Obituaries

Barbara Ann Beaty

Barbara Ann Beaty

Feb 4, 2025

Barbara Ann Beaty, 91 years of age met her Lord face to face on February 4, 2025 in Odessa, Texas.

Funeral services will be held at 2 PM, Saturday, February 8 at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home with Rev. Johnny Young of First Baptist officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements are by Sunset Memorial Funeral Home.

Barbara was born on...

Debbie Lee McDonald

Debbie Lee McDonald

Feb 3, 2025

Our beautiful Mother, Debbie Lee Hamby McDonald, left our loving arms and went home to our father's arms gaining her heavenly wings on February 3, 2025. 

Debbie Lee Hamby was born April 12, 1957 in Sacramento, Ca to Ellis and Hattie Hamby. She was the baby of 5 siblings, Danny, Terry, Lynda and Judy. Her early years were rough, having to...

Ronald Charles Newman

Ronald Charles Newman

Feb 2, 2025

 

Ronald Charles Newman, long-time resident of Odessa, passed away at home on February 2, 2025, in Odessa, Texas, at the age of 83. No services are planned. His body will be buried at Sunset Memorial Gardens alongside his wife and son, but as a believer, he is already enjoying eternal life in Heaven.

 

Ronald C. Newman and his twin brother, Donald...

James Douglas Russell

James Douglas Russell

Feb 1, 2025

It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of our beloved: James Douglas Russell of Odessa, on February 1, 2025 at the age of 68. Doug was a loving husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, brother & friend, whose presence will be greatly missed by all who knew him.

He was born on November 11, 1956 in San Antonio, Tx....

Sharon Kay Carpenter Webb Owen Weis

Sharon Kay Carpenter Webb Owen Weis

Jan 30, 2025

Sharon Kay, 77 years old, of Midland, Texas, passed way on Thursday, January 30th in Midland.

Visitations and viewing will be on Monday, February 3rd, 2025, from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. 

Funeral services will be held at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home on Tuesday, February 4, 2025, at 10:00 AM with Reverend Dr. Jimmy Braswell officiating. Burial...

Ada Beth Miller "Ellison"

Ada Beth Miller "Ellison"

Jan 28, 2025

Ada Beth Ellison, peacefully went to be with our lord and savior Jesus Christ on January 28th, 2025, in Midland, TX.

 Ada was born in La Crosse, Kansas on December 30, 1932, to Lester and Ester Miller. She graduated from high school in La Crosse, Kansas in 1952. Ada worked on the family farm for many years. She even worked at...

Louise Wynona Wilson

Louise Wynona Wilson

Jan 26, 2025

Louise Wynona Wilson 94 years of Odessa, Texas went to heaven on January 26, 2025, in Odessa, Texas

 Visitation will be Friday, January 31, 2025, from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM, at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home.

 Funeral Services will be held at Sunset Funeral Home at 11:00 AM, Saturday, February 1, 2025, with Pastor Harry Irwin of Sherwood Baptist Church officiating. Graveside...

Terry Jo Hicks

Terry Jo Hicks

Jan 25, 2025

Terry Jo Hicks, 73, of Eastland, Texas, passed away on January 25, 2025, in Odessa, Texas.

 

Visitation will be Sunday, February 2, 2025, from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM, at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. 

 

Funeral Service will be held at 2:00 PM, Monday, February 3, 2025, at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home with Reverend Dr. Jimmy Braswell officiating. A burial will follow at...

Shirley Ann Vardeman

Shirley Ann Vardeman

Jan 25, 2025

"In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct your paths. Proverbs 3:6"

Shirley Ann Vardeman of Odessa, Texas, passed peacefully into the arms of her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Saturday, January 25, 2025, at the age of 86. She lived a life filled with love, grace, and unwavering faith.

A visitation will be held on Friday, January 31,...

Mary Wynona Lawrence

Mary Wynona Lawrence

Jan 24, 2025

Mary Wynona (Bradley) Lawrence, age 93, of Odessa, TX, passed from this life into the arms of Jesus on January 24, 2025, surrounded by her loving family.

Nonie, as she liked to be called, was born July 6, 1931, in Plainview, Texas to Earl & Myrtle Bradley 

Nonie met the love of her life, Doyle Lawrence, in Brownfield, Texas and was married...

