Obituaries

Robert Nelson

Robert Nelson

Jan 13, 2009

Robert Alton Nelson was born August 3, 1949 in Odessa, Texas to Mary and Alton A. Nelson. He attended all twelve years in Odessa-ECISD-schools, graduating in 1967 from Odessa High School. At O.H.S. he competed on the track team and won an athletic scholarship to Odessa College and later to Wayland Baptist College in Plainview, Texas. He then received...

Shirley Powers

Shirley Powers

Jan 13, 2009

Our beloved mother and grandmother, Shirley June Powers, went to be with Jesus on Tuesday, January 13, 2009. Born November 8,1935 in West, Texas. She was proceeded in death by sons, Billy Jack Washburn and Raymond Lee Washburn, mother Myrtle Mae Clark and father Robert Arnold Dunn, and brothers, B.F. Keats Dunn and Tony Dunn. BR BRGrandma has many...

Blake Amonett

Blake Amonett

Jan 9, 2009

Blake Amonett, 43, of Dallas formally of Odessa died at Methodist Hospital in Dallas on January 9, 2009. He was born July 6, 1965 in Seminole, Texas to Ron and Nancy Amonett. The family moved to Odessa in 1968, Blake attended Odessa schools and was a 1984 graduate of Permian High School. He joined Texas Electric in Odessa in...

Hazel Gotcher

Hazel Gotcher

Jan 8, 2009

H. Helen Gotcher Hazel Helen Gotcher, 68, died peacefully, after a lengthy illness, Thursday, January 8, 2009 at Hospice House in Odessa, TX. She was owner of Gotcher Cable Service, Inc. Mrs. Gotcher was born December 26, 1940 in Wilton, Arkansas and moved to Odessa from Houston in 1979. She was a member of Temple Baptist Church. A loving...

Esther Woodall

Esther Woodall

Jan 5, 2009

Esther Rose Holladay Woodall, 82, daughter of John D. and Tommy Pace born November 13, 1926 in San Angelo, TX went to be with the Lord January 5, 2009. Raised in San Angelo where she met and married Fritz Woodall. Lived in North Cowden and Gardendale, TX where she served as Postmaster for 31 years until retiring and moving...

Danny Reynolds

Danny Reynolds

Jan 4, 2009

Danny Max Reynolds, 55, of Austin, Texas passed away January 4, 2009 following a hospital stay in UTMB Brackenridge Hospital in Austin. He was born December 16, 1953, in Snyder, Texas to Clyde and Mary Reynolds. He graduated from Snyder High School, Class of 1972 and two years later received an Associates Degree from Western Texas College in Snyder....

Lajuan Miller

Lajuan Miller

Jan 4, 2009

LaJuan Miller, 88, died at Sherwood Place on Sunday, January 4, 2009. She was born June 26, 1920 in Spur, Texas. Graduated Spur High School 1938. Moved to the Odessa area in 1960, working various jobs before becoming a bookkeeper in 1980 for Southwest Energy where she worked until retiring. Survivors: Son, Eddie Miller and his wife, Lydia, two...

Lois Whitney

Lois Whitney

Jan 3, 2009

Lois Marie Whitney, 81, of Odessa, passed away at Medical Center Hospital on Saturday, January 3, 2009 after a short illness. Lois was born September 30 1927 in Seymour, TX to Vance and Myrtle McMurry. She was raised and attended school in Levelland, TX. She married Cecil Boggs and they moved to Odessa in 1956. In 1968, she married...

Lawrence Reynolds

Lawrence Reynolds

Jan 2, 2009

Loyd Reynolds II Larry 62, passed away Friday, January 2, 2009 in Odessa, Texas. He was born in Shawnee, Oklahoma on July 25, 1946 to Lawrence and Margaret Margie Reynolds. He was the oldest of their four children. He and his wife Sylvia owned and operated Big M Answering Service in Odessa. Mr. Reynolds was preceded in death by...

Mary Roach

Mary Roach

Dec 30, 2008

Mary Louise Turrentine Roach, 89 years of age, passed peacefully from this life on Dec. 30th at her home in Odessa, Texas. She was preceded in death by her husband Luther Eugene Roach. She is survived by her brothers, George Turrentine of Hereford, Texas, and Daniel Turrentine of Pacific Grove, California. She is also survived by her children, William...

