Ector County Texas Obituaries

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Lacy

Anna K. Lacy, 71, passed away at her residence in Odessa on Saturday, November 27, 2004.
She was born December 27, 1932, to Louis and Rose Skinner in Hope, AR. She married her husband, Leon Thomas Lacy on December 6, 1969, in Bosque Farms, NM.
She enjoyed the great outdoors, vacationing in the mountains and being out on the water. She also loved to play Bingo, gambling in Las Vegas, and going to the horse races.
Survivors include her husband, Leon T. Lacy of Odessa; sons, Freddie Saavedra and wife, Phoebe, of Hamstead, NC, and Britton Saavedra of Odessa; daughters, Lindy L. Goff and husband, Dennis, DeeAnn Saavedra and Lynn Williams, all of Odessa, and Jody Tsoodle and husband, James, of Albuquerque, NM; sister, Mary Lou Beagle of Ft. Worth, TX; eight grandchildren, Renee, Eric, Vanessa, Jeremy, Brandi, Olivia, Rachael and David; three great-grandchildren, DeeAnna, Amanda and Ethan; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
A family visitation is scheduled Tuesday, November 30, 2004, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
Memorial services are scheduled for 6 p.m. Wednesday, December 1, 2004, at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home with James Tsoodle officiating.
Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.

Lea

Jane Clark Lea, 74, of Midland, died Sunday, July 10, 2005, at Midland Memorial Hospital.
Memorial services will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Trinity with the Reverend Dr. Mark Cannaday officiating. Arrangements are by Ellis Funeral Home.
Lea was born on in Odessa. She was Christian.
survivors Brother, William F. Clark of Odessa; daughters, Rebecca Henderson of Arden, N.C., and Lisa McGee of Highlands Ranch, Colo.; son, Clark Lea of Midland; uncle, Richard B. Whittenburg of Odessa; and six grandchildren.

Lemer

Anton Lemer, 71, of Odessa, a retired oilfield worker, died Friday, Dec. 24, 2004, at his residence.
Memorial services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home Chapel.
He was born in Drake, N.D. He served in the Navy.
SURVIVORS Daughters, Candace Hass and Cindy Blackwell, both of Salt Lake City, Brenda Malson and Toni Lemer, both of Odessa and Susan Mayo of Casper, Wyo.; son, Howard Lemer of Colorado Springs, Colo.; 11 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and 10 brothers and sisters.

Lewis

William L. “Skip” Lewis, 60, of Odessa, a hot shot truck driver, died Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008, at Medical Center Hospital.
Services will be at 4 p.m. Sunday at Acres West Funeral Chapel with Dewey Blevins officiating.
He was born in San Angelo. He was a U.S. Army veteran.
SURVIVORS Wife, Laura Ellen Wiley of Hattieville, Ark.; son, William L. “Willie” Lewis of Odessa; daughters, Dana Lea Hinton of Natalia, Nanette Trask of Wichita, Kan., Laura Thomas of Houston, Ark., Anna Thrush of Odessa and Tonya Shackelford of Pearsall; brothers, Vic Sylvester and Robert Dodge, both of Odessa; sister, Jerry Rainey of Stockton, Calif.; 23 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

Locke

Eileen Novella Locke, 76, of Odessa, a homemaker, passed away Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008, at Medical Center Hospital.
Services were Saturday at Hubbard-Kelly Chapel with Jeff Sweeten officiating. Burial was at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
She was born in Hext. She was a member of the Church Of Christ.
SURVIVORS Husband, A.D. “Tuffy” Locke of Odessa; son, Gregory Locke of Sonoita, Ariz; daughter, Beverly Stewart of Pearland; brother, Robert Everett of Uvalde; sisters, Evelyn Roberson of Crandall and Betty Murphree of Buffalo, Wyo.; and five grandchildren.

Lyons

July 21, 1993
Deceased Name: David Lyons, retired Odessa publisher, dies
ODESSA -- David F. Lyons, former publisher of the Odessa

American, died Tuesday at Northeast Baptist Hospital in San Antonio after a brief illness. He was 65.
Mr. Lyons was born April 16, 1928, in Huntington, N.Y. He graduated from Syracuse University and came to Odessa in 1980 from the Columbus Telegram in Nebraska.
During Mr. Lyons' tenure, the Odessa American won the Pulitzer Prize for spot news photography of Jessica McClure's rescue from an abandoned Midland water well.
"He certainly left his mark on the Odessa American and made it a much better newspaper than the one I recalled when I was growing up in Pecos,' said publisher Ray M. Stafford.
M. Olaf Frandsen, former editor, said Mr. Lyons enhanced the image of the newspaper. He retired in 1990.
"He built the Odessa American into a place where young, aggressive journalists could learn their trade and at the same time keep Odessa informed about its own community. . . . He really just helped us earn a measure of respect.'
Mr. Lyons helped to end in 1988 a law that severely limited information that police were permitted to release to the public. For his efforts, the American won the first Freedom of Information Award from the Texas Associated Press Managing Editors.
He was a member of the board of directors of the Texas Daily Newspaper Publishers Association and the Texas Press Association; a member of the American Newspaper Publishers Association; the Southern Newspapers Publishers Association; and the Society of Professional Journalists.
Survivors include his wife, Barbara; son David; daughters Sharon, Peggy and Colleen; and eight grandchildren.
A memorial service is set for 4:30 p.m. Thursday at Porter Loring Mortuary.