Obituaries

Gonzalo Luis Alberto "Beto" Valdez

Gonzalo Luis Alberto "Beto" Valdez

Apr 23, 2020

Gonzalo Luis Alberto Villagran Valdez, more known by Beto with family and friends and Luis by those he worked with, went to be with our Lord and Savior on the afternoon of April 23, 2020. He was born on January 10, 1980, to his father Luis Valdez and mother Pascuala Villagran in Toluca, Mexico. He came to America in 2003...

Adrian Villegas

Adrian Villegas

Apr 18, 2020

Adrian Villegas, 42, of Monahans, passed away 04/18/2020 surrounded by loved ones after losing his battle to a lengthy illness. Services will be private for immediate family but all others are invited to leave a tribute celebrating his life on the memory wall. Adrian was born on May 1, 1977 to John and Gloria Villegas in Crane, Texas. He was...

Patricia Mokry Bell

Patricia Mokry Bell

Apr 13, 2020

Patricia Mokry Bell 79, of Rankin, passed away on Monday, April 13, 2020, in Rankin Texas. Viewing will be held on Friday April 17, 2020 from 1:00pm to 5:00pm at Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home 1503 Gaston, Crane TX. Graveside service for immediate family will be at Rankin Cemetery Saturday April 18, 2020, with Reverend Jon Lee officiating. Patricia was born on...

Leslie Ann Watkins

Leslie Ann Watkins

Apr 12, 2020

On Easter Sunday, April 12, 2020, Leslie Ann Watkins passed away after a sudden illness in New Braunfels, Texas, at the age of 42. On March 9, 1978, a miracle child was born to Gayle and Jerry Watkins in Odessa, Texas. Born with a serious birth defect, Leslie started defying the odds that day and continued to do so throughout...

Pete F. Gomez

Pete F. Gomez

Mar 23, 2020

Pete F. Gomez was called to be with his Heavenly Father on Monday, March 23, 2020. He is preceded in death by his parents, Luz and Manuela Gomez, two daughters, Nancy and Lorena, and a sister, Sandy Nunez. He was a devoted Catholic where he was active in many ministries, including his service as a fourth degree knight for the...

Evans Turpin Jr.

Evans Turpin Jr.

Mar 20, 2020

Evans “Sonny” Turpin passed away unexpectedly on March 20, 2020 at the age of 85. He was born in Bastrop, Louisiana on December 19, 1934 to S.E. “Bud” Turpin and Mary Mae Dimmick. Evans graduated from the University of Houston in 1959 with a Petroleum Engineering degree. He was a 25-year member of AIME and he worked for Marathon Oil...

James Timmons

James Timmons

Mar 19, 2020

James Douglas Timmons went to be with Our Lord and Savior on March 19, 2020, surrounded by his girls and other family members. James was born on June 30, 1951, to James Leon and Dorothy Timmons in Freemont, Texas. James spent the majority of his life in Crane. He worked as a mechanic and truck driver. He married the love...

Darlene B. Hearon

Darlene B. Hearon

Mar 17, 2020

Darlene Hearon was born on September 25, 1933 in Sparta, NC. She passed away on Tuesday, March 17, 2020. She was preceded in death by her parents, Hardin and Myrtle Bell; five brothers, Ernest, Dean, Hurley, Walter, Conn; and three sisters, Georgie, Hazel and Jean. She is survived by her two children, Robert Absher and his wife Anita of Granbury,...

Mary Baiza Hernandez

Mary Baiza Hernandez

Mar 13, 2020

Mary Baiza Hernandez, 72, of McCamey, passed away on Friday, March 13, 2020, in Fort Stockton. Mary was born on December 30, 1947, in Terlingua, Texas. She was a longtime resident of McCamey a homemaker and a Catholic. Mary enjoyed baking, sewing, and working in her yard. She really loved going to the casino gambling. Mary loved her family and...

Antonia Rejino Melendez

Antonia Rejino Melendez

Mar 13, 2020

Antonia Rejino Melendez, 82, of McCamey, passed away on Friday, March 13, 2020, in Midland. Antonia was born on January 13, 1938, in Buda, Texas. She graduated McCamey high class of 1957. She married Jose Melendez on December 15, 1961. Antonia was a loving wife and mother. She worked at C. G. Morris & Co. as well as Red Bluff...