Billy Martin

Billy Martin

Dec 29, 2008

Billy Carol Martin, 74, passed away Monday, December 29, 2008 in Odessa. He was born March 12, 1934 in Lamesa, Texas to Fred Lee Martin, Sr. and Bertie Cawley. He served in the U.S. Army and worked in Law Enforcement in Conroe, Texas. Mr. Martin was preceded in death by his brothers, Rowland Martin and Kenneth Ray Martin. He...

Bart Burdick

Bart Burdick

Dec 25, 2008

Bart Dewayne Burdick, 48, passed away on December 25, 2008 in Midland Memorial Hospital. He was born on October 16, 1960 in Denver City, Texas to James and Leo Burdick. He married Vija A. Massey on August 10, 2008 in Odessa, Texas. He is preceded in death by his parents, James and Leo Burdick; brother, Bobby Burdick; and daughter,...

Kenneth Forrester

Kenneth Forrester

Dec 25, 2008

Kenneth Don Forrester, 80, of Odessa, passed away Thursday, December 25, 2008, at Medical Center Hospital in Odessa. Graveside services will be held at 4:00 P.M. on Saturday, December 27, 2008, at Sunset Memorial Gardens in Odessa. Kenneth was born to William Forrester and Lena Landers on October 22, 1928, in Forestburg, Texas. He married Jean Maxine Burns on...

Ruth Hill

Ruth Hill

Dec 25, 2008

Ruth Hill, 71, of Odessa, passed away December 25, 2008 at Hospice House. Ruth was born September 30, 1937 in Dickens, TX to Jimmie Allen and Cleo Phery Lewis Chesney. Ruth married Ray V. Hill on August 12, 1995 at Oak Creek Lake in Blackwell, TX. Ruth is survived by her husband, Ray Hill of Odessa; son, Michael Harvey...

James Waldrop

James Waldrop

Dec 25, 2008

James Arthur Waldrop, Art to friends family was born November 23, 1915 in Abilene, Texas to Charlie and Roxy Waldrop. God called him home on December 25, 2008. He was a wonderful loving Husband, Father, Grandfather and loyal friend to many. Arthur met Luva Glenn Ince, a classmate and the love of his life and they married March 07,...

Clara Allred

Clara Allred

Dec 24, 2008

Clara O. Allred passed away December 24, 2008 in Coleman, Texas. She was born October 19, 1915 in Fulsom, Oklahoma to Henry Pack and Ella E. Watkins. Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 PM Monday, December 29, 2008 in Sunset Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Johnny Thompson officiating. Burial will follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Survivors include her son,...

Edith Sutton

Edith Sutton

Dec 23, 2008

Edith Mable Sutton, 92, of Odessa, passed away December 23, 2008 at her home. Edith was born November 20, 1916 in Buffalo, Texas to Richard and Leona Justice Parker. Edith married John L. Sutton on May 25, 1935. They came to Odessa in 1963 from Amarillo. Edith was a devoted Christian and a member of Friendship Baptist Church where...

Jessie Duke

Jessie Duke

Dec 19, 2008

JESSIE LEE DUKE, 88 On December 19, 2008 our beloved mother, grandmother great-grandmother, Jessie Lee Duke went home to be with her heavenly father. Jessie was born in Comanche County, Texas on September 25, 1920, to Rufus Claude Dennis Minnie Lee Kirk Dennis. She is the eldest of sisters, Claudie Mae Arends and Myrtle Lorene White. Jessie was raised...

Charles Smith

Charles Smith

Dec 18, 2008

Charles Whitney Smith, 84, of Odessa, passed away Thursday, December 18, 2008 at Parks Methodist Retirement Village following an illness of several months. BRBRWhitney was born November 15, 1924, in Joplin, Missouri, the youngest child of the late Charles C. and Ollie Rafferty Smith. BRBRWhitney graduated from Joplin High School in 1942 and the University of Missouri with a...

Edna Grayson

Edna Grayson

Dec 16, 2008

Edna Grayson, 85 years old, passed away on Tuesday, December 16, 2008 . Services are scheduled for 2:00 PM Saturday, December 20th at Crescent Park Baptist Church, 3002 East University Boulevard in Odessa, Texas with interment to follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 6-8 pm on Friday, December 19th at Sunset Memorial Gardens and Funeral Home...

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