Obituaries
Jeff Sutton
Feb 5, 2011
Jeff Norvel Sutton, age 82, passed away Saturday, February 5, 2011 in Odessa. He was born December 12, 1928 in Prentiss, Mississippi to Marie Raepsaet and Guy Sutton. He was raised in Prentiss, Mississippi and attended Mississippi State College. He married Elizabeth Brewer on September 28, 1949 in Shreveport, Louisiana. He served in the U.S. Army from 19521954. He...
Gaston Rice
Feb 4, 2011
Gaston Wade Rice, age 79, passed away Friday, February 4, 2011 in Arlington, Texas. He was born August 7, 1931 in Groom, Texas to Thomas Watson Rice and Ruby Dodd Rice. He was the owner of an oilfield service company. He is survived by his son, Mike Rice of Chattanooga, Tennessee his daughter, Sandra Moore of Arlington, Texas grandchildren,...
Galen Honea
Feb 3, 2011
Galen Honea, age 85, passed away Thursday, February 3, 2011 in Odessa. She was born September 18, 1925 in St. Paul Minnesota to Mark E. Billings and Lucy Hicks Billings. She met Homer Honea in Tucson, Arizona on Cinco De Mayo in 1952 on a blind date, they were married one year later in 1953 on Cinco De Mayo...
Samantha Canady
Feb 2, 2011
Samantha Sam Canady was born December 17, 2002 in Odessa, Texas to the proud parents, Brian and Tammy Canady. She departed this life on Wednesday, February 2, 2011. She was eight years old. Samantha Sam Canady was raised in Odessa, Texas and went to school at Midland Classical Academy MCA. She was in second grade. She loved her school,...
Michael Tucker
Feb 2, 2011
Visitation with the family will be 68 PM Sunday, February 6, 2011 at Sunset Funeral Home. Memorial Services are scheduled for 11:00 AM Monday, February 7, 2011 at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home with Jimmy Braswell officiating. Mr. Tucker died Wednesday, February 2, 2011 at Zale Lipshy Hospital in Dallas. He was born October 30, 1945 in Dallas to Charles...
Shirley Barrett
Feb 2, 2011
Shirley June Barrett Shirley June Barrett, 73 was born on April 23, 1937 in Big Spring Texas. She departed this life on Wednesday, February 2, 2011. She was retired at her time of departure. She was raised in Big Spring, Texas. She was previously employed by the Ector County Independent School District and Nurses Unlimited. She was married to...
Connie Smith
Feb 1, 2011
Connie Smith, 82, of Odessa Texas passed away Monday, February 1, 2011 in Monahans, Texas. Services will be at 11:00AM Saturday, February 5, 2011 at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home Chapel in Odessa with Owen Sharp officiating. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Visitation will be at 10:00 AM prior to her service. Connie was the loving wife...
Bettie Clark
Feb 1, 2011
Elizabeth Josephine Bettie Clark was born in Waco, Texas. An only child of Florence and E.G. LaGow, she was named for both her maternal and paternal grandmothers. She had a significant and fond memory that on her first birthday, her maternal grandmother, Elizabeth, wrote a poem for her. Your first milestone is reached today your baby life filled with...

Naoma Bryant
Jan 31, 2011
Naoma Charlene Bryant age 56, passed away Monday, January 31, 2011 in Odessa. She was born January 5, 1955 in Ballinger, Texas to Thurman Noel Crossan and Billie Frankie Webb. She grew up in Hobbs and graduated High School in 1973. Afterwards, she moved to Odessa where she worked as a bookkeeper for Dr. Garza and later, worked in...
Nelda Loveless
Jan 29, 2011
Nelda June Loveless, age 74, passed away Saturday, January 29, 2011 in Odessa. She was born June 3, 1936 in Stephenville, Texas to Lee McInroe and Jewel Hickey McInroe. On December 18, 1961 she married Jesse Earl Loveless. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Lisa Smith her sister, Maxine Hendricks and her brother, Leroy McInroe. Survivors include...