Doug Owen

Doug Owen

Mar 12, 2020

Douglas Ray Owen lived 78 joy filled, fun loving years before leaving this world on March 12, 2020. Prior to his 31-year residency in Rankin, he graduated high school in 1960 from Littlefield High School in Littlefield, Texas. He attended West Texas State University, prior to receiving his teaching degree at Texas Tech. He taught vocational agriculture at Three Way...

Lucio Salazar

Lucio Salazar

Feb 29, 2020

Lucio Salazar, 87, of Iraan, passed away on Saturday, February 29, 2020, at the Iraan General Hospital. Lucio was born on December 13, 1932, in Terlingua, Texas, to Ignacio and Luz Salazar. He moved to Iraan in 1997 after he retired from the City of Lubbock after 16 and a half years of service in the maintenance department. Lucio loved...

Ramon Ramirez

Ramon Ramirez

Feb 28, 2020

Ramon Ramirez, 62, of McCamey, passed away on Friday, February 28, 2020, in Odessa. Ramon was born on April 11, 1957, in Rankin, Texas to George and Juanita Ramirez. He was a longtime resident of McCamey and he was a Catholic. Ramon was a truck driver and had worked for Taylor Trucking, D & L Trucking, and Ricky Schuler Trucking....

Pat Timmons

Pat Timmons

Feb 24, 2020

Patricia Timmons, better known as Pat, went to be with our Lord on February 24, 2020. She was born February 11, 1953, the youngest of four children, to Violet Mae and Ernest Calvin Jones in McCamey, Texas. She married the love of her life, James Timmons, on February 11, 1970. Together they raised their four daughters, Sharon, Robin, Trisha and...

Jesus "Chuy" Alonzo

Jesus "Chuy" Alonzo

Feb 20, 2020

Jesus “Chuy” Alonzo, 47, of McCamey, passed away on Thursday, February 20, 2020, in McCamey. Rosary will be said at 7:00 pm on Friday, February 21, 2020, at the Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home Chapel in McCamey. Funeral Mass will be held at 1:30 pm on Saturday, February 22, 2020, at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in McCamey with Father Kumar officiating....

Ruby Heald

Ruby Heald

Feb 19, 2020

Ruby Louise Heald was born March 30, 1925 and passed away at the age of 94 on February 19, 2020. She was born to Charlie and Minnie Bray in Seminole County, Seminole, OK. She lived and was educated in Seminole and worked at Dougans Bros. Grocery store while she was in school. It was in Seminole that she met, and...

Kay English Hopper

Kay English Hopper

Feb 17, 2020

Pamela Kay (English) Hopper went to be with the Lord at her home in McCamey on February 17, 2020. Kay was born August 30, 1947, in McCamey, and was a lifelong resident and McCamey Badger, graduating from McCamey High School in 1965. She was a familiar face to many children growing up in McCamey through her roles as a Middle...

Craig McGuire

Craig McGuire

Feb 13, 2020

Craig McGuire, 61, of Rankin, passed away on Thursday, February 13, 2020, at the McCamey Hospital. Craig was born on August 20, 1958, in Houston, Texas. He was a graduate of Katy High School. Craig had a fierce love for Rock and Roll music and had played the guitar prior to his accident. Craig loved football, and his favorite team...

Brijido Esparza Jr.

Brijido Esparza Jr.

Feb 7, 2020

Brijido Esparza Jr., age 67, passed away on the morning of February 7, 2020. Brijido was born in Iraan, Texas to Brijido and Catarina Esparza. He spent most of his life living in Rankin, Texas where he was cared for by his grandparents, Bartolo and Jesusita Esparza and by his mom and dad. He was recently residing in Odessa, Texas...

Ruben M. Heredia

Ruben M. Heredia

Feb 2, 2020

Ruben M. Heredia, 71, of Crane, passed away on Sunday, February 2, 2020, at the Crane Memorial Hospital, surrounded by his loving family. Ruben was born on August 18, 1948, in Fort Stockton, Texas. He proudly served in the US Army, being honorably discharged in April of 1969. Ruben had lived in Crane most of his life and had worked...