Obituaries
Rosa Galan
Feb 11, 2021
Rosa Galan, 81, of McCamey, passed away on Thursday, February 11, 2021, in Odessa. Funeral services will be held at 11:30 am on Friday, February 19, 2021, at the Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the Resthaven Cemetery. Rosa was born on January 1, 1940, in Pecos, Texas. She was a homemaker and a longtime resident of McCamey....
Mary Eva Strickland
Feb 7, 2021
Mary Eva Jones Strickland, 96 of Burnet and formerly of Crane, passed away on Sunday, February 7, 2021, in Burnet, Texas. Mary Eva was born on November 1, 1924, in Breckenridge, Texas. She was a longtime resident of Crane and had moved in Burnet in 2012. Mary Eva had worked at the funeral home in Crane for many years. She...
Luis Mariano Arias
Feb 6, 2021
Luis Mariano Arias was born on Friday, March 12, 1954 in Santander Jimenez, Tamaulipas. He was born to Manuela Montes and Nicolas Arias. He fell asleep in death on Saturday, February 6th, 2021 at the age of 66. On April 2, 1974 he married Maria Elena, who survives him. They were married for 47 years. He is also survived by...
Dana Harvey
Feb 5, 2021
On Friday, February 5th, 2021, Dana H. Harvey, a loving son, grandson, brother, and uncle, he began his journey to the spirit world. Dana is survived by his mother Clara, his father Harrison, his brothers Clayton, Dexter, Tyson, his niece Kaylee, his nephew Ayden, his grandmother Lillie, and many aunts, uncles, and cousins. He was born December 20, 1990 in...
Eddie G. Ramirez
Jan 31, 2021
Eddie G. Ramirez, 53, of Crane, passed away on Sunday, January 31, 2021, at the Crane Memorial Hospital. Eddie was born on July 19, 1967, in Pecos, Texas. He was a longtime resident of Crane having spent many years working in the oilfield as an operator. Eddie loved the outdoors and could always be found doing the things he enjoyed...
Arturo Armendariz
Jan 29, 2021
Arturo Armendariz 79, of Crane, passed away on Friday, January 29, 2021, at the Focus Care Nursing Center in Crane. Arturo was born on April 26, 1941, in Mexico. He had lived in Crane the past nine years. Arturo worked in construction for many years prior to his retirement. He loved the game of baseball, not only as a spectator...
Mary Lucille LaQuey
Jan 26, 2021
Mary Lucille Kiser LaQuey passed away on January 26, 2021, in Bertram, Texas at the age of 93. She was the wife of Kenneth Delwin LaQuey who passed away on November 18, 1984. She married the love of her life on October 8, 1944, and shared 40 years of marriage together. Mary was born at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio,...
Ruben Peterson Jr.
Jan 17, 2021
Ruben “Cat” Peterson, Jr.; aka Daddy, Pop, Uncle Sonny, Grandpa, Papaw, Mr. P, Buddy. The list could go on and on. Our father was very active in the community of Rankin for many years. He was a businessman who ran the Buckland Inn, a café that he and our mother owned and worked in for many years as well as...
DeWayne Lindsey
Jan 14, 2021
Earl DeWayne Lindsey died Thursday January 14th, 2021 in Lubbock, Texas after complications sustained from surgery and progressing dementia. He was born on May 29th, 1936 in Rankin Texas to parents Thomas Earl & Mary Eva (Langford) Lindsey. DeWayne decided to plant his feet when he was a teenager, and he moved in with his grandparents in Rankin, Texas. Little...
Linda Gail Edwards
Jan 11, 2021
Linda Gail Edwards Linda Gail Edwards entered eternity on Monday, January 11, 2021 in Crane, Texas. She was born August 17, 1943 in Idabel, Oklahoma to Laverne and Douglas Hoffman. When she was one month old, her family moved to Crane, Texas in 1943. She attended Crane schools as a child and teen and remained a Crane resident for most...
