Obituaries
William Springer
Feb 20, 2010
W.W. Hot Springer William Willard Hot Springer, 83, of Odessa passed away February 20, 2010 at Medical Center Hospital. He was born November 28, 1926 in Olney, Texas to Jesse and Minnie Springer. W. W. was known and went by the nickname of Hot, which originated from his Father calling him Hotshot. Hot was raised in East Texas, graduating...
Lois Hill
Feb 18, 2010
Lois Hodges Hill, age 85, of Odessa, passed away Thursday, February 18, 2010 in Bryan, Texas. She was born July 8, 1924 in Maud, Oklahoma. She was preceded in death by her husband, William Hill and her siblings, Abby Vaughn, May Hodges, Virgie Keener, Volley Hodges, Lorene Cunningham, Bernice Alexander and Natoma Riegel. Survivors include her daughter, Susan Van...
Glen Hunt
Feb 18, 2010
Glen Thomas Hunt, 82, of Odessa died Thursday, February 18, 2010, at Medical Center Hospital. He was born November 10, 1927, in Carthage, Texas to Glenn and Juanita Hunt. He was educated in Center, Texas. Mr. Hunt worked in sales for Grant Oil Tool Company. He entered the automobile business in the mid 1950s when he became the sales...
Frances Mitchell
Feb 17, 2010
Frances Louise Mitchell passed away Wednesday, February 17, 2010 at Odessa Medical Center, at the age of 80. Visitation with the family will be from 68 PM Friday, February 19, 2010 at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home in Odessa. Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 PM Saturday, February 20, 2010 at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home Chapel, with Clydell Chapman and...
James Taylor
Feb 14, 2010
James Wilson Taylor, age 90, of Bent, New Mexico formerly of Odessa,Texas died Sunday February 14, 2010 at his home in Bent. J.W. was born April 1, 1919 in Vernon, La. to James William and Mary Taylor. J.W. married Ruth Lucille White on February 1, 1938. Together they had four boys Wayne, Bobby, Perry and Jack. Ruth, Wayne, Bobby...
Mildred Cunningham
Feb 12, 2010
Mildred Millie Genevieve Cunningham, age 82, passed away Friday, February 12, 2010 at her home in Odessa. Millie was born October 11, 1927 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Robert L. Sutton and Viola Quick Sutton. She moved to Phoenix, Arizona in 1942 and attended Phoenix Union High School. She met her husband, Jack L. Cunningham at a Baptist Church...
Paul Sibert
Feb 9, 2010
Paul Thomas Sibert, age 70, passed away Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at his home in Odessa. He was born August 15, 1939 in Hollywood, California to Theodore Charles Sibert and Mae Agnes Swank. After 20 years of military service, Paul retired from the U.S. Air Force where he worked as a Jet Engine Technician. He was preceded in death...
Catherine Berryhill
Feb 5, 2010
Catherine Darlene Berryhill went from the loving care of her earthly family immediately into the loving arms of Jesus Christ on February 5, 2010 at Hospice House in Odessa. She was born at Camp Gordon, Augusta, Georgia to Lee Dow Martin, Jr. and Maudie Mae Hamilton Martin. She was preceded in death by her parents and her cousin Cindy...
Ellen Smith
Feb 4, 2010
Ellen Brooks Halsell Smith, 59, passed away Thursday, Feb.4, 2010 at home in Odessa. Ellen Brooks Halsell was born in Odessa, Texas, April 22, 1950 to Harry H. Halsell and Nelle Pirtle Halsell. She graduated from Permian High School and attended college in Denton, Texas. Ellen was a loving Mother, Grandmother, Wife, Sister, Aunt and Friend and touched many...
Roy Wingate
Feb 4, 2010
Roy Wingate, age 26, passed away Thursday, February 4, 2010 at Hospice House in Odessa. He was born August 2, 1983 in Odessa to Roy Allen Wingate and Cecelia Ione Leek Wingate. Roy was a very caring and compassionate husband, son, uncle and brother. Known as Bubba, he loved his nephew Taylor very much. He loved all things outdoors,...
