Obituaries

Edith Sutton

Edith Sutton

Dec 23, 2008

Edith Mable Sutton, 92, of Odessa, passed away December 23, 2008 at her home. Edith was born November 20, 1916 in Buffalo, Texas to Richard and Leona Justice Parker. Edith married John L. Sutton on May 25, 1935. They came to Odessa in 1963 from Amarillo. Edith was a devoted Christian and a member of Friendship Baptist Church where...

Jessie Duke

Jessie Duke

Dec 19, 2008

JESSIE LEE DUKE, 88 On December 19, 2008 our beloved mother, grandmother great-grandmother, Jessie Lee Duke went home to be with her heavenly father. Jessie was born in Comanche County, Texas on September 25, 1920, to Rufus Claude Dennis Minnie Lee Kirk Dennis. She is the eldest of sisters, Claudie Mae Arends and Myrtle Lorene White. Jessie was raised...

Charles Smith

Charles Smith

Dec 18, 2008

Charles Whitney Smith, 84, of Odessa, passed away Thursday, December 18, 2008 at Parks Methodist Retirement Village following an illness of several months. BRBRWhitney was born November 15, 1924, in Joplin, Missouri, the youngest child of the late Charles C. and Ollie Rafferty Smith. BRBRWhitney graduated from Joplin High School in 1942 and the University of Missouri with a...

Edna Grayson

Edna Grayson

Dec 16, 2008

Edna Grayson, 85 years old, passed away on Tuesday, December 16, 2008 . Services are scheduled for 2:00 PM Saturday, December 20th at Crescent Park Baptist Church, 3002 East University Boulevard in Odessa, Texas with interment to follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 6-8 pm on Friday, December 19th at Sunset Memorial Gardens and Funeral Home...

Jake Evans

Jake Evans

Dec 16, 2008

Jake Dean Scott Evans was born December 16, 2008 in Odessa to Jeffrey Scott Evans and Rhonda Dean Rudloff Evans. He passed away December 16, 2008 at Odessa Regional Medical Center. He is survived by his parents, his brother, Aden Evans, maternal grandparents, Ronald and Mary Rudloff, paternal grandparents, William and Penny Evans, paternal great grandparents, Joseph and Joy...

Carl Fisher

Carl Fisher

Dec 15, 2008

Carl Ray Fisher, 88, passed away on Monday, December 15 at the Iowa Veteran's Home in Marshaltown, Iowa. Carl was born in Kankakee, Il. to Ernest and Berta White. He attended Lincoln High School in Des Moines, Ia. and enlisted in the United States Army where he served in the Calvary and erned a Purple Heart. He is survived...

Nina Sayles

Nina Sayles

Dec 14, 2008

Nina Lorene Coggin Sayles, 80, of Chickasha, Oklahoma and formerly of Odessa, Texas died at 1:35 AM on Sunday in the Jane Phillips Medical Center in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Memorial services will be held at 10:00 AM on Thursday in the New Life Christian Church in Chickasha, Oklahoma with Minister Ezell Nelson officiating. Graveside services will be held at 11:00...

Marsha Villa

Marsha Villa

Dec 14, 2008

Marsha L. Villa, 52, lost the courageous battle to cancer on December 14, 2008. She went to sleep at her home on her ranch in Pleasant Farms where she was surrounded by family and friends. P PMarsha was born June 28, 1956, in Long Beach, California. She was the youngest of three children born to the late Mel Free...

Mildred Hext

Mildred Hext

Dec 13, 2008

Mildred A. Hext, age 88, was born June 6, 1920 to Bill and Myrtle McPherson in Leonard, Oklahoma and went home to be with the Lord on December 13, 2008. She spent her childhood years in Pampa, Texas where she married John Cecil Hext on July 16, 1938. She and Cecil moved to Odessa, Texas in 1950 and after...

Tokiko Rambo

Tokiko Rambo

Dec 13, 2008

Tokiko Ikehara Rambo Mrs. Rambo, Toki, passed away December 13, 2008 at 11:36 a.m. at her home in Odessa, Texas. She was 67 years old. She was born March 15, 1941 in Koza City, Okinawa. She married Dwight Bernard Rambo, Sr. and moved with him to Odessa in June 1964, where she had been a resident Texan ever since....

