Obituaries

Virginia Cruise

Virginia Cruise

Dec 28, 2017

Virginia Cruise, age 90, a longtime resident of Odessa, TX, passed away on December 28, 2017 in Odessa. Visitation will be from 6:00-8:00 pm, Tuesday, January 2, 2018 at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. Funeral Services will be at 4:00 pm, Wednesday, January 3, 2018 at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Jackie Brem officiating. Virginia was born June...

Edwin Calvert

Edwin Calvert

Dec 28, 2017

Edwin "Big Ed" Calvert, of Mineral Wells, TX, passed away on December 28, 2017 in Odessa, TX. Visitation will be from 6:00-8:00 pm, Tuesday, January 2, 2018 at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. Funeral Services will be at 1:00 pm, Wednesday, January 3, 2018 at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Chaplain Pinky officiating. Burial will follow at a later...

Callie Wilkinson

Callie Wilkinson

Dec 28, 2017

Callie Pearl Wilkinson passed away December 28, 2017 surrounded by her family. She was born in a doctor's office in Woodville, TX on March 31, 1948 to Theodore Clement and Ina Mary (Ivie) Busselle. She was an only child. Her home was Warren, TX, where she had childhood friendships which are still strong today. After graduation from Warren High...

Polly Felkins

Polly Felkins

Dec 28, 2017

Polly Fern Clark Felkins, 83 of Odessa passed from this life on 12/28/2017. She was born December 12, 1934 in Morton, Texas to Paul Hayden and Maye O. Clark. Polly met her husband Louis Felkins in Morton, Texas where she lived. He was employed on an oil rig for A. W. Thompson Drilling Co. The rig moved to Lovington,...

Alice Glenn

Alice Glenn

Dec 27, 2017

Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. Proverbs 31:10. Alice Rowan Glenn, 88, of Odessa, Texas answered the call of her Lord and Savior on December 27, 2017. Alice was born in Haskell County, Texas to Thomas Louis Rowan, and Evelyn Elizabeth Colvin on July 11, 1929. She graduated from Rule High School...

William Lovera

William Lovera

Dec 25, 2017

William "Bill" Lovera, 85, of Odessa passed away Monday, December 25, 2017 at Medical Center Hospital. Bill was born on August 31, 1932 in Strawn, Texas to his parents Lazzie and Dora Lovera. He played semi pro baseball in the Texas League prior to being drafted into the army where he served as a sergeant during the Korean conflict....

Gerald Perry

Gerald Perry

Dec 25, 2017

Gerald D. Perry, 86, of Odessa Texas passed away on Monday, December 25, 2017 surrounded by his loving family in DeLeon, Texas. Gerald was born in Wayland Texas on August 24, 1931 to John Royce and Laura Jeanette Perry. He graduated from Odessa High School in 1949 and joined the Navy in 1951 where he served on the U.S.S....

Curtis Lewallen

Curtis Lewallen

Dec 23, 2017

Curtis Lewallen, 91, a longtime resident of Odessa, stepped into Heaven's Glory on Saturday, December 23, 2017, surrounded by his beloved family. Visitation will be Wednesday, December 27, 2017 from 5:00 - 7:00 pm at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. A graveside service will be Thursday, December 28, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at Sunset Memorial Gardens and a Celebration of...

Carolyn Hamilton

Carolyn Hamilton

Dec 22, 2017

Carolyn Jean Wade Hamilton, age 73, entered into eternal peace with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on December 22, 2017 in Odessa after a lengthy illness. A celebration of life is scheduled for Jean on Saturday, January 20, 2018 at 2:00 p.m., a day following her birth date, at Disciples of Grace Church in Odessa located at 2323...

Robbie Campbell

Robbie Campbell

Dec 19, 2017

Robbie Campbell of Odessa, TX, received her wings on December 19, 2017 after 81 years on this earth. Funeral Services will be at 10:00 am, Saturday, December 23, 2017 at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Joshua Blevins of Zion Christian Church officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Robbie was born January 22, 1936 to Blake Skidmore...

