Obituaries

Shirley Turner

Dec 12, 2009

Shirley Kay Turner, 59, went to be with the Lord Saturday, December 12, 2009 in Odessa. She was born April 7, 1950 in Roscoe, Texas to James Freeman Gortney and Otis Irene Beville Gortney. She was raised and educated in Odessa, Texas. She married Gene Turner April 24, 1978 in Odessa. She was preceded in death by her parents;...

Mickey Fletcher

Dec 11, 2009

Mickey C. Fletcher of Odessa, Texas was born October 23, 1933 in Graham, Texas to Annie Guinn and Claude Miller. She passed away December 11, 2009. Mickey moved to Odessa with her family as a teenager and graduated from Odessa High School in 1951. Following graduation, she was employed by Phillips Petroleum. She married Walter Lee Fletcher on March...

Joann Hocker

Dec 11, 2009

Joann Carrasco Hocker, 50, formally of Odessa now of Denton passed away Friday, December 11, 2009 in Midland. She was born December 16, 1958 in Odessa, Texas to Carlos C. Carrasco and Mary Bueno Carrasco. She was a 1977 graduate of Ector High School, and attended Odessa College prior to joining Texas Employment, which later became Texas Workforce Commission....

Johnny Weems

Dec 10, 2009

Johnny Carl Weems, 81, passed away Thursday, December 10, 2009 in Odessa. He was born July 2, 1928 in Dublin, Texas to Whit Weems and Nell Weems. He was raised in Dublin. He worked as a brakeman for the railroad prior to entering the U.S. Army in June 1949. He married Joyce Laverne Wright in Hamilton, Texas on September...

Soyla Martinez

Dec 9, 2009

Soyla Martinez, 70, passed away Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at her home in Odessa. She was born April 10, 1939 in Seguin, Texas to Inez and Lenora Sanchez. Soyla loved her family and loved her country. Soyla grew up in Seguin and moved to Odessa with her family as a teen ager to work the agriculture piece of West...

Effie Tindle

Dec 4, 2009

Effie Mae Cricket Tindle, 72 went to be with her Lord and Savior on December 4, 2009 at 1:58 P.M. after a long battle with illness. She was born in Andrews, TX on January 13, 1937 to S.L. Bo and Florene Davis. Cricket was a third generation Odessan. She attended First Assembly of God Church when her health allowed...

Allen Bullard

Dec 1, 2009

Allen Aster Bullard, 86, of Odessa, passed away Tuesday, December 1, 2009 in Big Spring. He was born May 13, 1923 in Emory, Texas to Ewell and Flossie Bullard. His family moved to Odessa in 1932 where he was reared and educated. He is a 1942 graduate of Odessa High School. In October 1942, he enlisted in the US...

Pauline Broyles

Nov 28, 2009

Pauline Broyles, age 87, of New Boston, Texas died peacefully Saturday, November 28, 2009, in a Texarkana hospital. BR Mrs. Broyles was born July 16, 1922, in Three Point, Kentucky. Mrs. Broyles was noted for baking pies, sewing clothes and was a member of the Dogwood Garden Club and a Methodist. She is preceded in death by her husband...

Florencio Polanco

Nov 28, 2009

Odessa - Florencio Flo Ortega Polanco, beloved husband, father, grandfather, entered the heavenly gates on Saturday November 28, 2009 at the Hospice House in Odessa at the age of 64. He was born in Balmorhea, Texas on December 2, 1944 to Camilo Polanco and Josefina Alvarez. He graduated from Balmorhea High School in May of 1964. Florencio served four...

James Harris, Jr.

Nov 25, 2009

James Edward Harris Jr., passed away Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009, in Austin, Texas. BRBREddie was born July 4, 1948, in Big Spring, Texas. He was a very successful entrepreneur with numerous business ventures in oil and gas. Eddie was an extremely giving in idual and always placed others needs before his own. He was the life of the party...

