There will be a private family graveside service at 2:30 pm on Friday, April 17 at Clear Branch Baptist Church Cemetery.Lo

Mrs. Louella N. Tarver, 100 of Brookhaven, went to be with her Lord on April 15, 2020, at Haven Hall Health Center.

She was born on July 25, 1919, to the late Walter J Nettles and Fannie C. Nettles in Franklin County, MS.

Mrs. Louella was a graduate of Heuck's Retreat High School. As a young person, she enjoyed working at the Boston Shoe Store.

She inherited the desire for farm life from her parents. In 1942 she married Grady Tarver and they began dairy farming and raising cattle together.

They set an example for community and caregiving for others, that are evident in their families today. Her family is very blessed that she continued her desires

and interests until the present time, and they too continue to share the values and joys through their relationships and activities of home, family, church, sports,

cooking and growing flowers, as well as spending time with friends and reminiscing of those precious memories.

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She was a member of Clear Branch Baptist Church and will be missed by all that knew and loved her.

Preceding her in death were her parents; 3 brothers; 2 sisters; husband, Grady Tarver, Sr; son, Gary Lynn Traver; grandson, Bradley Bowman; and son-in-law, William Bowman.

Those left to cherish her memory are her son, Grady “Butch” Tarver, Jr., and wife, Sharon and daughters, Linda Bowman and Martha Cloer.

She is also survived by 7 grandchildren, Barry Bowman (Sheila), Beverly Johnston (Arthur), Kelly Earls (Clay), Klancey Brownlee (Kyle),

Kacey Falvey (Randolph), Kevin Tarver (Romie) and Christine Hampton (Scott) along with a host of great and great-great-grandchildren and nieces and nephews.

Memorials can be made to Clear Branch Baptist Church Building Fund.

There will be a private service for Mrs. Mary M. Bobo, Friday, April 17, 2020, at Riverwood Family.

Mrs. Bobo, age 75, passed from this life April 14, 2020, in Jackson, MS. She was born July 8, 1944,

in Jackson, to her parents, Frank Rylee Martin and Mary Hilland Martin. She was a graduate

of the University of Southern Mississippi and was the owner of Doors of Distinction.

She was a resident of the Aspen and will be missed by all that knew and loved her.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Charles E. Bobo; parents; and one sister, Catherine H. Martin.

Those she leaves behind to cherish her memory are her sons, Michael Bobo and wife, Lindsey and

Marty Bobo and wife, Linda; sister, Anne M. Lowry; and one grandson, Jax Bobo.

She is also survived by her sister-in-law, Shirley Johnson.

On a cold night, January 28, 1933, a young farmer in the small German community of Avery, Oklahoma saddled his horse and rode

to a neighbor’s home to ask her to assist his wife in childbirth. That night, Arthur Fredrick Oestmann

was born to Arthur Diedrich Oestmann and Ida Wolff Oestmann. He went to be with his Heavenly Father early Sunday morning, April 12, 2020, in Brookhaven, Mississippi.

Art, or Junior as he was known to his family there, remained on the family farm learning the value of work, family, and faith until graduating from Cushing High School in 1951.

He then attended Oklahoma State University (Oklahoma A & M at the time) graduating in 1955 with a degree in geology. His love of geology and the oil business started

as a teenager when he first watched seismic crews working near his home. Years later, when moving his daughter to college with her many trunks and supplies,

he commented on how things had changed as he recalled how he had left for college with one brown suitcase and hitchhiked between home and school.

He began his working career with Humble Oil & Refining in Houston in 1955.

Humble immediately sent their new geophysicist to work on a seismic crew based out of Hattiesburg, Mississippi. While working there he met a beautiful southern belle from

Brookhaven, Mississippi named Nan Lea. They were married on December 9, 1956, and were blessed to celebrate 63 years together.

They began their life together in New Orleans, then moved to Midland, Texas in 1958.

