Obituaries

Lila Lee Yancey
Jan 2, 2009
LILA LEE (EARP) YANCEYCRANE: Lila Lee (Earp) Yancey, 83 of Odessa, and formerly of Crane, passed away on Friday, January 2, 2009 at the Parks Methodist Retirement Village. Graveside services will be held at 3:00 PM on Sunday, January 4, 2009 in the Crane County Cemetery with Reverend Tommy Parker officiating. Arrangements are under the care and direction of Shaffer-Nichols...

Johnnie Fay Diamond
Jan 2, 2009
JOHNNIE FAY DIAMOND CRANE: Johnnie Fay Diamond, 45 of Odessa, passed away on Friday, January 2, 2009 at the Home Hospice House in Odessa.Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM on Monday, January 5, 2009 in the Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home Chapel in Crane with Reverend John Curry officiating. Burial will follow in the Crane County Cemetery with arrangements under...

Fount Baucham
Dec 31, 2008
FOUNTAIN BAUCHAM McCAMEY: Fountain Baucham was born on November 6, 1914 to the late Rod and Susie (Kelly) Baucham in Coffeyville, Texas. He lived the majority of his life in McCamey, Texas. He met and married Gradie Lee Jackson on January 30, 1940. To this union seven children were born. Mr. Baucham was employed for Shell Oil Company for 38...
Reverend Genovebo Salazar Juarez
Dec 26, 2008
REVEREND GENOVEBO S. JUAREZMcCAMEY: Reverend Genovebo S. Juarez, 88 of McCamey, passed away on Friday, December 26, 2008 at the Home Hospice House in Odessa.Funeral services were held at 2:00 PM on Sunday, December 28, 2008 at the First Baptist Church in McCamey with Reverend Samuel Emiliano officiating. Burial followed in the Resthaven Cemetery with arrangements under the care and...

Juana Carrasco
Dec 22, 2008
JUANA G. CARRASCO CRANE: Juana Carrasco went to dance with her husband Albino on Monday, December 22, 2008. She was born January 10, 1917 in Shafter, Texas to Jose and Elena Granado. As the oldest of 12 children in her family she learned to serve others early in life. She married Albino Carrasco, the love of her life on March...

Horace Poole
Dec 13, 2008
HORACE R. POOLE CRANE: Horace R. Poole, 93 of Odessa and formerly of Crane, passed away on Saturday, December 13, 2008 at the Parks Methodist Retirement Village.Graveside services will be held at 2:00 pm on Wednesday, December 17, 2008 at the Crane County Cemetery with Minister Mike Smith officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home of Crane....
Maria Antonia Gamboa
Dec 12, 2008
MARIA ANTONIA GAMBOA RANKIN: Maria Antonia Gamboa was born June 13, 1953 in Rio Bravo, Tamaulipas, Mexico to Antonio and Francisca Meza. Rosary will be said at 6:00 PM on Sunday, December 14, 2008 at the Park Building in Rankin. Mass will be held at 1:00 PM on Monday, December 15, 2008 at the Park Building with Father Isadore officiating....

Vernon Eugene Bennett
Dec 11, 2008
VERNON E. BENNETT CRANE: Vernon E. Bennett, 85 of Crane passed away Thursday, December 11th, 2008 in the Crane Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Vernon was born February 2, 1923 in Eastland County, Texas. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Crane. He graduated from Gorman High School and married Alva Mae Wheeler on May 17,...

Alice Marie Rhodes
Dec 9, 2008
ALICE MARIE RHODES McCAMEY: Alice Marie Rhodes, 94, born November 19, 1914 in Alba, Texas went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, December 9th, 2008 in Midland, Texas. Marie was the daughter of Hurchel Britton and Bessie Cavilla Kay Britton, both deceased. In 1929 Marie moved with her family to Wink, Texas where she completed her schooling. On February...
Anne Sanchez
Dec 8, 2008
ANNE A. SANCHEZ McCAMEY: Anne A. Sanchez, 57 of McCamey, passed away on Monday, December 8, 2008 at the Home Hospice House in Odessa.Rosary will be held at 7:00 PM on Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at the Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home Chapel. Mass will be held at 11:00 AM on Thursday, December 11, 2008 at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in...
Charlie Carroll Peoples
Nov 9, 2008
CHARLIE C. PEOPLESCRANE: Charlie C. Peoples, 76 of Waxahachie, and formerly of Crane, passed away on Sunday, November 9, 2008 in the Kindred Hospital in Mansfield, Texas.Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM on Thursday, November 13, 2008 in the Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the Crane County Cemetery with arrangements under the care and direction...