Darryl Wayne Hammonds

Darryl Wayne Hammonds

Jan 22, 2025

Darryl Wayne Hammonds, 59, of Odessa, Texas, passed away on January 22, 2025, in Odessa, Texas.

 

Visitation will be January 25, 2025, from 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM, and Sunday, January 26, 2025, from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM, at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. 

 

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM, Monday, January 27, 2025, at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home with...

Helen Ruth Tisdale

Helen Ruth Tisdale

Jan 21, 2025

Helen Ruth Tisdale left us peacefully on Tuesday, January 21, 2025, at the age of 90 in Midland, TX. 

Funeral Services will be held at 10:00 AM, Tuesday, January 28th, 2025, at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home in Odessa. Her grandson, Jonathan Horton of Grace Christian Fellowship, will be officiating.

Born on February 20, 1934, in Fort Worth, Texas, she attended Odessa College...

William "Bill" Robert Massey

William "Bill" Robert Massey

Jan 21, 2025

William “Bill” Robert Massey “Masco” was born to William Clarence Massey and Laura Augusta Massey in Laurel, Mississippi on April 22nd, 1941. He went to heaven on January 21st, 2025. He was always a hardworking man. When his family moved to Anthony, NM while he was still in high school, he was responsible for the closing shift at the local...

Patsy Ruth Thomas

Patsy Ruth Thomas

Jan 20, 2025

Patsy Ruth Austin Thomas, 89, of Odessa, Texas, passed away on January 20, 2025. Born in Vian, Oklahoma to Robert James and Vida Louise Austin, Patsy spent her early years in Santa Maria, California before moving to El Monte, California. It was there that she met and married Adrian N. Thomas while he was stationed at Elmendorf Air Base in...

Amanda Elizabeth Neatherlin

Amanda Elizabeth Neatherlin

Jan 19, 2025

Amanda Neatherlin of Odessa Texas, passed away on Sunday, January 19,2025 in Early Texas.

Visitation will be held from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM on Thursday, January 23, 2025, at Sunset Memorial Gardens & Funeral Home.

Funeral services will be held at 10:00 AM, Friday, January 24, 2025, at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home with Reverend Dr. Jimmy Braswell officiating. The burial will...

Betty Joyce Ball

Betty Joyce Ball

Jan 19, 2025

Joyce Ball, 93, of Odessa, Texas, passed away on Sunday, January 19, 2025, in Odessa.

Visitation and funeral services will be held at Sunset Memorial Gardens & Funeral Home. The visitation is at 1:00 PM, Thursday, January 23, 2025, with the funeral service to follow at 2:00 PM. Dr. Byron McWilliams of First Baptist Church will officiate. 

Betty Joyce Sides was born...

Dennis Earl Haney

Dennis Earl Haney

Jan 18, 2025

Dennis Earl Haney of Odessa, Texas, passed away Saturday, January 18, 2025. He was born February 23, 1955, in Odessa, Texas to Earl Charles Haney and Wanda Faye Thiebaud. Dennis graduated in 1973 from Permian High School. He worked over 45 years for Mark Payne Homes, retiring in 2022. He married his wife Linda on February 14, 1993, a love...

Linda Kay Rhea

Linda Kay Rhea

Jan 16, 2025

Linda Kay Rhea of Odessa, TX passed away on January 16, 2025, in the comfort of her home surrounded by loved ones. 

A memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM, Sunday, January 26, 2025, at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. Reverend Dr. Jimmy Braswell will be officiating. 

Linda was born in Elk City, OK to Cecil and Jessie Mae Dye on August...

Evelyn Marie Lafrentz

Evelyn Marie Lafrentz

Jan 16, 2025

Evelyn Marie Lewallen Lafrentz, aged 89, passed away on Thursday, January 16, 2025. Evelyn was born in Brady, Texas in 1935 and moved with her family to Odessa around 1950. She was a very active student at Odessa High School: a member of the volleyball team, a member of the National Honor Society, a member of the Drill Squad, Drill...

Kristal Marie Diamond Zavala

Kristal Marie Diamond Zavala

Jan 15, 2025

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Kristal Marie Diamond Zavala, 25, of Odessa. She walked through the gates of heaven on January 15, 2025, at Odessa Regional Hospital. 

Visitation will take place January 24, 2025, from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home.

Funeral services will be held 1:00 PM on Saturday, January 25,...