W. Crow

W. Crow

Dec 11, 2008

W. C. Crow, 85, of Odessa, died Thursday, December 11, 2008 at the Parks Methodist Village. He was born June 15, 1923 in Berwyn, Oklahoma. He served in the U.S.. Navy from 1943-1946. He married Florine Gilliam July 22, 1944. Flo went to be with the Lord in 1999. He is survived by daughters, Rita Spriggs and son-in-law, Dennis...

Donny Miller

Donny Miller

Dec 9, 2008

Donny Miller, 59, of Sweetwater, Texas passed away Tuesday, December 9, 2008 in Abilene, Texas. He was born August 24, 1949 in Odessa to J.R. Miller and Lucille Collum Miller. He was a truck driver, a Christian, and a Veteran. He was also in the National Guard Reserve. He is survived by his wife, Mary Miller of Sweetwater, sons,...

Robbie Dobbs

Robbie Dobbs

Dec 8, 2008

Robbie Jo Dobbs, 56, of Odessa, passed away Monday, December 8, 2008 in Houston, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. She was a wonderful mother, grandmother, daughter, sister and mentor. Robbie was born May 19, 1952 to R.E. and Hazel Dobbs. Her father preceded her in death. Robbie was the owner of the Country Store in Odessa....

Benton Dossey

Benton Dossey

Dec 8, 2008

Benton Ray Dossey , 85, passed away at his home in Odessa December 8, 2008 after a brave battle with cancer. He was born on July 14, 1923 in a rural area of Limestone County. He graduated high school in Groesbeck, Texas. He entered the U.S. Army in February, 1943 and served until February, 1946. He served in the...

Beverly Chau

Beverly Chau

Dec 4, 2008

Beverly Chau, 60, of Odessa, passed away December 4, 2008. She was born June 14, 1948 in Canton, China. She was self employed in the Restaurant Industry for over 30 years, first working at Moon Palace in the 1970s in Odessa, Texas then to Levelland, Texas in the 1980s, then to Bobby Joes in Monahans, Texas in the 1990s...

Alice Baughman

Alice Baughman

Dec 3, 2008

Alice Mae Baughman passed away Wednesday, December 3, 2008 in Odessa. She was born July 6, 1932 in Butler, Pennsylvania to William Smith and Catherine Ryder Smith. She grew up in Grove City, Pennsylvania and married Harry Baughman, Jr. on February 11, 1949. They have three children, Gary Baughman and wife Fran of Snyder, Texas, Linda Black and husband...

A. Broadwell

A. Broadwell

Dec 3, 2008

A. J. Broadwell, 85 of Odessa died Wednesday evening December 3, 2008 at Hospice House in Odessa. He was born March 6, 1923 in Hamlin, Texas to Hugh and Hattie Henson Broadwell, A.J. was reared and educated in Roscoe, Texas. Mr. Broadwell entered active duty in the US Army in January 1943 after serving 2 years in the National...

Leland Finley

Leland Finley

Dec 3, 2008

Leland Earl Finley was born to David Earl Finley and Inez Downing Finley in Mena, Polk County, Arkansas on January 20, 1932. As a youth, Leland moved with his parents to Wellington, Collingsworth County, Texas where he graduated from Wellington High School. On April 16, 1952, Leland enlisted in the US Army where he served in the Korean War....

Martha Maupin

Martha Maupin

Dec 2, 2008

Martha L. Sanders Maupin, Loving Wife and Mother went home to join her Savior and Lord on Tuesday, December 2, 2008 at Medical Center Hospital in Odessa. She lived a long and full life and guided each of Us through the pathways of life. A wife, mother, a grandma too, aligncenterthis is the legacy we have from you. aligncenterYou...

Russell Reynolds

Russell Reynolds

Nov 29, 2008

Russell Sterling Reynolds passed away Saturday, November 29, 2008 in Denver, Colorado He was born February 14, 1962 in Odessa, Texas. He graduated from Odessa High School and was an accomplished artist of Western and Indian art. Survivors include his parents, Doug and Sandy Cox; of Odessa; Brother, Sean Smith and wife Jodi; Niece, Sidney and Nephew Jesse, all...

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