David Graham

Nov 23, 2009

David Graham, 61, passed away Monday, November 23, 2009 in Odessa. He was born December 27, 1947 in Odessa to Clarence Author Graham and Opal Marie Avery Graham. He was reared and educated in Odessa where he attended Permian High School. He is a US Navy Veteran of the Vietnam War. He returned to Odessa and re-joined his father...

Anna Munday

Nov 22, 2009

Anna Lucile Cook Munday, 95, passed away Sunday, November 22, 2009 in Odessa. She was born July 1, 1914 in Kiefer, Oklahoma to George Burton Cook and Mamie Bessie Lovett Cook. She lived in Seminole, Oklahoma until she moved to Odessa, Texas in 1947. She worked for Penland Distributors for 25 years as a bookkeeper and receptionist. She was...

Tory Foote

Nov 22, 2009

Tory Layne Foote, 49, slipped peacefully from this world into the arms of his Savior, on November 22, 2009 surrounded by his family. He is survived by his wife Rachel Foote; parents, Charles and Allene Foote; daughters, Morgan Shea Foote, Brandi Sue Foote; sister, Lori Missy Foote Peterson; niece, Mandy Peterson; nephew, Robert Peterson and many aunts, uncles, cousins...

Laverne Mcdaniel

Nov 20, 2009

Laverne Ledbetter McDaniel, 85, formerly of Odessa, passed away Friday evening November 20, 2009 at Midland Memorial Hospital. She was born February 18, 1924 in Knox County, TX to Stanley Mercer Ledbetter and Jewell Alvey Ledbetter. She moved to Burkburnett, Texas at an early age, before moving to Electra, Texas at age nine. She graduated from Electra High School...

Rogelio Garza

Nov 19, 2009

Rogelio Roy Garza, also known as Popo to his grandchildren, 64, of Odessa, passed away Thursday, November 19, 2009 at home surrounded by his wife and family. He was born August 20, 1945 in Seguin, Texas to mother Flora Davila and step-father Eduardo Davila, Sr. He was a sales delivery driver for 14 years at Golden Brew in Odessa,...

Joyce Clark

Nov 17, 2009

Joyce Sizemore Clark, 76 of Odessa, died Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at Hospice House in Odessa. Mrs. Clark was born June 19, 1933 in Muskogee, Oklahoma where she was reared and educated. She met and married Virgil Nolan Clark in Odessa on March 12, 1950. They lived in Orla and Goldsmith, prior to returning to Odessa. While in Odessa...

Jacqueline Conklin

Nov 17, 2009

Visitation Sunset Memorial Funeral Home 6801 E. Business 20 Odessa, TX  79762 Thursday, November 19, 2009 6:008:00 PM Service Funeral Service Sunset Memorial Chapel 6801 E. Business 20 Odessa, TX  79762 Friday, November 20, 2009 2:00 PM Cemetery Sunset Memorial Gardens 6801 E. Business 20 Odessa, TX  79762

Emily Kuykendall

Nov 17, 2009

Emily Florence Gilmore Kuykendall of Odessa passed away on Tuesday 17th November, 2009. She was born June 28th, 1941, at The Craigs, Ballymoney, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, the eldest of four daughters to the late John and Florrie Gilmore. Emily graduated from the Northern Ireland Catering College in Portrush, Co Antrim and worked at Princess Gardens School in Belfast...

James White, Jr.

Nov 11, 2009

James Jim Marion White, Jr., 88, passed away Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at Hospice House in Odessa, after a short illness. He was born on November 14, 1920 in Comanche County and grew up in Ranger, Texas. Mr. White was a retired salesman. He was a World War II veteran and served in Africa and Italy with the Sixth...

Damie Kroeker

Nov 11, 2009

alignleftDamie Odell Kroeker Mimi, 98, passed away Wednesday, November 11, 2009 in Odessa. alignleftShe was born August 26, 1911 in Dallas, Texas to James Robertson and Mary Margaret Williams Robertson. She was born and raised in Dallas and married Sanford Paul Kroeker on January 10, 1942 in Dallas. The couple moved to Odessa in 1947. She was a member...