Obituaries
Alice Jeanette Jones
Dec 20, 2023
Alice Jeanette Bonnette Jones, 67 years old, of Odessa, Texas, passed away December 20, 2023, in Odessa.
Visitation will be held Tuesday, December 26, 2023, from 9 AM to 12 PM at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. Funeral service will be at 2:00 PM, Tuesday, December 26, 2023, at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home with Reverend Dr. Jimmy Braswell officiating.
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Iva Jo Baer
Dec 20, 2023
Our mother Iva Jo Baer went to be with the lord on December 20,2023 after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. We are sure that our father, Max, was waiting for her with his arms wide open, what a reunion.
Funeral services will be held at 1:00pm, Saturday, December 23rd, 2023, at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. Reverend Dr....
Michael Lee McCain
Dec 16, 2023
Michael Lee McCain “Zax” of Midland, passed away on Saturday, December 16, 2023, at Midland Memorial Hospital.
A Memorial Service will be at 4:00 PM, on December 21, 2023, at Tanglewood Baptist Church, 3737 Tanglewood Lane Odessa, TX, with Lyndel Lee officiating.
Zax was born on September 4, 1969, in Paris Texas to Gene and Katherine McCain....
Ronald Gene Osborn
Dec 15, 2023
Ronald Osborn, 74, of Odessa, Texas passed away on December 15, 2023in Odessa, Texas.
Ron was born October 8, 1949, in Salina, KS, to Loren and Mona Osborn, Ron was raised in Abilene, KS, where he graduated from Abilene High School in 1967. He attended Hayes Community College. Ron was a Vietnam Veteran where he served in the...
Barbara J. Sherbon
Dec 10, 2023
Barbara J. Sherbon, 98, of Odessa, TX was reunited with her husband and granddaughter on December 10, 2023. Barbara was born on January 25, 1925, in Niigata, Japan as Sayoko Takizawa to Tuyo Yamagishe (mother) and father Otokichi Takizawa. She was the middle child of five girls. As a young woman she left her home in Niigata and opened...
Jimmy Orvel Wilson
Dec 9, 2023
Jimmy Orvel Wilson went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Saturday, December 9, 2023, in Round Rock, TX after a brief illness. Jimmy was born in Odessa, TX on February 7, 1946, the middle of three children to Johnny Wilson and Bertha Kading. No matter where Jimmy lived throughout his life, he always considered Odessa...
Molly Cole
Dec 9, 2023
Molly Mae Littlejohn Hubbard Cole
Molly Cole was born July 7, 1940, to Arthur and Opal Littlejohn in McCamey, Texas. She passed from this life to her eternal rest on Saturday, December 9, 2023, at her home in Odessa, Texas at the age of 83.
Molly grew up and graduated from the public school system in...
Cyndi Elaine Chandler
Dec 8, 2023
Cyndi Elaine Chandler, 59 years old of Odessa, Texas passed away December 8, 2023, at Midland Memorial Hospital surrounded by her children.
Cyndi was born on September 9, 1964, to Dick Johnson and Mary Lou Allen in Phoenix, Arizona. In 1972, the family moved to Odessa, Tx where she started planting her roots and creating a new path...
Jason "Slim" Lee Lewis
Dec 8, 2023
Jason Lee Lewis, 49, of Odessa, TX, was called home on December 8, 2023, in his home with those close to him.
Jason started his journey February 15, 1974, in Odessa, TX to Mark Lewis and Lynn Goolsby, where he was also raised. Many knew him as “Slim” but only one got the privilege of calling him “Baby...
Gordon Vernon Wills
Dec 6, 2023
Gordon Vernon Wills, aged 81, of San Angelo, Texas, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, December 6, 2023, at Shannon Hospital, surrounded by the love of his family. Gordon was born on December 4, 1942, in Galahad, Alberta, Canada, the beloved son of Albert Searle Wills and Fern Royer Wills.
Throughout most of his career, Gordon dedicated himself to the...
