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Allen Wayne Nixon
Lockbourne, Ohio - Allen Wayne Nixon, 51, formerly of Odessa, died Tuesday, January 10, 2006 at his home in Lockbourne, Ohio. He was born in Conway, Arkansas, June 9, 1954, to Hugh & Lottie Nixon. He graduated from Odessa High School in 1972. He was a Navy veteran and was involved in the recovery of Sky Lab II in 1973. He worked for Sewell Ford and Qualls Truck & Auto while in Odessa. He was a mechanic, electrician and designed equipment for Benchmark Panels in Ohio where he helped acquire several patents.
He is preceded in death by his father, Hugh Nixon.
He is survived by his wife, Debi Nixon, five stepchildren that he loved as his own, Tracy Begley, Dean Begley, Rusty Begley, Sara Gillespie, and Eric Gillespie and ten Grandchildren all of Ohio; Mother, Lottie Nixon, Brother, John (Tony) Nixon & wife Teresa, Sister, Pam Cherry & husband Earl, Nephews, Cliffton & Christopher Cherry & Great-nephew Devin Cherry, all of Odessa.
In lieu of flowers, donations would be appreciated for the family. Send to: Debi Nixon c/o Marty, 4832 U.S. Route 68 North, Yellow Springs, Ohio 45387.
Gene Underwood
Odessa - Audrey Gene Underwood, 72, of Odessa, Texas passed from this earth on January 18th, 2006 at his residence in Odessa, Texas.
Gene was born January 27th, 1933 in Gorman, Texas to Grady and Pauline Steel Underwood. He graduated from Odessa High School and married
Betty July 3rd, 1954 in Odessa, Texas. Mr. Underwood worked for Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. in Odessa, Texas for 44 and 1/2 years, before retirement.
Mr. Underwood as he was known by all, was a lifelong resident of Odessa. He served his country with honor during the Korean War.
Gene was a devoted husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and was a friend to everyone whom he met. He was a passionate fisherman and loved softball. Gene was a true friend and will be missed by all.
Mr. Underwood is preceded in death by his parents, and one brother Roy Underwood.
Gene is survived by his wife; Betty Underwood his wife of 51 years; one brother, Larry Underwood of Seagoville, Texas; two daughters; Jovonna Keith and her husband Sidney, Jeanene Reed and her husband Chuck; three grandchildren, Jay Ward and his wife Robyn, Cody Reed all of Odessa; Shasta Wantiez and husband Pete of Midland, Texas; four great-grandchildren, Braydon, Braxton, and Jalie Ward all of Odessa, Texas and Ryan Wantiez of Midland, Texas. He is also survived by his faithful companion ‘Buster’.
Services will be held at the Sunset Memorial Chapel at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 21st, 2006 with Reverend J. B. Craft officiating. Interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens with Military Honors presented by the VFW Post # 4372.
Q.R. Snodgrass
Odessa - Q.R. Snodgrass, 71, of Odessa passed away Thursday, January 19, 2006 at Midland Memorial Hospital. He was born November 5, 1934 in Eola, TX to George & Myrle Snodgrass. He had worked for BJ Trucking. He like to travel, read and square dancing.
He is preceded in death by his parents, and son, Ronnie Snodgrass.
He is survived by his sons, Roger Snodgrass of Odessa, Rodney Snodgrass of Howe, TX., sisters, Edna Hartin of Rancho Cucamonga, CA., Fay Hough & husband Norm of Hesperia, CA & Dot Fincher of Perris, CA., (7) grandchildren, Angela, Samantha, Sarah, Tiffany, Kasye, Heather & Steven, several nieces & nephews and a host of friends.
There will be family visitation 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Friday, January 20, 2006 at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m. Saturday, January 21, 2006 at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow at the Kermit cemetery in Kermit.
Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
James ‘Eric’ Wiggs
Odessa - James “Eric” Wiggs, passed away Monday, January 16, 2006. Eric was born February 24, 1966 in Odessa to James Richard Wiggs & Markel Ann Kocurek Wiggs. He attended Odessa schools and was a graduate of Permian High School in the class of 1984. He then attended Texas Tech University where he received a Bachelor of Business Administration.
Eric was the loving father of Micalee Nicole Wiggs, age 10 of Odessa. Together they enjoyed music, camping, fishing, tubing, and stargazing. Eric played the guitar and was a hugh music trivia buff. Eric and Micalee also worked many hours at the Permian Playhouse of Odessa. He enjoyed acting and working behind the scenes with lighting, sound and backstage hands. He recently became the theatre’s technical director and was involved in designing and building sets for the current season.
Eric was employed at Sears, Roebuck & Co. for 15 years before becoming a teacher for the Ector County Independent School District. He had taught both at Sam Houston Elementary and Cavazos Elementary. He cared greatly for the students he taught and wanted to provide the best education possible to each and every one of them.
