Obituaries
Bruce Owens
Nov 20, 2013
Bruce Monroe Owens, 88, of Odessa, peacefully passed away at Medical Center Hospital on Wednesday, November 20, 2013. He was born in Denton, Texas on December 19, 1924 to Ada Lee Stiles and Bruce M. Owens. He graduated from Hollis High School in 1943. He enlisted in the US Army in June 1943 and was assigned to the Air...
Joe Horn
Nov 18, 2013
Joe Carlton Horn, age 82, passed into Heaven on November 18, 2013 in Odessa, TX. Joe was born on May 20, 1931 to the late Joseph and Lula Horn in Natchitoches, LA. Joe was third of four children and is preceded in death by siblings Elvin Horn and Virgie Roberts. He is survived by sister, Edna Nash, of Shreveport,...
Mary Green
Nov 18, 2013
Mary L. Green, 82, of Odessa died Monday, November 18, 2013 in Odessa. She was born January 1, 1931 in Duncan, OK. She married George Green on June 13, 1978 in Alamogordo, NM and they moved to Odessa in 1982. She was formerly employed by Lario Oil and Gas, retiring in 1996. She is survived by her husband, George...
Shirley Emerick
Nov 17, 2013
Shirley Dean Emerick, 70 years old, of Odessa, passed away on November 17, 2013. Visitation will be Thursday, 6pm to 8pm at Sunset Funeral Home. Celebration of Life services will be 2:00PM, Friday, at Sunset Set Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Clydel Chapman officiating. Burial will follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Shirley Dean Emerick was born October 10,...
Walter Poitevint
Nov 16, 2013
Walter Allen Poitevint, 54, of Midland died Saturday, November 16, 2013 in Kermit. Walt was born in Pecos to Warren and Eleanor Poitevint on September 16, 1959 and moved to Odessa in 1960. He was a 1979 graduate of Permian High School. He moved to Midland in 2005 and was a hot shot driver for Schlumberger. He was preceded...
Velma Foote
Nov 16, 2013
Velma Allene Foote passed into the Arms of Our Lord and Savoir, with her family around her on November 16, 2013. She was 91 years old. Visitation will be Thursday, 5 pm to 7 pm at Sunset Funeral Home. Celebration of Life services will be Friday, 11AM at Sunset Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Clay Porter and Curtis Brewer...
Miriam Mccain
Nov 13, 2013
Miriam McCain, 94, of Odessa, TX, passed away November 13, 2013 in Odessa TX. Miriam C. McCain was born September 19, 1919, in Houma La. to the late Guy and Ammie Duthu Chauvin. She was one of nine children. Her brothers and sisters were Gordon, Roland, Myrte ,Earnestine Butsy, Velma, Charlotte, Bernice and Guy She attended school in Houma,...
Edith Beckham
Nov 10, 2013
Edith Ester Beckham departed this life on Sunday, November 10, 2013 in Odessa, Texas. She was born on January 28, 1918 to the late James Luther Browning and Julia Ann Hurt Browning in Pike County, Roseboro, Arkansas. She married William Lewis Beckham on February 10, 1934 in Morton, Texas. They moved from Morton to Odessa in 1945. He preceded...

David Wheeler
Nov 7, 2013
David Eugene Wheeler, age 88, of Odessa, passed away Thursday, November 7, 2013 in Odessa. He was born December 16, 1924 in Brazos, Texas to William Anderson Wheeler and Elva Myrtle Johnston Wheeler. He married Doris Coleman on August 14, 1947 in Odessa. He was the former owner of DW Plumbing and retired in 1995. He was a member...

