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Charlie Sossaman

PADUCAH - Graveside services for Charlie "Marvin" Sossaman, 78, of Paducah will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Paducah Garden of Memories with the Rev. Roy C. Keith, pastor of First Christian Church, officiating.

Burial will be under direction of Seigler Funeral Home.

Sossaman died Tuesday, Feb. 23, 1999, in Childress Regional Medical Center.

He was born June 10, 1920, in Jacksboro. He married Maxine Yvonne Canon on Dec. 23, 1927, in Paducah. She died Nov. 19, 1991. He married Leotta Harrison on June 10, 1992. He was a member of Missionary Baptist Church. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II and a farmer.

Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Pat Adams of Paducah; two brothers, John L. and Trevor, both of Hereford; a sister, Bonnie Barnes of Fort Worth; and three grandchildren.

Melvin Ritz

HOBBS, N.M. - Services for Melvin E. Ritz, 81, of Hobbs will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Prairie Haven Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Jack Stringer officiating.

Burial will be in Prairie Haven Memorial Park under direction of Griffin Funeral Home.

Ritz died Tuesday, Feb. 23, 1999, in Lovington, N.M.

He was born Sept. 3, 1917, in St. Louis, Mo. He worked for Conoco for 36 years. He was an ordained Southern Baptist minister at the Airbase City in the 1960s. His wife, Margaret, died in 1992.

Survivors include three daughters, Jodie Fcurqurean of Midland, Ruth Delozier of Lubbock and Lissa Andersen of Lovington, N.M.; seven grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.

The family suggests memorials to Family Care Hospice.

Reyes Cano Sr.

HEREFORD - Rosary for Reyes Cano Sr., 64, of Hereford will be at 7 p.m. today in Parkside Chapel Funeral Home.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in San Jose Catholic Church with the Rev. Domingo Castillo officiating.

Burial will be in West Park cemetery in Hereford.

Cano died Tuesday, Feb. 23, 1999, in Hereford Regional Medical Center.

He was born Jan. 6, 1935, in Valle Zaragosa, Mexico. He married Maria Garcia on Sept. 18, 1964, in Hereford. He was a farm worker for Bill Cole Farms and a member of San Jose Catholic Church.

Survivors include his wife; a son, Reyes Jr. of Dallas; three daughters, Mary Jane Mendoza of Mississippi, Gloria Aguilar of Amarillo and Patricia Cano of McAllen; a brother, Agustin Cano of El Paso; 12 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Frances Black

SNYDER - Services for Frances Aunita Black, 76, of Canton will be at 11 a.m. Friday in Calvary Baptist Church with the Rev. Harold Harrison, pastor First Baptist Church in Whiteface, officiating.

Burial will be in Ira cemetery under direction of Bell-Cypert-Seale Funeral Home.

She died Tuesday, Feb. 23, 1999, in Cogdell Memorial Hospital in Hermleigh.

She was born July 18, 1922, in Hermleigh. She married Wayne Kenneth Teague in 1949. He died in 1972. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church. She married Woodrow Wilson Black on July 30, 1987, in Snyder. He died in 1996. She was a waitress for 30 years, working at the Plaza Truck Stop, Ballard's Cafe and several other restaurants in Snyder. She was a member of the Ladies Home Extension Club.

Survivors include three daughters, Pamela Jo Browning of Snyder, Charlene Harrison of Hobbs, N.M., and Hattie Joyce Smith of Canton; a son, James Robert Teague of Boyd; two brothers, Jack Allen Bryant of Snyder and Jimmy Don Bryant of Monahans; a sister, Bobbie Doris McKinney of Snyder; 12 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren.

Mary Layman

OZONA - Services for Mary Etta Layman, 65, of Aspermont will be at 2 p.m. Friday in First Baptist Church with the Rev. Mickey Wagner officiating.

Burial will be in Aspermont cemetery under direction of McCoy Funeral Home.

She died Tuesday, Feb. 23, 1999, in a San Angelo hospital.

She was born in Stonewall County. She was a Baptist and a homemaker. She married Loyd Layman on March 18, 1960, in Rotan.

Survivors include her husband; three daughters, Kriss Tambunga of Ozona and Judy Ballinger and Cathy Ballinger, both of Sweetwater; two sons, James Loyd of Midland and Michael Bruce of Carlsbad, N.M.; a sister, Anna Lou Capps of Nolan; 12 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

Mary Kaminski

BOVINA - Services for Mary Elizabeth Kaminski, 75, of Las Vegas, Nev., will be at 11 a.m. Friday in Bovina cemetery with the Revs. Don McMerlin of Bovina and Davis V. Edens of Lubbock officiating.

Burial will be under direction of Ellis-Blackwell Funeral Home.

She died Saturday, Feb. 20, 1999, in Las Vegas, Nev.

She was born Aug. 10, 1923, in Oklahoma. She was a retired computer operator in a hotel.

Survivors include five sons, Richard of El Paso, Jerry of Las Vegas, Nev., Keith of Crows Landing, Calif., Kent of Las Vegas, Nev., and Don of Newman, Calif.; a daughter, Charlotte Lewis of Cupertino, Calif.; three brothers, Harry J. Charles of Lubbock, Mark M. Charles of El Paso and Jimmy Charles of Deming, N.M.; a sister, Ellen Marie Estes of Bovina; 10 grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.

