Obituaries

Earl Breeding

Earl Breeding

Aug 22, 2013

Earl Franklin Breeding, age 87, of Odessa, passed away Thursday, August 22, 2013 in Odessa, TX. He was born November 29, 1925 in Ibex, Texas to Charles Breeding and Annie Cutbirth Breeding. He married Sondra Hester in 1952 and had one daughter, Mindy Breeding Wright. In 1963, Earl married Marleen Miller and had one daughter, Misty Breeding. He married...

Dorothy Hamilton

Dorothy Hamilton

Aug 18, 2013

Dorothy Kerby Hamilton passed away at the age of 95 on August 18, 2013 in Cedar Park, Texas where she had lived for the last few years. Dot was born in Memphis, Tennessee on June 21, 1918 to James Christopher Kerby and Cloyse Tucker Kerby. She was the eldest and last surviving of four children. Dot graduated from Messick...

Carla Mcmahon

Carla Mcmahon

Aug 17, 2013

Our precious mother, sister and grandmother, Carla Jo McMahon, went to be with her Lord and Savior on August 17, 2013 in her home surrounded, by her family and best friend Santos Barriga. A memorial visitation will be held on Monday, August 19 from 68 pm at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. A graveside service will be held the following...

Chad Fuson

Chad Fuson

Aug 17, 2013

Chad Wayne Fuson, age 43, of Odessa, passed away Saturday, August 17, 2013 in Odessa. Chad was born November 28, 1969 in Sidney, Montana to Robert and Vicki Fuson. He attended school from Kindergarten through high school in Tioga, North Dakota, graduating in 1988. In high school he enjoyed football and wrestling. In 1989, he enlisted in the U.S....

Eldred Osborn

Eldred Osborn

Aug 17, 2013

Eldred Wayne Osborn, 89, of Odessa, passed away Saturday, August 17, 2013. Visitation is scheduled from 6PM to 8PM, Sunday at Sunset Funeral Home. Celebration of Life services will be held on Monday at 2PM in the Sunset Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Johnny Touchtone, Weeks Dubose and Jess Little officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery....

Jo Land

Jo Land

Aug 16, 2013

Jo Ann Land, 81, of Odessa, Texas, died August 16, 2013 in Big Springs, Texas. A Memorial service will be held 10:30 AM Wednesday, at Crescent Park Baptist Church in Odessa. Jo Ann was born Jo Ann Jenkins on November 20, 1931 in Ranger, Texas, to Eugene H Jenkins and Ann Edith Battles Jenkins. She moved with her parents...

Betty Holland

Betty Holland

Aug 14, 2013

Betty Louise Holland of Jal, New Mexico went to be with the Lord August 14, 2013 at home with her family in Odessa, Texas. Betty was born in Clovis, New Mexico to Parm B PB and Ida Elizabeth Toots Fry on July 29, 1940. She graduated from Jal High School in 1958. She married Al Holland on September 7,...

Lucille Little

Lucille Little

Aug 11, 2013

Lucille Little Momo, age 90 of Odessa, passed away Sunday, August 11, 2013 in Odessa. She was born May 31, 1923 in Omaha, Nebraska to Joseph and Anna Defrisco. She graduated from Sacramento High School and married Johnny Little on October 31, 1946 in Reno, Nevada. She was an aluminum welder during WWII at McCollum Field in Sacramento, California....

Wayne Beasley

Wayne Beasley

Aug 10, 2013

Wayne Edward Beasley, 80, of Odessa, died August 10, 2013 in Odessa, Texas. Wayne was born on March 1, 1933 to Juanita Huckaba and Benjamin Beasley in Martha, Oklahoma. He was a machine operator and also served in the Navy. Wayne was also a member of Shriners, Masons and Permian Boosters. There will be a visitation for Wayne on...

Paula Wright

Paula Wright

Aug 6, 2013

Long time Odessa resident Paula Thurston Wright went home to her heavenly Father on August 6, 2013. She was born on the family farm to Roy H. and Jewel Pinkard Thurston on March 13, 1922 in Fredrick, Oklahoma. After tornadoes occurred for two consecutive years, the family moved to Texas and Paula finished school in Overton. She met and...

