Obituaries
George Scott
Jan 9, 2010
George Buford Scott, 66, passed away January 9, 2010 in Odessa. He was born in Odessa, TX, July 22, 1943 to G. B. and Faye Scott. He attended Permian High School and graduated in San Diego, CA. He turned cowboy from age thirteen and rode bulls and broncos. He then joined the Army August 10, 1960. While in the...
Ethel Hancock
Jan 9, 2010
She was loyal, committed and faithful to her Lord and Savior, to her husband, family and friends. The void she leaves in the hearts of many will be felt for years. Ethel Lillian Hancock went into the arms of her Lord Saturday morning January 9, 2010 in her home following years of tender loving care resulting from a stroke...
Richard Elizondo, Sr.
Jan 8, 2010
Richard R. Elizondo, 71, of Odessa, Texas went to join our Father in Heaven on January 8th, 2010. Richard was born in McAllen, Texas to Raul and Jesusa Elizondo. He was raised in Houston and eventually settled in Odessa TX. All his life he was a welder here in Ector County, yet when he retired he went to work...
Donna Carrasco
Jan 8, 2010
Donna Kay Carrasco, 51 of Odessa passed away Friday, January 8, 2010. She was born July 23, 1958 in Baltimore, Maryland to Walter M. and Kathrine Stuart. She married the love of her life Phillip H. Carrasco on October 21, 1978. Donna graduated from Odessa High School in 1976 and went on to graduate from UTPB with a Bachelors...
Charles Babb
Jan 7, 2010
Charles Esteze Babb was born June 11, 1930 to Charles and Eva Babb. He grew up in Columbus, Kansas, and later moved to Holbert, Oklahoma. He married the love of his life, Emma Shorter, on July 2, 1949. Mr. Babb was a hard worker. He worked for Kaiser Steel Corporation from 1951 to 1977 in Eagle Mountain, California where...
Gary Ford
Jan 7, 2010
Gary Lee Ford, 51 of Odessa died January 7, 2010, he was our son, loving husband, caring father and papaw and a dear loving friend. He was born November 19, 1958 in Monahans to Jr. and Patsy Ford. He attended Sudderth Elementary and Huddleston Jr. High School and was a 1977 graduate of Monahans High School. Mr. Ford earned...
Joe Miller
Jan 5, 2010
In Loving Memory Joe Winford Miller February 24, 1934January 5, 2010 Joe Winford Miller, 75 died peacefully in San Angelo, Texas on January 5, 2010, following a courageous 21 year battle from a stroke with paralysis. Visitation with the family is scheduled from 68 PM Thursday, January 7, 2010 at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. Services will be held at...
Marie Stittsworth
Jan 2, 2010
M. Adele Stittsworth, 71, of Napa, California, passed away on January 2, 2010 in Kileen, Texas. Adele was born on August 22, 1938 in Ely, Nevada, to William R. Neilson and Rosilie Jones Neilson. Adele spent the first five years of her life in McGill, Nevada, and spent her childhood between California, Utah and Idaho. Her closest friendships were...

David Payne
Jan 1, 2010
David W. Payne, 41, passed away Friday, January 1, 2010 in Odessa. He was born July 24, 1968 in Anson, Texas to William Curtis Payne and Patricia Mayfield Payne. He attended school in Odessa, and worked in the oil field, road construction and was a truck driver. He is survived by his mother, Patricia Rehmert of Odessa, his father,...
Robert Libenson
Dec 28, 2009
Rob Libenson, 46, of Midland, TX passed away on Dec. 28, 2009 in Midland. Rob was born on Sept. 9, 1963 in West Los Angeles to Leon and Beatrice Rose Libenson.brbrRob was born and raised in West Los Angeles. He attended Santa Monica Junior College and ITT School of Computer Electronics. Rob was self employed in Los Angeles and...
