Obituaries

Frances Mitchell

Frances Mitchell

Feb 17, 2010

Frances Louise Mitchell passed away Wednesday, February 17, 2010 at Odessa Medical Center, at the age of 80. Visitation with the family will be from 68 PM Friday, February 19, 2010 at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home in Odessa. Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 PM Saturday, February 20, 2010 at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home Chapel, with Clydell Chapman and...

James Taylor

James Taylor

Feb 14, 2010

James Wilson Taylor, age 90, of Bent, New Mexico formerly of Odessa,Texas died Sunday February 14, 2010 at his home in Bent. J.W. was born April 1, 1919 in Vernon, La. to James William and Mary Taylor. J.W. married Ruth Lucille White on February 1, 1938. Together they had four boys Wayne, Bobby, Perry and Jack. Ruth, Wayne, Bobby...

Mildred Cunningham

Mildred Cunningham

Feb 12, 2010

Mildred Millie Genevieve Cunningham, age 82, passed away Friday, February 12, 2010 at her home in Odessa. Millie was born October 11, 1927 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Robert L. Sutton and Viola Quick Sutton. She moved to Phoenix, Arizona in 1942 and attended Phoenix Union High School. She met her husband, Jack L. Cunningham at a Baptist Church...

Paul Sibert

Paul Sibert

Feb 9, 2010

Paul Thomas Sibert, age 70, passed away Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at his home in Odessa. He was born August 15, 1939 in Hollywood, California to Theodore Charles Sibert and Mae Agnes Swank. After 20 years of military service, Paul retired from the U.S. Air Force where he worked as a Jet Engine Technician. He was preceded in death...

Catherine Berryhill

Catherine Berryhill

Feb 5, 2010

Catherine Darlene Berryhill went from the loving care of her earthly family immediately into the loving arms of Jesus Christ on February 5, 2010 at Hospice House in Odessa. She was born at Camp Gordon, Augusta, Georgia to Lee Dow Martin, Jr. and Maudie Mae Hamilton Martin. She was preceded in death by her parents and her cousin Cindy...

Ellen Smith

Ellen Smith

Feb 4, 2010

Ellen Brooks Halsell Smith, 59, passed away Thursday, Feb.4, 2010 at home in Odessa. Ellen Brooks Halsell was born in Odessa, Texas, April 22, 1950 to Harry H. Halsell and Nelle Pirtle Halsell. She graduated from Permian High School and attended college in Denton, Texas. Ellen was a loving Mother, Grandmother, Wife, Sister, Aunt and Friend and touched many...

Roy Wingate

Roy Wingate

Feb 4, 2010

Roy Wingate, age 26, passed away Thursday, February 4, 2010 at Hospice House in Odessa. He was born August 2, 1983 in Odessa to Roy Allen Wingate and Cecelia Ione Leek Wingate. Roy was a very caring and compassionate husband, son, uncle and brother. Known as Bubba, he loved his nephew Taylor very much. He loved all things outdoors,...

Elvira Gonzalez

Elvira Gonzalez

Feb 3, 2010

Elvira Gonzalez, age 78, passed away Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at Hospice House in Odessa. She was born October 12, 1931 in Tierras Nuevas, Mexico to Jose Carrasco and Victoriana Lujan. She married Martin Fierro Gonzalez. Survivors include her husband, Martin Gonzalez of Odessa her daughters, Magali Reyes of Odessa, Yahara Lisa Guitierrez and husband Jeff Peacher of El...

Oscar Miller

Oscar Miller

Feb 1, 2010

Oscar Rex Miller, age 87, passed away Monday, February 1, 2010 in Crane, Texas. He was born April 17, 1922 in Commanche County, Texas to Eddie Thomas Miller and Lena Elizabeth Ross. He grew up in Commanche County and married Florence Verdell Frazier on December 26, 1945 in Commanche. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corp during World...

George Coenen, Jr.

George Coenen, Jr.

Jan 27, 2010

George Lucian Coenen, Jr. of Midland passed away Wednesday, January 27, 2010 after a year long battle with cancer. George was born September 5, 1940 in Harlingen, Texas to George Lucian Coenen and Norma Kimmerly Coenen. He attended Elementary schools in Laredo, Texas and graduated from Tyler High School and Tyler College in Tyler, Texas. He married Eva Reza...