James Smith

James Smith

Aug 4, 2013

James E. Smith, aged 88, passed away peacefully at his home in Cedar Park, TX on August 4th, 2013. He was blessed to have his family at his side keeping him comfortable during his last hours. James was born on November 28, 1924 in Cleburne, TX. He lived much of his young adult life in McCamey, TX, before moving...

Winnie Kennedy

Winnie Kennedy

Jul 27, 2013

Winnie Kennedy, 80, of Odessa, passed away on Saturday, July 27, 2013 in Odessa, Texas. She was a member of Tanglewood Baptist Church for many years. Winnie was born in Borger, Texas on April 7, 1933 to Rassie and Eunice Langston. Her first marriage was to Jimmie Ray Pontremoli and they had three sons Jimmie Ray Pontremoli Jr., Freddie...

Margarito Montes

Margarito Montes

Jul 26, 2013

Margarito Ochoa Montes, 62 years old of Ojinaga, Chih Mexico, passed away on July 26, 2013 in Odessa, Texas. Rosary will be at 7:00 P.M., Sunday, July 28, 2013 at Sunset Memorial 6801 E. Business 20, Odessa, Texas 79762. Funeral services are pending for next week in Mexico, at DeValle2 at the church of Jesus de Nazareno. Burial will...

Michael Winterrowd

Michael Winterrowd

Jul 26, 2013

Michael Francis Winterrowd, age 71, of Odessa, passed away Friday, July 26, 2013 in Odessa. He was born December 31, 1941 in Weatherford, Texas to Ralph W. Winterrowd and Willie Mae Crutchfield Winterrowd. Graveside services are scheduled for 10:00 AM Wednesday, August 14, 2013 at Sunset Memorial Gardens with Rev. Luis Lopez, VFW Chaplain, officiating.

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Larry Anderson

Larry Anderson

Jul 18, 2013

Larry Don Anderson, age 64, of Odessa, went to be with our Lord on Thursday, July 18, 2013 in Odessa, Texas. He was born January 29, 1949 in Mansfield, Louisiana to L. B. Anderson and Mary Alice Anderson. He graduated from Mansfield High School. He was employed by Engineered Pipeline System, Inc. from 19992011. Larry is preceded in death...

Earl Bailey

Earl Bailey

Jul 15, 2013

Earl I. Bailey, age 96, of Morton, Texas, passed away Monday, July 15, 2013 in Odessa. Earl was born March 25, 1917 in Fallon, Oklahoma to Henry Winston Bailey and Blanche Birdsong Bailey. He married Vera Merble Armenta Wood on Feb 7, 1939, in Levelland, Texas. He was preceded in death by his wife, Vera Bailey in 1982 and...

Jimmie Gilham

Jimmie Gilham

Jul 10, 2013

Jimmie Earlene Gilham, age 63, passed away quietly in her home on July 10 2013 in Odessa after a lengthy illness. Jimmie Earlene Gilham was born at General Hospital in Hobart, Oklahoma on May 8th, 1950 to James Morgan and Bessie Watson she was named after her father, James. She had two older sisters, Peggy and Patsy. Jimmie lived...

Orval Schenkel

Orval Schenkel

Jul 7, 2013

Orval William Schenkel, age 84, of Odessa, passed away Sunday, July 7, 2013 in Lubbock, Texas. He was born December 3, 1928 in Dallas, Texas to Herman Asbury Schenkel and Daisy Edith Kahl Schenkel. He married Weda Schenkel on March 1, 1989 in Lovington, New Mexico. He was a selfemployed Electrical Contractor for 40 years in Odessa. He was...

Roberta Johnson

Roberta Johnson

Jul 4, 2013

Roberta Johnson, age 61, of Odessa, passed away Thursday, July 4, 2013 in Conroe, Texas after winning her courageous battle with cancer to celebrate Independence Day in the majesty of Heaven.. Visitation with the family will be held from 57 PM Tuesday, July 9th, 2013 at Sunset Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 AM Wednesday, July...

Tanya Olivas

Tanya Olivas

Jun 29, 2013

On June 29, 2013, a true Proverbs woman, Tanya Laynette Olivas, at age 51, entered Heavens gates into the arms of the Lord. A celebration of life will be held Tuesday, July 2, 2013 from 68 PM at Sunset Funeral Home Chapel in Odessa, with Pastor Bobby Bell officiating. On Wednesday, July 3, 2013, the funeral service will be...