Obituaries
Mona Sue Yocham
Dec 15, 2020
Mona Sue Branch Yocham On Tuesday, December 15, 2020, Mona Sue Yocham, loving mother to 3 children, passed away at the age of 85 at her home in Rankin, TX. Graveside services will be held at the Rankin Cemetery at 3:00 pm on Sunday December 20, 2020. Mona Sue was born on September 10, 1935 at 4:00 am on the...
Goldya Hendricks
Dec 14, 2020
Goldya Meason Hendricks Born on January 21, 1924, north of Gould, Oklahoma, to Charlie Samuel and Eula Miller Meason. Goldya was a servant to the Lord and loved her church family. She was a very independent and determined woman. She never shied away from hard work and lived to serve and do for others. Of course, she did not want...
Kevin Wayne Kopecek
Dec 13, 2020
Kevin Wayne Kopecek, 40 years of age, from Crane, Texas, left this world and went home to the Lord on December 13, 2020. He was born on July 2, 1980 to Herman and Brenda Kopecek. Kevin enjoyed fishing, riding dirt bikes and was always working on something. Kevin is survived by his mother, Brenda Kopecek of California; daughters Kaitlin Kopecek,...
Michael Navarrete
Dec 12, 2020
Michael Angel Navarrete passed away in his hometown of McCamey, TX at 9:30am on Saturday, December 12, 2020, at the age of 45. Michael was born in Crane, TX on September 8, 1975. He graduated from McCamey High School in 1994. Michael went on to graduate from a culinary arts school where he became a chef and worked in the...
Kathleen Wheeler
Dec 5, 2020
Wilma Kathleen Wheeler died December 5, 2020 in Rankin, Texas. Kathleen was born October 4, 1923 in Goldthwaite, Texas. She was the older of two daughters born to Lois and Haralson Wheeler. She moved to Rankin with her family in 1928. Kathleen graduated from Rankin High School in 1940 and then attended Sul Ross University for two years. Because of...
Shirley Matlock
Dec 4, 2020
Shirley Matlock, 83, of Crane, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, December 4th, 2020 in Crane, TX. Shirley was born on September 9th, 1937 in Fall Leaf, Kansas to Richard Bryant and Fern Cordell-Bryant-Fagg. She graduated from Lamont High School in Lamont, Kansas. She married the love of her life Delbert Leon Matlock on May 12th,...
William Stanley "Stan" Woody
Dec 4, 2020
William Stanley “Stan” Woody reunited with the good Lord on Friday, December 4, 2020 after battling a brief illness. Stan was born April 29, 1954 in Waynesville, NC to Marlene and Wils Woody. Stan was the oldest of five children. Stan graduated from Bessemer City High School in 1972. It was during high school he met his bride-to-be, Barbara Armstrong....
Javier M. Garcia
Nov 28, 2020
Javier M. Garcia, 67, of Crane, passed away on Saturday, November 28, 2020, at the Odessa Regional Medical Center. Javier was born on May 22, 1953, in Mexico. He had lived in Crane for 37 years and was a member of the Good Shepherd Catholic Church. He enjoyed dancing, playing soccer, and working out in his garden. Javier was a...
Daniel "Dan" Blair
Nov 20, 2020
Daniel L Blair was born 5th of 7 children to Jeff Blair and Thelma Daniel Blair, November 14, 1935, at home near Robert Lee, Texas. Dan passed away November 20, 2020, in Odessa, Texas. Dan grew up in Robert Lee, and at age 16, he moved to Odessa to work in the oil fields. He continued oil field work until...
Bobbye R. Kincaid
Nov 18, 2020
Bobbye Ray Payne Kincaid passed away on November 18,2020, at Midland Memorial Hospital. She was 91. Bobbye was born July 7, 1929, in Miles, Texas, to Willie Mae and Russell Payne. She was their second daughter. Her family moved north of Fort Stockton early on in her life. She attended Fort Stockton schools and graduated in 1947. She attended Texas...
Hilario Cipriano Nava Sr.
