Obituaries
Berry Childs
Sep 18, 2009
Berry Walker Childs, age 85, passed away Friday, September 18, 2009, at Midland Memorial Hospital. Berry was born to Jesse and Mildred Childs on January 29, 1924 in Ingram, Texas. He served in the Air Force in Northern Italy during WW2 and worked for many years for Western Geographical, which took him to North Africa, Yemen, Bengazi, Australia and...
Barbara Haston
Sep 17, 2009
Barbara Jean Haston passed away Thursday, September 17, 2009 at her residence after a lengthy battle with cancer. She was born in Odessa, Texas on October 30, 1964 to H. D. and Billie Haston. Barbara was a vibrant woman who enjoyed her family, her church, traveling, and teaching second graders at Goliad Elementary here in Odessa. She was a...
Doris Roberts
Sep 14, 2009
Doris Ruth Odstrcil Roberts, 79, a longtime resident of Odessa went to be with our Lord on September 14, 2009 after a lengthy illness. Doris was born on March 14, 1930 in Caldwell, Texas. She was employed as Secretary for the Ector County Adult Probation before her retirement. She was preceded in death by her mother Elsie Morton. Survivors...
Andres Mata
Sep 14, 2009
On September 14, 2009, our devoted husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, padrino, mentor and friend passed away to peacefully rest at the age of 82. He was surrounded by his beloved family and many friends. Andres Gonzalez Mata was born on April 17,1927 in El Indio Ranch, Presidio, Texas. He married Romelia Gomez on October15, 1949 in Odessa, Texas....
John Goodman
Sep 13, 2009
John Hiram Goodman, 87, loving husband, father and grandfather died Sunday morning at 4:30 a.m. in Odessa, Texas September 13, 2009 at the Odessa Hospice facility. John was born June 15, 1922 in East Texas in a town named Bivins, Texas, to Elzie Cleveland and Minnie Ruie Williams. Bivins is a little town next to Linden, Texas, about 10...
James Jones
Sep 9, 2009
James Henry Jim Jones, 84, passed away Thursday, September 9, 2009 in Odessa. He was born May 10, 1925 in Comanche County to Henry Clinton Jones and Suzanna Elizabeth Hasley. He married Dortha Louise McCaskill on April 27, 1946 in Texhoma, Oklahoma. Mr. Jones worked in the oilfields of West Texas for 45 years. Following retirement he worked as...
Betty Monzingo
Sep 9, 2009
Betty Bobby Monzingo, 81 of Odessa, passed away Wednesday, September 9, 2009 at Manor Park in Midland. Betty Bob was someone that made everyone smile.She always loved the simple things in life . we know she is curled up in heaven with a cup of coffee and a good book. She was born January 23, 1928 in Kaufman, Texas...
Rena Vaughan
Sep 8, 2009
Rena Estell Vaughan of Odessa died September 8, 2009 in Amarillo after an extended illness. She was born November 27, 1923 to Albert and Lucy McCown and graduated from Dalhart High School. Rena married Homer Andrew Vaughan March 8, 1942. Homer passed away in 2007 after 65 years of Marriage. Rena was a homemaker and loved taking care of...
Leonard Burnett
Sep 7, 2009
Leonard Steve Burnett, of Odessa, passed away peacefully on Monday, September 7, 2009, at Seabury Nursing Home. Mr. Burnett had recently celebrated his 98th birthday. Mr. Burnett was born in Arkansas on August 11, 1911 to Jeff and Daisy Burnett. He was their last surviving child. Mr. Burnett worked for over fifty years for Cactus Drilling and Loffland Bro....
Sandra Polk
Sep 6, 2009
Sandra Challen Martin Polk was born in Falfurrias, Texas, to Al and Betty Martin on August 22, 1946. After a long and courageous battle with cancer, Sandra ascended to be with her Lord and Savior, as well as her loved ones who had preceded her, on Sunday September 6, 2009. Brought up in South Texas where her parents owned...
Camden Arnold
Sep 3, 2009
Our precious little son and brother, Camden Matthew Arnold, was born on September 3, 2009,at Odessa Regional Medical Center and passed into the hands of his loving God soon after his birth surrounded by his family and friends. Our little angel will be greatly missed by his loving parents, Brianna Lisenbe and Tay Arnold and by his twin brother,...
Michael Tarrant
Aug 26, 2009
Michael Tarrant, age 69, passed away Wednesday, August 26, 2009 in Odessa. He was born November 1, 1939 to Marshall I. Tarrant and Hannah Louise Rhodes. Michael graduated from Odessa High School in 1959. He was a big fan of football. He loved to watch Permian High and Odessa High football.as well as the Dallas Cowboys and University of...
Wanda Scarbrough
Aug 24, 2009
Wanda Scarbrough, 74 of Allen, Texas passed away Monday, August 24, 2009. She was born September 17, 1934 in Doole, Texas to Edna O. Johnson and L.C. McBride. She grew up in Lubbock, Texas before moving to Odessa. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Earnest Gilbert Scarbrough and her son-in-law, Larry Whitmore. Survivors include her...
Ninnon Kennedy
Aug 20, 2009
Ninnon Mae Kennedy, 86, passed away Thursday, August 20, 2009 in Big Spring, Texas. She was born July 19, 1923 in Brooksmith, Texas. She earned an LVN degree and worked as a doctors nurse until she married Alton E. Kennedy on April 4, 1967 in El Paso, Texas. She worked for the Texas Highway Department after they moved to...
Jerry Reffner
Aug 15, 2009
Jerry James Reffner, 69 passed away Saturday, August 15, 2009 in Odessa, TX. Cometh unto me all you who labor and have heavy laden and I will give you rest Matthew 11: 28. Jerry ended his battle with his illness peacefully on August 15, 2009. Born in McPherson, KS on May 13, 1940 to Maurice and Betty Reffner, Graduated...
Mary Aguilar-Saffell
Aug 15, 2009
Mary Helen Aguilar-Saffell, a loving house-wife and mother, died at home peacefully in her sleep, August 15th 2009, following a courageous battle with cancer. She was born August 30th 1947, in the town of Slaton, Texas, to the late Tiburcio and Manuala Ybarra, she attended Zavala Grade school and graduated from Ector High School in 1966. She was a...
Virginia Briscoe
Aug 14, 2009
Virginia Carrie Briscoe, 80 passed away Friday, August 14, in Odessa, TX. She was born on February 17, 1929 in Putman, TX to Thomas Earl Clemmer and Mary Ann Wilson Clemmer. She married Alton Briscoe on June 15, 1950 in Carlsbad, NM. She is preceded in death by her husband, Alton Briscoe and a daughter, Virginia Mae, April 17,...
Edward Shepard
Aug 13, 2009
Edward Carroll Shepard was born to Audie and Gladys Enlow Shepard on September 19, 1937 in Loving, Texas. He was called to his heavenly home on August 13, 2009. Edward married Jo Carrell on May 16, 1958 in Putnam, Texas. He retired from Rock Tool Company in Odessa after 33 years of service. He is survived by his wife...
Agripina Navarro
Aug 12, 2009
Agripina Pina Navarro went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, August 12, 2009 in Odessa. She was born June 23, 1922 in Terlingua, Texas to Manuel Levario and Maria Grado Levario. She married Alberto Navarro on June 10, 1941 in El Mulato, Mexico. The couple made their home in Kermit, Texas. Pina was a homemaker and known for...
Theodore Roedel, Jr.
Aug 12, 2009
Theodore Ted Roedel, Jr., a loving husband, father, and granddad, passed away peacefully Wednesday, August 12, 2009 at his residence in Odessa. Ted was born May 30, 1948, to Theodore and Vestal Greenway Roedel, in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Ted graduated from Lawrence Central High in 1966, by the following year; he enlisted into the United States Air Force in 1967,...
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