Obituaries

Robert Crane

Robert Crane

Mar 31, 2011

Robert David Crane was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico on February 27, 1956 and passed away March 31, 2011, in Austin, Texas at age of 55. He is survived by his parents Billy and Jeanne Crane, sister Karen McCain and spouse Leland, niece Marissa King and spouse Josh, niece Michelle Strahan and spouse Steven, all of Odessa, Texas and...

Hunter Manley

Hunter Manley

Mar 31, 2011

Hunter Manley, infant son of Michael and Tiffany Manley passed away Thursday, March 31, 2011 in Odessa, Texas. He was born March 31, 2011 in Odessa. Survivors include his parents, his grandparents, Emilio and Ronda Gonzales of Odessa, John and Patrice Chancellor of Euless, Texas, and Marion and Charlotte Manley of Tishomingo, Oklahoma great grandparents, George and Dixie Payne...

Pablo Acosta

Pablo Acosta

Mar 30, 2011

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. II Timothy 4:7 Pablo Paul C. Acosta, age 64, of Odessa, passed away peacefully and with dignity on Wednesday, March 30, 2011 in Odessa, Texas. His life was full of love of family and friends. Paul was born August 25, 1946 in Fort...

Thomas Martinez

Thomas Martinez

Mar 28, 2011

Thomas Tommy Arellano Martinez, age 80, of Odessa, passed away Monday, March 28, 2011 in Odessa, Texas. He was born September 22, 1930 in Mexico and was later adopted by Juan Silva and Santos Silva in Corpus Christi. He married Juana Jaquez December 1, 1987 in Odessa. Tommy worked his entire life in the construction business. He worked for...

Donnie Musick

Donnie Musick

Mar 26, 2011

Donnie E. Musick, 81 went to be with the Lord on March 26, 2011 at ORMC Hospital in Odessa, TX. She was born on July 29, 1929 in Coleman, TX to Clyde Tommy Robbins and Jack Hubbard. She has been a resident of Odessa since 1954 and was a member of Sherwood Baptist Church. Donnie retired after working many...

Thomas Wilson

Thomas Wilson

Mar 24, 2011

Thomas Joseph Tommy Wilson, passed away peacefully and with dignity on Thursday, March 24, 2011 in Odessa, Texas, at age 86. He lived a full life, filled with love of family and friends. Tommy was born on December 12, 1924 in Ball Ground, Georgia. He served in the U.S. Marines from November 1942 until 1945. He also served in...

Valeria Edwards

Valeria Edwards

Mar 24, 2011

Valeria P. Edwards, age 97, of Tucson, Arizona, passed away Thursday, March 24, 2011. Valeria was born December 30, 1913 in Merkel, Texas to Alexendra F. Park and Attie Baker Park. She is now united with her spouse, Alvis C. Edwards, Sr. at Sunset Memorial Gardens. She has one surviving son, Alvis C. Edwards, Jr. of Tucson, Arizona and...

Joy Sternadel

Joy Sternadel

Mar 24, 2011

Joy Sternadel, age 82, of Odessa, went to be with the Lord on March 24, 2011 at Deerings Nursing Home due to a serious illness. She was born July 31, 1928 in Peoria, Arizona to Bernice Holmes and Buck Norman. She married William Julius Sternadel in Rosengburg, Texas. She was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and great...

Refka Sarfaty

Refka Sarfaty

Mar 23, 2011

Refka Betty Sarfaty, age 89, of Austin, Texas passed away at 5:30 AM Wednesday, March 23, 2011 in Odessa, Texas. She had been residing at a private facility. She was born July 7, 1921 in Brusa, Turkey to Chaim Molho and Aliza Leah Galanti. Survivors include her sisters, Zelda Smucha in Jerusalem, Israel, Sarah Gucbilmez in Istanbul, Turkey and...

Terry Hudson

Terry Hudson

Mar 18, 2011

Terry Lee Hudson, 67 of Odessa died Friday, March 18, 2011 at Medical Center Hospital. He was born December 31, 1943 in Rotan, Texas to Alvin Chester and Dora Agnes Jenkins Hudson. The family moved to Odessa in 1952 and he was a 1963 graduate of Permian High School. He earned his associates degree as an electrical engineer from...