Velma Rieger

KERRVILLE - Services for Velma Vae Toler Rieger, 92, of Kerrville will be at 10 a.m. Friday in Grimes Funeral Chapels with the Rev. David McFadden officiating.

She died Tuesday, Feb. 23, 1999, at her residence.

She was born July 11, 1906, in Ashland, Okla. She moved to Kerrville from Lubbock. She married Joe Bailey Rieger on Aug. 2, 1924, in Lubbock. He died Oct. 3, 1986. She farmed in Slide. She was a member of Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Lubbock.

Survivors include a daughter, Donnie Rieger of Center Point; two sons, Jim Joe of the Villages, Fla., and Randal Lee of Lubbock; a sister, Bobbie Whorton of Visalia, Calif.; two brothers, Thomas Toler of Wenatchee, Wash., and Roger Toler of Orondo, Wash.; eight grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren.

The family will receive friends at Resthaven Funeral Home in Lubbock from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Burial will be at 3:30 p.m. Saturday in Resthaven Memorial Park.

The family suggests memorials to the Children's Home of Lubbock or to M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.

Doris Smith

PLAINS - Services for Doris Smith, 82, of Plains will be at 11 a.m. Friday in First Baptist Church with the Rev. Alton West officiating.

Burial will be in Plains cemetery under direction of Brownfield Funeral Home.

She died Tuesday, Feb. 23, 1999, in Brownfield.

She was born July 1, 1916, in Tokio. She married Amos Benjamin Smith on Oct. 3, 1931, in Lovington, N.M. He died Feb. 20, 1992. She was raised in Tokio. She was a member of Tokio Baptist Church and she taught Sunday school. She was a member of the Home Demonstration Club. A son, Amos Lavon, died Dec. 23, 1962.

Survivors include two sons, Olan of Kermit and Gary Joe of Brownfield; two daughters, Latrell McDonnell of Plains and Kay Ellison of Lovington, N.M.; a brother, J.H. Snodgrass of Tokio; two sisters, Dorothy Jones of Tokio and Delores Hays of Lancaster; nine grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren.

Arthur Kelly Sr.

POST - Services for Arthur Doison Kelly Sr., 78, of Big Spring will be at 2 p.m. today in Hudman Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Henry Brawley officiating.

Burial will be in Terrace cemetery.

Kelly died Sunday, Feb. 21, 1999, in Big Spring Care Center.

He was born March 12, 1920, in Flatonia. He was a Baptist. He worked in Civil Service. He moved to Big Spring from Abilene.

Survivors include two sons, Rev. Arthur Kelly Jr. of Post and Robert Kelly of Dallas; two daughters, Annie Bell Williams of Dallas and Bennie Ruth Lowery of Dallas; and a sister, Vester Johnson of Los Angeles.

Donna Jacobson

WAYNESBORO, Pa. - Services for Donna Coffman Jacobson, 49, of Waynesboro were Feb. 6 in Edmond, Okla.

She died Dec. 21, 1998, in Jefferson Center Hospital in Philadelphia, Pa.

She was born June 29, 1949, in El Paso. She graduated from Westside High School in York, Pa. She attended Oklahoma Christian College in Edmond, Okla., Northeastern Christian College in Villanova, Pa., and Murray State University in Murray, Ky. She was a tutor with the Upward Bound Program at Murray State. She worked for Hospice as a licensed practical nurse in Kentucky and Pennsylvania. She was a member of the Church of Christ.

Survivors include her husband; two sons, Mark Paul McWane of Edmond and Dru Michael McWane of Louisville, Ky.; two stepdaughters, Michelle M. Rife and Linda D. Rohne, both of Waynesboro; two stepsons, Gerald A. Jacobson Jr. of Hagerstown, Md., and Andy R. Jacobson of Waynesboro, Pa.; her parents, Paul and Ruth Coffman of Edmond; a brother, Charles Coffman of Lubbock; a sister, Barbara John of Kansas City, Mo.; and eight step grandchildren.

Gerald Smith

SUN CITY WEST, Ariz. - Memorial services for Gerald "Jerry" A. Smith, 73, of Sun City West, Ariz., will be at 1 p.m. Saturday in Camino Del Sol Funeral Chapel.

Smith died Monday, Feb. 22, 1999, in Sun City West.

He was born Sept. 2, 1925, in Minneapolis, Minn. He moved to Arizona in 1981 from Bayside, Wis. He was a district manager in the automotive industry, retiring in 1980. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II and the Korean War.

Survivors include his wife, Joan E. Smith; a daughter, Julie Smith-Morrow of Lubbock; two sons, Scott of Maple Grove, Minn., and Bruce Smith of Hayward, Wis.; a brother, Richard L. Smith of Minneapolis; and eight grandchildren.

Helen Harrell

HOBBS, N.M. - Services for Helen M. Harrell, 86, of Hobbs will be at 10 a.m. Friday in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with Bishop Clay Reber officiating.

Burial will be in Prairie Haven cemetery under direction of Chapel of Hope Funeral Home.

She died Tuesday, Feb. 23, 1999, in Roswell, N.M.

She was born March 22, 1912, in Roanoke, Va. She married Ralph H. Harrell on Feb. 7, 1937, in Alva, Okla. He died Dec. 22, 1992. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Survivors include a sister, Betty Looney of Seattle, Wash.

The family suggests memorials to Vista-Care Family Hospice, 1515 Calle Sur, Hobbs, N.M. 88240.

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