Obituaries

Juan Martinez, Sr.

Juan Martinez, Sr.

Oct 20, 2013

Juan Rudy Martinez, Sr., age 59, of Pecos, Texas passed away on October 20, 2013 in Odessa, Texas. He was born in Pecos, Texas to Alica Rudy and Simon Martinez on November 23, 1953. He married Teresa Duran on November 11, 1978. He was the business owner of J. and T. Customs for twenty plus years. He was a...

Debbie Willson

Debbie Willson

Oct 19, 2013

Debbie R. Willson, 63, of Midland, passed away on October 19, 2013 in Lubbock. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, October 22 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home in Odessa. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM on Wednesday, October 23, at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens...

Earl Shaw

Earl Shaw

Oct 19, 2013

Earl Hamlett Shaw, 56, of Odessa, passed away on Saturday, October 19, 2013, at Medical Center Hospital following a brief illness. Earl was born in El Paso, Texas on October 10, 1957. He was the beloved son of Dr. Bill and Mary Lu Shaw. He grew up in Odessa where he graduated from Permian High School in 1977. He...

Jean House

Jean House

Oct 16, 2013

Jean F. House, age 81 left this life for her heavenly home on October 16, 2013, at Hospice House in Odessa, Texas. She was born November 1, 1931 in Cleveland Mississippi to Thomas Frans and Estelle Kilgore Frans. Her father was killed in an auto accident three months before she was born. Jean married Ray House on October 15,...

Coretta Jones

Coretta Jones

Oct 14, 2013

Tiny Jones went to be with her Savior after a 5 year battle with Alzheimers on Monday, October 14, 2013. At the time of death she was residing at Legacy Ranch under the care of some of the most precious and caring people on Earth. Tiny was born Coretta V. Pullen on December 27, 1919, to Lewis and Ella...

Donald Sheffield

Donald Sheffield

Oct 13, 2013

Donald Wayne Sheffield, age 71, of Odessa, passed away on Sunday, October 13, 2013 in Odessa. He was born January 13, 1942 in Wichita Falls, Texas to Don Franklin McKinzie and Emogene Boyd McKinzie. On December 29, 1960, he married Wynona Tucker in Lovington, New Mexico. He attended college at NMSU in Las Cruces and received an Engineering Degree....

Thomas Camacho Sr

Thomas Camacho Sr

Oct 12, 2013

Tommy Coach Camacho, Sr., passed away on Saturday, October 12, 2013, in Odessa surrounded by his loving family, after a year long battle with cancer. He was 70 years old. Tommy was born on September 8, 1943 in Ranger, Texas, to Salvador Camacho and Angela Jimenez Camacho. He graduated from Andrews High School, where he excelled in football and...

David Butcher

David Butcher

Oct 10, 2013

David Earl Butcher, age 74, of Odessa, passed away Thursday, October 10, 2013 at home in Odessa. He was born August 26, 1939 in Eldorado, Arkansas to late William Henry Butcher and late Fannie Rawlins Butcher. He married Veletta Ann Fussell on June 1, 1964 in Pampa, Texas. David grew up in Pampa, Texas and graduated from Pampa High...

Corina Rubio

Corina Rubio

Oct 5, 2013

Corina Molinar Rubio, 74, of Odessa passed away Saturday, October 5, 2013 in her home surrounded by loved ones. She was born June 18, 1939 in Presidio, Texas. She married Enrique Rubio on September 16, 1956 and they were happily married for 57 years. For many years she worked in the dry cleaning business and eventually owned A1 Cleaners...

Odessa Penn

Odessa Penn

Oct 4, 2013

In the early morning hours of October 4, 2013, Odessa Pearl Penn, 81, went home to be with her precious Lord Savior, Jesus Christ. She was born August 18, 1932 in Texas County, OK to Marvin Bales Kile Hazel F. Wilson Kile. She was married to Bobby Gene Penn on November 26, 1951. She was a longtime resident of...

