Obituaries
Delores Heydle
Dec 27, 2013
Delores Heydle, 85 of Odessa, passed away on Friday, December 27, 2013, at the Crane Care Center. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 PM on Tuesday, December 31, 2013, at the Desdemona Cemetery in Desdemona. Arrangements are under the care and direction of Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home of Crane. Delores was born on November 27, 1928, in Rising Star, Texas....
Guadalupe Villanueva
Dec 22, 2013
Guadalupe Villanueva, 88, of McCamey, passed away at his home on Sunday, December 22, 2013.Rosary will be said at 7pm on Thursday, December 26, 2013, at the Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home Chapel in McCamey. Funeral Mass will be held at 1pm on Friday, December 27, 2013, at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in McCamey with Father Laurent Mvondo officiating. Burial will...
Deborah "Deb" Ausbern
Dec 21, 2013
Deborah "Deb" Lynn Ausbern, born August 3, 1951, in Akron, OH. She went to be with her Lord and Savior on December 21, 2013.Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM on Thursday, December 26, 2013, at the Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Mike Holmes officiating. Burial will follow in the Crane County Cemetery with arrangements under the care...
Roy H. Zarate
Dec 19, 2013
Roy H. Zarate, 55, of McCamey, passed away on Thursday, December 19, 2013, at Midland Memorial Hospital.Rosary will be said at 7pm on Sunday, December 22, 2013, at the Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home Chapel in McCamey. Funeral Mass will be held at 2pm on Monday, December 23, 2013, at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in McCamey with Father Laurent Mvondo officiating....
Ines H. Jimenez
Dec 17, 2013
Ines H. Jimenez, 80, of Crane, passed away on Tuesday, December 17, 2013, in El Paso, Texas.Rosary was said at 7pm on Sunday, December 22, 2013, at the Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home Chapel in Crane. Funeral Mass was held at 11am on Monday, December 23, 2013, at the Good Shepherd Catholic Church with Father Laurent Mvondo officiating. Burial followed in the...
Marjorie "Puzz" Gallion
Dec 17, 2013
Marjorie "Puzz" Gallion, 85 of Crane, Texas went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Tuesday, December 17th 2013. Graveside services will be held at 2:00PM on Saturday, December 21, 2013, at the Crane County Cemetery with Reverend Tommy Parker officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home of Crane. Puzz was born on June...
Oscar Murguia
Dec 13, 2013
Oscar Murguia, 40, of Crane, passed away on Friday, December 13, 2013, at the Medical Center Hospital in Odessa, Texas. Rosary will be said at 7:00 PM on Sunday, December 15, 2013, at the Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home Chapel. Funeral Mass will be held at 2:00 PM on Monday, December 16, 2013, at the Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Crane with...
Antonio Valdez Quintero
Dec 7, 2013
Antonio Valdez Quintero, 83, of Iraan, went home to be with his heavenly father on Saturday, December 07, 2013, at Midland Memorial Hospital in Midland, Texas. Antonio was born on March 10, 1930 in Villaunion, Coahuila, Mexico. He worked as a ranch hand in his early years and thereafter, in the well service industry. He married Ninfa Rivera on August...
Catalina Juarez Gonzalez
Nov 25, 2013
Catalina Juarez Gonzalez, 92, of McCamey, passed away on Monday, November 25, 2013, at the McCamey Convalescent Center.Funeral services were held at 3pm on Wednesday, November 27, 2013, at the Primera Iglesia Baptista in McCamey with Reverends Reymundo Almaraz, and Daniel Hernandez officiating. Burial followed in the Resthaven Cemetery in McCamey with arrangements under the care and direction of Shaffer-Nichols...
Wanda Gail Damron
Nov 21, 2013
Wanda Gail Damron, 71, of Rifle, Colorado passed away November 21, 2013 at the family home.Wanda was born February 20, 1942 in Clovis, New Mexico. She was the daughter of John and Marguerite Landis. She grew up in Crane, Texas where she lived with her parents and sisters Johnnie and Shelia.Wanda married Roy Damron in 1957. They lived in Crane...
