Obituaries
Larry Jones
Oct 2, 2015
Larry D. Jones, age 61, of Odessa, TX passed away on October 2, 2015 in Odessa. A Memorial Service will be held Friday, October 9, 2015 at 10:00 am at Sunset Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Dr. Jimmy Braswell officiating. L.D. was born in Princeton, Indiana to Lawrence & Velda Jones on September 25, 1954. He was raised and...
Alta Day
Oct 2, 2015
Alta Arvella Day, age 93, of Midland, TX passed away on October 2, 2015 in Midland. Funeral Services will be at 1:00 pm, Monday, October 5, 2015 at Sunset Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Larry Woodlridge of Little Hope Primitive Baptist Church in Graham, TX officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Alta was born on June 10,...
Toni Childers
Sep 30, 2015
Toni Doreen Griffin Childers died in Houston on September 30, after a long illness. She will be buried in Sunset Memorial Gardens after a graveside service officiated by Dr. Craig A. Dunning at 4PM on Saturday, October 3. Toni was born April 7, 1937 in San Antonio and grew up in Goliad, Texas. Both cities influenced her interest in...
Betty Lilly
Sep 28, 2015
Betty Joan Gooch Lilly, 83, passed away on September 28, 2015 at Medical Center Hospital in Odessa, Texas. She was born on July 8, 1932 in Muskogee, Oklahoma to Nicholas Paul and Clarkie Katherine Evans Gooch. Betty grew up in Haskell, Oklahoma, San Diego, California, and Andrews, Texas. She graduated from Andrews High School in Andrews, Texas in 1950....
Dale Morelan
Sep 27, 2015
Dale Bryan Morelan, age 59, of Odessa, TX passed away on September 27, 2015 in Odessa. Visitation will be from 5:00-7:00 pm, Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at Sunset Funeral Home. Funeral Services will be at 10:00 am, Thursday, October 1, 2015 at Sunset Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Dr. Jimmy Braswell officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens....
William Rhea
Sep 23, 2015
William Charles "Chuck" Rhea, age 71, of Odessa, TX, passed away on September 23, 2015 in Odessa, TX. A Memorial Service will be at 1:00 pm, Saturday, September 26, 2015 at Sunset Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Mark Kirby of Beacon Baptist Church officiating. Chuck was born in Graham, TX to Jim and Pauline Rhea on March 18, 1944....
Kowanda Wade
Sep 22, 2015
Kowanda Lee Wade, age 93, passed away on September 22, 2015 in Odessa, TX. Family will recieve friends from 6pm-8pm Friday September 25, 2015 at Sunset Funeral Home. Funeral services will be at 10:00 am, Saturday, September 26, 2015 at Sunset Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Eddie Humphries of The Odessa Gospel Lighthouse officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset...
Patty Hunt
Sep 21, 2015
Patty Lane Hunt, age 50, passed away on Monday, September 21, 2015 in Odessa Texas. Visitation will be Friday, September 25, 2015 from 12:00-5:00 pm at Sunset Funeral Home. Graveside Services will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens, Saturday, September 26, 2015 at 5:00 pm with Reverend Dr. Jimmy Braswell officiating. Patty was born in Hobbs, New Mexico on August...
Neva Hatfield-Frith
Sep 18, 2015
Neva Joyce Hatfield Frith, age 68, of Odessa, TX, passed away on September 18, 2015 in Odessa. Visitation will be from 4:00-6:00 pm, Sunday, September 20, 2015 at Sunset Funeral Home. Funeral Services will be at 4:00 pm, Monday, September 21, 2015 at Sunset Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Marcus Zuniga officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens....
Nancy Trevino
Sep 17, 2015
Nancy Trevino, 36, of Odessa, TX, passed away suddenly on Thursday, September 17, 2015. A Visitation Service will be at 4:00 pm, Sunday, September 20, 2015, at Sunset Funeral Home. Funeral Services will be 10:00 am, Monday, September 21, 2015 at Sunset Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Gabriel Chavez officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Nancy was...
