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Submitted: 4/28/20 • Approved: 4/28/20 • Last Updated: 5/1/20 • R306292-G306292-S3
Ernest Jasper
August 30, 1924-September 6, 2016
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Mellie Joyce
March 3, 1927-April 16, 2016
Together Forever
Our Beloved Mother & Father
*Obituary for Ernest
Ernest J Gober, 92, of Midland County and Odessa, TX, passed away on Tuesday, September 6, 2016.
Funeral services will be held on Thursday, September 8, 2016 at 3:00 pm at Mission Dorado Baptist Church. Graveside services will be held on Friday, September 9, 2016 at 11:00 am at Denver City Cemetery in Denver City, TX, where he will be interred beside his wife and son.
Ernest was born on August 30, 1924 in Coleman Co., TX, to Margie and Albert Gober.
He married Mellie Joyce Hughes on August 1, 1945, just before he was discharged from the US Navy.
He worked in the oil fields of West Texas from 1946 until he retired in 1981 from Atlantic Richfield Oil Company in Denver City, TX. He served in Baptist churches in the communities where the family lived. He was ordained a deacon of Immanuel Baptist Church, Odessa, and continued serving as deacon when they moved to First Baptist Church, a few years later. In the last few years he moved his membership to Mission Dorado Baptist Church, where he was a member until he died. He enjoyed growing a garden that he shared with many, as well as sharing his pecans from the 9 trees in his yard.
Ernest is survived by children, Sue and Don Ellison, David and Sue Gober, and Rebecca Baze; 6 grandchildren, Christy Davis, Jennifer Gober, John Gober, Stephen Gober, Matthew Baze, and James Gober; and 6 great grandchildren, Preston, Piper, and Jackson Davis, and Darbey, Zain, and Isabelle Gober.
He is preceded in death by his wife of 70 years, Mellie Gober, a son, John Ray Gober, and both his parents.
The family wishes to express their gratitude to Hospice Midland, and the Homebound ministry of Mission Dorado Baptist Church.
Arrangements are under the direction of Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home & Crematory of Midland. Online condolences can be made to www.npwelch.com. Source: www.npwelch.com.
*Obituary for Mellie
Mellie Joyce Hughes Gober went home to her Savior Jesus Christ on April 16, 2016.
The family will receive friends 7:00 – 9:00 pm Wednesday, April 20, 2016. A funeral service will be held at 9:00 am Thursday, April 21, 2016 at Mission Dorado Baptist Church. Interment will be at 3:00 pm Thursday, April 21, 2016 at Denver City Cemetery in Denver City, Texas.
Mellie was born March 3, 1927 in Coleman, Texas to Elmer and Annie Hughes.
She spent her life in service to others. A gentle and kind wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend. She loved gatherings of family and friends and furnished many holiday meals and celebrations through the years. Mellie served in many capacities as a faithful church member. She and Ernest helped start a community church in Crocket County where Ernest was working in the oil patch. The church has since moved to Ozona where it is still a blessing. She also served as church pianist and Bible teacher during the years her four children were being born and throughout her life. She worked in churches in Crane, Andrews, Denver City and Odessa as the family followed Ernest’s transfers with oil companies.
One of the highlights of her life was a trip to Israel that she and Ernest took with Imanuel Baptist Church Odessa in 1987. She loved how their experiences there added to her knowledge of the Bible. An accomplished Bible scholar, she enjoyed discussing the Word with others and encouraged many to delve deeper into God’s Word.
She is survived by her husband of 70 years, Ernest J. Gober; her children, Sue and Donny Ellison, David and Sue Gober, and Becky Baze; six grandchildren, Christy, Jennifer, John, Stephen, Matthew, and James; and six great-grandchildren, Preston, Piper, Jackson, Darby, Zane, and Isbelle.
She is preceded in death by her parents, one son, John Ray Gober, one sister, Ophelia Hughes Watson, and two brothers, Lee Frank Hughes and Doyle Dean Hughes.
The family would like to express their gratitude towards Hospice Midland and the homebound ministry of Mission Dorado Baptist Church.
Arrangements are under the direction of Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home. Source: www.npwelch.com.
Contributed on 4/28/20 by neldapat
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