Lydia Faye McKee
Nov 11, 2013
Lydia Faye McKee, 58, of McCamey, passed away on Monday, November 11, 2013, at the McCamey Hospital.Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM on Thursday, November 14, 2013, at the Church of Christ in McCamey with Minister Steve Horton officiating. Burial will follow in the Resthaven Cemetery in McCamey with arrangements under the care and direction of Shaffer-Nichols Funeral...
Roylene Chandler Davis
Oct 26, 2013
Roylene McIlhaney Chandler Davis, 75, received her wings as she left to be with her Lord and Savior, October 26, 2013 at Medical Center Hospital in Odessa, TX. She is preceded in death by late husbands Lawrence "Chan" Chandler in 1991 and Jay Vernon Davis in 2010, her parents; James "Roy" and Hallie "Corkie" McIlhaney, sister; Thelma Francis Holly and...
David Daniel Tiner
Oct 24, 2013
David Daniel Tiner, 91, of Crane, died Thursday, October 24, 2013, at the Crane Nursing Home in Crane, Texas.He was born July 21, 1922, in Malakoff, Texas to Lone Ridge and Lillie Tiner. He married Margaret Crouch in Waco in 1949, which resulted in 58 years of marriage, which ended with her passing in 2007.David served 4 years in the...
Lorean Q. Jackson
Oct 24, 2013
Lorean Jackson, 97, of Odessa, and formerly of Fort Stockton, and McCamey, passed away on Thursday, October 24, 2013, at the Hospice House in Odessa.Graveside services were held at 2:00 PM on Saturday, October 26, 2013, at the Resthaven Cemetery in McCamey with Reverend Ken Houston officiating. Arrangements were under the care and direction of Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home.Lorean was born...
Eusebio Martinez
Oct 21, 2013
On October 21, 2013, Eusebio Martinez passed away at the Hospice House in Odessa, TX, surrounded by family. He was known as Chevo and Joe to his family, friends and co-workers. He was born on September 13, 1943 in Laredo, TX, to Delores and Quirino Martinez. In his earlier years, Joe worked as a cowboy at the Callaghan Ranch in...
Gwen Phillips
Oct 19, 2013
Gwen Phillips of Rankin, Texas went to be with the Lord on October 19, 2013. She was born in Turkey, Texas on December 22, 1934 to Olan and Azeline Beauchamp.She graduated High School from Lockney, Texas. After graduation she lived and worked in Amarillo for a short time before moving to McCamey, Texas where she worked for WTU for 15...
David Lee Black
Oct 19, 2013
David Lee Black passed from this life and into his Father's kingdom on October 19, 2013 in his beloved hometown of Rankin, TX. David Lee was born on September 16, 1954 in Taylor, TX to Frazier "Bubba" and Berdine Black. He was fortunate to be born into a family with loving parents and brothers and sisters who would always share...
LOUIE JONES
Oct 18, 2013
Louie Jones III, 60, of Crane, passed away on Friday, October 18, 2013, at the Medical Center Hospital in Odessa.Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM on Monday, October 21, 2013, at the Mary Street Church of Christ in Crane. Burial will follow in the Sunset Cemetery with arrangements under the care and direction of Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home of...
Ernest B. Velasquez Sr.
Oct 10, 2013
Ernest B. Velasquez Sr., 70, of Crane, passed away on Thursday, October 10, 2013, in Odessa.Rosary will be said at 7:00 PM on Sunday, October 13, 2013, at the Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home Chapel in Crane. Funeral Mass will be at 2:00 PM on Monday, October 14, 2013, at the Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Crane with Father Laurent Mvondo officiating....
Bubba Kennedy
Oct 2, 2013
Bubba Kennedy of Midkiff, Texas, died in the line of duty as a Peace Officer on October 2, 2013 while responding as an Upton County Deputy in McCamey, Texas. Billy Frank Kennedy, Jr., always known as "Bubba" was 37 years old and born on November 27, 1975 in Rankin, Texas. He was employed as a deputy sheriff for 14 years...

