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Gregorio Rayos Jr.
ODESSA - Gregorio Castro Rayos Jr., 34, of Odessa, a self-employed contractor, died Saturday, Aug. 23, 2003, at Medical Center Hospital.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Martinez Funeral Home with the Rev. Eloy Garcia officiating. Burial will be in Ector County cemetery. Arrangements by Martinez Funeral Home.
He was born in Pecos.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Yolanda Rayos of Odessa; sons, Gregorio Rayos III and Justice Rayos, both of Odessa; daughter, Krystal Faith Rayos of Odessa; father, Gregorio Lopez Rayos Sr.; mother, Otilia Castro-Rayos of Pecos; brother, Carlos Rayos of Pecos; sisters, Betty Lopez, Elizabeth Vela, Paula Ortiz and Celia Salas all of Pecos.
Kathryn Stickney
ODESSA - Kathryn Stickney, 83, of Odessa, a housemaker, died Saturday, Aug. 23, 2003, at Hospice House.
Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Resthaven Memorial Park in Midland with the Rev. Dick Brown officiating. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
She born in Encino, Calif., and came to Odessa in 1999 from Midland. She was Baptist.
SURVIVORS: Son, Ross K. Stickney of Midland; daughter, Claudia Coggin of Fort Worth; brother, Lionel Creighton of Batesville, Ark.; sister Joy Beard of Abilene; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Opal Skillman
ODESSA - Opal Faye Skillman, 80, of Odessa, a former employee of with St. Paul Insurance Co. in Denver, Colo., died Saturday Aug. 23, 2003, at Hospice House.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Sunset Memorial Chapel with Jerry Anderson officiating. Arrangements by Sunset Memorial Funeral Home.
She was born in Oklahoma and moved to Odessa in 1996. She was Lutheran.
SURVIVORS: Daughter, Barbara Kacik of Colorado; sister, Mary Ann Unruh of Odessa; brothers, Lindle C. Riggs and Leo Riggs, both of Odessa; and one grandchild.
Francisca Cruz
BIG SPRING - Francisca Cruz, 76, of Big Spring, died Saturday, Aug. 23, 2003, at her residence following a long illness.
Services are pending at Myers and Smith Funeral Home.
Raul Vasquez
ODESSA — Raul L. Vasquez, 64, of Midland died Friday, Sept. 5, 2003, in Naga City, Philippines.
Memorial services are pending.
Walter Willmon
ODESSA — Walter Willmon, 93, of Odessa died Friday, Sept. 12, 2003, at his residence.
Services are pending with Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
Margreet Brown
ODESSA — Margreet Brown, 75, of Odessa, a retired ECISD cook, died Thursday, Sept. 11, 2003, at her home in Odessa.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Martinez Funeral Home with the Rev. R.T. McNeil officiating. Burial will follow in the Ector County cemetery.
She was a 35-year resident of Odessa. She was Methodist.
SURVIVORS: Sister, Clarice Hendrix of Odessa; and brothers, Roy Lee Dale of Shreveport, La., and John H. Dale of Magnolia, Ark.
Charlie Phelps
BROWNWOOD — Charlie L. Phelps, 73, of Lake Brownwood, a former Odessa business owner, died Thursday, Sept. 11, 2003, in Brownwood.
Services were at 10 a.m. Saturday at the First Baptist Church with the Rev. Art Switzer officiating. Burial followed at the Rocky Creek cemetery. Arrangements by Heartland Funeral Home.
He was born in Reed, Okla. He was Baptist.
SURVIVORS: Son, Brad Phelps of Lake Brownwood; daughters, Sharon Linder and Linda Hickman, both of Cushing, Okla., Tina Benningfield of Lometa and Jeanette Phelps of Hawley; brothers, Jack Phelps and Norman Phelps, both of Oklahoma City and Mike Phelps of Odessa; sister, Wanda Kyser of Oklahoma City; and eight grandchildren.
Walter Willmon
ODESSA — Walter Willmon, 93, of Odessa, a retired Phillips Petroleum plant operator, died Friday, Sept. 12, 2003, at his residence in Odessa.