Wanda Carpenter
Jan 10, 2021
Wanda Carpenter, 88 of Iraan, passed away on Sunday, January 10, 2021, in Centerville, Texas, surrounded by her loving family. Wanda was born on December 14, 1932, in Stephenville, Texas. She married the love of her life, Edward Carpenter on December 24, 1949. They moved to Iraan in 1953. Wanda was a member of the First United Methodist Church in...
George R. Berry
Jan 10, 2021
George R. Berry, 70, of McCamey, passed away on Sunday, January 10, 2021, at the Midland Memorial Hospital. George was born on October 31, 1950, in Overton, Texas. He married Fannie Mae Trumble on June 26, 1971, in McCamey. She preceded him in death on October 26, 2006. George retired with 45 plus years working in the Permian Basin oilfield....
Carla Jo Harper
Jan 9, 2021
Carla Jo Haynes Harper, 61, of Crane, passed away on Saturday, January 9, 2021, in Odessa. Carla was born on April 29, 1959 in Kermit, Texas. She was the second youngest of 9 children. She married the love of her life in 1975 and they were married for 45 years. She is survived by her loving husband Mike Harper; a...
William "Bill" Richardson
Jan 4, 2021
William “Bill” Richardson, 77, of Crane, passed away on Monday, January 4, 2021, in Crane. Bill was born on June 8, 1943, in Cimarron, NM. He married the love of his life, Sharon Kay Bates on March 28, 1961, in Raton, NM. Bill was a longtime resident of Crane and was a Christian. He worked for 30 years well servicing...
Elida A. Barrandey
Dec 29, 2020
Elida Barrandey, 56, of McCamey, passed away on Tuesday, December 29, 2020, in Midland. Elida was born on October 13, 1964, in Crane, Texas to Jose T. and Guadalupe Abalos Barrandey. Elida enjoyed life and loved making others laugh. Her favorite things were playing poker and loteria with family. However, watching the Dallas Cowboys was a must. Win or lose,...
Billy Joe Neal
Dec 25, 2020
Life as we knew it changed the morning of Friday, December 25, 2020, when Bill was called home suddenly to join our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Billy Joe Neal was born June 15, 1955 to the union of Duffie and Eunice Lee Neal in Crane, Texas, and resided in Crane for much of his life, where he watched over...
Rae Nell Conner (Tooke)
Dec 21, 2020
Rae Nell was born April 25, 1940, to Goldie Arlandies and Helen Elizabeth (Bromley) Tooke in Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas. Rae Nell was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Those left to honor and cherish her memory are her husband of 60 years Therman E. Conner, of Ft. Stockton; children Carie Ann and husband Carl Svajda of College Station,...
Gerald Cooley
Dec 20, 2020
Gerald Cooley, 82, of Crane, passed away on Sunday, December 20, 2020, at his home. Gerald was born on August 26, 1938, in Lamesa, Texas to Calvin and Ruby Moore Cooley. Gerald was a longtime resident of Crane and worked as a Contract Pumper for many years until his health began to fail. He never met a stranger, always happy...
Mary Peterson
Dec 17, 2020
“Mama”, Aunt Ruth, Sister, Ms. Mary, Mama Mary, Ms. P., Grandma, Nana…you name it, our mother went by all of these names and wore many hats during her lifetime. From running a Café in Rankin with our father for many years, babysitting, volunteering with the local 4-H organization teaching cooking classes, working in the Rankin ISD school cafeteria, to being...
Valentina "Tina" Rodriguez
Dec 16, 2020
Valentina “Tina” Rodriguez, 64, of McCamey, passed away on Wednesday, December 16, 2020, in San Angelo, Texas. Tina was born on May 18, 1956, in McCamey. She was a lifelong resident of McCamey and was a homemaker. Tina was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church. She enjoyed her time outdoors and had enjoyed hunting and fishing with her...