Helen Coggins

Helen Coggins

Oct 4, 2013

Helen Louise Coggins passed away peacefully on Friday, Oct. 4, 2013. Helen was born in Swifton, Arkansas on June 3, 1922, to Otto Fred and Ruby Norman Snow. Helen graduated from Swifton High School and attended Harding College in Searcy, Arkansas where she met the love of her life, Clifford Lowell Coggins, Sr. They were married Feb. 6, 1943...

Ollie Carnes

Ollie Carnes

Oct 1, 2013

Ollie Wayne Carnes, loving husband and daddy, age 86 of Odessa, went to be with his Lord and Savior on October 1, 2013 in Odessa. He was born December 17, 1926 in Haskell, Texas to Weaver James Carnes and Anna Louise Schriver Carnes. He joined the Navy at age 17 and when he got out met the love of...

Selma Winkler

Selma Winkler

Sep 29, 2013

Selma Winkler passed away Sunday September 29, 2013 in Fort Stockton, Texas. She was born in Dallas, TX on December 1, 1927. She attended Highland Park High School and received her B.A. degree from Southern Methodist University. She worked in Dallas as an Administrative Assistant for Sanger Harris. In 1948 she met the love of her life, Edward Winkler...

Edith Allen

Edith Allen

Sep 29, 2013

Edith Cagle Buckalew Allen, age 96 of Odessa, passed away Sunday, September 29, 2013 in Odessa. She was born March 18, 1917 near Proffitt, Texas to Thomas Jefferson Hudson and Lillian Coon Hudson. She was preceded in death by her brothers J. C. Hudson and Gene Hudson her sister, Verna Lois Hudson her son, Charles Buckalew and her daughter,...

Luz Dove

Luz Dove

Sep 28, 2013

Our loving Mom, Luz Dove, 86, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, September 28th, 2013 at her home in Odessa, Texas. Luz was born on March 11th 1927 in El Paso, Texas. She married the love of her life, Winfred W. Dove in 1950 in Las Cruses, New Mexico. They were happily married for 26...

Nelta Whitley

Nelta Whitley

Sep 28, 2013

Nelta Aline Whitley, of Midland, passed away Saturday, September 28, 2013 at the age of 84. Nelta was born February 14, 1929 in Frost, Texas to Roy Knott and Dollie Way Knott. She met Ralph Terry Whitley while they were both working for Phillips Petroleum Company in Oil Center, New Mexico. They married October 8, 1948. They lived in...

Glenys Ferguson

Glenys Ferguson

Sep 27, 2013

Glenys Lilian Aldum Ferguson, age 92, of Odessa, passed away Friday September 27, 2013 in Odessa. Glenys was born in Neath, Wales on February 8, 1921. She was raised in Carmarthen, Wales. She served in the Auxiliary Territorial Service ATS from 19421945 as a search light operator during the London Blitz. She later met and married Sgt. Roy Freddie...

Gene Johnson

Gene Johnson

Sep 27, 2013

Gene Wayne Johnson, 65, of Odessa, lost his battle to cancer and went to be with the Lord and his wife on Friday, September 27, 2013, at the Hospice House. He was born on November 24, 1947 in Port Arthur, Texas. His family moved to Odessa, TX in 1952 in pursuit of work. He graduated from Odessa High School...

James Aldridge, Jr.

James Aldridge, Jr.

Sep 23, 2013

James S. Aldridge, age 88, Of Las Vegas, passed away on Monday, September 23, 2013 in Las Vegas. James was a former Odessa resident of 35 years, before moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 2000. Jim was born on August 28, 1925 in Best, TX. He was formerly employed by Carbery Fabrication and Clyde Construction, among others. Jim was...

Robert Keith

Robert Keith

Sep 22, 2013

Robert Edgar Keith Bob of Odessa, passed away on Sunday, September 22nd in Odessa. Viewing will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens Funeral Home at 6801 East Business 20 in Odessa. Memorial services will be held at one P.M., Friday, September 27th at First Christian Church Odessa with Pastor David Newton of Cross Roads Fellowship Church and interim Pastor Norman...