Obituaries
Judy Ann Carman
Dec 6, 2025
Judy Ann Carman, 87, of Odessa, Texas, passed away on December 6th, 2025 in Odessa, Texas.
Visitation will be Wednesday, December 10, 2025 from 5-8pm at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home.
Funeral services will be held at 2pm, Thursday, December 11, 2025 at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home with Dr. Byron McWilliams of First Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens....
Elva Carrasco Mendoza
Dec 3, 2025
Elva Carrasco Mendoza, 88, of Odessa, passed away surrounded by family, on Tuesday, Dec 3rd in Odessa, Texas.
Elva was born in Ojinaga, México to Manuel and Luz Carrasco on April 24, 1937. She was one of four siblings and second oldest. She raised four children, had 10 grandchildren, and 8 great-grandchildren. They were all the lights of her life and...
June Blair
Dec 7, 2025
June Blair, age 82, of Odessa, Texas, passed away on December 7, 2025 at Buena Vida Nursing Home.
Graveside services will be held Friday, December 12, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. at Sunset Memorial Gardens & Funeral Home with Pastor Harry Irwin of Sherwood Baptist Church officiating. Burial and arrangements are by same.
June, along with her life-long best friend and twin sister...
Margie Ruth Bransom
Dec 5, 2025
Margie Ruth (Mitchell) Bransom, 94, of Odessa, Texas passed away peacefully on December 5, 2025, at her residence, after a brief illness. She was born on November 30, 1931, to the late James Wesley Mitchell and Maggie Thelma Lou (Barnhill) Mitchell, in Eskota, Texas.
Preceding her in death was her beloved husband of 35 years, Edwin Allen Bransom, one son, Edwin...
Valerie Ann Jackson
Dec 5, 2025
Valerie Ann Reed Jackson, 72, of Odessa, left this world on December 5, 2025, after a long health battle recovering from kidney cancer. She passed away peacefully in her sleep at home.
Valerie was born on March 15, 1953 in San Angelo, Texas as the youngest daughter to Zackie Thomas Reed, Jr. and Dorothy Marie Trantham Reed. She grew up full...
Terry Lee Mobley
Dec 1, 2025
In Loving Memory of Terry Lee Mobley
October 18, 1952 – December 1, 2025
With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of our beloved husband, father, stepfather, grandfather, brother, and friend, Terry Lee Mobley, of Odessa, TX, who left this world peacefully on December 1, 2025.
Born on October 18, 1952, to James “Jack” and Dovie “Jill” Mobley, Terry grew into a man...
Clara Belle (King) Miller
Nov 30, 2025
Clara Belle (King) Miller went to her heavenly home on November 30, 2025. She is survived by her daughter Sherry Miller Lippe and husband Johnny; her son, Ronney Miller and wife Nora; her granddaughters who were the light of her life; Leigh Ann (Lippe) Barba and her husband Bryan; Teri (Lippe) Zatopek and husband Bill; two great-grandchildren, Tristen Anderson and...
Pete Dwain Wantiez
Nov 27, 2025
Pete Dwain Wantiez, at the age of 70 yrs of age from Odessa, Texas passed away on November 27, 2025, in Midland, Texas. He was surrounded by family and loved ones.
Visitation will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens in Odessa, Texas from 6pm to 8pm on Thursday December 4, 2025. Services will be held at Sunset Memorial Gardens in Odessa, Tx...
Thomas "Tom" Ray Zeigler
Nov 27, 2025
Thomas R. Zeigler, 84, of Midland, passed away peacefully on November 27, 2025 in Sweetwater, TX.
Visitation will be 5:30-7:30pm, Wednesday, December 3, 2025 at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home in Odessa, TX.
A Graveside Service will be held at 10:00am, Thursday, December 4, 2025 with the Reverend Dillon Ferguson of First Presbyterian Midland, officiating. Tom will be laid to rest at Sunset...
Buster Carl McClinton
Nov 26, 2025
Buster Carl McClinton, 83 years of age, passed away on November 26,2025 in Odessa Texas.
Visitation will be December 2 ,2025 Tuesday at Sunset Memorial from 6-8 pm .
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, December 3,2025, 2:00 pm at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home in Odessa Texas. Reverend Dr. Jimmy Braswell will be officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
Buster graduated...
Donald Ray Riggs
Nov 24, 2025
Donald Ray Riggs was born July 21, 1940 and passed from this life on November 24, 2025, at the age of 85. Don was born in Roscoe, Texas, but very quickly was taken to Odessa by his parents C.M. and Mabel Riggs. Don completed high school at the Oklahoma Military Academy for Boys. Upon completion he soon joined the United...
Ralph Sandell, Jr.
Nov 21, 2025
Ralph Sandell Jr., 81, of Odesa passed away on Friday, November 21, 2025.
Visitation will be at 9:00 am, Tuesday, November 25, 2025, at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home.
Graveside funeral services will be held at 10:00 am, Tuesday, November 25, 2025, at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
Ralph was born in Chicago, Illinois to Ralph and Mary Sandell on January 21, 1944. He moved to...
William VanPelt
Nov 21, 2025
William Paul "Chop" Van Pelt, 93, passed away peacefully in his sleep on November 21, 2025, in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Born in Big Spring, Texas, in 1932, Chop graduated from Big Spring High School before attending Austin College, where he was a football standout. After earning his degree in 1954, he married his college sweetheart and the love of his...
Blake Morgan Walker
Nov 20, 2025
Blake Morgan Walker, of Midland, Texas passed away on 11/19/2025 in Seymour, Texas
Funeral services will be held at 10 am on Saturday December 6th 2025 at Sunset Memorial Gardens and Funeral Home with Ryan Rampton, of GCR church of Christ, officiating. A reception will follow at GCR.
Blake was born in Odessa, Texas to Troy Walker and Leslie Burleson on 1/18/1999....
Sam Wren Powers
Nov 20, 2025
Sam Wren Powers, age 84, passed away peacefully on Thursday, November 20, 2025, in Abilene, Texas, with family at his side.
Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 26, 2025, at Sunset Memorial Gardens in Odessa, Texas, with Jimmy Braswell officiating. A private family viewing will begin at noon, followed by the graveside service at 1:00 p.m....
Joan Ethel Morris
Nov 19, 2025
Joan Ethel Morris passed away on November 19, 2025, in Odessa, TX.
She was born in Waukegan, IL on April 29, 1934, to William and Ethel Hovanec. She married James Thomas Morris on December 30, 1956.
Joan worked in Odessa TX for Texas Department of Human Services as a case manager for 31 years till she retired in 1999.
She is preceded in...
Barbara Ann Pollard
Nov 19, 2025
Barbara Ann Pollard, 91, passed away during peaceful sleep in her Odessa, Texas, home on November 19, 2025, while surrounded by her five children and other family members.
Viewing will be at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm, Sunday, November 23, followed by the Rosary.
A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 1:00 pm, Monday, November 24, at...
Ishmael Holguin Gonzales
Nov 18, 2025
Ishmael H. Gonzales, aged 89, of Odessa, Texas, passed away Tuesday afternoon, November 18, 2025, of natural causes at home. Ishmael was born October 1, 1936, to Adolfo and Maria Gonzales in Marfa, Texas. Ishmael was preceded by death, parents Adolfo and Maria Gonzales; all 12 of older siblings including, his sisters, Natalia Gonzales Quiroz, Lorina Gonzales Tercero; his firstborn...
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