Eric was a devout Christian as well as a beloved son, father, brother, uncle, friend and he will be sorely missed. Survivors include his daughter, Micalee Wiggs, parents, James & Markel Wiggs, sister, Dana Estep & husband Mickey, nephews, Wesley & Blake Estep and numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins.
Services will be held 10:00 a.m. Saturday, January 21, 2006 at Temple Baptist Church with Rev. Griffin Jones officiating. Interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
A scholarship fund has been set up for Eric’s daughter, Micalee Wiggs at Commercial State Bank.
Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
Doris Traylor
Odessa - Doris was born in Roswell, New Mexico, on December 20, 1922 to Eric and Allie Graves. She married
Earl Traylor in the late 1930s and the couple moved to Deming, New Mexico to raise their three children, Sherry, Earleen and Vance. A transfer with Public Service Company took the family to Albuquerque in 1954. In 1970 Doris and Earl moved to a small ranch in Socorro County. In 1995 they relocated to Odessa to be near some of their children and grandchildren. Earl passed away on March 25, 2002 and Doris succumbed to mankind’s greatest enemy, death, on January 17, 2006.
A lifelong homemaker, Doris was born and grew to adulthood in an era that did not encourage career women. Higher education was also something that was not in the picture for a child of the Depression, but Doris was a person of deep intellect and a hunger for knowledge. She was a prodigious reader and instilled a love of learning in her children. In particular she wanted to understand why we are here, what our purpose in life is, and why mankind suffers. Her search for answers led her to an intensive study of the Bible, and in 1948 she dedicated her life to Jehovah God. Her delight from that time on was to share Bible knowledge with others. She was a skillful teacher and spent many hours in the personal Bible study program conducted by Jehovah’s Witnesses worldwide. She found a great deal of satisfaction in teaching her children and seeing them grow in faith. She was a zealous advocate of God’s kingdom under the rulership of Jesus Christ as the answer to mankind’s problems, and she shared her hope for the future with all who were searching as she had been.
Doris took great pleasure in her grandchildren, Drew, Elise, Cassie, Sherry Jo, Kasha, and Keena, and great-grandchildren, Jordan, Olivia and Dorian. She always encouraged her grandchildren to build a life of faith, to read the Bible and to serve God.
Doris came from a family of musicians and she enjoyed playing the piano until shortly before her death. She encouraged her children and grandchildren to develop a love for music, to participate in it and to treasure it as a gift from Jehovah. She took great pride in the accomplishments of her family, however small.
Doris had a firm faith that she would see her parents and the siblings who preceded her in death resurrected to life on earth as the Bible promises in John 5:28, 29. She trusted that Jehovah would fulfill his purpose to have the earth filled with righteous people, living eternally in security and perfect health. As she grew older Doris knew that she would in all likelihood not survive to see Jehovah restore paradise conditions to the earth. She trusted that she would be a recipient of God’s mercy and receive a resurrection. Her cherished hope was to see that time, to enjoy her family, to be able to develop her talents to their full potential and to share in teaching Bible truth to the millions, perhaps billions, who will be resurrected. Her family shares her faith and hope.
Memorial services are scheduled for Saturday, January 21st at 2 p.m. at The Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses, West Loop 338 and 11th Street, in Odessa with Luther Whitlow officiating.
Erasmo C. Banda
Odessa - Erasmo C. Banda passed away on Friday, January 27, 2006 at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Big Spring, Texas.
Mr. Banda is survived by his wife; Delia, of Odessa; his sons, Erasmo Banda Jr. of Odessa and Michael Flores of Pascagoula, Mississippi; and daughters, Christine Key of Mooresville, Indiana and Julie Milberg of St. Louis, Missouri and seven grandchildren.
Erasmo is preceded in death by his mother; Adela Robles and his sister; Gloria Lozano.
Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, January 30th, 2006 at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home, 6801 E. Highway 80, Odessa, Texas 79762, (432) 362-2331, with Doug Hergret officiating and interment and full Military Honors presented by the VFW Post # 4372 immediately following at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
The family will have a visitation on Sunday evening, January 29th, 2006 at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home, from 4 to 6 p.m., and an open visitation all day Saturday.
Mr. Banda was born in LaFeria, Texas on November 25th, 1937, and proudly served his country in the Air Force from 1955 to 1975. Erasmos’ decorated military record included service in Vietnam. After military retirement, Mr. Banda worked for many years as Director of Nutritional Services, at Women’s and Children’s Hospital in Odessa, Texas and Doctors Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri.
Erasmo held many officer positions with both the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #4372. These included multiple Post Commander positions. Mr. Banda was a member of the Odessa Tabernacle Church and his passions were love for his country, love for his family, cooking (especially Chili!) and fishing. He will be missed.
