Omaha, Texas; Rexana Jo McClease and Rex Milner of Waxahachie, Texas; many great and great-great nieces and nephews and more friends than we can count.
The family requests memorials be sent to Hospice House. He has “Slipped the surly bonds of earth …and touched the face of God.”
A memorial service will be held Monday, Feb. 11, 2002, at 3 p.m. at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home Chapel. Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
Benito Ramos Salcido
PECOS — Benito Ramos Salcido, 61, passed from the arms of Hospice House in Odessa to the wonderful light of heaven on Feb. 8, 2002 at 1:20 p.m.
Benito Salcido was born April 22, 1940, in Balmorhea, Texas.
He is preceded in death by his parents, Canuto and Josephina Salcido and sister Maria Salcido and two brothers, Canuto Jr. and Guadalupe Salcido.
Survivors include his three sons, Ruben Salcido and his wife, Lisa D. Salcido of Pecos, Randy Salcido of Pecos, and Rodney Salcido of Odessa; six grandchildren, Jason Salcido of San Antonio, Philip and Eric Salcido of Pecos, Rossalynn Marie Zackery and Roderick Salcido of Odessa.
Mr. Salcido comes from a family of 10, survived by three brothers, Manuel R. Salcido, Juan Salcido, of Pecos and Juanito Ornelas of Odessa; three sisters, Licha S. Dutchover of Balmorhea, Margarita S. Rodriguez and Connie (Chelo) Orona of Odessa. He is also survived with several nephews and nieces.
Mass will be celebrated at 2 p.m. Monday, Feb. 11, 2002, at Santa Rosa Catholic Church. Rosary will be held at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 10, 2002 at Peaceful Garden Funeral Home Chapel in Pecos. Funeral service will be conducted by Peaceful Garden Funeral Home of Pecos.
Melanie Rumbaugh Walker
ODESSA — Melanie Rumbaugh Walker, age 61, of Odessa, died Friday, Feb. 8, 2002, at Medical Center Hospital. She was born Nov. 21, 1940, to Addison C. and Maggie Rumbaugh in Shreveport, La.
A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, Feb. 11, 2002 in the chapel of Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors, with the Rev. Craig Martindale of St. Andrews Cumberland Presbyterian Church officiating.
She married
Guy Walker on March 8, 1980. They owned and operated B.G.’s Catfish Plus for several years. After retirement, they enjoyed traveling and lived for a short time in Mexico and Peru. She was a kind and loving wife, mother and friend. She will be greatly missed by all who knew her.
She is survived by her husband, Guy Walker of the home; son, Carey Childers of Austin; daughters, Diane Knight of Ira, Texas and Laura Childers of Dallas; Stepsons, Johnny Walker of Carlsbad, N.M., Jeff Walker and Jim Walker, both of Odessa; sisters, Margaret Holley of Midland, and Betty Rumbaugh of Cody, Wyo.; 12 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Services have been entrusted to Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors.
Phillip Ray Bentley
ODESSA — Phillip Ray Bentley, 57, passed away Saturday, Feb. 9, 2002, at Medical Center Hospital. He was born Dec. 7, 1944, to Julian and Marie Bentley in Sapulpa, Okla.
Phillip was a lifetime resident of Odessa. He married
Dorothy Shelton on Dec. 30, 1967, in Odessa. He ran pipeline off the North Shore of Holland, and also drilled in South America while employed for Baker Productions for ten years. He was Southern Baptist.
Memorial services are scheduled for 2 p.m., Monday, Feb. 11, 2002, at Sunset Memorial Chapel.
His father, Julian Bentley, and cousin, David Beaver, both precede him in death.
Survivors include his wife, Dorothy Bentley; sons, Wayne Bentley & wife, Sherry; and Richie Bentley; brothers, Larry Bentley & wife, Linda, all of Odessa; and Michael Bentley of Tulsa, Okla.; sister, Rita Bentley, also of Tulsa; five grandchildren, Sara, Cody, Ryan, Jayson, and Ricky Bentley.