Elvira Gonzalez
Feb 3, 2010
Elvira Gonzalez, age 78, passed away Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at Hospice House in Odessa. She was born October 12, 1931 in Tierras Nuevas, Mexico to Jose Carrasco and Victoriana Lujan. She married Martin Fierro Gonzalez. Survivors include her husband, Martin Gonzalez of Odessa her daughters, Magali Reyes of Odessa, Yahara Lisa Guitierrez and husband Jeff Peacher of El...
Oscar Miller
Feb 1, 2010
Oscar Rex Miller, age 87, passed away Monday, February 1, 2010 in Crane, Texas. He was born April 17, 1922 in Commanche County, Texas to Eddie Thomas Miller and Lena Elizabeth Ross. He grew up in Commanche County and married Florence Verdell Frazier on December 26, 1945 in Commanche. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corp during World...
George Coenen, Jr.
Jan 27, 2010
George Lucian Coenen, Jr. of Midland passed away Wednesday, January 27, 2010 after a year long battle with cancer. George was born September 5, 1940 in Harlingen, Texas to George Lucian Coenen and Norma Kimmerly Coenen. He attended Elementary schools in Laredo, Texas and graduated from Tyler High School and Tyler College in Tyler, Texas. He married Eva Reza...
Dorothy Glass
Jan 26, 2010
Dorothy Stagner Glass passed away on Tuesday, January 26, 2010. She was born on October 13, 1919 in Luling, Texas to Quill and Nena Stagner. Dorothy married Weldon Glass on November 9, 1941 in Luling, Texas. Dorothy worked for Humble Oil and Refining Co. in administration for the South Texas and West Texas District. Weldon and Dorothy came to...
Mary Parker
Jan 23, 2010
Mary Ann Parker, age 89, passed away Saturday, January 23, 2010 in Odessa. She was born September 10, 1920 in Moran, Texas to Arthur James Jackson and Lizzie Beth Settle Jackson. She was raised and educated in Moran, Texas, and was baptized in a creek near Moran, by Church of Christ Minister Brother Edwards. She was preceded in death...
Matthew Oehlschlager
Jan 22, 2010
Matt Oehlschlager, 54, of Odessa, passed away Friday, Jan. 22, 2010, at BCA Care Center from natural causes. Matt was raised in Odessa and continued his education in Houston, Texas. Matt was a pilot and jump master with DP Cooper Rating, and was a senior rigger he was also a professional sound technician and was using that talent at...
Dorothy Olive
Jan 14, 2010
Dorothy Jean Smith Olive was born on June 23, 1929 in Kansas to James Lee and Maude Mae Smith. Dorothy came to Odessa with her husband, James R. Olive in 1956 from Longview, Texas. In their early years, she was busy being a homemaker and raising children. In the spring of 1968, she embarked on the journey of her...
Lyndal Preslar
Jan 14, 2010
Lyndal Lynn Buford Preslar Lynn entered this world January 14, 1920, to Mr. and Mrs. James H. Preslar in Sanco, Tom Green County, Texas. Exactly 90 years to the day, January 14, 2010 our Heavenly Father called him home. He is preceeded in death by both his parents and his sisters, Oneta and Laveta. He is survived by his...
Patricia Franklin
Jan 14, 2010
Patricia Mae Hayes Franklin, 78, left for her heavenly home on January 14, 2010. She was born January 4, 1932 at San Angelo, Texas to John H. and Mae Elizabeth Hayes. She graduated from high school in 1950 from San Angelo and attended North Texas State University on a music scholarship. She played the Bassoon for Symphonies in San...
Juanita Clayton
Jan 12, 2010
Juanita Louise Nita Clayton, age 89, passed away at Brownwood Regional Medical Hospital in Brownwood, Texas on Wednesday, January 12, 2011. Family visitation will be 68 PM Friday, January 14, 2011 at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. A Celebration of Life service will be held at 2:00 PM on Saturday, January 15, 2011 at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home Chapel, Odessa,...
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