Obituaries

Joe Chandler Erwin

Joe Chandler Erwin

Apr 15, 2024

Joe Chandler Erwin, 83 years old, of Odessa Texas, passed away from this life on Monday, April 15th, 2024, at his home, in Odessa, Tx.   He was born on June 30th, 1940, in Tishomingo, OK, to Joseph Richard and Dena Vasti Erwin.

Joe dedicated his love and life to his family. Family was everything to him. He enjoyed spending as...

Jackie Marker

Jackie Marker

Apr 14, 2024

Jackie Marker, born October 27, 1942, in Loraine, Texas to Ernest and Reba McMillan, was reunited with the love of her life on April 14, 2024, in Odessa, Texas. 



Jackie was raised most of her younger life in Iraan, Texas and moved to Odessa, TX in 1960’s and married her soul mate, Terry Marker shortly after. Together they had four children:...

Alyssa Monique Vega

Alyssa Monique Vega

Apr 11, 2024

Alyssa Monique (The Champ) Vega, 19, of Odessa gained her wings on April 11, 2024. She was born April 22, 2004, in Odessa, Texas to Aaron Vega and Audawnica Martinez.

Alyssa graduated from Permian High School in 2022. After graduation she attained a certificate as a Nurse’s Aide/Tech. She was employed at the Medical Center Hospital–she worked in 3 West and...

Adan Peña

Adan Peña

Apr 11, 2024

Adan Subia Pena, 82, of Odessa passed away on April 11th, 2024 in Odessa, Texas. 

The recitation of the Rosary will be at 6:00 PM, Thursday, April 18th, 2024, at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home.

Mass of Christian burial will be held at 1:00 PM, Friday, April 19th at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church.  Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens.   Arrangements are...

Robert Charles Peterson

Robert Charles Peterson

Apr 6, 2024

 

Robert Charles Peterson of Odessa was born on July 1, 1984, and his journey on earth ended April 6, 2024. 

Robert was born and raised in Odessa, TX to Missy Foote Peterson and Billy Peterson.

Robert was a proud Master Mason. He loved music and was known for his beats. He loved Wu-Tang. He also loved to paint. He was known for...

Billy Ray Howell

Billy Ray Howell

Apr 5, 2024

Phyllis Jean Howell (also known as Mama and Nana) passed away on Thursday, April 4, 2024, at her home in Odessa, Texas. She was a loving wife, mom, and Nana who was devoted to her family. Billy Ray Howell Sr. (known as BR, Daddy, and Papa) passed away on Friday, April 5, 2024, at his home in Odessa, Texas. He was...

Wanda Edell Shugart

Wanda Edell Shugart

Apr 5, 2024

Wanda Edell Shugart (Grandma) 91, passed away peacefully on Friday April 5,2024 in Odessa, Texas.  Born November 2, 1932, in Miller’s View, Texas to Mary Jane Turner and Elmer Brown.  She had 1 brother R.V. Brown and a sister Nelda Brown-Clements.  Wanda grew up in the Eden and Brady area of Texas. She married Clyde J. Shugart August 15, 1950,...

Phyllis Jean Howell

Phyllis Jean Howell

Apr 4, 2024

Phyllis Jean Howell (also known as Mama and Nana) passed away on Thursday, April 4, 2024, at her home in Odessa, Texas. She was a loving wife, mom, and Nana who was devoted to her family. Billy Ray Howell Sr. (known as BR, Daddy, and Papa) passed away on Friday, April 5, 2024, at his home in Odessa, Texas. He was...

Neil L. Grape

Neil L. Grape

Apr 2, 2024

On May 10,1937 Neil L. Grape was born to Leon and Merlyn Bunday Grape in Brookings, South Dakota and went to be with Jesus on April 2, 2024, in Odessa, Texas.  Neil married Jo Ann Mobley on July 11, 1975, and they spent 48 wonderful years of marriage together.  

Neil took great interest in education at an early age and...