Mary Parker
Sep 15, 2015
"Let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven." Matthew 5:16 Mary Parker embodied this scripture. She was gifted at identifying the greatest needs of a person and always strove to help meet those needs. In a world that is often quick to pass judgment, Mary will always be...
Daniel Bratton
Sep 14, 2015
Daniel Jarrod Bratton, age 31, of Odessa, TX, passed away on September 14, 2015 in Odessa. Daniel was born on March 7, 1984 to Barry Bratton and Sharilyn Bratton in Odessa, TX. He was a Permian High School graduate who worked various jobs after graduation as well as attending culinary classes at Odessa College. He loved to cook and...
Robert Duginski
Sep 13, 2015
Robert Duane Duginski, age 37, of Odessa, TX, passed away on September 13, 2015 in Odessa, TX. Robert was born on May 9, 1978 in Rankin, TX to Roger Duane Duginski and Glenda Kay Hirt. He grew up in Midland, TX after moving from Crane, TX. Robert married Seree Michelle Emerick on April 7, 2006 and they moved to...
James Cranfill
Sep 6, 2015
James Howell Cranfill, 71, of Odessa passed away September 6, 2015 at Medical Center Hospital after a brief battle with cancer. He was born in Loraine, Texas on April 24, 1944 to Adele Howell and Dennis Luther Cranfill. At the age of 5, James and his family moved to Odessa where he attended Burleson Elementary, Bowie Junior High and...

Debra Shows
Sep 5, 2015
Debra "Debbie" Audiene Shows, 62 of Odessa passed away peacefully on Saturday, September 5, 2015. She was born on June 18, 1953 to A.B. "Dutch" and Cora Bell Shows. Her father and sister Donna Flood preceded her in death. Her mother, sons Trevor Ray and his wife Jennifer, their daughter Rylee, Brandon Ray and his wife Jessica and their...
Hermine Hemphill
Sep 5, 2015
Hermine Hemphill, 88, a Philanthropist, the youngest of 6 children, born to Maria and Ludwig Buchner in Regensburg, Germany on December 18, 1926 where she spent her young school years, passed away September 5, 2015 in Midland, TX. She shall remain in the memory of one remaining sibling, a sister, and her only child, born of a previous alliance,...
Velma Windham
Sep 2, 2015
June Windham, 77 of Odessa, passed away on September 2, 2015 in Odessa, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 8, 2015 with Reverend Dr. Jimmy Braswell, officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial. Arrangements are by Sunset Memorial. June Windham was born in Coleman, Texas to Clarence Morris and Marjorie Morris on July 6th,...
Patricia Harper
Aug 30, 2015
Patricia "Sonny" Harper, 88, of Odessa, passed away on August 30, 2015 in Frisco, Texas. Funeral services will be held 10:00am, Friday, September 4, 2015 at Sunset Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Clydel Chapman of Northside Baptist Church officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Sonny was born in Mitchell County, Texas to Calvin "Doc" Alvis and Hattie...
Margie Mcgee
Aug 29, 2015
Margie Lou Myrick McGee, age 85, of Odessa, TX, departed to her heavenly home August 29, 2015. Margie was born in Jayton, TX, February 24, 1930 to Weldon Haskel and Lou Belle Lee Myrick. At the age of 4 Margie was first prizewinner at Baby Show Palace in Jayton. She attended school in Jayton, where she played on the...
Marshall Moore
Aug 28, 2015
Marshal Cameron Moore, age 29, of Odessa, Texas, passed away at his home on August 28, 2015 after battling a fatal illness. Funeral Services will be 10:00 AM, Saturday, September 5, 2015 at St. John's Episcopal Church, 401 North County Road West, Odessa, Texas with Reverend Les Jackson officiating. Interment will follow immediately at St. Francis Columbarium of St....