Memorials may be made to the Hospice of your choice.
Services are under the direction of Sunset Memorial Funeral Home.
Gene Ater
TYLER — A memorial service for State District Judge Gene Ater will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 11, at Pollard United Methodist Church in Tyler with the Rev. Rick Hume and the Rev. Richard Luna officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Lloyd James Funeral Home.
Judge Ater died Thursday in ETMC Hospital in Tyler. Judge Ater was born in San Angelo, Texas, on Jan. 20, 1932. He was reared in Pecos, Texas and graduated from Pecos High School in 1949 where he participated in football, basketball and track and was a member of the band. From 1951 to 1954 he served as a corpsman in the U.S. Navy, including 26 months in Korea. On Nov. 24, 1955, he married
Caroline Hall in Abilene, Texas. He graduated from McMurry University in Abilene with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in 1956. Judge Ater received his law degree from Southern Methodist University in 1959, where he was a member of Delta Theta Phi legal fraternity.
He was an assistant district attorney in Dallas County for a year and then moved to Odessa in 1961 to enter private practice with the late Harold H. Young. He later was a partner in the Ater & Hirsch law firm. Judge Ater was the first U.S. Commissioner of the Midland-Odessa Division of Federal Court of the –Western District of Texas. In 1979 he was elected Judge of the 70th Judicial District of Texas and served in Odessa until May of 1992, when he retired to become a Senior District Judge.
After 31 years in Odessa, Judge Ater and his wife moved to Tyler in May of 1992, making their home on Lake Tyler East. Although he took assignments around the state as a visiting judge, most of his work as a Senior District Judge was done in the courts in Tyler.
In Tyler, he was an active member of Pollard United Methodist Church and was a member of the Epworth Sunday School Class and the PrimeTimers. In Odessa he had been an active member of St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, serving on various boards and committees and as a Sunday School teacher for both high school students and young adults. He had also been a lay delegate to the New Mexico Annual Conference.
Judge Ater was a member of the State Bar of Texas, the Smith County Bar Association, and a former member of the American Trial Lawyers Association and Texas Trial Lawyers Association. He was a member of the Tyler Rotary Club and a Paul Harris Fellow. In Odessa, he had been president of the Greater Odessa Rotary Club.
He served on the task force that organized the Pastoral Counseling Center in West Texas. Judge Ater was former vice president of the Odessa Symphony Association and former board member of the Midland-Odessa Symphony & Chorale, Inc. He also had been a member of the Odessa Chamber of Commerce and Ector County Democratic Men’s Club.
He was an avid hunter and fisherman and had been an officer and board member of the Bassmasters of East Texas fishing club. While living in Odessa he had been an officer of the Permian Bass Club and served as regional director of the Texas Association of Bass Club.
As a sports fan in Odessa, he was an ardent supporter of the Permian High School football team and had been on the board of directors of the Permian Football Booster Club.
He was a Bridge enthusiast, participating in tournaments sponsored by the American Contract Bridge League.
Judge Ater is survived by his wife of the home; a daughter and son-in-law, Sandra and Jimmy Patrick, of Denton; two grandchildren, Tyler Petrick and Hunter Petrick of Denton; his mother, Norine Hoover and stepfather, Mitchell Hoover of Pecos; a sister, Peggy Drake and husband, Jimmy, of Hobbs, N.M.; a brother, Jimmy Ater and wife, Carol, of Arlington; and several nieces and nephews.
The family will receive friends in the parlor of the Pollard United Methodist Church immediately after the memorial service. Plans for a memorial service in Odessa at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church are pending.
If desired, memorials may be made to Pollard United Methodist Church, 3030 Copeland Road, Tyler, Texas 75701 or St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, 1601 E. 42nd St., Odessa, 79762.