Joyce Parker

Joyce Parker

Apr 1, 2024

Joyce Whisnant Parker

December 27, 1937-April 1, 2024

 

Joyce Whisnant Parker entered into her heavenly reward on April 1, 2024, at Brayden Park Assisted Living and Memory Care in San Angelo, Texas. She passed peacefully in her sleep at the age of 86.

 

Joyce was born on December 27, 1937, to Robert Roosevelt Whisnant and Ollie Mae Rhamy Whisnant in Culp, Arkansas. She...

Gracie Ellen Willis

Gracie Ellen Willis

Apr 1, 2024

Gracie Ellen Willis was age 84 when her journey on this earth ended. She passed at her residence in Odessa, TX, on April 1, 2024. 

Gracie was born on October 28, 1939, to Fred Oren Wilson Sr. and Madie Belle Wilson in Athens, TX. She married Elmer Dee Willis on March 19, 1955, in Odessa, TX. She was a homemaker while...

Patricia Ann Kevil

Patricia Ann Kevil

Mar 28, 2024

Patricia Ann Kevil (Hannon), 89 of Odessa, Tx, passed unexpectedly on March 28, 2024 in Odessa.

Funeral services will be held at 10:00 am Monday April 1, 2024.  The service will be held at Sunset Memorial Gardens, Odessa with Matt Wilson of Antioch Church, officiating.  Interment will immediately follow at Sunset cemetery.

Pat was born near Wright City, Tx to William and...

Adan Lujan Carrasco

Adan Lujan Carrasco

Mar 28, 2024

Mr. Adan Luján Carrasco, of Odessa, Texas, passed away on March 28, 2024, at 12:23 am.

 

Adan Luján Carrasco, better known as " Apa", son of Gorgonio and Josefa Carrasco. He was born on March 7, 1941, in Mulato, Chihuahua Mexico, where he was also raised. He was one of 5 siblings. He leaves his beloved wife of 53 years Leandra...

Betty Deane Bickham

Betty Deane Bickham

Mar 23, 2024

Betty Deane Bickham died peacefully in her sleep on Saturday, March 23, 2024, at the age of 93.   Betty Deane Bickham, born on January 27, 1931, in Redfork, Oklahoma to Blanche Mezett Stanley and James Fredrick Hunter, relocated to Texas at a young age with her family. It was in Kilgore, Texas, where she crossed paths with her true love...

Barbara Joyce Davidson

Barbara Joyce Davidson

Mar 22, 2024

Barbara Joyce Lilly Davidson, 84, of Odessa, TX, passed away peacefully in her sleep on March 21, 2024, in Odessa.

Visitation will be from 5 PM to 8 PM, Wednesday, March 27, 2024, at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home.

Funeral services will be held 1:00 PM, on Thursday, March 28, 2024, at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home with Pastor Sid Driggers from Billy Hext...

Maxine Alice Page

Maxine Alice Page

Mar 21, 2024

Maxine “Macker” Woolf Page age 94 passed away peacefully March 21, 2024 at Medical Center Hospital in Odessa Texas.  

She was born to Edward Woolf and Annie Lazerine Woolf on October 23, 1929 in Del Rio Texas.

Those left behind to mourn her passing are her son Billie Dale Rose Jr and Wife Vickie L Rose of San Antonio Texas, great...

Flabio Franco

Flabio Franco

Mar 20, 2024

Deacon Flabio "Fly" Franco, a devout servant of God and beloved member of the

Odessa, TX community, peacefully passed away on March 20, 2024. He was

surrounded by the love of his family at the time of his passing.

Flabio was born on August 9, 1957, in Odessa, TX, to the late Pablo and Bertha

Franco. He was raised in a home filled with...

Michael Louis McLeaish

Michael Louis McLeaish

Mar 19, 2024

Michael was born June 5, 1945 in Nevada, Missouri to Louis McLeaish and Beulah Wolfe McLeaish. When his father left the service and Michael was still a baby, the family relocated to Goldsmith, Texas. His father was a pumper for Gulf and later Chevron until his retirement, and Beulah was well known in the oil patch as the owner of...

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