Obituaries
Antonia Roberts
Oct 20, 2012
Our beloved sister Antonia Toni A. Roberts, 96, of Odessa, passed away Saturday, October 20, 2012. She was born April 18, 1916 in Escota, Texas to Diego G. Alvarado and Guadalupe Salazar Alvarado. She was the eleventh of fourteen children. Her parents came to this country in 1904, living in Raton, New Mexico. Due to severe weather they moved...
William Fales, Jr.
Oct 18, 2012
Yankee Bill Fales, Jr., 74, of Odessa, passed away on Thursday, October 18, 2012 in Odessa, Texas. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, October 22, 2012 at Sunset Funeral Home in the chapel, with Jimmy Braswell officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. There will be no formal visitation. Yank was born in Connecticut...
Katie Butler
Oct 17, 2012
Albert Q. Butler and Katie Lee Walther were married on January 21, 1945. Each married the love of their life and they had 67 years of happiness together. Al passed away on October 12, 2012 in Odessa, Texas. He was followed in death by Katie on October 17, 2012 in Odessa, Texas. Al was 88 years old and Katie...
Thomas Caldemeyer
Oct 15, 2012
Thomas Tom A. Caldemeyer, 57, of Odessa, went to be with the Lord on Monday, October 15, 2012. Tom was born on December 17, 1954 in Evansville, Indiana to Carl Edward and Norma Jean Caldemeyer. Tom retired from the Odessa Police Department on December 31, 2008, where he served since April, 18, 1983. While with OPD, he served as...
Helen Choate
Oct 13, 2012
Helen Marie Choate, 84, of Odessa, Texas went to be with her Lord and Saviour on October 13, 2012. The funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday at Sunset Memorial Gardens Funeral Home. Jimmy Braswell will be officiating. Interment will follow the service. Arrangements are being handled by Sunset Memorial Gardens Funeral Home. Visitation will be held...
Albert Butler, Jr.
Oct 12, 2012
Albert Q. Butler passed away October 12, 2012 in Odessa, Texas. He was 88 years old. He was born in Dallas on January 2, 1924 and married the love of his life, Katie Lee Walther of Dallas, on January 21, 1945. They moved to Odessa in 1962. During World War II, Al served as a fighter pilot in the...
Cecil Roberts
Oct 3, 2012
Cecil Roberts, age 67, of Odessa, passed away Wednesday, October 3, 2012 in Odessa. He was born April 10, 1945 in Summerfield, TX to the late Perry and Lila Belle McDonald Roberts. Cecil was raised and also graduated in Crosbyton. He attended Texas Tech for a short time and worked in Canadian and later worked for Hobbs Trailers in...
Norma Clark
Sep 28, 2012
Norma Gale Meeks Clark, of Odessa, passed away on September 28, 2012 in Odessa, Texas. Visitation will be Tuesday evening, October 2, from 6:008:00 p.m. Funeral services will be held 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, October 3, at West Odessa First Baptist church with the pastor and her son, Glenn L. Clark, officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Norma...
Johnny Rodriguez
Sep 24, 2012
Johnny D. Rodriguez, age 61, of Odessa, passed away Monday, September 24, 2012 in Odessa. He was born December 31, 1950 in Presidio, Texas to Anselmo Rodriguez and Mary D. Cortez Rodriguez. He was raised and educated in Odessa, Texas and graduated from Ector High School. He worked as a salesman for Gasket Service, Inc. for 42 years. He...
Loretta Steen
Sep 21, 2012
Loretta Steen, age 97 of Odessa, passed away Friday, September 21, 2012 in Odessa. She was born November 25, 1914 in Olustee, Oklahoma to the late William Tidwell and Addie Jones Tidwell. Survivors include her daughters, Aretta Musick and her husband Lonnie, and Elaine Vickers, all of Odessa, her sons, Bill Steen, Freddy Steen, and Larry Steen and his...