Nov 17, 2020
Hilario Cipriano Nava, Sr., 59, of McCamey, passed away on Tuesday, November 17, 2020, at the Medical Center Hospital in Odessa. Hilario was born on January 14, 1961, in Mexico. He was longtime resident of McCamey, and a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church. He enjoyed target shooting in his spare time, however Hilario was a hard worker and...
Wallace R. "Cotton" Cox
Nov 14, 2020
Wallace R. Cox, “Cotton”, 80, of Crane went to be with his Lord and Savior on Saturday, November 14, 2020 at his residence. Cotton was born on May 8, 1940 in Cotton Valley, Louisiana to Davis Cox and Idell Harvey. He attended Cotton Valley High School and was a member of First Baptist Church of Rankin. He married the love...
Edd Carpenter
Nov 10, 2020
Edd Carpenter, 90, of Iraan, passed away on Tuesday, November 10, 2020, at the Iraan General Hospital. Edd was born on September 15, 1930, in Stephenville, Texas. He married the love of his life, Wanda Thurman on December 24, 1949. They moved to Iraan in 1953 where he began his career as a field gauger and pumper. Edd retired from...
Donnie Anderson
Nov 9, 2020
Donald Erwin Anderson of Hobbs, NM, joined the Lord on November 9th, 2020. Graveside services will be held Saturday, November 14th, at 2:00, at the McCamey Cemetery in McCamey, Texas. Donnie was born on January 14th, 1953 in Uvalde, Texas to Donald and Marjorie Anderson. After birth his family moved to Sanderson, TX where he lived until the 5th grade....
Maria C. Gomez
Nov 1, 2020
Maria Cornelia Gomez, also known as “Nely”, passed away on November 1, 2020 in Midland Memorial Hospital. She was born on September 17, 1948 and is survived by her husband Miguel B. Gomez from Crane and her children, they are Miguel Gomez and wife Cecilia, Leticia Easley and husband Kylabe, Delia Calderon and husband Joe, Joel Gomez and wife Claudia,...
Robin Tiner
Nov 1, 2020
Robin Elizabeth Tiner flew to the arms of Jesus on November 1, 2020. She was born in Crane, Texas, on January 23, 1954, to David and Margaret Tiner. Robin earned a Bachelor degree in history from UTPB and lived in Colorado and North Carolina before returning to Crane. Robin had a zest for life and loved to cook, paint, and...
Crecencio F. Rodriguez Sr.
Oct 31, 2020
Crecencio (Chencho) Rodriguez of Rankin, TX, passed-away peacefully on October 31, 2020 at the age of 79. Chencho is survived by his wife Erlinda Rodriguez; his children Criscilda Curtis and Crecencio Rodriguez Jr.; stepchildren Jorge Ramirez and Johnny Joe Ramirez; grandchildren Robert Sherman, Courtney Sherman, Alexia Rodriguez and Cheyenne Rodriguez; step-grandchildren Catherine Ramirez, Gorge A. Ramirez, Adam Ramirez, Avery Ramirez...
Peggy Garner
Oct 27, 2020
Peggy Sue Dossey Garner Peggy Garner was born May 11, 1930 in Bonham, Texas to Howard Holland Dossey and Euna Flossye Gatlin Dossey. The family moved to McCamey so that Peggy’s father could work in the oilfield. She graduated from McCamey High School and married her hero, Jack Marvin Garner from Rankin on February 17, 1947. The couple had three...
Delbert Matlock
Oct 23, 2020
Delbert Matlock, 85, of Crane, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Friday, October 23, 2020, in Odessa, Texas. Delbert was born on August 10, 1935, in Quincy, Kansas to Jesse Hubert and Ethel Booth Matlock. He graduated from Lamont High School in Lamont, Kansas and joined the National Guard. He married the love of his life, Shirley...
Betty Jane Pittman
Oct 21, 2020
Betty Jane Pittman spent her life working for the good of her family and her community. She passed away, trusting in Jesus her Savior, on October 21st in San Angelo, Texas. Born in Crossroads, New Mexico on September 9, 1934, Betty was the first child of Belle and Lee Hebison to survive infancy. She learned early in life to put...