Obituaries

Feb 28, 2023

Marlene Janie Colee Turner peacefully passed away, at 90 years old, on February 28, 2023, at her home in Odessa, Texas.

Visitation will be from 6:00-8:00 PM, Monday, March 6, 2023 at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home.

Funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM, Tuesday, March 7, 2023, at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with...

Feb 26, 2023

Russell Wallace Richardson was born September 23, 1936, in Owensville, Indiana, to Melvin Guy and Edna Lillian McClellan Richardson.

Russell Richardson, age 86, of Odessa, Texas, passed away on February 26, 2023.

At age 18 Russell enlisted in the U.S. Navy.

He spent most of his four-year enlistment at...

Feb 24, 2023

Baldomero "Shorty" Fuentes

Baldomero “Shorty” Fuentes, 84 was called Home by the Good Lord on Friday, February 24, 2023, in Odessa, Texas from his earthly home to join in Everlasting Peace in Paradise.  He was born on Sunday, February 27, 1938, in Balmorhea, Texas to Crispin “CC” Fuentes and Rita Natividad Fuentes.

Shorty always marched...

Feb 23, 2023

Mary Nell Rose Young of Odessa, Texas, celebrated her glorious reunion with Jesus on Thursday, February 23, 2023.

Mary Nell was born November 16,1935, in Hill County, Texas. She was born at home before the doctor could get there. Her birth was never recorded or documented.

She was the 12th child of 13 children, born...

Feb 23, 2023

Helen Fields Orren passed away peacefully, February 23,2023 in Odessa, TX, in the loving care of the people who loved her most.

Helen was born October 6, 1936, to Francis and Mildred Eklins in Spur, TX. She moved to Odessa, TX in 1964. She married Clay Orren in March of 1981 in Odessa.

Helen was...

Feb 22, 2023

Leonard Oliver Lilly of Odessa, Texas, passed away on February 22, 2023. Leonard was born on July 12, 1928, in Evansville, Indiana, to Charles and Freda Lilly. After graduating from high school, he joined the Army in 1946 serving at Fort Bliss, Texas. After discharge from the Army, he stayed in Texas for the rest of life working in...

Feb 22, 2023

Emma Rae Suiter, 84, passed away Wednesday, February 22, 2023, in Odessa, Texas. Emma was born in Winslow, Arkansas, on September 23, 1938, to Lloyd and Berniece Webber. She married Danny Suiter, February 12, 1955, in Wichita, Kansas. They moved to Odessa in 1962.

She is survived by her husband, Danny Suiter; son, Mike Suiter...

Feb 21, 2023

Billie Jean Love Haston was born February 06, 1933, in Foard County, Texas, to Earl and Helen Love.  She grew up in a farming family that was active in their church as well.  It was through this farming and church life that she met her husband, H. D.  She married him on March 30, 1959, and from that point...

Feb 20, 2023

Maudie B. Huckaby, God’s faithful servant, transitioned peacefully at home in Frisco, TX surrounded by love and her family at the age of 89 on February 20, 2023.

Maudie was born on April 8, 1933, in Corsicana, TX to the union of Ernest and Ida Mae (Young) Massengale. She graduated in 1951 from G.W. Carver High School...

Feb 20, 2023

Salda Ramirez Beseril, 73, lost her 4-year battle to cancer on Monday, February 20, 2023, at 12:20 AM in a local hospital surrounded by family and friends. She was born April 2, 1949, in the city of Los Fresnos, Texas. On May 4, 1974, she married George Beseril. Together they had two children Sandra and Michael. She was a...

Feb 20, 2023

Doris was born on October 21, 1932, to Ellis Mattox and Flora Goforth Mattox and went to be with the Lord on February 20, 2023. Born in rural Mississippi her childhood was spent playing with her sisters and many cousins. In 1954 she graduated from Alcorn High School and moved to Pecos, Texas. Here her friend, Thelma Cook introduced...

Feb 18, 2023

Yvonne Chamlee Brown, 85, of Odessa, Texas, passed away on February 18, 2023 with her loving family at her side.

Visitation will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens Thursday, February 23rd from 6-8 pm.  Funeral service will be held in the chapel at Sunset Memorial Gardens, 6801 E. Highway 80, Odessa, Texas.

Born October 27, 1937...

Feb 17, 2023

Nell was a small-framed woman with a huge heart for others! She had unbounded energy and loved to entertain. Cooking for others, often to excess, was a favorite thing of hers. There was always more than enough food at every meal for an extra mouth or two that may show up. She was known for her kindness and generosity....

Feb 15, 2023

Aurora Harris, 103, went to be with our Lord and savior on February 15, 2023. She passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by her loving family.

Aurora was a feisty, loving, and caring person who loved watching her cowboys play on Sunday afternoons and Monday nights. She never failed to compliment you on your attire saying...

Feb 15, 2023

Doris Jeanne Peck, 93, passed away Tuesday, February 15, 2023. Born March 30, 1929 in Memphis Tennessee, she was the daughter of the late Maude Jean Cochran and Lester Howard Nimmo. Her husband, Donald Peck, and her twin brother, Morris Nimmo, preceded her in death.

Doris graduated from Memphis State University in 1955 with a B.S. degree...

Feb 14, 2023

Peggy Arlene Kerr, known by most as “Grandma”, 71, of Odessa, Texas passed away on Tuesday, February 14, 2023, at Medical Center Hospital.

She was born on February 18, 1951, in Odessa to parents not worth mentioning, but was loved and taken care of by her aunt Mary Lyn Marr and her grandparents Milton and...

Feb 13, 2023

Charley Wayne Pool, 83 of Odessa Texas passed away Feb. 13, 2023.

Charley was born in Olton Texas on October 26, 1939, to Edgar and Zula Pool.  He attended Olton High School and then joined the United States Army where he proudly served 4 years.  He was stationed in various places such as South Korea where he...

Feb 13, 2023

Jimmy "Shorty" Dale Allen, Sr., 79, of Odessa, passed away on February 13, 2023, in Big Spring, TX.

Jimmy was born on January 8, 1944, in Lockney, TX to Noma Katherene Wash and raised by John Alvin Allen. Jimmy went to Ector High School. Shortly after, he was drafted into the Army from 1965 to...

Feb 13, 2023

Davin Stewart Smith, 31 of Odessa, Texas passed away on Monday, February 13, 2023, in Pflugerville, Texas.  Davin was born in Odessa Texas on November 6, 1991, to Eric & Michelle Smith.

Davin attended Bonham Jr. High and was active in football, basketball, and track.  He graduated from Permian High School in 2010.  While at Permian, he...

Feb 12, 2023

William (Bill) J. Maupin, a loving father, grandfather, and grumpy great grandad passed away February 12, 2023, at Medical Center Hospital in Odessa, Texas.

Visitation will be Friday February 17, 2023, from 6:00-8:00 PM at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, February 18, 2023, at 1:00 PM at Sunset Memorial Funeral...