Services will be at 4 p.m. today at the Tanglewood Church of Christ. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Afton cemetery in Afton. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
He was born in Callahan County. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Almer P. Willmon of Odessa; sons, Frank L. Willmon of Amarillo, Fred W. Willmon of Aztec, N.M., and William “Bill” H. Willmon of Redding, Calif.; daughter, Lola Brownlee of Amarillo; step-son, Joe Don Baker of Odessa; brother, Clarence Willmon of Gruver; 14 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
Mary Jewell Calloway
ODESSA — On Saturday, September 13, 2003, Mary, a beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, was called by our Lord and Savior and left this world of long suffering and pain to be with our Heavenly Father.
She was born to John Oscar Ford and Eleanor Butterworth Ford on November 22, 1926, in Anniston, Alabama. She was proceeded in death by a baby brother she never knew, her loving parents, her younger sister, Betty Jean, and her brother, Jerre.
She married
her husband, Joseph Chester Calloway, in Anniston, Alabama, on June 20, 1942. She is survived by Chester, who adored and loved her for the entire 61 years that they were married
. Together they had four children that they raised to believe in God and his promise of a final resting place in Heaven. She is also survived by her children and their life partners: Joseph Charles and Phyllis Calloway of Gardendale, Rebecca Ann and Bobby Smith of Odessa, Brenda Gayle and Don Machen of Gardendale, and Terry Randal and Laura Calloway of San Antonio. She is also survived by 10 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Mary worked as a professional seamstress and also was a very successful manager for Tupperware. She loved quilting, cooking, cake decorating, candy making, fishing, and Permian “MOJO” football.
Although it hurts to have to let her go, she is now in Heaven and no longer in pain that tormented her body for so many years.
Wilson Funeral Home is providing funeral arrangements with memorial services to be held at First Church of God, 2212 E. 11th, on Tuesday, September 16, at 10 a.m. Burial will follow at Rose Hill cemetery. Pall bearers will be her grandsons, Dewayne Press, Jason Machen, Justin Machen, Craig Calloway, Phillip Holder, and Jason Ballew.
Pastors Jimmy Braswell of Home Hospice and Malcolm Tyree of First Church of God will officiate services.
James Miller
ANDREWS — James Porter Miller, 86, of Andrews, a retired Amoco pumper, died Friday Sept. 5, 2003, at his residence.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at McNett Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Ivy Shelton officiating. Burial will follow in Andrews West cemetery. Arrangements by McNett Funeral Home.
He was born in Altus, Okla. He was a 41-year resident of Andrews.
SURVIVORS: Son, Mike Miller of Andrews; brother, Coy Miller of California; eight grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.
Clark Stewart
KERMIT — Clark Leon Stewart, 86, of Kermit, retired from Cabbott, died Friday, Sept. 5, 2003, at Winkler County Memorial Hospital.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the First Assembly of God with the Rev. Bob Heidecker officiating. Burial will follow at Kermit cemetery with military honors. Arrangements by Family Services –Funeral Parlor.
He was born in Gordon. He was an Army Air Corps veteran of World War II.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Joyce Stewart of Kermit; sons, Barry Stewart of Brazoria and Cary Stewart of Kermit; brother, Crater Stewart of Voss; six grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Petra Tavarez
FORT STOCKTON — Petra Tavarez, 42, of Fort Stockton, a homemaker, died Friday, Sept. 5, 2003, in Odessa.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses with the Rev. Juan Ortiz officiating. Burial will follow at East Hill cemetery.
She was born in San Carlos, Chihuahua, Mexico.
SURVIVORS: Parents, Eujenio Tavarez and Tecla Hernandes de Tavarez, both of Fort Stockton; sisters, Sylvia Vasquez of Odessa, Arcelia Coronado of Fort Stockton and Rose Ochoa and Elsa Mata, both of Great Bend, Kan.; and grandmother, Maria Lujan of Ojinaga, Chihuahua, Mexico.
Gladys Thomas
ODESSA — Gladys Thomas, 74, of Odessa, a retired Salvation Army minister, died Friday, Aug. 29, 2003, at Parks Methodist Retirement Village.
Services were held Tuesday at Restland Funeral Home and cemetery in Dallas. Local arrangements by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors.
She was born in Louisville, Ky.
SURVIVORS: Sons, William Thomas III of Baytown and Kenneth Thomas of Odessa; daughter, Carol Harwell of Odessa; brothers, J.D. Kavich of New Albany, Ill., and Frank Kavich of Louisville, Ky.; sister, Shirley Bailey of Louisville; six grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
