Obituaries
Bob Bratton
Jun 9, 2013
Bob Allen Bratton of Odessa, Texas, age 85, passed away on Sunday, June 9, 2013 in Crane, Texas. Bob was born in Floydada, Texas to Robbie and Arthur Bratton on December 1, 1927. He graduated high school in Floydada. He married Nelda Huckabee on September 28, 1948. He moved from farming to work in the oil field where he...

Roger Smith
Jun 5, 2013
Roger Alan Smith, age 52, of Odessa, passed away Wednesday, June 5, 2013 in Odessa, as the result of a motorcycle accident. He was born July 9, 1961 in Glendale, California to Delmer Franklin Scott and Patty J. Rogers Scott. He moved to Odessa June 26, 2009 and worked as a handyman doing odd jobs. He was preceded in...
Gary Gardenhire
Jun 5, 2013
Its not the birth of a man nor the death that tells the story. Its the space in between. Gary Gardenhire chronicled a life of truth, dedication, honesty and purpose. He was not a person who made a name for himself, but was instead a person who made his character, true blue. Born to a young mother, who was...
Catherine Mudd
Jun 4, 2013
Catherine Phyllis Mudd, 84, of Odessa, passed away on Tuesday, June 4, at the Home Hospice House of Odessa. Visitation hours will be held on Friday from 68 p.m. at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. Services will be held on Saturday at 9 a.m. at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton with the burial to follow at Sunset Memorial Cemetery. Born in...
Jerry Curry
Jun 4, 2013
Jerry Irene Curry, age 75, of Odessa, passed away Tuesday, June 4, 2013 in Odessa. She was born April 15, 1938 in Corsicana, Texas to the late William Henry Moore and Pauline Clark Moore. She was raised in Texon and Big Lake. She married Ernest Eugene Curry on October 16, 1954 in Rankin, Texas, They moved to Odessa in...
Richard Witte
Jun 2, 2013
Richard Orr Witte, age 81, of Odessa, passed away Sunday, June 2, 2013 in Odessa. He was born January 23, 1932 in Vivian, Texas to Frank Witte, Sr. and Mary Ray Witte. He moved to Odessa in 1952 where he met and married Mary Ruth Weatherford. He was in welding supply. He worked for local businesses before becoming owneroperator...
Toby Tucker
May 31, 2013
Toby Gene Tucker, age 69 of Odessa, passed away Friday May 31, 2013 with his family at his side. He was born June 18, 1943 in Blackwell, Oklahoma to Buster Dorsey B.D. and Nevada Joyce Muse Tucker and spent his childhood days in Midland, Texas. He served in the U.S. Army and continued to live and work in Germany...
Lana Scalo
May 31, 2013
Lana Rebecca Armitage Scalo, 42, of Odessa, passed away on Friday, May 31, 2013 in Odessa, Texas. A funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, June 6th at Sunset Memorial Gardens Funeral Home in the chapel with Reverend Tommy Richardson of Immanuel Baptist Church, in San Angelo, Texas officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens....
Moises Martinez
May 26, 2013
Moises Mo R. Martinez, 72, of Odessa, passed away Sunday, May 26, 2013 in Odessa, Texas surrounded by his loving family. He was a cancer survivor. A rosary will be said at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 29, 2013 at Sunset Memorial Gardens Funeral Home. Mass will be celebrated at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, May 30, 2013 at Holy...
Juana Martinez
May 25, 2013
In the early morning hours of Saturday, May 25, 2013, our dearly loved Mother, Mo, Grandmother, Aunt, Sister, Juana H. Martinez Juanita, left her earthly home to join her Savior, Jesus Christ, her beloved husband and family members who preceded her to her Heavenly home. Juanita was born in Valentine, Texas on May 16, 1919 to Timoteo Hernandez and...
William Selby
May 22, 2013
William Bill Henry Selby, 87, of Odessa, passed away on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 in Odessa, Texas. A graveside service will be held at 1:00 P.M. Friday, May 31, 2013 at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Bill was born in Walters, Oklahoma to Jasper and America Selby on January 26, 1926. He married Rosa Spurrier on March 21, 1949 in Anson,...
Eleoweese Elder
May 21, 2013
Eleoweese Moss Elder, age 86, passed away Tuesday, May 21, 2013 in Odessa, TX. She was born in Dallas, TX on February 19, 1927 to John and Virgie Moss. Eleoweese graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in Dallas, TX in 1946. She was a longtime local business owner for many years in Odessa, TX. Her family built, owned and...
Billy Hinkle
May 20, 2013
Billy Wayne Hinkle, 77, of Odessa, went home to be with our Lord, God Savior on Monday, May 20, 2013 in Odessa. Visitation will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 23, 2013 at Sunset Memorial Gardens Funeral Home. A funeral service will take place at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, May 24, 2013 in the Sunset...
Geron Wright
May 20, 2013
Geron Robert Wright, 57, of Odessa Texas, went to be with the Lord on Monday, May 20, 2013. Geron Robert Wright was born in Bloomfield, Iowa to Robert and Gertrude Wright on May 2, 1956. He graduated from Fairfield High school in 1974. He married Linda Bennett on March 26 1983 in Fairfield, Iowa. He worked as an Indirect...
Carrol Cornett
May 20, 2013
Carrol Jean Cornett, 75, of Odessa, Texas went to be with her Lord Savior Monday, May 20, 2013 in Odessa, Texas. Visitation will be at Sunset Funeral Home on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. Services will be held on Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. in the Sunset chapel, with Clydel Chapman officiating. Interment...
Bonny Earnest
May 18, 2013
Bonny Jean Rogers Earnest, of Odessa, Texas, met her heavenly Father Saturday, May 18, 2013. She was born June 2, 1926 in Okemah, Oklahoma to Bonnie Luther Rogers and Florence Elizabeth Johnson. JR Earnest and Bonny married April 13, 1946 at Calvary Baptist Church in Okemah, Oklahoma. Loved ones who preceded Bonny in death include her parents sistersMarcella Thed...
Dawn Carrell
May 17, 2013
Dawn Carrell, 78, of Odessa, Texas passed away peacefully on Friday, May 17th, 2013, in Odessa. Memorial services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, June 1st at Sunset Memorial with Reverend Jimmy Braswell officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Dawn was born on January 26, 1935 in Ringling, Oklahoma to Omar E. and Nell Mae Baucom,...
Daniel Layh
May 17, 2013
Daniel Clint Layh of Boulder, CO, went to be with his Savior on May 18, 2013, at the age of 35. He was born on July 10, 1977, in Hobbs, New Mexico, the son of Mike and Mary Layh. Danny was at home and happiest when he was on a fourwheeler or in a stream or lake with his...
Billy James
May 16, 2013
Billy Mack James, 82, of Odessa died Thursday, May 16, 2013 at Medical Center Hospital after a brief illness. Bill was born July 15, 1930 in Guymon, Oklahoma. Bill moved to Odessa in 1957 where he worked and retired from the General Tire and Rubber Company. He was a charter member and deacon at Mission Dorado Baptist Church. Those...
Vernie Kincaid
May 15, 2013
Vernie Juanita Kincaid, age 91, of Odessa, passed away Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at Hospice House in Odessa. She was born June 1, 1921 in Waco, Texas to George Dewy Garrett and Ethel Ardena ONeil Garrett. Vernie was a homemaker and a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. She was a pioneer of the...