Art worked for Humble and Exxon until 1975 when he left to open a Midland office for Hunt Energy. He later worked for Reeves & Zimmerman and Coastal Corporation

until starting his own company, Nanlea Oil in 1987. In June of 2019, he completed 64 years of going to work every day. He claimed he had the current record as the

longest continually practicing geophysicist in Midland, working the Permian Basin from Midland since 1958. After forming Nanlea, Art partnered with Terry Michael,

and together they generated a number of projects, some successful, some not, and they formed a close friendship that continued until his death.

All who knew him in his work life admired him not only for his geologic skill but especially for his honesty and integrity. He was a member of the

Society of Exploration Geophysicists, PBGS where he served as President, AAPG, WTGS, who awarded him their Pioneer award, SIPES,

the Midland Petroleum Club, the ‘other’ Dirty Dozen, and he had also served as President of the Kiwanis Club, the Exxon Retirees Club, and the Midland Downtown Lions Club.

He volunteered at Meals on Wheels, packing lunches for delivery to homebound seniors. Everyone he met became his friend.

Art loved the Church. He became a member of Westway Church of Christ in Midland in 1962, and actively and faithfully served the Lord and others through the Church in many capacities over the years.

He currently served as an Elder and fostered strong loving ties in his Church family. He was known throughout the Church of Christ as a kind and gentle man, an encourager who loved the Lord and loved others.

Art loved his family and went to great efforts throughout his life to spend time with them and form strong family relationships. He never tired of talking about his family and his greatest joys centered on them, especially his grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Art and Nan were blessed with two children who survive him, Michael Oestmann and wife Cathy of Midland, and Melissa Lea Oestmann of Norman, Oklahoma. In addition to his adoring wife Nan, he is also survived by their four granddaughters; Laura and husband Travis Bow, Reno, NV, Elizabeth and husband Derek Nichols, Edmond, OK, Melissa and husband Tyler Garner, Norman, OK, and Hallie and husband Austin Wilson, Warr Acres, OK. Art was thrilled to know and love six greatgrandchildren, Gunnar, Jane, Roger, Hadelyn, Ruger and Sunley. He was anxious to welcome number seven to the family later this year.

He is also survived by his sister Nelda and husband Willard Johnston of Tulsa, OK and a large number of nieces, nephews and cousins and their families. He was preceded in death by his parents,

his brother Melvin Oestmann and his wife Dorothy, a nephew, Jeffrey Johnston, and his sister-in-law Betty Johnston.

Art simply lived his life as a Christian. We look forward to being with him again in a better land. He will be greatly missed by his family, his church family, and his many friends and associates.

A private graveside service at New Salem Church of Christ near Brookhaven, Mississippi is planned for Thursday, April 16 at 10 AM.   Honorary pallbearers are nephews Ron Oestmann,

Phil, Mark and Brian Johnston, Carter Lea and his grandsons-in-law Travis Bow, Derek Nichols, Tyler Garner, and Austin Wilson. Riverwood Family Funeral Service is in charge of the arrangements.

A memorial service in Midland will be planned at some point in the future.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials be directed to Texas Children’s Heart Center in support of their new Fontan Clinic benefiting children with congenital heart defects.

Art’s great-granddaughter will be one of the many children receiving care from this new clinic and Art would welcome you joining his family in its support.

Donations may be sent in memory of Art Oestmann to Texas Children’s Office of Philanthropy, Ste. 5214, P.O. Box 300630 Houston, TX 77230-0630

or online at http://give.texaschildrens.org/goto/art.

Or The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, P.O. Box 4486, Houston, TX 77210-4486 or online at mdanderson.org/gifts.  Please notate “In memory of Art Oestmann” in the memo line. Or a charity of your choice.

Raymond Earl Foxworth, 70, of Brookhaven, passed away at

King’s Daughters Medical Center, Wednesday, April 8, 2020.

He was born July 3, 1949, to Rosier J. Foxworth and Grace H. Foxworth.

He served his country in the United States Army and was

a member of First Baptist Church in Brookhaven.

He is preceded in death by his parents.

There was a private memorial service held at First Baptist Church on April 13, 2020. Rev. Greg Warnock Officiated