Loretta Kelm
Jan 29, 2011
Loretta Brown Kelm, 72, was called home by her Heavenly Father Saturday, January 29, 2011 at Medical Center Hospital, following a short illness. She was born February 7, 1938 in Lubbock, TX to Herman and Agnes Brown. She married A. Dean Kelm on June 20, 1959 in Midland, TX. She was homemaker and was very involved in ministry with...
Tommie Williams
Jan 29, 2011
Today we mourn the passing of our beloved mother, grandmother, sister and friend Mrs. Tommie Stene Williams. On September 10, 1933, Tommie was born to Steve and Tommie Francis Nicholson in Vernon, Texas. In 1952, she and her husband Robert Eugene Williams Sr. moved their family to Odessa, Texas. Along side her dearly departed husband, they worked hard to...
Patsy Suggs
Jan 29, 2011
Patsy Suggs, 77 passed away Saturday, January 29, 2011 in Odessa, TX. She was born March 29, 1933 to Charlie Smart and Ivy Townsend Smart in Farwell, TX. She was a loving mother, grandmother, and greatgrandmother who loved to cook and spend time with her family and was an avid gardener. She was preceded in death by her father...
Douglas Myers
Jan 28, 2011
Douglas Harvey Myers, 89, of Odessa, Texas, passed away Friday, January 28, 2011, at home. He was born April 6, 1921, in Osage County, Oklahoma, to O.H. and Julia Myers. He graduated in 1940 from Burbank High School in Oklahoma. Later he moved to Odessa where he worked in the oil fields of the Permian Basin and Alaska. After...
Joan Nichols
Jan 27, 2011
JOAN ARNETT NICHOLS September 9, 1917 January 27, 2011 Joan Nichols, beloved Mother, adored Grandmother, and cherished GreatGrandmother, passed away at home in Denton, Texas at the age of 93 surrounded by loved ones on January 27. Joan was born in Big Spring, Texas, as the seventh of eleven children born to Jesse Arnett and Effie Arnett. She graduated...
Amador Perez
Jan 26, 2011
Amador A. Perez, 65 a longtime resident of Odessa passed away on Wednesday, January 26, 2011 at his residence in Odessa, TX. He was born April 30, 1945 to Geronimo and Cesaria Perez in Devine, TX. Amador married Rita Martinez on July 8, 1967 in Odessa, TX. He proudly served in the United States Army from 1967 to 1969...
Henry Schiller
Jan 23, 2011
Henry John Schiller, age 86, passed away Sunday, January 23, 2011 in Odessa. He was born February 2, 1924 in Rogas, Texas to Frank and Rosie Lee Schiller. He was a veteran of World War 11, serving in the South Pacific as a member of the 41st infantry division. He retired from the city of Odessa on December 31,...
Tonya Christesson
Jan 21, 2011
On January 29, 1980 an angel was sent to this earth. Tonya was the youngest of three children born to Roger Allen and Peggy Dianne Giba. She graduated high school in 1998 and attended Odessa College. In 2002 she became the program director for the womens program of Ruths Home Teen Challenge. In 2004 she resigned from her position...

Linda Butler
Jan 19, 2011
Linda Kay Butler, age 66, passed away Wednesday, January 19, 2011 in Odessa. She was born May 7, 1944 in Sperry, Oklahoma to Herbert Ray Cullison and Opal Sauders Cullison. On April 13, 1966, she married Cecil Butler in Odessa. She worked in the Law Enforcement Industry as a Juvenile Detention Officer. She was a member of Northside Baptist...
A.C. Large
Jan 19, 2011
A. C. Eddie Large, age 87, left his earthly home Wednesday, January 19, 2011 to live forever in his heavenly home with Jesus. Eddie was born September 16, 1923 in Leakey, Texas. He was one of twelve children born to Paul Bentley and Alice Shackleford Large. During World War II Eddie proudly served in the United States Army. After...