ODESSA — LaFaye Minton Plumlee, 83, passed away Saturday, March 13, 2004, at Medical Center Hospital.
She was born January 14, 1921, to Henry Lee and Vesta Mae Minton in Elkhart, Texas. She was raised in Houston. She was a business woman and a homemaker, a very courageous and well-loved lady. She was an Odessa resident since 1963, moving here from Hobbs, N.M.
She was the co-founder of Rio-Specialty, and A-1 Gasket, and retired in 1992. She was a member of the El Nina Court of the Ladies Memorial Shrine and the Desk and Derrick Group.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Henry and Vesta Minton, and her husband, Fred Plumlee.
Survivors include her sons, James Michael Plumlee of Odessa, Dr. John Patrick Plumlee and wife, Laura, of Jacksonville, Fla., and Lanny Plumlee and wife, Polly, of Odessa; her daughter, Fredda Plumlee Moore and husband, Bobby, of Odessa; brothers, G.B. Minton of Houston and Jimmy Minton of Fort Worth; sisters, Mary Gray and Betty Kocian, both of Houston; nine grandchildren, Geordie Mason of Kent, Ohio, James Plumlee of Walnut Creek, Calif., Taner Drake of Odessa, Shera Drake of San Antonio, Brandon Plumlee of Houston, Clint Plumlee of Odessa, Jonathan Plumlee of Jacksonville, Fla., Cali Stanton of Abilene and Clay Stanton of Odessa; six great-grandchildren, Kennah, Morgan and Connor Mason, and Cayeleigh, Spencer and Savannah Drake; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Services are scheduled for 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 16, 2004, at Lutheran Church of the Risen Lord with Rev. James Otterness and Rev. Chris Conner officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
Pall bearers will be Bill Nichols, Carlton Roy, Randy Smith, Wayne Wagnon, Mark Kocian, Gary Gray and Patrick Gray.
Services are entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.