Obituaries

Nov 7, 2024

Julie Walker, 89, of Odessa, passed away November 7, 2024. Visitation will be Thursday, November 14, 2024, at Sunset Funeral Home. Funeral services are scheduled for Friday, November 15, 2024, at 2 pm at Crossroads Church with Rev. David Newton officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens cemetery.

Julie Florence Walker was born August 1, 1935, in Woodrow, Texas to...

Oct 30, 2024

Russell Lee Cranson, 74, of Possum Kingdom Lake, Texas passed peacefully at his home on October 30, 2024, in the care of Hospice.  

Russell was born on June 30, 1950, to Calvin and Mary Cranson in La Junta, Colorado. There he was raised on the Cranson’s Golden Rule Dairy with his six siblings delivering milk and working the farm. After...

Oct 29, 2024

Estela Flores Rodriguez, 94, of Sheffield, Texas, passed away on Tuesday, October 29, 2024, in Odessa, Texas.

 

Visitation will be Monday, November 4, 2024, from 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM with the Recitation of the Rosary at 6:00 PM, at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM, Tuesday, November 5, 2024, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church with...

Oct 28, 2024

Kenneth Ray Murphy, 81, of Odessa went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Monday, October 28, 2024, in Odessa, Texas. 

 

Visitation will be Sunday, November 3, 2024, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at Central Baptist Church.

 

Funeral services will be held Monday, November 4, 2024, at 2:00 PM at Central Baptist Church with Pastor Vaughney Taylor officiating....

Oct 24, 2024

Donald Edward Morgan, 77, was called home by the Lord on October 24, 2024, in Odessa, Texas. 

 

A visitation will be held on Friday, November 1, 2024, from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home at 6801 E. Business 20, Odessa, TX 79762. Funeral Service will be held at the same location on Saturday, November 2, 2024, at...

Oct 20, 2024

Bill Fred Watkins peacefully passed away and left this earth on October 20th, 2024. Billy was 89 years old, and almost made it to his 90th birthday. He was born in Brady, TX on October 27th, 1934. Billy was a veteran serving in the U.S army during the Korean War from 1955-1956. Through the good and the bad, Billy always...

Oct 20, 2024

Rodney Dean Mann, 60, of Odessa, Texas was called home by the Lord to rejoin his brother, sister, mother and father on October 20, 2024, in Odessa, Texas. Rodney passed peacefully in his sleep surrounded by his loved ones, including his pride & joy, his daughter, Aspen Mann McClung.

A memorial and celebration of Rodney’s life and the love he had...

Oct 19, 2024

Ralph Lewis, 71, of Odessa, Texas passed away peacefully surrounded by family. 

A visitation will be held on Thursday, October 24, 2024, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM, at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. A graveside celebration of life will be held on Friday, October 25, 2024, at 1:00 PM, at Sunset Memorial Gardens, with Pastor Jon Hendricks officiating.

Ralph was born in...

Oct 17, 2024

Pamela Jane Palmer Mahaffey, 76, of Odessa, Texas, passed away peacefully after a long battle with Alzheimer’s on Thursday, October 17th, 2024, at home surrounded by loved ones. 

Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, October 26th, 2024, at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home at 6801 E. Business 20, Odessa, TX 79762. 

Pam was born in Rotan, Texas to J.T. &...

Oct 17, 2024

William Lewis Beckham, Jr., known to his family and friends as Junior, passed away at the age of 84 on October 17, 2024, in Odessa, Texas.

Funeral services are arranged by Sunset Memorial Gardens and Funeral Home with visitation from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Monday, October 21, 2024, and the funeral at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, October 22, 2024. Jeff Cleere...

Oct 16, 2024

Charles Gabe Herron, 74, of Mineral Well, TX, passed away on Wednesday, October 16th, 2024, in Weatherford, TX. 

The visitation will be Sunday, October 20, 2024, at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM. Funeral Services will be held at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home on Monday, October 21, 2024, at 10:00 AM, with Reverend Dr, Jimmy Braswell officiating....

Oct 11, 2024

A true warrior of faith, a woman of virtue, has gone into rest, awaiting to rise in full glory armor at The Last Trumpet of The Lord Jesus Christ. 

Barbara Jean Cochran, 74, of Odessa, passed away on Friday, October 11th in Odessa, Texas.

A viewing will be held Thursday, October 17, 2024, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM, at Sunset Memorial...

Oct 10, 2024

Dennis Dale Fusilier, 82, of Odessa Texas, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on October 10, 2024. 

 

Visitation and celebration of life will be from 5 pm to 8 pm on Saturday, October 19, 2024, at Sunset Memorial. A private memorial will be held at a later date.

 

Dennis was born in Branch, Louisiana to Wilbur and Ina Fusilier on September 6,...

Oct 9, 2024

Barbara Nell Jarrell-Bunnell, 91, of Odessa, passed away on October 9, 2024. 

Barbara was born in Mobeetie, Texas to William Edward (Bill) Trimble and Eula Eulene Fults-Trimble-Johnson on September 22, 1933. She grew up on the farm and attended school in Mobeetie. While she was only about five feet tall, she played basketball in her junior and senior years of high...

Oct 8, 2024

Angelique Garcia, of Odessa, Texas, passed away on October 8, 2024, in Odessa, TX.

Graveside will be held at 10:00 AM, Wednesday, October 16, 2024, at Sunset Memorial Gardens with Deacon Jesse Ortiz officiating. 

Angelique Garcia was born in Odessa, Texas (ORH) to Jackelyne Garcia and Jose De Jesus Garcia on October 8, 2024.

Angelique Garcia is proceeded in death by her grandmother,...

Oct 8, 2024

Tuesday, October 8th, 2024, James Harold Peck, loving husband and father of three children passed away at the age of 92. James or Jim as he was called was born on February 26, 1932 in Cement, Oklahoma to Harry and Myrtle Peck. He graduated from Cement High School in 1949. He served a brief time in the Army where he...

Oct 4, 2024

Margarita Sanchez Bustillos, age 71 of Gardendale, Texas passed away October 4, 2024. 

Margarita was born in Barrancos de Guadalupe, Chih. Mexico, to Daniel Sanchez and Balbina Castillo, on December 3, 1952. Margarita lived most of her life in Barstow, Texas, and the remainder in Gardendale, Texas. She married Eligio Evaro Bustillos on July 17, 1971, in Ojinaga, Chih. Mexico. 

She was...

Oct 3, 2024

Jocelyn Denise Robas (Mathis), 40, of Odessa, TX, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, October 3, 2024. 

 

The daughter of Jody Lee Mathis and Dorothy Christian (Jones), Jocelyn was a Leap Year baby, Bom on February 29, 1984, in Odessa, Texas at Medical Center Hospital.

 

 At an early age she professed her faith in Jesus Christ and was baptized as a member of...

Oct 1, 2024

Sep 29, 2024

On Sunday, September 29th, 2024 Mary Margaret Milam entered into the presence of her Lord and Savior at the blessed age of 91.

A public visitation celebrating her life will be held at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home on Tuesday, October 8th from 5:00-7:00. A private family graveside service will be held at Sunset Memorial Gardens in Odessa with Reverend Dr. Jimmy...