Joyce Shipman
Oct 27, 2008
JOYCE FISHER SHIPMANCRANE: Joyce Fisher Shipman, 91 of Crane went to be with our Lord and Savior on October 27, 2008, at the Crane Memorial Hospital.Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM on Thursday, October 30, 2008 at the First Baptist Church in Crane with Reverend Tommy Parker officiating. Burial will follow in the Crane County Cemetery with arrangements...

Nathan Beryl Mclaughlin
Oct 26, 2008
NATHAN McLAUGHLIN CRANE: Nathan McLaughlin, 48 of Crane, passed away on Sunday, October 26, 2008 in a San Angelo Hospital.Funeral services will be held at 3:00 PM on Tuesday, October 28, 2008 at the First Baptist Church in Crane with Reverend John Swedlund officiating. Burial will follow in the Crane County Cemetery with arrangements under the direction of Shaffer-Nichols Funeral...

Josephina Galindo
Oct 24, 2008
JOSEPHINA V. GALINDO SHEFFIELD: Josephina V. Galindo, 86 of Sheffield, passed away on Thursday, October 23, 2008 in the Home Hospice House in Odessa.Mass will be held at 2:00 PM on Saturday, October 25, 2008 at the Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Sheffield. Burial will follow in the Sheffield Cemetery with arrangements under the direction of Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home. Mrs....
Leon George Barrett
Oct 24, 2008
LEON BARRETT CRANE: Leon Barrett, 67 of Crane, passed away on Friday, October 24, 2008 in the Home Hospice House in Odessa.Rosary will be said at 7:00 PM on Monday, October 27, 2008 at the Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home Chapel. Mass will be held at 11:00 AM on Tuesday, October 28, 2008 at the Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Crane with...

Danny Ray Hubbard
Oct 15, 2008
DANNY RAY HUBBARDCRANE: Danny Ray Hubbard, age 55 passed away on Wednesday, October 15th after a long and courageous battle with Mantle Cell Lymphoma. He was preceded in death by his parents, Joe L. and Anna Lea Hubbard and father and mother-in-law, Charles and Bettie McNurlen, all of Crane, TX.Funeral services will be held at 5:00 pm Friday, October 17,...

Lee Shipman
Oct 15, 2008
G.L. LEE SHIPMAN McCAMEY: Longtime McCamey resident G.L. (Lee) Shipman, 91, passed away Wednesday, October 15th, 2008 in Stephenville. Funeral services will be held at the Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home chapel in McCamey on Saturday, October 18th at 2:00 pm with graveside service to follow.Lee was born in Floydada, Texas on May 27th, 1917 to George and Bertie (Holland) Shipman. He...

Lee Shipman
Oct 15, 2008
G.L. LEE SHIPMAN McCAMEY: Longtime McCamey resident G.L. (Lee) Shipman, 91, passed away Wednesday, October 15th, 2008 in Stephenville. Funeral services will be held at the Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home chapel in McCamey on Saturday, October 18th at 2:00 pm with graveside service to follow.Lee was born in Floydada, Texas on May 27th, 1917 to George and Bertie (Holland) Shipman. He...
Drew Aaron Slater
Oct 3, 2008
DREW AARON SLATERFT. STOCKTON: Drew Aaron Slater, 25 died Friday morning in his Fort Stockton home. Drew was born on May 24, 1983. Drew graduated from Boerne High School in 2002. He attended Texas Tech University the following fall where he would eventually meet his future wife, Alexandria Nicole Mitchell of Amarillo, Texas Allie & Drew were wed on August...

Reba Gertrude Preslar
Sep 30, 2008
Reba Gertrude Preslar passed away September 30, 2008. She was born April 10, 1916 in Taylor County, TX to George Walter and Mary Wilma (Parnell) Burton. She married William C. (Bill) Preslar on December 23, 1935 in Tuscola, TX. She was a resident of Crane for over 70 years.Reba was preceded in death by her husband, Bill in May of...