Obituaries
Justin Heronema
Aug 28, 2012
Justin Martin Heronema, age 32, of Odessa, passed away Tuesday, August 28, 2012 in Odessa. He was born October 16, 1979 in Lubbock, Texas to Joann and Richard Heronema, and was raised in Odessa. He married Melissa McAllister on November 12, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada. He worked all his life in the oilfield business as a machinist and...
Billie Talley
Aug 27, 2012
Billie June Ramsey Talley, 85 of Odessa was born December 20, 1926 in Bokchito, Oklahoma to Laura Kathine Cleghorn and Jim Ramsey. Billie a house wife and mother of three left us today August 27, 2012 at Midland Memorial Hospitals Hospice of Midland InPatient Unit. Many thanks to the Hospice nurses what a wonderful group you are. Visitation will...
Kathryn Johnston
Aug 25, 2012
Kathryn Eloise Doyle Johnston, 97, of Odessa, Texas passed away on August 25, 2012 at Home Hospice after a brief illness. Graveside services will be held at 10AM, Wednesday August, 29 at Sunset Memorial Gardens with Rev. Jimmy Braswell, of St. Andrew Cumberland Presbyterian Church, officiating. Kathryn was born in Ellensburg, Washington to Richard Granville and Willie Mae Harris...
Frances Mendoza
Aug 23, 2012
Frances Brito Mendoza 77, of Odessa, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012, while a patient at Regency Hospital in Odessa, Texas. She was born May 25, 1935 in the ancient community of Loma Pelona near Presidio, Texas. She was raised in Pecos, Texas and married Arturo Briones Mendoza. They moved to Odessa, Texas in...
Wade Green
Aug 23, 2012
William Wade Green, 41, passed away on Thursday, August 23, 2012 at his home in Odessa, Texas. Visitation for family and friends will be Tuesday, August 28 from 5:00 to 7:00 pm at Sunset Memorial Chapel. A memorial service will be at 7:00 following the visitation with Steve Digby officiating. Wade was born December 17, 1970 in Odessa, Texas...

Paula Wilson
Aug 23, 2012
Paula Smith Wilson, age 62, of Dodge City, Kansas, passed away Thursday August 23, 2012 in Dodge City. She was born October 6, 1949 in Odessa to Shirreld Buck and Connie Smith. Survivors include her son, Stanley Ray Wilson of Liberal, Kansas sister, Gail Smith Hurst of McGregor, Texas brother, Joe Smith of Odessa and several nieces, nephews and...
Annie Kendall
Aug 22, 2012
Annie Lee Kendall, age 88, of Odessa, passed away Wednesday, August 22, 2012 in Odessa. She was born September 21, 1923 to Katie Lee Dromgoole Shiver and Willie Jefferson Shiver in Runge, Texas. She was preceded in death by her husband Carl Carlson on April 24, 2012, and sisters, Billie, and Mary Rossiter. Survivors include her son, Thomas Kendall...
Billy Fife
Aug 22, 2012
Billy Sam Fife passed away at home on August 22, 2012. The family will have visitation on Friday, August 24, from 24pm with funeral services and burial immediately following, all to be held at Sunset Memorial Gardens with Pastor Steve McMeans officiating. Sam was born January 19, 1952, to J.M. and Betty Fife in Odessa, TX. He married Janie...
Robert Bennett
Aug 21, 2012
Robert Ray Bennett, better known as Uncle Bob age 79, of Odessa, passed away Tuesday, August 21, 2012 in Big Spring. He was born February 6, 1933 in El Paso, Texas to Roy and Goldie Bennett. Bob served 6 years active duty in US Air Force, stationed in England where he married Aileen Atkinson, then divorced. After coming back...
Arthur Israel
Aug 19, 2012
Arthur Israel, age 65, of Odessa, passed away Sunday, August 19, 2012 in Odessa, Texas. Arthur was born in Pecos, Texas on March 20, 1947 to Jack and Pauline IsraelGoolsby. Arthur grew up in Lamesa, Texas where he met and married the love of his life Cynthia Williams on September 10, 1977. He worked in the oil field all...