The family would like to extend their gratitude to David and Dorothy Bennett, of VFW Post # 4372, and also the staff of the 3rd Floor, ICU Unit of the Veterans Hospital at Big Spring, Texas for all their care.
Arrangements are under the direction of Sunset Memorial Gardens and Funeral Home.
John William Franklin
Odessa - John William Franklin 54, passed away January 23, 2006 in Grapevine, Texas. He was born July 18, 1951 in San Angelo to Roy L. Franklin, Sr. and Mary F. (Lucas) Franklin.
Visitation will be 7:30 to 9:00 pm, Friday, January 27, 2006.
Funeral services will be 2:00 Saturday, January 28, 2006 in the Frank Wilson Chapel. The service will be conducted by Phil Martin, long-time family friend and business partner of Chip Marcum.
Burial will follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens.
He is preceded in death by his parents.
He is survived by his twin sister Jan Franklin Marcum and husband Chip of Grapevine, with whom John had resided for the last two years and who will miss him dearly. Nephews Jason and wife Rachel Marcum and children Evan and Chloe of Bedford, and Colin Marcum of Hurst; sister Jean Franklin Hall and husband David of Odessa; brother Roy L. Franklin, Jr. and wife Geonne of Odessa; cousin Jimmy Franklin of Puyallup, WA. He is also survived by five other nephews, one niece, a myriad of great nephews and nieces, and two great-great nieces.
Pallbearer will be six of his nephews; Jason and Colin Marcum, Bryan and Cory Hall and Matt and Craig Franklin.
Services entrusted to Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors.
Lillian Fay Ferguson Wright
Lubbock - Lillian Fay Ferguson Wright, 84, formerly of Lubbock, passed away Thursday, January 26, 2006 after a lengthy illness in Ft. Worth.
Visitation will be 5 to 7 PM Sunday at Resthaven Funeral Home. Celebration of Life services will be at 10 AM Monday, January 30, 2006 at Highland Baptist Church with Dr. Stan Blevins and Rev. Kenneth Staton officiating. Burial will follow at Peaceful Gardens cemetery.
Lillian was born January 27, 1921 in Crosbyton to H.R. and Virgie Ferguson. She married
Coach Jess Wright, Jr. on July 19, 1941. Lillian had been a resident of Lubbock since 1958. She also had lived in Florida and after World War II, she lived in Post, Littlefield and Anton.
Lillian was preceded in death by her husband of 48 years, her parents, a sister and two brothers. Lillian was a member of the Rachel Sunday School Class of Highland Baptist Church, the Highland Extension Club, and the Prairie Dog chapter of the Good Sam RV Club. Survivors include: two daughters; Pamela Wright-Haynes of Del Rio, Elaine Wright of Arlington; one son, Paul D. Wright of Odessa; one sister, Barbara Ann Ferguson Kindred of Denton; six grandchildren: David Haynes of Oklahoma City, Okla., Tara Haynes Powell of Point Mugu, Calif., D’awn Howland of Denver, Colo, Jess Wright, David Wright and Brian Wright of Odessa and nine great-grandchildren: Roel and John Haynes, Lauren and Miles Powell; Kyla Shae, Debrah, Daniel, and Brandon Wright, and Michael Taylor.
Estelle Horton
Crane - Estelle Horton, 77 of Crane, passed away on Wednesday, January 25, 2006 in the Baptist Hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm on Saturday, January 28, 2006 at the Tabernacle Baptist Church in Crane with Reverend Lyndel Lee and Reverend Clyde Womack officiating. Burial will follow in the Crane County cemetery, with arrangements under the direction of Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home.
Estelle was born on April 14, 1928 in Norton, Texas. She was a longtime Crane resident, a homemaker, and a member of the Tabernacle Baptist Church for many years in Crane, and currently a member of the Highland Baptist Church of El Reno, Oklahoma.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 58 years, Joe Earl Horton on June 29, 2004; a son, Norman Horton in 1985; her sister, Florene Lancaster on July 17, 2005; her brothers, J.T. Lancaster & Robert Cecil Lancaster; and her parents, Johnny William and Flora Lancaster.
She is survived by her daughters, Jeanette Noland and her husband Gary of El Reno, OK, and Judy Powell and husband James Sr. of Holland, Arkansas; 8 grandchildren, Lisa Galloway, Veronica Schmidt, Kim Powell, Norman Horton, Jr., Joanna Womack, James Powell, Jr., Shane Norton, and Brandy Briley; 12 great-grandchildren, and 1 great-great granddaughter; a sister, Lorene Kennedy of Odessa.
Pallbearers will be Sonny Poole, Buddy Poole, Brandon Galloway, James Galloway, Corey Woodcock, and Shorty Schmidt.
