Obituaries

Clydene Barnhill

Clydene Barnhill

May 2, 2011

CLYDENE BARNHILL Clydene Barnhill, age 81, passed through the heavenly gates on Monday, May 2, 2011 at Home Hospice. She was the first born child of Clyde Roy Scott and Annie Ruth Norman Scott. She was born in Childress, Texas on March 25, 1930 but the family relocated to Odessa when she was a toddler. Their family expanded with...

William Richards

William Richards

May 1, 2011

William Bill Thomas Richards, age 86 died May 1, 2011 at the Tumbleweed Nursing Home in Brownfield, Texas. Bill was born July 25, 1924 to his parents Willie Salina Reid and Thomas Sidney Richards in Amarillo, Texas. Bill married his first wife Euvonne Jones on October 11, 1948 in Fort Worth, Texas and she preceded him in death April...

Bartley Fanning, Jr.

Bartley Fanning, Jr.

Apr 30, 2011

Bartley David Fanning, Jr. continued on his eternal journey Saturday, April 30, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. from Medical Center Hospital. He was surrounded by his three daughters, sonsinlaw, and wife, Helen. Junior, as he was known, June by his five siblings, was born in Alvarado, Texas on April 11, 1926 to Bartley David and Artelia Griggs Fanning. He was...

David Hall

David Hall

Apr 29, 2011

David Fred Hall, age 48, died at his home in Lynnwood, Wa of an apparent heart attack on April 29, 2011. David was born March 11, 1963 in Midland and lived most of his youth in Odessa and Midland. He attended Permian High and graduated from McCallum High in Austin. David was the son of Dennis R. Hall, Weatherford,...

Kim Orosco

Kim Orosco

Apr 25, 2011

Kim Benton Orosco September 18, 1962April 25, 2011 Our TRUE angel Kim was called home by our heavenly father surrounded by her family. Kim fought a valiant graceful battle with brain cancer. Thru her illness she showed her compassion for others and always worried about others, never herself. She touched many many lives with her loving heart. Visitation with...

Bette Winterrowd

Bette Winterrowd

Apr 23, 2011

Bette J. Winterrowd, 68 passed away Saturday, April 23, 2011 in Odessa, TX. She was born on May 01, 1942 in St. Louis MO to John Herbert and Janet Fossum. Bette was raised in Minneapolis, MN and graduated high school in Clinton, Iowa. She worked as a seamstress for awhile. She met husband in CA at a military club...

James Smith

James Smith

Apr 21, 2011

James Edmon Smith, beloved husband, father, DadO, brother, and uncle passed away peacefully after a lengthy illness, at Hospice House in Odessa on Thursday, April 21, 2011. James was born September 14, 1932 in Carthage, Mississippi to Edmon A. Smith and Lucille O. Smith. He attended and graduated from Carthage High School. James served his country in the Air...

Sherri Tindol

Sherri Tindol

Apr 16, 2011

Sherri Dawn Tindol, 40, of Odessa, passed away Saturday, April 16, 2011 in Andrews, Texas She was born August 19, 1970 in Amarillo, Texas to Ron Hays and Jackie Cross Hays. She grew up in Lubbock, Texas and was a graduate of Coronado High School. She spent many years working in the restaurant business, but her skills and knowledge...

Justine Mccollum

Justine Mccollum

Apr 15, 2011

Justine McCollum, age 85, passed away Friday, April 15, 2011 in Odessa. She was born February 11, 1926 in Las Cruces, New Mexico to Earl West and Maggie Stroud West. She married John O. McCollum on November 8, 1943 in Silver City, New Mexico. She retired in 1995 as District Secretary of WhataBurger. She was a member of Eisenhower...

Lorraine Johnson

Lorraine Johnson

Apr 13, 2011

Lorraine Powell Johnson, 92, died Wednesday, April 13, 2011 at Parks Assisted Living in Odessa. Memorial services are scheduled for 2:00 PM Saturday, April 16, 2011 at the First Presbyterian Church in Fort Stockton, Texas with Dr. Jim Miles officiating. Arrangements are under direction of Sunset Funeral Home in Odessa. Private graveside services will be held in Panhandle, Texas...

