Obituaries
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...
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,...

