Obituaries

Rena Vaughan
Sep 8, 2009
Rena Estell Vaughan of Odessa died September 8, 2009 in Amarillo after an extended illness. She was born November 27, 1923 to Albert and Lucy McCown and graduated from Dalhart High School. Rena married Homer Andrew Vaughan March 8, 1942. Homer passed away in 2007 after 65 years of Marriage. Rena was a homemaker and loved taking care of...
Leonard Burnett
Sep 7, 2009
Leonard Steve Burnett, of Odessa, passed away peacefully on Monday, September 7, 2009, at Seabury Nursing Home. Mr. Burnett had recently celebrated his 98th birthday. Mr. Burnett was born in Arkansas on August 11, 1911 to Jeff and Daisy Burnett. He was their last surviving child. Mr. Burnett worked for over fifty years for Cactus Drilling and Loffland Bro....
Sandra Polk
Sep 6, 2009
Sandra Challen Martin Polk was born in Falfurrias, Texas, to Al and Betty Martin on August 22, 1946. After a long and courageous battle with cancer, Sandra ascended to be with her Lord and Savior, as well as her loved ones who had preceded her, on Sunday September 6, 2009. Brought up in South Texas where her parents owned...

Camden Arnold
Sep 3, 2009
Our precious little son and brother, Camden Matthew Arnold, was born on September 3, 2009,at Odessa Regional Medical Center and passed into the hands of his loving God soon after his birth surrounded by his family and friends. Our little angel will be greatly missed by his loving parents, Brianna Lisenbe and Tay Arnold and by his twin brother,...
Michael Tarrant
Aug 26, 2009
Michael Tarrant, age 69, passed away Wednesday, August 26, 2009 in Odessa. He was born November 1, 1939 to Marshall I. Tarrant and Hannah Louise Rhodes. Michael graduated from Odessa High School in 1959. He was a big fan of football. He loved to watch Permian High and Odessa High football.as well as the Dallas Cowboys and University of...

Wanda Scarbrough
Aug 24, 2009
Wanda Scarbrough, 74 of Allen, Texas passed away Monday, August 24, 2009. She was born September 17, 1934 in Doole, Texas to Edna O. Johnson and L.C. McBride. She grew up in Lubbock, Texas before moving to Odessa. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Earnest Gilbert Scarbrough and her son-in-law, Larry Whitmore. Survivors include her...

Ninnon Kennedy
Aug 20, 2009
Ninnon Mae Kennedy, 86, passed away Thursday, August 20, 2009 in Big Spring, Texas. She was born July 19, 1923 in Brooksmith, Texas. She earned an LVN degree and worked as a doctors nurse until she married Alton E. Kennedy on April 4, 1967 in El Paso, Texas. She worked for the Texas Highway Department after they moved to...
Jerry Reffner
Aug 15, 2009
Jerry James Reffner, 69 passed away Saturday, August 15, 2009 in Odessa, TX. Cometh unto me all you who labor and have heavy laden and I will give you rest Matthew 11: 28. Jerry ended his battle with his illness peacefully on August 15, 2009. Born in McPherson, KS on May 13, 1940 to Maurice and Betty Reffner, Graduated...
Mary Aguilar-Saffell
Aug 15, 2009
Mary Helen Aguilar-Saffell, a loving house-wife and mother, died at home peacefully in her sleep, August 15th 2009, following a courageous battle with cancer. She was born August 30th 1947, in the town of Slaton, Texas, to the late Tiburcio and Manuala Ybarra, she attended Zavala Grade school and graduated from Ector High School in 1966. She was a...
Virginia Briscoe
Aug 14, 2009
Virginia Carrie Briscoe, 80 passed away Friday, August 14, in Odessa, TX. She was born on February 17, 1929 in Putman, TX to Thomas Earl Clemmer and Mary Ann Wilson Clemmer. She married Alton Briscoe on June 15, 1950 in Carlsbad, NM. She is preceded in death by her husband, Alton Briscoe and a daughter, Virginia Mae, April 17,...