Jimmie Burge
Dec 26, 2009
Jimmie West Burge, 76, of Odessa, passed away peacefully at Home Hospice House Saturday, December 26, 2009. He was born October 11, 1933, to Lucy Emma and William Thomas Burge in Mankins, Texas.brbrHe married Barbara Ann Burke on March 6, 1954, in Wichita Falls, Texas. Together they shared almost 56 years of marriage. Born to them were two beautiful...
William Jones, Ii
Dec 25, 2009
Walt Jones, beloved son and brother, died peacefully in his sleep while on holiday with his family in the snowy mountains of Ruidoso, New Mexico on December 25th. brbrWalt is survived by his parents, Walter and Carlene Jones, and his sister, Jana Jones. He is also survived by these aunts and uncles: Johnny Woods, Syble Moore, Gene Jean Woods,...
Doris Loughland
Dec 24, 2009
Former Odessa resident, Doris V Loughland, age 88, passed away Thursday, December 24, 2009 in Aurora, Ohio.brbrShe was born June 24, 1921 in Fullerton, California to William and Celia Gregory Crane. She married Thomas Albert Loughland on May 22, 1946 in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was a home maker and beloved mother, grandmother and great8208;grandmother.brbrShe was preceded in death...
Lyndall Polston
Dec 17, 2009
Lyndall Lee Polston, 82, passed away Thursday, December 17, 2009 in Odessa. He was born April 2, 1927 in Lockwood, Missouri to Henry Arthur Polston and Flossie Lee Lasater Polston. He was reared in Mt. Carmel, Illinois. He entered the US Army during WWII in Germany. After his discharge he returned to Illinois and worked in the oil industry...
Mary Sanderson
Dec 14, 2009
Mary Jeanette Roberts Sanderson was born September 19, 1921 in Orr, Oklahoma to Paul Kimberlin Kim Roberts and Bessie Mae Rodgers Roberts. She went to heaven on December 14, 2009, where she was greeted by her parents, her brother Jerry Roberts, her husband of 59 years, Luther Leland Sanderson, the grandson she raised, Phillip Wayne Inman, and by her...
Kenneth Hodges
Dec 13, 2009
Kenneth Leroy Hodges passed away on Sunday, December 13, 2009 in his home. He was born in Denver, Colorado on November 13, 1937 to mother Willmina Pearl Irwin and father Ralph Leroy Hodges. Ken went to Odessa High School and received a degree from Odessa College. He then served in the military from 1956-1959. Following his military career Kenneth...
Christopher Roedel
Dec 13, 2009
Christopher Kayden Roedel was born in Odessa August 9, 2004 to Violet K. Bolen and Don Michael Roedel. Christopher went to be with the Lord, Sunday, December 13, 2009. He was five years old. Christopher has lived in the MidlandOdessa area all his life. He attended Noel Magnet Elementary school where he was in Kindergarten. Christopher was full of...
Shirley Turner
Dec 12, 2009
Shirley Kay Turner, 59, went to be with the Lord Saturday, December 12, 2009 in Odessa. She was born April 7, 1950 in Roscoe, Texas to James Freeman Gortney and Otis Irene Beville Gortney. She was raised and educated in Odessa, Texas. She married Gene Turner April 24, 1978 in Odessa. She was preceded in death by her parents;...
Mickey Fletcher
Dec 11, 2009
Mickey C. Fletcher of Odessa, Texas was born October 23, 1933 in Graham, Texas to Annie Guinn and Claude Miller. She passed away December 11, 2009. Mickey moved to Odessa with her family as a teenager and graduated from Odessa High School in 1951. Following graduation, she was employed by Phillips Petroleum. She married Walter Lee Fletcher on March...
Joann Hocker
Dec 11, 2009
Joann Carrasco Hocker, 50, formally of Odessa now of Denton passed away Friday, December 11, 2009 in Midland. She was born December 16, 1958 in Odessa, Texas to Carlos C. Carrasco and Mary Bueno Carrasco. She was a 1977 graduate of Ector High School, and attended Odessa College prior to joining Texas Employment, which later became Texas Workforce Commission....