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Obituary:

Mrs. Othel C. Abshire, passed away Thursday, October 2, in California.

Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. Monday in the Comanche Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Calvin Gray officiating.

Interment was in Evergreen Cemetery.

Pallbearers were Sherman Hulsey, Ed Turner, Edgar Bonosky, B. A. Eply, Dalton Cook and Marvin huey.

She was a former resident of Comanche, where she was born on January 2, 1914. She had been a resident of California the past 25 years.

Survivors include her husband, Frank Abshire, one son, Willie Ray Calbert, Orange, Calif.; three daughters, Barbara Kilinger, San Angelo; Pearl Calbert, Los Angeles; and Peggy Walters, Bay City; father, John Carwile of Gustine; mother, Virgie Sims; one brother, Dean Carwile, Odessa; two sisters, Mrs. Gillene Smith, Minneapolis, Minn.; and Mrs. D. Campbell, Odessa; 12 grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.

(Published in The Comanche Chief on October 9, 1975)

Ruby — Wilbur Leslie Baird. Wilbur was born 24 Jun 1906, Moran, Shackelford County, Texas, USA; died 13 Nov 1972, Odessa, Ector County, Texas, USA; was buried 15 Nov 1972, Sunset Memorial Gardens - Odessa, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet]

1. Peggy Othel Baird was born 6 Mar 1931, McCamey, Upton County, Texas, USA; died 24 Feb 1999, Baytown, Harris County, Texas, USA.

Ruby married Clyde Redman Calvert 4 Feb 1934, Odessa, Ector County, Texas, USA. Clyde was born 18 Nov 1909, Adair, Mayes County, Oklahoma, USA; died 23 Jul 1964, Odessa, Ector County, Texas, USA; was buried 28 Jul 1964, Resthaven Cemetery - McCamey, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet]

1. Pearl Lee Calvert was born 12 Feb 1935, Odessa, Ector County, Texas, USA; died 20 May 2001, Kingman, Mohave County, Arizona, USA; was buried , Mountain View Cemetery - Kingman, Arizona, USA.
2. William Raymond Calvert was born 15 Feb 1938, Wickett, Ward County, Texas, USA; died 16 Aug 1997, Orange, Orange County, California, USA; was buried , Resthaven Cemetery - McCamey, Texas, USA.
3. Barbara Ann Calvert was born 29 Sep 1939, Wickett, Ward County, Texas, USA; died 22 May 2009, Enid, Garfield County, Oklahoma, USA; was buried 27 May 2009, Lawnhaven Memorial Gardens - San Angelo, Texas, USA.

Ruby — Frank Albert Abshire. Frank was born 28 Jan 1910, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA; died 5 May 1988, Burnet, Burnet County, Texas, USA; was buried 7 May 1988, Evergreen Cemetery - Gustine, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Death Notice:

COMANCHE - Funeral for John S. Carwile, 89, of Gustine, will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the Comanche Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery in Gustine.

Carwile died Friday night in a Dublin hospital.

He was a farmer, a rancher and a Baptist.

(Published in The Fort Worth Star-Telegram on January 15, 1984)

John — Virgie Viola Ford. Virgie (daughter of Pinkney Franklin Ford and Beaetta Laura Hamlin) was born 9 Feb 1895, Denton, Denton County, Texas, USA; died 5 Oct 1988, Odessa, Ector County, Texas, USA; was buried 8 Oct 1988, Sunset Memorial Gardens - Odessa, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Obituary:

Services for Virgie Viola Sims, 93, 2766 E. 21st. St., are scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday at Sixth and Jackson Church of Christ with Earl Danley officiating.

Entombment will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens Mausoleum.

Mrs. Sims died Wednesday at Medical Center Hospital. She was born Feb. 9, 1895, in Denton. She married David L. Sims. He died in 1969.

Mrs. Sims had lived in Odessa for 50 years. She was a member of the Rebekah Lodge, Royal Neighbors and American Business women's Association, and was a supervisor distributor for Shaklee Products.

Survivors include a son, Ernest D. Carwile of Johnson City; a daughter, Gillene C. Smith of Odessa; two sisters, Floy Morrison of Gorman and Nora Fewell of Sealy; 15 grandchildren; 34 great-grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.

the family suggests memorials to Odessa Christian School.

Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

(Published in The Odessa American on October 6, 1988)

Pinkney married Beaetta Laura Hamlin 8 Dec 1891, Stephenville, Erath County, Texas, USA. Beaetta (daughter of Harry Clinton Hamlin and Cynthia Luvenia Langston) was born 15 Jul 1873, Stoddard County, Missouri, USA; died 19 Feb 1957, Gorman, Eastland County, Texas, USA; was buried 20 Feb 1957, Oakland Cemetery - Duster, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet]

Harry married Cynthia Luvenia Langston 11 Feb 1867, Bentonville, Benton County, Arkansas, USA. Cynthia (daughter of Henry Singleton Langston and Cynthia Harlin Walker) was born 28 Sep 1846, Osage Township, Benton County, Arkansas, USA; died 21 Mar 1922, Comanche, Comanche County, Texas, USA; was buried , Oakland Cemetery - Duster, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet]