Obituaries
Joyce Fulton
May 8, 2011
Joyce Marie Fulton, age 74, of Odessa, passed away Sunday, May 8, 2011 in Odessa, Texas. She was born October 28, 1936 in Alex, Oklahoma to Roy Kinslow and Prude Lewis Kinslow. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lonnie Lee Fulton in 1991, and her sons, Floyd Russell Fulton in 1981 and Ronald E. Fulton in 1974....
Mary Kiker
May 7, 2011
Mary Juanita Kiker, 82 of Odessa, TX passed through the heavenly gates on Saturday, May 07, 2011 at the Hospice House. She was born October 24, 1928 in Stamford, TX to the late Andrew Franklin and Opal Lee Stevenson Griggs. She was a cheerleader for Odessa High School in the fall of 1946 when the Bronchos won their only...
J.T. Britton
May 7, 2011
J.T. Britton, a decorated World War II pilot, died May 7, 2011 at 91. He was the last member of the most highly decorated aircrew in U.S. history to die. Jay Zeamer, the pilot, and Joe Sarnoski were awarded the Medal of Honor Britton, the copilot, and seven other crew members were awarded the second highest medal for valor,...
Frank Morgan
May 5, 2011
Frank Ellis Morgan, age 87, was born on December 30, 1923 in Wellington, Texas and died on May 5, 2011, at home in Midland, Texas. He married Lula Faye Huff on June 6, 1942 in Frederick, Oklahoma. Frank died one month short of their 69th wedding anniversary. Frank served in the US Air Force from December 23, 1945 until...
Trudie Gresham
May 5, 2011
Trudie Gresham, age 97, of Odessa, passed away Thursday, May 5, 2011 in Odessa, Texas. She was born March 28, 1914 in Winters, Texas. She married Walter F. Gresham in Winters on November 6, 1933 and the Greshams moved to Odessa from Haskell in 1956. She was cofounder of Greshams Industrial in 1970, retiring in 2007. She was Woman...
Frances Jones
May 4, 2011
Frances Franke Marie Raley Jones, 85, of Odessa, passed away Wednesday, May 4, 2011, at Parks Methodist Retirement Village. She was a member of the Odessa Seventhday Adventist church. Franke is survived by William and Leslie Webster, her soninlaw and daughter of Odessa Douglas and Janell Jones, her son and daughterinlaw of Berrien Springs, Mich five grandchildren: William Webster...
Homer Pittman
May 4, 2011
Homer Fisher Pittman Homer Fisher Pittman, age 84, of Odessa, left this world to be with his beloved Marie on Wednesday, May 4, 2011. He will forever be in our hearts. Homer was born in Mounds, Oklahoma on October 6, 1926, and moved to San Francisco, joining the Merchant Marines with his brother Johnny during World War II. In...
Wayne Tull
May 2, 2011
Wayne Tull, 45, of Odessa, passed away Monday, May 2, 2011 in Odessa, Texas. He was born June 27, 1965 in Odessa to Charles Wesley Tull and Bernie S. Rich Tull. He married Ruby Duncan May 31, 1985 in Odessa. He was employed by B.J. Services for 10 years. He attended Grace Fellowship Baptist Church. Wayne enjoyed traveling and...
Clydene Barnhill
May 2, 2011
CLYDENE BARNHILL Clydene Barnhill, age 81, passed through the heavenly gates on Monday, May 2, 2011 at Home Hospice. She was the first born child of Clyde Roy Scott and Annie Ruth Norman Scott. She was born in Childress, Texas on March 25, 1930 but the family relocated to Odessa when she was a toddler. Their family expanded with...
William Richards
May 1, 2011
William Bill Thomas Richards, age 86 died May 1, 2011 at the Tumbleweed Nursing Home in Brownfield, Texas. Bill was born July 25, 1924 to his parents Willie Salina Reid and Thomas Sidney Richards in Amarillo, Texas. Bill married his first wife Euvonne Jones on October 11, 1948 in Fort Worth, Texas and she preceded him in death April...