Tommy Duniphin
Aug 19, 2012
Tommy R. Duniphin, 88, of Big Spring, formerly of Odessa, passed away on Sunday, August 19, 2012 in Big Spring, Texas. Tommy was born in Arkansas on May 21, 1924, then later moved to Oklahoma, and then to Odessa in 1955. Tommy worked for AW Thompson and Santa Fe Drilling, and was also a medic in the US Army...

Kenneth Freeman
Aug 15, 2012
Kenneth Lee Freeman, age 62, of Odessa, passed away Wednesday August 15, 2012 in Odessa. He was born June 10, 1950 in Roby, Texas to Horace Coleman Freeman and Wanda June Snowden Freeman. He grew up in Odessa, where he was a lifetime resident. He graduated in 1968 from Odessa High School. After graduation, he began his career in...
Terry Farrill
Aug 13, 2012
Terry Don Farrill, 68 of Odessa, went to be with the Lord Monday, August 13, 2012 at Odessa Regional Medical Center. He was born August 1, 1944 in Whitefield, Oklahoma to Mildred and Herman Farrill. He moved to Odessa in the mid 1950s from Rankin, Texas. He owned and operated Farrills Fine Upholstery which he established in 1976. An...
Belle Morgan
Aug 12, 2012
Belle Marie Hemme Morgan, 88, passed away peacefully on August 12, 2012 in Odessa, Texas, surrounded by her family. She was born on September 27, 1923 in Sacramento, California to Marie Josephine Magill Hemme and Henry John Hemme. She graduated from Madera High in 1941. She married Robert David Morgan on February 3, 1945 in Madera, California after Bob...
Stephen Mccleery
Aug 12, 2012
Stephen Patrick McCleery, age 55 of Odessa, passed away Sunday, August 12, 2012 in Odessa. He was born November 11, 1956 in San Angelo, Texas to Uel Dallas McCleery and Izora Belle Humberd McCleery. He was a 1975 graduate of Permian High School. He married Colleen Marie Bobo on September 6, 1991 in Odessa. He was a real estate...
Alvin Kenyon
Aug 12, 2012
Alvin Kenyon, age 33 of Odessa, passed away on Sunday, August 12, 2012. He was born on November 23, 1978 in Odessa, Texas to Verl Allen Kenyon and Karla Irene Brannon. He resided in Notrees, Texas, Odessa, Texas and Grosse Tete, Louisiana. He attended Goldsmith Elementary, San Jacinto Elementary, Cavazos Elementary, Ector Junior High and Odessa High School. Alvin...
Roger Masse
Aug 11, 2012
Roger Russell Masse, age 70, of Odessa, Texas passed away on Saturday, August 11, 2012 in Odessa. Roger was born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island to Henry Masse and Delvina Menard Masse on March 1, 1942. He went to school in Woonsocket, Rhode Island where he graduated from high school. He married Patricia Louise Jones on March 4, 1983 in...
Christopher Clay
Aug 11, 2012
Christopher Ryan Clay, age 32, of Odessa, passed away Saturday, August 11, 2012 in Ector County. He was born June 8, 1980 in Odessa to Eddie Clay and Jenny L. Wright Clay. He was a firefighterparamedic for Odessa where he served for six and one half years. His passion was firefighting and helping others. His hobbies were working on...
Howard Johnson
Aug 10, 2012
Howard Donnelly Johnson, 77, of Odessa, passed away August 10, 2012. He was born June 15, 1935 in Honey Grove, Texas to Fannie and Edgar Johnson. The family later moved to Ackerly, Texas. He was a successful businessman in the automobile industry in West Texas for 40 years. He was salesman of the month for thirteen years in a...
Tammy Yoes
Aug 10, 2012
Tammy Michelle Yoes, 42, of Breckenridge, Texas, passed away on Friday, August 10, 2012 in Odessa, Texas The funeral service will be held at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, August 13, 2012 at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home with Sam Watts officiating. Burial will follow at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, August 14, 2012 at Necessity Cemetery in Necessity, Texas with Winston...