Orela Price

Orela Price

Apr 12, 2011

Orela M. Price peacefully passed away at the Hospice House in Odessa, Texas on Tuesday, April 12, 2011. She was born on February 13, 1931 in Brown County to Margie Bell and John Wilson Horton and was one of five children. Orela was married to her high school sweetheart, Charles Roy McDaniel in 1949. After his death in 1987,...

David Fields

David Fields

Apr 10, 2011

David Wayland Fields, 76, of Odessa, passed away Sunday, April 10, 2011 in Odessa, Texas. He was born April 1, 1935 in Gorman, Texas to Ottis Fields and Hazel Bean Fields. He was in the U.S. Air Force, regiment AF and the U.S. Navy USNR. Mr. Fields worked in maintenance at the Highway Department. Survivors include his children, Rebecca...

Helen Strawn

Helen Strawn

Apr 10, 2011

Helen Ward Strawn, age 87, of Odessa, passed away Sunday, April 10, 2011 at her home in Odessa, Texas. She was born August 17, 1923 in Horito, Arkansas to George Row Marrs and Ada Cooper Marrs. She graduated from Warren High School. She married J.B. Curly Ward who passed away in 1961. Later, she married William Bill Strawn, who...

Delbert Shellenberger

Delbert Shellenberger

Apr 10, 2011

Delbert Shellenberger, also known by the CB handle Clyde J fought a courageous two year battle with prostrate cancer. He never gave up and until the battle was over he always said Im tough as a boot Delbert was born in Safford, Arizona on January 1, 1937 to Soloman and Vera Shellenberger. He married the love of his life,...

Ann Egger

Ann Egger

Apr 9, 2011

Ann L. Egger, 71 passed away Saturday, April 9, 2011 in Odessa, TX. She was born October 4, 1939 in Lampasas, TX to Oscar Y. Lockridge and Azalea Spurlock. She moved to Odessa in 1965 and graduated from UTPB. She was a member of Phi Alpha Theta and taught at Travis Elementary School for fourteen years. She received numerous...

Betty Petree

Betty Petree

Apr 8, 2011

On April 8, 2011 Friday, Betty Jo Petree, 77 took the hand of her Lord and Savior and passed through the gates of heaven at Home Hospice, Odessa, TX. She was born November 4, 1933 in Vivian, LA to Gordon L. Williams and Inez Fulmer Williams. She and her family moved to Odessa and she graduated from Odessa High...

Mary Vickrey-Emery

Mary Vickrey-Emery

Apr 5, 2011

Mary Alice VickreyEmery passed away Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at her home in San Antonio. Mary was born May 2, 1940 in Clarksville, Texas to Hugh and Grace McLendon. In 1957, she married Clyde Vickrey and together they had four children. Mary was a Baptist, and a member of Temple Baptist Church. She attended Odessa College and received her...

Vinnie Stice

Vinnie Stice

Apr 4, 2011

Vinnie Pearline Stice, age 95, of Odessa, passed away Monday, April 4, 2011 in Odessa, Texas. She was born August 17, 1915 in Amoret, Missouri to William Gull and Opal Schmidt Gull. She married Russell R. Stice in May of 1938 in Oklahoma. She was a Business Administrator working in Bookkeeping. She was preceded in death by her husband....

Audie Meason

Audie Meason

Apr 2, 2011

Audie Reba Meason, 96, of Granbury, passed away Saturday, April 2, 2011 in Glen Rose, Texas. Audie was born on April 1, 1915 in Baily, Texas to Robert R. and Sarah Oates Henderson she was one of nine children. She married George Meason on August 13, 1937. They moved to Odessa in 1939 where they raised their four children...

Duke Keathley

Duke Keathley

Apr 1, 2011

Duke Reid Keathley, infant son of Gary Loyd Keathley and Leslie Ann Subia Keathley, of Odessa, passed away Friday, April 1, 2011 in Lubbock, Texas. He was born March 3, 2011 in Odessa. He is survived by his parents brother, Pierce Keathley sister, Kinslie Keathley grandparents, Johnny Subia, Randy and Lou Anne Barron, and Gary and Barbara Keathley, all...