Obituaries
Olene Hemphill
Mar 12, 2021
Olene Hemphill, 91, of Robert Lee, passed away on Friday, March 12, 2021, in Crane. Olene was born on June 8, 1929, in Irion County, Texas. She was a homemaker and a member of the Bible Baptist Church in Robert Lee. Olene loved working in her yard and tending to her beautiful flowers. Olene was preceded in death by her...
Sammy Ray Hooper
Mar 12, 2021
Sammy Ray Hooper was born in Odessa’s Headlee Hospital on November 13, 1938 to Emma Leone and Marven Lester Hooper. He spent his early years on the Eidson Ranch near Penwell. He attended North Elementary School until 1949, when the family moved to the Ranch House Grocery in Crane County. Sammy graduated from Crane High School in 1957 and from...
Flora N. Igo
Mar 11, 2021
Flora Nevada Pearson-Igo Flora was born November 14,1929 to Carl Madison Pearson and Hettie Bell O'Neal in Lonewolf, Oklahoma. She was the youngest of daughters with two brothers, Glenda Bell, Rose Ann LeRoy and Carl Madison Jr. She met Herschel Bruce Igo the summer before her Senior year of High School (she was 17),they dated until she was 18 and...
James Wesley McDonald
Mar 10, 2021
James Wesley "Hack" McDonald November 23,1940-March 10, 2021 On March 10, 2021, the world lost an amazing husband, father, grandfather, brother, and friend. The Lord called James Wesley McDonald home. James was born in Rankin, Texas, to Archie and Pearlie McDonald on November 23, 1940. Most of his youth was spent in Rankin. James played football in high school and...
Harland DeGraffenreid
Feb 25, 2021
James Harland DeGraffenreid, 80, of Crane, passed away on Thursday, February 25, 2021, in Crane. Harland was born on October 19, 1940, to Walter and Helen DeGraffenreid. He married LaQuitta “Joy” Cottrell on August 30, 1959. Harland was preceded in death by his parents Walter and Helen, and a brother, Warren DeGraffenreid. Harland is survived by his wife Joy; sister...
Sherri Cox
Feb 23, 2021
Sherri Faye Cox, 56 of Crane, Texas went to be with her Lord and Savior on February 23, 2021 at Crane Memorial Hospital, where she passed peacefully surrounded & comforted by her immediate family. Sherri was born September 22, 1964 in Crane to Archie Conway “George” Washington and Bonnie Washington (née Lewis). Sherri graduated from Crane High School in 1982....
Wanda Ellen Morrow
Feb 23, 2021
Wanda Ellen Brewer Morrow, age 96, peacefully departed on February 23, 2021, at her home in San Angelo. Wanda was the third daughter born to John and Monie Brewer in Elmore City, Oklahoma, on November 24, 1924. Wanda moved with her family to Iraan in 1929. By her high school years, Wanda had won the hearts of her peers and...
Agustin Navarro
Feb 22, 2021
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Fay Cornett
Feb 19, 2021
Fay Cornett, 75, of Denver City, and formerly of Crane, passed away on Friday, February 19, 2021 in Denver City after suffering 16 years from Alzheimer’s. Fay was born on August 15, 1945, in Gilmer, Texas. She was a homemaker and had worked at Walmart as a greeter. Fay was a member of the Tabernacle Baptist Church. She was avid...
Mary Alice Chambliss Sheppard
Feb 18, 2021
Mary Sheppard, a woman of many talents and a great mind before Alzheimer’s hit. She wrote poetry, was an artist, and a great public speaker, sought out by many. She loved her Lord Jesus Christ, her family, and her Church family, First Baptist Church of Crane. She taught children, young people, and adults the Bible and was an excellent Bible...
Rosa Galan
Feb 11, 2021
Rosa Galan, 81, of McCamey, passed away on Thursday, February 11, 2021, in Odessa. Funeral services will be held at 11:30 am on Friday, February 19, 2021, at the Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the Resthaven Cemetery. Rosa was born on January 1, 1940, in Pecos, Texas. She was a homemaker and a longtime resident of McCamey....
Mary Eva Strickland
Feb 7, 2021
Mary Eva Jones Strickland, 96 of Burnet and formerly of Crane, passed away on Sunday, February 7, 2021, in Burnet, Texas. Mary Eva was born on November 1, 1924, in Breckenridge, Texas. She was a longtime resident of Crane and had moved in Burnet in 2012. Mary Eva had worked at the funeral home in Crane for many years. She...
Luis Mariano Arias
Feb 6, 2021
Luis Mariano Arias was born on Friday, March 12, 1954 in Santander Jimenez, Tamaulipas. He was born to Manuela Montes and Nicolas Arias. He fell asleep in death on Saturday, February 6th, 2021 at the age of 66. On April 2, 1974 he married Maria Elena, who survives him. They were married for 47 years. He is also survived by...
Dana Harvey
Feb 5, 2021
On Friday, February 5th, 2021, Dana H. Harvey, a loving son, grandson, brother, and uncle, he began his journey to the spirit world. Dana is survived by his mother Clara, his father Harrison, his brothers Clayton, Dexter, Tyson, his niece Kaylee, his nephew Ayden, his grandmother Lillie, and many aunts, uncles, and cousins. He was born December 20, 1990 in...
Eddie G. Ramirez
Jan 31, 2021
Eddie G. Ramirez, 53, of Crane, passed away on Sunday, January 31, 2021, at the Crane Memorial Hospital. Eddie was born on July 19, 1967, in Pecos, Texas. He was a longtime resident of Crane having spent many years working in the oilfield as an operator. Eddie loved the outdoors and could always be found doing the things he enjoyed...
Arturo Armendariz
Jan 29, 2021
Arturo Armendariz 79, of Crane, passed away on Friday, January 29, 2021, at the Focus Care Nursing Center in Crane. Arturo was born on April 26, 1941, in Mexico. He had lived in Crane the past nine years. Arturo worked in construction for many years prior to his retirement. He loved the game of baseball, not only as a spectator...
Mary Lucille LaQuey
Jan 26, 2021
Mary Lucille Kiser LaQuey passed away on January 26, 2021, in Bertram, Texas at the age of 93. She was the wife of Kenneth Delwin LaQuey who passed away on November 18, 1984. She married the love of her life on October 8, 1944, and shared 40 years of marriage together. Mary was born at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio,...
Ruben Peterson Jr.
Jan 17, 2021
Ruben “Cat” Peterson, Jr.; aka Daddy, Pop, Uncle Sonny, Grandpa, Papaw, Mr. P, Buddy. The list could go on and on. Our father was very active in the community of Rankin for many years. He was a businessman who ran the Buckland Inn, a café that he and our mother owned and worked in for many years as well as...
DeWayne Lindsey
Jan 14, 2021
Earl DeWayne Lindsey died Thursday January 14th, 2021 in Lubbock, Texas after complications sustained from surgery and progressing dementia. He was born on May 29th, 1936 in Rankin Texas to parents Thomas Earl & Mary Eva (Langford) Lindsey. DeWayne decided to plant his feet when he was a teenager, and he moved in with his grandparents in Rankin, Texas. Little...
Linda Gail Edwards
Jan 11, 2021
Linda Gail Edwards Linda Gail Edwards entered eternity on Monday, January 11, 2021 in Crane, Texas. She was born August 17, 1943 in Idabel, Oklahoma to Laverne and Douglas Hoffman. When she was one month old, her family moved to Crane, Texas in 1943. She attended Crane schools as a child and teen and remained a Crane resident for most...
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