Caleista Millican

Caleista Laverne Millican, age 52, of Odessa, passed away from this earth and arrived in heaven on Tuesday, July 28, 2015. She fought a brave and courageous battle with breast cancer for two years with treatment at MD Anderson in Houston, TX.

Visitation will be from 6-8 pm, Friday, July 31, 2015 at Sunset Funeral Home.

Funeral Services will be at 1:00 pm, Saturday, August 1, 2015 at Sunset Funeral Home Chapel with Alan Weakland officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens.

Caleista was born on May 17, 1963 in Brownfield, TX, to Bill and Ronda Lyne. After graduating from Permian High School, she enrolled in Cosmetology classes at Odessa College. With her contagious personality and love of everyone, she found herself in a perfect place. She later discovered another passion of doing skin care and she opened up her dream salon, Caleista Hair, Nail and Skin. Caleista wanted to make everyone more beautiful with her products and treatments. She and her mom, Ronda attended all the hair show conventions from Dallas to Las Vegas, bringing all the latest techniques to her shop.

Caleista married the love of her life, James Millican on September 3, 1994. They were soul mates and blessed with a fairy tale marriage. She had an unlimited ability to listen, nurture and never faltered in her love for her family. Her greatest passion was shopping, any and everywhere, going on monthly trips to the market in Dallas. Movies and eating out while traveling were high on her list. Her greatest love was being around people. She never met a stranger and was quick to invite them to visit her beloved salon for beauty treatments. She also enjoyed working on needlepoints and giving many away as gifts.

Caleista is preceded in death by her grandparents, Laverne and Gaines Murchison and Caleista and Raymond Lyne.

She is survived by her husband, James Millican; mother, Ronda Lyne; father, Bill Lyne of Santa Fe, NM; brother, John Lyne; mother and father in law, Betty and James Millican; Tami and Tom Lahey of Denver, CO; nieces, Erica and Holly Lyne and great nieces, Melanie, Daisy and Alexis.

We owe a special appreciation to her family of co-workers at Caleista's salon, who helped so much with their love and support. Thank you to Becky, Carlos, Keri, Aspen, Rosalee, Francene, Sylvia, Marcy, Erica, Aurora, Lindsay and Lisa. We could not do without Maria and numerous friends who loved and showed their compassion.

Visitation

Visitation

Sunset Funeral Home
6801 East Business 20
Odessa, TX  79762
Friday, July 31, 2015
6:00-8:00 PM

Service

Funeral Service

Sunset Funeral Home Chapel
6801 E. Business 20
Odessa, TX  79762
Saturday, August 1, 2015
1:00 PM

Cemetery

Sunset Memorial Gardens
6801 E. Business 20
Odessa, TX  79762