Javier Aguirre
Dec 5, 2023
In loving memory of our cherished son, Javier Aguirre Jr (Harvey), who brought immeasurable joy into our lives. His time with us will be forever etched in our hearts, and we will recall the laughter, tears, and countless precious moments. He touched the lives of those around him with his kind heart.
Harvey faced life with a bright...
Leonora Morgan Jones
Dec 2, 2023
Leonora Morgan Jones was born in Allen, OK, on May 9, 1933, and died at home on December 2, 2023.
She married and moved from Odessa to Hibbing, MN. In 1964 she divorced and moved back to Odessa, TX.
Leonora is preceded in death by her father, Henry Morgan Tipton; mother, Allie Elizabeth Tipton; sister, Polly Cowin.
She is survived...
Dollie Ione Edmonds
Dec 1, 2023
Dollie Ione Edmonds (Herndon), age 90, was called home after a brief illness on December 1, 2023, in Odessa, TX.
A visitation will be held December 5, 2023, from 1pm-2pm at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. Funeral service will immediately follow at 2:30pm in the chapel.
Dollie was born in Anson, TX on July 3, 1933, to L.H....
Raymond Marshall Van Zandt
Dec 1, 2023
Raymond VanZandt of Odessa passed away peacefully at home on December 1, 2023. He was born on May 22, 1940, in Colorado City to George VanZandt and Alice Hartsfield.
Raymond worked in construction for 60 years and started VanZandt Paving in 1979. There was no place he could go that he didn’t know someone. He had a passion for raising...
Betty Denning
Nov 29, 2023
Betty Jo Parrish Denning, 93, slipped quietly into the presence of her Lord on Wednesday, November 29, 2023, in her home in Odessa. She had been in declining health for several years.
The daughter of M. G. and Sallie Parrish, Betty was born in the Allen’s Chapel community in Fannin County, Texas, on February 15, 1930. She graduated from...
Eun Soon Choi
Nov 26, 2023
Eun Soon Choi, entered eternal life to be with her Lord and Savior on the 26th of November 2023 at her home in Odessa, Texas surrounded by her family.
Mrs. Choi was born on the 11th of February 1935, in Korea. After surviving the Japanese Occupation in the 1930s and the North Korean communist regime in the 1950s, she met...
Stephen Grant Logan, Sr.
Nov 25, 2023
Stephen “Steve” Grant Logan Sr., 74, of Odessa, TX was reunited with his daughter and welcomed into Heaven on November 25, 2023 surrounded by his beloved family. Steve was born on October 1, 1949 to U.G. and Rosetta (Norman) Logan in Wynnewood, OK. As a young boy his family lived in various states including Louisiana, Arkansas, and Alaska, before settling...
Joe Danny Ebert
Nov 22, 2023
Joe Danny Ebert, a member of the Osage tribe, was born June 15, 1948, in Powell, Wyoming and passed away November 22, 2023, in Big Springs, Texas.
Joe was the much loved fourth son of Conley and Evaline Ebert. Joe was raised in Odessa, Texas and had close ties to the community.
In his teens, Joe attended San...
Jerry Flynn Darby
Nov 21, 2023
Jerry Darby, 83, of Odessa, TX, passed away on November 21, 2023, in Odessa.
The funeral will be at 3:00 PM Monday, November 27, 2023, at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home, with Pastor Clydell Chapman of Northside Baptist officiating. Arrangements are by Sunset Memorial Funeral Home.
Jerry Darby was born in Knoxville, TN, to Cunningham Johnson Darby and Agnes Virginia...
Danny Ray Woods
Nov 20, 2023
Danny, 74, was born April 12, 1949, in Monahans, Texas, to Elmer and James Woods. He passed away peacefully in his home on November 20, 2023.
He grew up in Odessa schools and churches. graduating from Odessa Hight School in 1968. Upon graduation, he enlisted in the US Army. He passed high security clearance and was trained to...