Emmitt Flowers

Emmitt Flowers

Mar 17, 2011

Emmitt O. Flowers went home to be with his Heavenly Father on Thursday, March 17, 2011. He was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico on March 28, 1930. After graduating from Albuquerque High School, he entered the Navy and served during the Korean conflict on ship and on Guam as a radio technician and a medic. He worked for Commercial...

Billie Myrick

Billie Myrick

Mar 12, 2011

Billie Earl Bill Myrick, aka Paw Paw, was 84 years young when he was called home by our Lord, Jesus Christ, on Saturday March 12, 2011, after a long illness. Born as one of ten children on August 6, 1926 in Mendenhall, Mississippi to James Martin Myrick and wife Allie Artemissy Parker Myrick, he married his loving wife of...

Marion Felter

Marion Felter

Mar 11, 2011

Marion Ausmus Felter, 87, passed away peacefully and quietly on March 11, 2011 at 1:04 am at Hospice House Foundation in Odessa, TX. She was born in Chicago, IL on October 19, 1923 to John Arvid Engstrom and Judith Alice Vingren. She was a loving, virtuous, and faithful matron of her large family. An accomplished pianist and musician, she...

Ruby Miller

Ruby Miller

Mar 9, 2011

Ruby Inez Miller passed peacefully from this life into her heavenly rest on Wednesday, March 9, 2011. Ruby Inez Miller passed peacefully from this life into her heavenly rest on Wednesday, March 9, 2011 at Parks Methodist Retirement. She was born May 26, 1919 in Gene Autry, Oklahoma to George Alley and Maud Arnold Adams. Inez was the second...

Leatrice Sigmon

Leatrice Sigmon

Mar 8, 2011

Leatrice Joy Jody Sigmon, a resident of Odessa, formerly of Pea Ridge, Arkansas, passed away on Tuesday, March 8, 2011. Jody was born November 3, 1929 to Stella Helen Nolan Fletcher and Tony Edward Fletcher in Benton County, Arkansas. She married James Jim Lewis Sigmon on December 20, 1947 in Mont Ne, Arkansas. Jody will be remembered as a...

Iris Farley

Iris Farley

Mar 6, 2011

Iris Gayle Howell Farley passed from this life on March 6, 2011 at 2:45 pm at Hospice House in Odessa, Texas. She was the youngest daughter of Ben and Daphene Polk Howell. She was born May 7, 1950 in Hobbs, New Mexico. Iris was a dialysis Tech and worked in Medical Records for Dr. Gallaway and Dr. Oliver for...

Gray Burges

Gray Burges

Mar 3, 2011

Gray Sparks Burges, age 77 passed away Thursday, March 3, 2011 at Medical Center Hospital in Odessa. Gray was born September 24, 1933 in Perico, Texas to Tabitha Sparks and Wiles Burges. He was raised in Spearman, Texas with three sisters, Elizabeth Vincent, Anita Janzen and Vivian Witt and brothers, Claude and J.W. Burges, all of whom preceded him...

Fred Mcminn

Fred Mcminn

Mar 2, 2011

Fred T. McMinn, 94, passed away Wednesday, March 2, 2011, at the Home Hospice House. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Odessa. Fred was born July 28, 1916 to John Oliver McMinn and Susan Trawick McMinn, in Lovelady, Oklahoma. He served in the Army Air Corps during World War II, first as an electrical...

Mary Wright

Mary Wright

Mar 2, 2011

Mary Jo Green Wright, age 80, of Odessa, passed away on Wednesday, March 2, 2011 at Parks Methodist Retirement Village. Mary was born on August 20, 1930 in Ackerly, Texas to Forrest Fay Green and Lillie Irene Westerman Green. Mary moved from Ackerly to Eden when she was nine years old and graduated as valedictorian from Eden High School...

Alvaro Garcia

Alvaro Garcia

Mar 1, 2011

Alvaro Carrasco Garcia, age 67, passed away Tuesday, March 1, 2011 in Odessa, Texas. He was born in Vado de Piedra, Chihuahua, Mexico on November 18, 1943. He loved nature and rocks, arrow heads and coin collecting. He also loved to go fishing with his son, deer hunting and hiking. He attended Odessa College and the University of Texas...