Cynthia Gray
Sep 21, 2012
Cynthia Cindy Angelene Gray, age 50, passed away Friday, September 21, 2012 in Odessa. She was born November 4, 1961 in Jal, New Mexico to Dana Beth Jenkins Gray. Cindy attended Jal Public Schools. Cindy was preceded in death by her grandmother Dorothy Jenkins and her aunt Kathy Mayberry. She is survived by her son Shane Glenn and his...
Belinda Matheny
Sep 20, 2012
Belinda Ann Matheny, age 48, of Odessa, passed away Thursday, September 20, 2012 in Odessa. She was born September 24, 1963 in Abilene, Texas to Jerry Don Galle and Donna Hicks Galle. She grew up in Odessa and graduated from Odessa High School. Belinda accomplished a long career with the 711 family. She was currently the store manager of...
Vernon Williams, Jr.
Sep 19, 2012
Vernon Williams, Jr. was called home to his heavenly Father Wednesday, September 19, 2012. He was born July 30, 1931 in Wink, Texas to Jewel Frankie McMillian and Vernon Williams, Sr. He graduated from Wink High School in 1949. He loved telling stories of his high school football days and his early days of working in the oilfields of...

Evan Taylor
Sep 19, 2012
Evan Michael Taylor, age 15 days, went to be with Jesus on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 at Odessa Regional Medical Center. Evan was born in the morning on Tuesday, September 4, 2012. Evans time on Earth with his family was short, but he was loved and cherished dearly by his mom and dad, Marialice and Mike. Evan Almighty, as...
Jackie Templeton
Sep 17, 2012
Jackie Lynn Jack Templeton, age 74 of Odessa, passed away Monday, September 17, 2012 in Odessa. He was born October 16, 1937 in San Angelo, Texas to the late Andrew Jack and Minnie Wilson Templeton. Jack was raised in San Angelo and later moved to Odessa to work as seismograph operator. He met and married his wife Pat and...
Stormy Bartley
Sep 14, 2012
Stormy Bartley, age 48, of Odessa, Texas, passed away on Friday, September 14, 2012 in Odessa, Texas. She was born on December 22, 1963 to Lonnie and Blanche Adams in Odessa, Texas. She attended Odessa High School and graduated in 1982. She was a professional homemaker, loving wife, and full time mom. Her time was devoted to her children...
William Mccorkle
Sep 14, 2012
Dale McCorkle, age 85 of Odessa, passed away Friday, September 14, 2012 at Hospice House in Odessa. Dale was born February 20, 1927 in Mineral Springs, Arkansas to Lillian and Lee McCorkle. He owned and operated McCorkle Forklift. He was a U.S. Army veteran of WWII. Survivors include his wife, Joann McCorkle of Odessa, Texas son, Gary McCorkle of...
Mildred Young
Sep 10, 2012
On Monday, September 10th, 2012, Mildred Young, of Odessa, was called home to be with her Lord and Savior. Mildred passed away at Medical Center Hospital she was 94 years of age. Mrs. Young was born August 15, 1918 in Bowie, Texas. She moved to Paducah, Texas at a young age and then to Odessa in 1966. She was...
William Brooks Iii
Sep 3, 2012
William Ellis Brooks III Billy, 65, passed away Monday, September 3, 2012 at the Hospice House in Odessa. Billy was born on March 7, 1947 in Odessa, Texas to Dorothy and Bill Brooks. He graduated from Odessa High School in 1965 and continued his education at SMU and Texas Tech. Billy loved his family, his son, Todd Brooks, and...
Chad Haggerton
Sep 1, 2012
Chad L. Haggerton, 49, of Midland, TX, passed away at 2:50 a.m. September 1st, 2012 after a brief illness. Born January 22, 1963 in Carlsbad, New Mexico, Chad was the son of Jerry Haggerton and Doris Jennings. Chad worked for Houston Engineers and Weatherford in the oil industry as shop foreman from 1984 to 1999. In 1999 he joined...