Obituaries
Lula Lanning
Feb 9, 2016
Lula May Lanning, 70, of Crane, passed away on Tuesday, February 9, 2016, at the Medical Center Hospital in Odessa, Texas.Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 PM on Saturday, February 13, 2016, at the Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home Chapel in Crane with Reverend Jimmy Carrasco officiating. Burial will follow in the Crane County Cemetery. Lula was born on January 3,...
Plutarco "Taco" Orozco
Feb 1, 2016
Plutarco “Taco†Orozco, 79, of Big Lake, passed away on Monday, February 1, 2016, in the Reagan County Care Center in Big Lake.Rosary will be held on Wednesday, February 3, 2016, at 7pm at the Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home Chapel in Crane. Funeral services will be held at 1pm on Thursday, February 4, 2016, at the Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home Chapel in...
Bettye Ratliff
Jan 27, 2016
Our mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, Bettye Sue Low Ratliff, of Big Lake, Texas, departed this life to rejoin her husband, Lester, at the gates of heaven on January 27, 2016.Bettye was born in Jones County on January 22, 1927, to Homa Low and Helen Myatt Low. She began school in Hamlin, attended second through fourth grades in Haskell, and...
Joyce Baze
Jan 20, 2016
Joyce Marie Baze, 60, of Crane, passed away on Wednesday, January 20, 2016, at her home.The family will be receiving friends at the funeral home from 6pm until 8pm on Saturday, January 23, 2016.Graveside services will be held at 2:00pm on Sunday, January 24, 2016, at the Crane County Cemetery in Crane, Texas, with Tommy Parker officiating. Arrangements are under...
Cleophus "Clee" Harmon
Jan 18, 2016
Clee Harmon, 73 of Crane, passed away on Monday, January 18, 2016, at the University Medical Center in Lubbock, Texas.Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, January 23, 2016, at 1:00pm at the First Baptist Church in Crane. Burial will follow in the Sunset Cemetery in Crane. Arrangements are under the care and direction of Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home.Clee was born...
Ofelia Velasquez
Jan 16, 2016
Ofelia Bolanos Velasquez, 93 of Midland, and formerly of McCamey, passed away on Saturday, January 16, 2016, at the Desert Gardens Nursing Home in Midland, Texas.Rosary Service will be held at 7:00pm on Tuesday, January 19, 2016, at the Shaffer-Nichols Chapel in Crane. Funeral Mass will be held at 2:00pm on Wednesday, January 20, 2016, at the Good Shephard Catholic...
David Riza
Jan 16, 2016
David Riza, 66 of Crane, passed away on Saturday, January 16, 2016, at the Crane Memorial Hospital.Private services will be held at the request of the family.Arrangements were under the care and direction of Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home of Crane.David was born on December 7, 1949, in Waco, Texas. He had lived in Crane for the past 16 years. He was...
Iva Plummer
Jan 2, 2016
Iva Lee Sanders Plummer, 98, went to be with the Lord and loved ones on Saturday, January 2, 2016.Graveside services were held at 2 pm on Wednesday, January 6, 2016 at the Crane Cemetery officiated by Tommy Parker under the direction of Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home.Iva Lee Sanders was born January 15, 1917, in Iredell, Texas to George Homer Sanders and...
John Modisett
Jan 2, 2016
John A. Modisett, Our Father, Brother and Friend, went to Meet Our Lord, Saturday, January 2, 2016. Memorial services will be held at 2pm on Thursday, January 7, 2016, at the Westover Baptist Church located at 2540 N. Torrance in Odessa. The family will be gathering with friends at noon on Thursday in the fellowship hall at the church.John Was...
Juanita Johnston Lively
Jan 1, 2016
Juanita Johnston Lively, "Nurse Lively," entered into the presence of her Savior January 1, 2016. She was born in Little Rock, AR, February 15, 1921, and married the love of her life February 14, 1942. She was preceded in death by her husband, Frank; their son, Jim; her parents, and sister, Bettie Jo Roark. She is survived by daughters Sherry...