Dorothy Glass

Dorothy Glass

Jan 26, 2010

Dorothy Stagner Glass passed away on Tuesday, January 26, 2010. She was born on October 13, 1919 in Luling, Texas to Quill and Nena Stagner. Dorothy married Weldon Glass on November 9, 1941 in Luling, Texas. Dorothy worked for Humble Oil and Refining Co. in administration for the South Texas and West Texas District. Weldon and Dorothy came to...

Mary Parker

Mary Parker

Jan 23, 2010

Mary Ann Parker, age 89, passed away Saturday, January 23, 2010 in Odessa. She was born September 10, 1920 in Moran, Texas to Arthur James Jackson and Lizzie Beth Settle Jackson. She was raised and educated in Moran, Texas, and was baptized in a creek near Moran, by Church of Christ Minister Brother Edwards. She was preceded in death...

Matthew Oehlschlager

Matthew Oehlschlager

Jan 22, 2010

Matt Oehlschlager, 54, of Odessa, passed away Friday, Jan. 22, 2010, at BCA Care Center from natural causes. Matt was raised in Odessa and continued his education in Houston, Texas. Matt was a pilot and jump master with DP Cooper Rating, and was a senior rigger he was also a professional sound technician and was using that talent at...

Dorothy Olive

Dorothy Olive

Jan 14, 2010

Dorothy Jean Smith Olive was born on June 23, 1929 in Kansas to James Lee and Maude Mae Smith. Dorothy came to Odessa with her husband, James R. Olive in 1956 from Longview, Texas. In their early years, she was busy being a homemaker and raising children. In the spring of 1968, she embarked on the journey of her...

Lyndal Preslar

Lyndal Preslar

Jan 14, 2010

Lyndal Lynn Buford Preslar Lynn entered this world January 14, 1920, to Mr. and Mrs. James H. Preslar in Sanco, Tom Green County, Texas. Exactly 90 years to the day, January 14, 2010 our Heavenly Father called him home. He is preceeded in death by both his parents and his sisters, Oneta and Laveta. He is survived by his...

Patricia Franklin

Patricia Franklin

Jan 14, 2010

Patricia Mae Hayes Franklin, 78, left for her heavenly home on January 14, 2010. She was born January 4, 1932 at San Angelo, Texas to John H. and Mae Elizabeth Hayes. She graduated from high school in 1950 from San Angelo and attended North Texas State University on a music scholarship. She played the Bassoon for Symphonies in San...

Juanita Clayton

Juanita Clayton

Jan 12, 2010

Juanita Louise Nita Clayton, age 89, passed away at Brownwood Regional Medical Hospital in Brownwood, Texas on Wednesday, January 12, 2011. Family visitation will be 68 PM Friday, January 14, 2011 at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. A Celebration of Life service will be held at 2:00 PM on Saturday, January 15, 2011 at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home Chapel, Odessa,...

Alice Wood

Alice Wood

Jan 12, 2010

Alice Virginia Wood, 84, passed on to be eternally with her Lord on January 12. She was born August 18, 1925 in Wewoka, OK to Matthew and Martha Campbell. Alice was the sixth of ten children. Alice loved her Lord and loved living. Her vibrancy for life was daily demonstrated through her caring, charismatic personality. She managed to see...

Wayne Howard

Wayne Howard

Jan 11, 2010

Wayne Norton Howard, 91, passed away Monday, January 11, 2010 in Odessa. He was born October 9, 1918 in Knox City, Texas to Oscar Carl Howard and Alice Maude Horton Howard. He served in the U.S. Army from 1942 until 1945. He was a prisoner of war for 28 months in Germany. He married Opal Doris Dobson on December...

Mabel Riggs

Mabel Riggs

Jan 9, 2010

Mabel Light Riggs, 89, passed away January 9, 2010 in Odessa, surrounded by her loving family. She was born November 23, 1920 near Inadale, Scurry County, Texas, to Jim Light and Stella Wade Light. She attended a country school in the Pryon community, also in Scurry County, and graduated Salutatorian of her class at the age of 16. She...