W.D. married K.K. Scholl [Group Sheet]

1. J.D. Fields

W.D. married K.K. Scholl [Group Sheet]

W.D. married G.M. Vaught [Group Sheet]

W.A. married Helen Beatrice Elkins Helen (daughter of Francis Blanton Elkins and Mildred Thadine Ford) was born 6 Oct 1936, Spur, Dickens County, Texas, USA; died 23 Feb 2023, Odessa, Ector County, Texas, USA; was buried 28 Feb 2023, Sunset Memorial Gardens - Odessa, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Helen Orren
October 6, 1936 - February 23, 2023
Odessa

Helen Fields Orren passed away peacefully, February 23,2023 in Odessa, TX, in the loving care of the people who loved her most.

Helen was born October 6, 1936, to Francis and Mildred Eklins in Spur, TX. She moved to Odessa, TX in 1964. She married Clay Orren in March of 1981 in Odessa.

Helen was a hairdresser for over 30 years and an active member and officer of the Eagles Lodge.

Helen is preceded in death by her husband Clay Orren and her son Weldon Fields.

She is survived by her sons and their wives, Brent and Cindy Fields, Dean and Karen Fields, Guy and Susan Fields, and Kelly Fields and JaDona Proffitt.

She also has a multitude of grandkids, great grandkids, nieces and nephews.

A Graveside Service will be at 1:00 PM, Tuesday, February 28, 2023 at Sunset Memorial Gardens.

(Published by Sunset Memorial Gardens & Funeral Home of Odessa, TX)

Death Notice:

Helen Fields Orren

ODESSA - Helen Fields Orren, 86, of Odessa, died Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023 in Odessa.

Graveside service is scheduled for 1:00 p.m., Feb. 28, 2023 at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Reverend Clydel Chapman is officiating. Arrangements are by Sunset Memorial Gardens And Funeral Home of Odessa.

(Published in The Odessa American on February 26, 2023)

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OLNEY - Services for Francis Blanton Elkins, 67, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Monday at the First Baptist Church of Olney with the Rev. Dick Turner officiating.

Burial will follow at Restland Cemetery in Olney.

Mr. Elkins died Friday in Olney.

He was born July 8, 1916, in Palo Pinto Co. He married Lula Doggett in 1955 in Lovington, N.M.

Mr. Elkins was an Army veteran of World War II and the maintenance supervisor of the Olney Housing Authority.

Survivors other than his wife include two daughters, Helen Orren of Odessa and Francis Green of Prescott, Ariz.; a brother, Tony Elkins of Spur; a sister, Minnie Brown of Olney; seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Lunn Funeral Home of Olney is in charge of arrangements.

(Published in The Odessa American on January 15, 1984)

Francis married Mildred Thadine Ford 28 Sep 1940, Lamesa, Dawson County, Texas, USA. Mildred (daughter of James Elmer Ford and Rachel Ora Holmes) was born 31 May 1919, Ranger, Eastland County, Texas, USA; died 30 Aug 1998, Prescott, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA. [Group Sheet]

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PRESCOTT, Ariz. - Thadine M. Brammer, 79, of Prescott, Ariz., died Sunday, Aug. 30, 1998.

Services were held Monday at Memory Chapel Mortuary. Arrangements by Memory Chapel Mortuary.

She was born in Mae and moved to Arizona 42 years ago. She was a Women's Army Corps veteran of World War II. She was a member of the Church of Christ.

SURVIVORS: Daughters, France Green of Chino Valley, Ariz., and Helen Orren of Odessa; sisters, Barbara Mazza of Las Vegas and Dorothy Williams of Yuma, Ariz.; six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

(Published in The Odessa American on September 1, 1998)

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GORMAN (RNS) - James Elmer Ford, 77, of Sealy, died at 2 a.m. Wednesday at the Sealy Medical Center after a lengthy illness. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Gorman Church of Christ.

Audie Moore of Eastland will officiate. Burial will follow in Oakland Cemetery near here, directed by Higginbotham Funeral Home.

Born Aug. 23, 1897, in Comanche County, he was raised in Gorman and attended public schools here. Mr. Ford was a retired carpenter and a member of the Church of Christ.

Survivors are five daughters, Mrs. William Bramer of Cottonwood, Ariz., Mrs. Pete Mazza of Las Vegas, Nev., Mrs. Buck Williams of Yuma, Ariz., Mrs. Ben Keith of Andrews and Mrs. Byrch Telford of Roswell, N. M.; one son, Joe French of Denver, Colo.; three sisters, Mrs. Virgie Sims of Odessa, Mrs. Floy Morrison of Gorman and Mrs. Nora Fewell of Sealy; and two brothers, E. P. Ford of Gualala, Calif., and Tommy Woody of Katy.

He was preceded in death by his wife and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Pinkney Ford of Gorman.

(Published in The Abilene Reporter-News on September 6, 1974)

James — Rachel Ora Holmes. Rachel was born 30 Jul 1899, De Leon, Comanche County, Texas, USA; died 9 Jul 1968, Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, USA; was buried 12 Jul 1968, Missoula Cemetery - Missoula, Montana, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Rachel Nedley Is Dead at 68

Rachel Nedley, 68, of 1636 South Ave., a resident of Missoula since 1961, died Tuesday in a local hospital.

She was born July 30, 1899, in Texas. She came to Missoula in 1961 from Gardiner.

Survivors besides the widower, Loran Nedley, include three daughters, Mrs. William Bremer and Mrs. Dorothy Williams, both of Yuma, Ariz., and Mrs. Lamar Mezza of Las Vegas, Nev.; four sisters, Mrs. Irene Zumwalt of Gardiner, Mrs. Inez Hines and Mrs. Mary Putty of Lubbock, Tex., and Mrs. Clara Dickinson of Austin, Tex.; her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Stewart of Lubbock; five grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.

Funeral arrangements are pending at Squire-Simmons-Carr Mortuary.

Funeral services will be at 3:30 p.m. Friday in the Squire-Simmons-Carr Rose Chapel. Burial will be in Missoula Cemetery.

(Published in The Missoulian on July 12, 1968)