SIXTH GENERATION

1129. Howard Hands Dennis was born on 22 Jun 1940 in Odessa, Ector County, Texas. He died on 20 Jul 1977 in Odessa, Ector County, Texas.⁽⁷⁶⁾ He was buried in Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Odessa, Texas.

From the Odessa American, Thursday, July 21, 1977:


Howard H. Dennis, Jr.

Services for Howard Hands Dennis, Jr., 37, of 15321 West 35th, are set for 10 a.m. Friday in Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home chapel with burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens.

Dennis died at his residence Wednesday after a lengthy illness. He was born June 22, 1940 in Odessa and was a member of the Eastside Baptist Church.

Survivors include three sons: Howard Dennis, Joseph Dennis and Clayton Dennis, all of Odessa; a daughter, Karen Dennis of Odessa; his parents, Mr. And Mrs. Howard Dennis, Sr., of Odessa, and three sisters, Mrs. W. L. Fuller, Thelma K. Dennis and Mrs. W. A. Brown of Odessa.

He was married to Karen Adams Fulton (daughter of B. H. Fulton and Nora Horton) on 12 Apr 1960 in Odessa, Ector County, Texas. Karen Adams Fulton was born on 4 Aug 1940 in Mills County, Texas.⁽³⁵¹⁾ She died on 15 Jun 1982 in Ector County, Texas.⁽⁷⁶⁾ Howard Hands Dennis and Karen Adams Fulton had the following children:

+1563 i. Howard Berwyn Dennis.
1564 ii. Joseph Byron Dennis (Private).
1565 iii. Clayton Adams Dennis (Private).
1566 iv. Karen Ellen Dennis (Private).