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Margaret Trigg
BROWNWOOD -- Margaret Trigg, 85, a retired teacher, died Monday, Oct. 12, 1998, at a Brownwood nursing home.
Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. today at the Heflin cemetery. Arrangements by Heartland Funeral Home of Early.
She was born in Owens and was a former Odessa resident. She was Methodist.
SURVIVORS: Sister, Floy Trigg of Dallas.
Cheryl Akins
MONAHANS -- Cheryl Jane Akins, 38, of Monahans, a homemaker, died Wednesday, Oct. 14, 1998, at Midland Memorial Hospital.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Southside Baptist Church with the Revs. William Hatler, Morris Johnson and Robert Mitchell officiating. Burial will be at Monahans Memorial cemetery. Arrangements by Harkey Funeral Home.
She was born in Kermit and was Baptist.
Survivors: Husband, Billy Akins of Monahans; sons, Jeffrey Allen Akins and Phillip Michael Akins, both of Monahans; daughters, Kimberly Jo Drake and Misty Dawn Akins, both of Monahans; grandmother, Annabelle Cypert of Graham; parents, Harold and Lanell Shoemake, both of Monahans; brothers, Russell Shoemake of Durham, N.C., Eric Shoemake of Portland, Ore., Carson Shoemake of Kingsland, Ga., and Randy Shoemake of Monroe, Va.; and sister, Elizabeth Heck of Seminole.
Joseph Johnson
ODESSA -- Joseph I. Johnson, 81, of Odessa, a retired electrical engineer and former Ector County commissioner, died Wednesday, Oct. 14, 1998 at Odessa Regional Hospital.
Services are at 10 a.m. Monday at Immanuel Baptist Church. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens in Odessa. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
He was born in Cullman County, Ala. He was a veteran of the Army, Navy and Air Force reserve.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Mable Johnson of Odessa; daughters, Jenola Flowers of Dallas and Becky Martin of Odessa; sisters, Geneva Chapman of Bessemer, Ala., and Marie Waters of Hanceville, Ala.; and one grandchild.
Lowell Sparks
STEPHENVILLE -- Lowell "Popeye" Sparks, 80, of Lingleville died Thursday, Oct. 15, 1998, at his residence.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Stephenville Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be at the Lingleville East End cemetery. Arrangements by Stephenville Funeral Home.
He was born in Bunyan and had been a resident of Odessa from 1952 until 1973. He was an U. S. Army veteran of WWII. He was Baptist.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Donna Sparks of Lingleville; sons, Billy Sparks of Clyde and Roger Sparks of Big Spring; stepson, Steven Kimball of Lancaster; stepdaughter, Mary Jo Hightower of Spring; two sisters, Bertha Bavs of Stephenville and Ruby Lee Stone of DeLeon; 10 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
James Loundenburg
ODESSA -- James Michael Loundenburg, 44, died Thursday, Oct. 15, 1998, at his residence.
Funeral arrangements are pending with Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home of Odessa.
Deborah Phillips
CRANE -- Deborah "Deby" Phillips, 43, of Crane died Wednesday, Oct. 14, 1998 at Crane Memorial Hospital.
Services are pending with Shafer-Nichols Funeral Home of Crane.
Joshua Ballard
Joshua Daniel Ballard, 19, of Odessa, died Saturday, Oct. 17, 1998, at Medical Center Hospital.
Funeral arrangements are pending with Odessa Funeral Home.
Richey Lorrette
Richey Bernayz Lorrette, 86, of Odessa, died Saturday, Oct. 17, 1998, at her home.
Funeral arrangements are pending with Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
Louis Byford
DENVER CITY -- Louis Byford, 80, a retired businessman, died Saturday, Oct. 17, 1998, at a Midland Hospital.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the Ellis Funeral Home Chapel in Midland with the Rev. Jimmy Taliaferro officiating. Graveside services will be held in Sunset Memorial Gardens under the direction of Ellis Funeral Home.
He was born in Montague and had been a resident of Denver City since 1971. He had lived in Odessa in the 1950s. He was veteran of the Army Air Corps in World War II.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Darlene, of Denver City; sons Mike Byford of Midland and Jerry Byford of Waco; sister Dorothy Taliaferro of Odessa; and five grandchildren.
Willie Ramirez
Willie Ramirez, 19, of Odessa, died Saturday, Oct. 17, 1998, of injuries sustained in an auto accident.
Funeral arrangements are pending with Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors.
David Morrell
FORT WORTH -- David Jason Morrell, 22, died Friday, Oct. 16, 1998 at Trinity Hospital in Fort Worth.
Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
He was born in Odessa. He was a former resident of Goldsmith. He was Baptist.
SURVIVORS: Parents, David Morrell of Odessa and Mary Rhodes of Midland; two sisters, Brittany and Megan.
Ed Wells
SEMINOLE -- Ed Wells, 62, an oil field meter technician, died Saturday, Oct. 17, 1998, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Lubbock.
Services will be at 2 p.m. today at the First Baptist Church in Denver City. Graveside services will follow at 4:30 p.m. at Resthaven cemetery in Lubbock. Arrangements by Boyer Funeral Home of Seminole.
He was born in Collingsworth County and had been a resident of Denver City since 1974. He was Baptist.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Sandra Wells of Denver City; son, Michael Ray Wells of Midland; daughters, Linda Gail White of Lubbock and Laura Lynn Meyer of Colorado Springs, Colo.; brothers, Don Wells of Shamrock and J.G. Wells of Ozark, Ark.; four grandchildren.
Mike Nickless
AUSTIN -- Mike Nickless, 53, an advertising/marketing executive, died Friday, Oct. 16, 1998, of a stroke.
Services will be at 4 p.m. today in the Weed-Corley-Fish Funeral Home. Arrangements by Weed-Corley-Fish Funeral Home.
He was born in Norman, Okla., and had been a long-time resident of Austin.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Melinda; son, John Michael; daughter, Jackie; and three grandchildren.
Leonard Ray Carman
ODESSA -- Leonard Ray Carman, 64, a retired oil field worker, died Saturday, Oct. 17, 1998, at Medical Center Hospital.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Frank W. Wilson Funeral Home with the Rev. Donald Bugg officiating. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors.
He was born in Matador and had been a resident of Odessa since 1958.
SURVIVORS: Daughters, Ann Tatum of Odessa, Kay Bittle of Mabank and Shannon Sparks of Hope Mills, N.C.; brothers, Cecil Carman of Abernathy and James Carman of Youngstown, Ariz., sister, Earlene Carr of Marlow, Okla., and two grandchildren.