Arline Brown
Nov 7, 2013
Arline Brown, age 80, passed away Thursday, November 7, 2013, in Odessa. She was born November 24, 1932 in Roswell, New Mexico to James W. Taylor and Elizabeth Taylor. She moved to Odessa in the early 50s, and was a service representative for the Odessa American. She moved to Dublin in 2000. She was a Baptist. Arline was preceded...
Frank Mijares
Nov 6, 2013
Frank Mijares, 53, passed away Wednesday, November 6, 2013, at Hospice Home in Odessa. He was born June 21, 1960, in Odessa to Lupe and Dolores Medrano Mijares. He attended school at St. Marys Catholic, Bowie JH, and Odessa High. He received his BS in Business Management and his MBA degree from University of Texas at the Permian Basin...
Linda Burnett
Nov 3, 2013
Linda Jo Burnett, beloved wife, mother and Mommo passed from this life into the Lords hands Sunday afternoon, November 3rd at Hospice House in Odessa Texas. Linda was born in Brownwood Texas to Jot Smyth and Willene Wigley Tucker on July 20th 1943. At a young age Linda moved to Odessa with her family, where she grew up and...
Ronald Hardwick
Oct 29, 2013
Ronald Samuel Hardwick, age 82, of Andrews, went to be with his heavenly father on Tuesday, October 29, 2013 in Andrews, Texas. He was born on May 18, 1931 in Toronto, Canada. He was the second son of Harold Bennett and May Victoria Hardwick. He served in the Korean War where he received his US citizenship. Ron married Dora...
Romia Burleson
Oct 27, 2013
Romia I. Granny Burleson, 78, a longtime resident of Odessa, passed away Sunday, October 27, 2013 at her residence surrounded by family and friends. She was born February 8, 1935 in Amber, Oklahoma. She married J.C. Burleson on November 20, 1952 in Lovington, New Mexico. She was a woman of crafts. She enjoyed quilting, embroidery, and mastery of Southern...
Nancy Powell
Oct 27, 2013
Nancy C. Powell, 78, of Odessa, passed away on Sunday, October 27, 2013 in Odessa, TX. Funeral services are scheduled for 2pm, Thursday, October 31, 2013 at Sunset Funeral Home with Rev. Jimmy Braswell officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Nancy was born in Odessa on December 3, 1934 to Miles and Nancy Upchurch. She married Thomas...
James Weaver
Oct 23, 2013
James Edwin Weaver, 70, of Odessa, Texas, was called to join our Lord on October 23rd in Odessa, Texas. Visitation will be from 6:00pm8:00pm at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home, Friday, October 25th. Funeral Services and burial will be Saturday, October 26th, 4:00pm at Sunset Memorial Gardens with Reverend Charles Johnson officiating. James was born in Seagraves, Texas to J.D....
Bennie Kiker
Oct 22, 2013
Bennie Wayne Kiker met the Lord face to face on October 22, 2013 after a battle this summer with stomach cancer. Bennie was born to Benjamin Franklin Kiker and Sarah Lou Ella Strong Kiker on November 28, 1924 on Morgan Hill in North Roby, Fisher County. Bennie was the youngest of eight children followed by two younger half brothers....
Lewis Newsom
Oct 21, 2013
Truett Newsom passed away October 21, 2013 due to unexpected heart complications. He was born August 8, 1953 in Odessa to Lewis Zula Newsom. A lifelong Odessan, he was a proud graduate of the Odessa High Bronchos Class of 1971. He had a gift of carpentry, and over the past 40 years, he constructed and renovated hundreds of homes...

Domingo Salas
Oct 21, 2013
Domingo Christopher Salas, age 70, of Odessa, passed away Monday, October 21, 2013 in Odessa. He was born October 25, 1942 in Lansing, Michigan to Jose Salas and Santos Galindo Salas. He worked for Ace Specialties of over 40 years and was Vice President of the company. He loved his job. He was a member of the Nights of...
Luther Sizemore
Oct 20, 2013
Luther Harrell Sizemore, age 88, of Odessa, passed away Sunday, October 20, 2013, at the home of his daughter and soninlaw in Odessa. Harrell was born in Purcell, Oklahoma to Claud and Dora Sizemore on March 19, 1925 and was raised in White Oak, Texas. Shortly after graduating high school, he joined the United States Air Force where he...