Ralph Dean McManigle Sr
SPRINGDALE, Ark. — Ralph Dean McManigle Sr., a former Odessa resident and prominent businessman, passed away Saturday, Jan. 19, 2002, in Springdale, Ark.
Dean was born Jan. 22, 1942, in Mount Carmel, Ill., son of M.R. “Dick” McManigle Sr. and Elizabeth Suzanne “Betty” McManigle. Dean’s father in 1968, and his mother in 1994, preceded him in death.
He is survived by his son, R.D. “Ramey” McManigle Jr., his daughter-in-law Melinda and grandchildren, Avalon Margaret and Ethan Augustus; his brother, M.R. “Dick” McManigle Jr. and his wife Zoe Ann; his brother, Drew McManigle and his wife Sharon; and his nephew, M.R. “Rick” McManigle III and his wife Diane and their children Matthew and Katherine.
Dean McManigle, widely known by his family and friends as “Dean-O, ” moved to Odessa with his parents in 1947. Dean attended Odessa High School where he was a swimmer and was voted Most Handsome by his senior class in 1960. Dean’s father had worked as a salesman in the petroleum industry in Pennsylvania, Illinois and Oklahoma prior to moving his family to McCamey. Later they moved to Odessa where in 1954, Mr. McManigle Sr. entered the oil well servicing industry by forming a company that later became known as Devonian Well Service Inc. In 1962, Dean went to work for his father’s company as an office manager, sales representative and field consultant until the time of his father’s death. In 1968, Dean was appointed president of the company. While at Devonian, he became a prominent well servicing contractor, Oil Show exhibitor and innovator of well servicing equipment specifically designed for the company by local manufacturers. During the growth years of the late 1960s and 1970s, Devonian provided “Top of the Crown” service to every major oil company and most independents in the Permian Basin and eastern New Mexico.
Dean had a long-standing interest in the exploration for oil and natural gas. He took his first step “wildcatting” in 1978 when he founded Cambrian Oil Inc., an independent oil and gas exploration and production company. At Cambrian, one of Dean’s first efforts was directing the re-entry of a 1950 Jones and Rogers well in Runnels County. The “Miss Clara” No. 1 was highly successful and is still in production today. Cambrian Oil Inc. drilled and re-entered an estimated total of 30 wells in and around Runnels and Coleman counties in Texas, Okmulgee County, Okla., and Lea County, N.M., from 1978 until 1985. In 1979, he formed Cambrian Well Service Inc. to augment his E&P efforts and in 1980, he resigned from Devonian to pursue his private E&P interests. In 1983, he left the oil well servicing industry after 21 years of dedicated service to the Permian Basin. He remained active as an Independent oil and gas producer and president of Hidalgo Oil and Exploration Corp. until the time of his death. During his career in the energy industry, Dean served on the board of directors of the Permian Basin Oil Show and was active in similar industry venues and organizations, including the Association of Oilwell Servicing Contractors.
Dean was an avid and accomplished hunter, fisherman and sportsman. He loved the outdoors and the challenge of hunting and fishing while enjoying his family, his friends, a tall tale, a hearty laugh and good “Texas-style” barbecue. Dean was a friend to many and a generous benefactor to family, friends, employees and acquaintances. Above all, he was a beloved son, father and brother. Dean was a Christian who never lost his faith in God or his mercy. He was known as an ardent competitor, a persuasive businessman, and an individualist right to the end of his life. Simply, Dean-O was one of a kind. His family and friends will miss him.
A private family service and celebration of his life will be held at McManigle’s Kings River Ranch in northwest Arkansas in the spring.
The McManigle family suggests that donations be made to Northwest Arkansas Radiation Therapy Institute of Springdale, Ark., (N.A.R.T.I.), the Permian Basin Rehabilitation Center or Hospice.
AN OLE IRISH BLESSING
May the road rise up to meet you,
May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun, shine warm upon your face,
and the rain, fall soft upon your fields.
And until we meet again—May God hold you,
in the palm of His hand.
I love you and miss you Dad,
Son
