THE ODESSA AMERICAN http://www.oaoa.com/obit/deaths120503.htm Fred Bland KERMIT — Fred Bland, 94, of Kermit, a retired oilfield maintenance man with GQ Salmon & Son, died Thursday, Dec. 4, 2003, at Hospice House in Odessa. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Grace Temple Baptist Church. Burial will be at Andrews Old Cemetery. Arrangements are by Family Services Funeral Parlor. He was born in Toccapola, Miss. SURVIVORS: Son, Ray Bland of Crane; daughter, Bettie Mann of Kermit; brother, Bo Bland of Tupelo, Miss.; sister, Beatrice Clark of Astor , Fla.; three grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.