Bartley Fanning, Jr.
Apr 30, 2011
Bartley David Fanning, Jr. continued on his eternal journey Saturday, April 30, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. from Medical Center Hospital. He was surrounded by his three daughters, sonsinlaw, and wife, Helen. Junior, as he was known, June by his five siblings, was born in Alvarado, Texas on April 11, 1926 to Bartley David and Artelia Griggs Fanning. He was...
David Hall
Apr 29, 2011
David Fred Hall, age 48, died at his home in Lynnwood, Wa of an apparent heart attack on April 29, 2011. David was born March 11, 1963 in Midland and lived most of his youth in Odessa and Midland. He attended Permian High and graduated from McCallum High in Austin. David was the son of Dennis R. Hall, Weatherford,...
Kim Orosco
Apr 25, 2011
Kim Benton Orosco September 18, 1962April 25, 2011 Our TRUE angel Kim was called home by our heavenly father surrounded by her family. Kim fought a valiant graceful battle with brain cancer. Thru her illness she showed her compassion for others and always worried about others, never herself. She touched many many lives with her loving heart. Visitation with...
Bette Winterrowd
Apr 23, 2011
Bette J. Winterrowd, 68 passed away Saturday, April 23, 2011 in Odessa, TX. She was born on May 01, 1942 in St. Louis MO to John Herbert and Janet Fossum. Bette was raised in Minneapolis, MN and graduated high school in Clinton, Iowa. She worked as a seamstress for awhile. She met husband in CA at a military club...
James Smith
Apr 21, 2011
James Edmon Smith, beloved husband, father, DadO, brother, and uncle passed away peacefully after a lengthy illness, at Hospice House in Odessa on Thursday, April 21, 2011. James was born September 14, 1932 in Carthage, Mississippi to Edmon A. Smith and Lucille O. Smith. He attended and graduated from Carthage High School. James served his country in the Air...
Sherri Tindol
Apr 16, 2011
Sherri Dawn Tindol, 40, of Odessa, passed away Saturday, April 16, 2011 in Andrews, Texas She was born August 19, 1970 in Amarillo, Texas to Ron Hays and Jackie Cross Hays. She grew up in Lubbock, Texas and was a graduate of Coronado High School. She spent many years working in the restaurant business, but her skills and knowledge...
Justine Mccollum
Apr 15, 2011
Justine McCollum, age 85, passed away Friday, April 15, 2011 in Odessa. She was born February 11, 1926 in Las Cruces, New Mexico to Earl West and Maggie Stroud West. She married John O. McCollum on November 8, 1943 in Silver City, New Mexico. She retired in 1995 as District Secretary of WhataBurger. She was a member of Eisenhower...
Lorraine Johnson
Apr 13, 2011
Lorraine Powell Johnson, 92, died Wednesday, April 13, 2011 at Parks Assisted Living in Odessa. Memorial services are scheduled for 2:00 PM Saturday, April 16, 2011 at the First Presbyterian Church in Fort Stockton, Texas with Dr. Jim Miles officiating. Arrangements are under direction of Sunset Funeral Home in Odessa. Private graveside services will be held in Panhandle, Texas...
Orela Price
Apr 12, 2011
Orela M. Price peacefully passed away at the Hospice House in Odessa, Texas on Tuesday, April 12, 2011. She was born on February 13, 1931 in Brown County to Margie Bell and John Wilson Horton and was one of five children. Orela was married to her high school sweetheart, Charles Roy McDaniel in 1949. After his death in 1987,...
David Fields
Apr 10, 2011
David Wayland Fields, 76, of Odessa, passed away Sunday, April 10, 2011 in Odessa, Texas. He was born April 1, 1935 in Gorman, Texas to Ottis Fields and Hazel Bean Fields. He was in the U.S. Air Force, regiment AF and the U.S. Navy USNR. Mr. Fields worked in maintenance at the Highway Department. Survivors include his children, Rebecca...
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