Edward Shepard
Aug 13, 2009
Edward Carroll Shepard was born to Audie and Gladys Enlow Shepard on September 19, 1937 in Loving, Texas. He was called to his heavenly home on August 13, 2009. Edward married Jo Carrell on May 16, 1958 in Putnam, Texas. He retired from Rock Tool Company in Odessa after 33 years of service. He is survived by his wife...
Agripina Navarro
Aug 12, 2009
Agripina Pina Navarro went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, August 12, 2009 in Odessa. She was born June 23, 1922 in Terlingua, Texas to Manuel Levario and Maria Grado Levario. She married Alberto Navarro on June 10, 1941 in El Mulato, Mexico. The couple made their home in Kermit, Texas. Pina was a homemaker and known for...
Theodore Roedel, Jr.
Aug 12, 2009
Theodore Ted Roedel, Jr., a loving husband, father, and granddad, passed away peacefully Wednesday, August 12, 2009 at his residence in Odessa. Ted was born May 30, 1948, to Theodore and Vestal Greenway Roedel, in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Ted graduated from Lawrence Central High in 1966, by the following year; he enlisted into the United States Air Force in 1967,...

Sandra Buchanan
Aug 8, 2009
Sandra Buchanan, 56, of Odessa, died Saturday, August 8, 2009, at Hospice House. A family visitation has been scheduled for 6:00 PM, Monday, August 10, 2009, at Sunset Funeral Home. Services are scheduled for 2:00 PM, Tuesday, August 11, 2009, at First Baptist Church in Odessa, with Byron McWilliams officiating. Interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements are...
Amelia Romero
Aug 5, 2009
Amelia L. Romero, 71, passed away Wednesday, August 5, 2009 in Odessa. She was born November 17, 1937 in Cuchillo Parado, Mexico to Damaso Levario and Martina Torres Levario. She was raised in Mexico and married Manuel A. Romero on June 12, 1953 in Chihuahua, Mexico. She was formally educated in learning disciplines and was a devoted member of...
Aurelia Warren
Aug 2, 2009
Our beloved wife and mother Aurelia Ann Warren, 66, went to be with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on August 2, 2009. She was born January 3, 1943 in Mason, Texas to Rudolph Balas and Ella Mae Hartman Balas. She married Don Warren in 1960. She lived in Odessa for 45 years. She was an active member of...
Zane Gray
Jul 30, 2009
Zane Harold Gray, 84, passed away Thursday, July 30, 2009 in Odessa. He was born February 18, 1925 in Eliasville, Texas to Jim Gray and Dona Lula Davidson Gray. Zane was a star athlete for OHS and helped the football team go to state in 1942. He married Ruby Lee Clark on November 5, 1945 in Odessa. She preceded...
Emma Ballew
Jul 30, 2009
Emma Louise Ballew, age 81, of Odessa, went to be with her heavenly Father on July 30, 2009. BRBR A graveside service will be held at 9:30 a.m., Saturday, August 1, 2009, at Sunset Memorial Gardens. A memorial service will immediately follow at 11:00 a.m. at Odessa First Church of the Nazarene, 2223 Lyndale. A family visitation is scheduled...
Lillie Pitts
Jul 30, 2009
Lillie Anita Owens Pitts passed from this earth on July 30, 2009. She was born on April 24, 1920 in Brownwood, Texas and raised in Sonora, Texas the youngest child of Albert Jackson Lee and Alta Purcell Owens. She was preceded in death by her parents and all but one of her 14 siblings. In 1940 she married the...
Ray Pacheco
Jul 26, 2009
Ray Casas Pacheco, 63, of Odessa, passed away July 26, 2009 at his residence. He was born on May 19, 1946 in Ft. Stockton, Texas to Mike F. Pacheco and Anita Casas Pacheco. He was a U.S. Army veteran and retired truck driver. He married M. Victoria San Miguel on April 8, 1970 in Odessa. Ray was a very...