Obituaries
Joyce Powers
Aug 22, 2010
Joyce LaVerne Powers, age 69, passed away Monday, August 22, 2010 in Lubbock, Texas. Joyce LaVerne Powers of Lamesa, TX was born in Memphis, Texas March 1, 1941 to George and Joyce Shewmaker. She graduated from Odessa High School in 1960. Joyce married the love of her life, Sam Powers, December 19, 1967. Sam quickly noticed she was excellent...
Nancy Jones
Aug 20, 2010
Nancy S. Jones, 61 passed away Friday, August 20, 2010 in Midland, TX. She was born August 24, 1948 in Odessa, Texas, to Freddie Mae Power Jones and Henry Ross Jones. She grew up in Odessa. She was preceded in death by her father. Survivors are her mother, Freddie Mae Jones of Odessa, Texas. Graveside Services are scheduled for...
Nelda Winkler
Aug 14, 2010
Nelda Winkler, 67 passed from this earth on Saturday, August 14, 2010 in Odessa, TX. She was born to Bill Sanford Green and Georgia Meredith Daylong Green on February 24, 1943 in Coleman, TX. On October 8, 1960 she married the love of her life Darwin Wayne Winkler in Midland, TX. Nelda was a faithful wife, loving mother and...
Lola Witherspoon
Aug 11, 2010
Lola Lorraine Witherspoon, age 83, passed away Wednesday, August 11, 2010 in Alamogordo, New Mexico. Lola was born March 17, 1927 in Ranger, Texas to Aora Perry Howell and Bertha Lee Graves Howell. In 1945, Lola married Charles David Witherspoon in Ranger, Texas. Lola was preceded in death by her parents, her husband and a sister, Madeline Kirk. Survivors...
Rosa Holman
Aug 10, 2010
Rosa Rosie Jane Holman, age 90, passed away Tuesday, August 10, 2010 in Odessa. She was born May 4, 1920 in Coosa County, Alabama to Mary Chandler and Charlie Edwards. She grew up in Alabama and moved to Odessa in 1962. She married James Carrol Holman on April 13, 1984 in Odessa. She was a member of Tabernacle Church....
Charles Sisco
Aug 8, 2010
Charles W. Sisco, age 74, passed away Sunday, August 8, 2010 in Odessa. He was born December 1, 1935 in Corsicana, Texas to Roxie Allen and Oren Sisco. He first moved to Odessa in 1956, where he worked in the oilfield, and later coowned 4Way Electric before retiring at Oak Creek Lake. He was predeceased by his mother, Roxie...
Frederick Torres
Aug 4, 2010
Frederick Freddy Warren Torres, age 45, passed away Wednesday, August 4, 2010 in Odessa. He was born March 14, 1965 in Monahans, Texas. The difficult journey he traveled the remaining 43 years of his life is a testament to the strength of this quiet, gentle, but passionate man, who never told a lie. He grew up, was educated, and...
James Parrish
Aug 2, 2010
James Claude Parrish, 90 of Odessa died Monday August 2, 2010 at Home Hospice. J C Parrish was born May 9, 1920 to Harry and Maude Parrish in Sweetwater, Texas. The family moved to Union in Terry County and JC graduated from Union High School in 1940. He served in the US Army Air Corps in the Pacific during...
Billy Yarbrough
Aug 2, 2010
Billy G. Bill Yarbrough died Monday, August 2, 2010, in Midland, Texas. He was 86 years old, having been born on September 25, 1923, in Baird, Texas, to Ocie Clyde and Ruth Campbell Yarbrough. He was second oldest of five boys in the Yarbrough clan. He graduated from Baird High School in 1941 and attended Texas AM for two...
Randy Whitaker
Aug 1, 2010
Randy Whitaker, 43 of Pleasant Farms, passed away Sunday, August 1, 2010 at his home. Randy was born October 28, 1966 in Seminole, Texas. He was baptized in the Baptist Church in Hobbs, New Mexico. He kept his family and loved ones in his prayers daily. Randy was a very hard working man with a big heart for everyone....
Edward Miller, Jr.
Jul 27, 2010
Edward E. Miller, Jr. age 65, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, July 27, 2010 in Odessa. He was born January 25, 1945 in Ardmore, Oklahoma to Edward Earl Miller, Sr. and Nellie Alma Grems Miller. He married Carolyn Jean Bivins on October 10, 1969 in Monahans, Texas. He was employed as a Senior Technical Associate with...
Suzette Holloman
Jul 27, 2010
Suzette Hirsch Holloman, age 70, of Odessa, left her earthly home on Tuesday, July 27, 2010 surrounded by dear friends. She was born in Dallas on October 30, 1939, to Irma and Raymond Strode and spent her early years there. She graduated from the University of Texas in Austin in 1963, with a Bachelor of Education. She taught at...
Maurice Jones
Jul 27, 2010
Maurice John Jones To sum up someones life in just a few short paragraphs doesnt seem to do justice to them, especially my dad. However, Ill let you know the high spots from my point of view. He was born to John and Elva Jones on November 10, 1930 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He was an accomplished athlete and...
Sherman Norwood
Jul 26, 2010
Sherman L. Norwood, age 80, went home to be with Jesus on Monday, July 26, 2010 at the Home Hospice House in Odessa. He was born November 3, 1929 in Morris, Oklahoma to Lola and Columbus Norwood. He was the youngest of thirteen children. Sherman served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He moved to Odessa in...
Mike Robison
Jul 26, 2010
On July 26, 2010, our dad went to join our mom to be with their Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Dad was born on April 30, 1949 in Big Spring, Texas and was 61 years old when he died of complications from C.O.P.D. He graduated from Permian High School in 1967 and married his lifelong sweetheart, our mom, Sandy...
Edith Latham
Jul 25, 2010
Edith Chris Christine Latham, age 86, passed away Sunday, July 25, 2010 in Lewisville, Texas. She was born April 23, 1924 in Denton County to Isaac Washington Conway and Bonnie Edna Smith Conway. She married John N. Latham on July 8, 1944 in Gainesville, Texas. She was preceded in death by her husband, John N. Latham. Survivors include her...
Willie Creear, Jr.
Jul 24, 2010
Willie Dee Creear, Jr. was born October 13, 1950 in Corsicana, Texas to Willie Dee Creear, Sr. and Vera Lee Johnson Creear, the first of two children. He was preceded in death by his father, mother, and grandparents. The Creear family moved to Odessa, Texas where Willie attended Hays Elementary School and graduated from Ector High School in 1968....
Julia Sherrod
Jul 22, 2010
Julia Hettie Sayer Sherrod. 92, died Thursday, July 22, at her home at Broadway Plaza Westover Hills in Fort Worth. The funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at St. Marys Catholic Church, 612 E. 18th Street, in Odessa, TX, with Father Santiago Udayar officiating. A rosary will be at the Sunset Memorial Gardens and...
Billy Owen
Jul 18, 2010
Billy Bill Don Owen Bill Owen, 55, died Sunday, July 18, at his home after a long, courageous fight against Leukemia. He was born in Dallas, Texas to Melvin and Dorothy Owen. Bill worked many years in heavy equipment with Rust Tractor and West Texas Caterpillar. He also worked for Gerhardts and NorAm of Odessa, Texas. He was a...
Lois Bridges
Jul 18, 2010
Lois Faye Bridges, age 91, passed away Sunday, July 18, 2010 at her residence in Odessa. She was born January 7, 1919 in Cisco, Texas to George Marion Waters and Nina Bell Choate Waters. She was raised in Cisco and graduated in 1936. She married James N. Bridges December 9, 1935 in Cisco, Texas. They moved to Odessa in...
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