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Worstell -- Hairston G. Graveside services 2:00 P.M., Tuesday September 22, 1998 at the Sandia Memorial Gardens in Albuquerque for Hairston G. Worstell, 78, who died September 18th at Sunset Villa. His cousin, Rev. Fred McDonald will officiate. Mr. Worstell was born January 5, 1920 in West Plains, Missouri, to George Wilbur Worstell, Jr. and Elnora Virginia Hairston Worstell. On April 15, 1944, he and Betty Jane Holmes were married Buffalo, New York. His parents and his wife preceded him in death, as did his only child, Mark Holmes Worstell and his brother, William R. Worstell. Mr. Worstell was a graduate of the University of Oklahoma and was a World War II veteran. He was employed as a Mechanical Engineer by the University of California at Los Alamos, New Mexico, for many years before he retired. Before moving to Roswell six weeks ago. Mr. Worstell had resided in Belen, New Mexico. He is survived by his sister-in-law, Mrs. William R. Worstell of Roswell and her daughters Patricia Ann Chambers of Richmond, California, and Deborah Lynn Morgan of Portland, Oregon; nieces of his wife, Patricia Weber of Roseville, Minnesota, and Judith Miller of Lakeland, Minnesota; cousins and their wives, W.C. Hairston, Jr. and Phyllis of Union City, Tennessee. and Rev. Fred McDonald and Nancy of Roswell; cousin and her husband, Nan Hairston Roberson and Don of San Antonio, Texas; and Mildred Hairston of Union City, Tennessee, the widow of his cousin Bobby Hairston. Arrangements are under the direction of the Ballard Funeral Home. .DMP
        Published on: Tue September 22, 1998