Ben May, Sr.

Ben May, Sr.

Dec 16, 2017

Ben H May, Sr. age 90, of Midland, TX, passed away on December 17, 2017. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 PM, Wednesday, December 20, 2017, at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 PM, Thursday, December 21, 2017 at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Johnny Holley, Sr. officiating. Ben was born to...

Donald Godlevski

Donald Godlevski

Dec 14, 2017

Donald Edward Godlevski passed from this life on Thursday, December 14, 2017. He was born November 9, 1930 to William Albert Godlevski and Lillie Mae Casner Godlevski in Lewistown Penna. He graduated from Derry twp High School in Yeagertown in 1949. He was employed by Joe Katz Menswear, Rocco Family Supermarket and Lewistown Hospital Business Office. After 2 years...

John Lasseigne

John Lasseigne

Dec 12, 2017

John Joseph Lasseigne, age 77, of Odessa, TX, passed away on December 12, 2017 in Odessa, TX. Funeral services will be held Graveside at 4:00 PM on December 15, 2017 at Sunset Memorial Gardens & Funeral Home with the Rev. Larry Hood officiating. John was born to John Lasseigne and Josephine Merty on May 7, 1940. John married Ruth...

Phillip Vincent

Phillip Vincent

Dec 8, 2017

Claude Phillip Vincent, 74, passed away Friday, December 8, 2017 in Odessa. Memorial service will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 12, 2017 at Cumberland Presbyterian Church with Reverend Dr. Jimmy Braswell officiating. Phillip was born June 10, 1943 in Shamrock, TX and was the beloved husband of Brenda Vincent. Phillip was the son of Jack Phillip...

Margaret Womble

Margaret Womble

Dec 7, 2017

Margaret Loraine Womble, 85, passed away on Thursday, December 7, 2017 in Odessa, Texas. Her loving daughter and husband were with her as she took her final breaths and went peacefully in her sleep. She was born in Drumright, Oklahoma to Martin Hoyte and Lucille Roubison on October 21, 1932. She was the last of six siblings and as...

Larry Brunner

Larry Brunner

Dec 5, 2017

Larry "GG" Warren Brunner, age 59, of Midland, TX, passed away on December 5, 2017 in Odessa, TX. Visitation will be from 6:00-8:00 pm, Friday, December 8, 2017 at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. Funeral Services will be at 1:00 pm, Saturday, December 9, 2017 at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Jeff Cleere of Chapel Hill, officiating. Burial...

Rita Smith

Rita Smith

Dec 3, 2017

Rita Regina Smith, 55, of Odessa passed away December 3, 2017 at William P. Clements University Hospital (Dallas). She was born January 5, 1962 in Odessa, Texas to her parents Hoover and Beulah Faye Jackson. Rita excelled academically graduating one year earlier from Ector High School. She was employed for nearly 20 years with the Texas Department of Family...

Jimmy Golden

Jimmy Golden

Dec 3, 2017

Jim Golden, age 80, of Odessa, TX, passed away on December 3, 2017 in Odessa, TX. Visitation will be from 6:00-8:00 pm, Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. Funeral Services will be at 1:00 pm, Thursday, December 7, 2017 at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Lynn Money of Sherwood Church of Christ officiating. Burial will...

Gayle Berlin

Gayle Berlin

Dec 2, 2017

Gayle Berlin passed from our world Saturday morning, December 2, 2017, after a very short but hard fight with lung cancer. Gayle was born, Anita Gayle Mangold on October 11, 1946 in Corsicana, Navarro Co., Texas, the only child of Otho Curtis and Lillie Anita Owens Mangold. She met and married Reed Berlin, the love of her life, best...

Dometra Hester

Dometra Hester

Nov 29, 2017

Dometra "Dee" Jean Hester, age 84, of Odessa, TX, passed away on November 29, 2017 in Midland, TX. Visitation will be from 5:00-7:00 pm, Sunday, December 3, 2017 at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. Funeral Services will be at 10:00 am, Monday, December 4, 2017 at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Mike Bartlett officiating. Dee was born August...