Jacqueline Longwell
Dec 24, 2015
Jacqueline Sue (Skinner) Longwell went to be with her Lord and Savior on December 24, 2015. She was born on February 24, 1946, in New Iberia, Louisiana, to Harres "Hob" and Mary Blanche Skinner. She was the oldest of 5 children. She married her husband Melvin Longwell in Gallup, New Mexico on July 18 1970.Sue was an active member of...
Myrtle Barefoot
Dec 21, 2015
Myrtle E. Barefoot, 99, of Sheffield, passed away on Monday, December 21, 2015, at the Crane Skilled Nursing Center.Graveside services will be held at 10am on Saturday, January 9, 2016, at the Sheffield Cemetery in Sheffield, Texas. Arrangements are under the care and direction of Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home.Myrtle was born on August 5, 1916, in Ozona, Texas. She had worked...
Mildred Earp
Dec 20, 2015
On December 20, 2015, Mildred June Goble Earp went home to be with God.She was born in Strawn, Texas on August 4, 1925, to Luther and Edith Goble. They moved to Crane from New Mexico when she was in the eighth grade. There she met I C (Tiny) Earp and they were married on June 3, 1944. She was a...
Emily Peterson
Dec 19, 2015
Emily Minnette Peterson was born in Mitchell, South Dakota, November 26, 1915, as the third of four children to Roy Backus, an educator, and Ethyl Coburn Backus. Roy Backus was Superintendent of Schools in Wagner, Bonesteel, and Fairfax, South Dakota, and taught briefly in McCamey, Texas. He was an accountant for the Navy in the Pentagon during WWII. Minnette, as...
Willie Davidson
Dec 17, 2015
Willie Paul Davidson, 99, of Crane, entered Heaven on Thursday, December 17, 2015 at his home.Paul was born on July 26, 1916, in Simsboro, Louisiana. Paul worked in the CCC for three years before entering the military. He was a WWII Veteran serving in the Army as the rank of Staff Sgt. Paul served in the Panama Canal zone during...
Inez Dossett
Dec 15, 2015
Inez Dossett, 100, of Odessa, and formerly of Crane, slipped peacefully into the arms of her Lord on Tuesday, December 15, 2015, in Odessa.Inez was born on October 8, 1915, in Goldthwaite, Texas to Joel and Zora Alvis Sellers. She graduated from Big Spring High School in 1931, and from Sul Ross with a BS and Masters Degree on May...
Jo Parker
Dec 14, 2015
Jo Ann Parker, of Crane, Texas passed away peacefully in her sleep in the morning hours of December 14th.Jo Ann was born March 4th 1932 in Breckenridge, Texas to John Leland Thomas and Alma Brothers Thomas. After a few moves she resided in an oil field community in Bennett ten miles northeast of Denver City. It was in this community...
Francisco Paredes
Dec 13, 2015
Francisco Paredes, 80, of Crane, passed away on Sunday, December 13, 2015, in the Midland Memorial Hospital.Services will be held at 2pm on Wednesday, December 16, 2015, at the Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the Crane County Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home.Francisco was born on June 15, 1935, in Mexico. He had...
Claudean Warren
Dec 11, 2015
Claudean (Dean) Warren, who recently turned 80, passed away peacefully Friday, December 11,2015 at her daughter’s home in Rosharon, Texas, after a month-long struggle from a majorstroke. She was born Norma Claudean Boggs in McCamey, Texas, on September 21, 1935, thethird child and first daughter of Ray and Claudia Boggs, joining brothers Don and Johnny andwas followed later by her...
Jerry Bailey
Dec 5, 2015
Jerry Bailey, 67, of Crane, passed away on Saturday, December 5, 2015, in Pecos County.The family has requested a private funeral. Arrangements are under the care and direction of Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home of Crane.Jerry was born on October 27, 1948, in Iraan, Texas. He was a decorated Vietnam Veteran, having served the Army. He received a Bronze Star, and a...
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