Obituaries
Sandra Smith
Mar 9, 2017
Sandra L. Smith, 72 of Monahans, died at her home on Thursday, March 9, 2017. No services are planned at this time. Sandra was born February 20, 1945 in Torrance, CA to Betty and Glenn Sims. She was raised in the western part of the United States. After graduation from high school she married Homer Salome. From this marriage...

James Dobkins
Mar 4, 2017
James "Jim" Edward Dobkins, 76, of Lubbock, formerly of Monahans, passed away March 4, 2017 in Lubbock, Texas. He was born on March 9, 1940 to Charlie "Shorty" Martin Dobkins, Sr. and Nonis Lilleene Reed in Kermit, Texas. Jim was employed by PanAm Airlines Cargo Warehouse for 24 years before enjoying retirement. He enjoyed watching politics and playing Skip-Bo...
Audrey Davis
Feb 28, 2017
Audrey Jean Davis, 78, passed away on February 28, 2017 in Monahans, Texas. She was born on September 25, 1938 to Truitt Williams and Gertrude Withers in Weatherford, Texas. Audrey married the love of her life in 1956 in Jal, New Mexico to Gene Arlan Davis and we're married for 50 years. Audrey was the owner of Sunshine Health...
Evat Chatman, Jr.
Feb 28, 2017
Mr. Evat "Pokey Dot" Thomas Chatman Jr. was born to Evat T Chatman Sr and Audrey Mae Brown on December 14, 1954 in Monahans, Texas, he was the oldest of three children, brothers Lonnie B. Anderson, and John L Anderson both of Monahans, Texas. He lived in Monahans, Texas for 62 years. Evat was a student of Monahans High...
Carrolyn Thames
Feb 26, 2017
Carrolyn LaJuana Thames, 72, passed away on February 26, 2017 in Odessa, Texas. She was born on September 16, 1944 to Carrol Lee Jones and Thelma Lavern Love in Spur, Texas. LuJuana Thames married the love of her life Arthur Loyd Thames on June 8, 1963 in Denver City, Texas. She was involved with Ward County 4-H, and Texas...
Isaac Hernandez
Feb 20, 2017
Isaac Hernandez, 76, passed away on Monday, February 20, 2017 in Monahans, Texas. Isaac was born on June 3, 1940 to Jesus Hernandez and Rosa Andrade in El Porvenir Dist, Chihuahua, Mexico. He enjoyed spending time wirh family, cooking for family and friends. He especially liked cooking cabrito and brisket. He loved the outdoors and tending to his animals....
Blake Thompson
Feb 19, 2017
Blake Ashton Thompson born October 28, 1992 to Charles Thompson and Archelle "Linnie" Amos, he entered into rest on February 19, 2017. Blake attended school in Monahans and San Angelo, Texas. He graduated from Center High in San Angelo, Texas May 2011. While attending high school, Blake was a very talented athlete, he played football, basketball, and ran track....
Mary Cagle
Feb 17, 2017
Mary L. Cagle, 94, passed away on Friday, February 17, 2017 in Monahans, Texas. She was born on July 13, 1922 to Charles Nathaniel Garrison and Elizabeth Martin Johnson in Clarksville, Texas. Mary enjoyed being a service writer with Bill Goin Chevrolet in Monahans, Texas, as well as work in sales at Cone Jewelry in Monahans, Texas. She is...
Major Lange
Feb 3, 2017
Major Frederic W. Lange, 82, of Monahans, Texas passed away February 3, 2017. Frederic William Lange was born on April 8, 1934 in Kenner, Louisiana to Frederic William Lange and Agnes Louise Nix. He married Carol Marie Mellen on October 2, 1982 in Monahans, Texas. Frederic William Lange entered military school at the age of 12 until he completed...
Royce Sprouse
Jan 23, 2017
Pete Sprouse, 85, passed away January 23, 2017 in Monahans, Texas. He was born in Admiral, Texas on August 5, 1931 to Stephen Phillip Sprouse and Mary E. "Mays" Sprouse. Pete married Laura Jo Conn on August 17, 1950 in Baird, Texas, she preceded him in death in 2010. Pete was raised in Baird, Texas, during the time Pete...
Reba Mccormick
Jan 21, 2017
Reba Naomi (Smith) McCormick, 82, passed from this life January 21, 2017, in Las Cruces, New Mexico surrounded by her family. Beloved wife, mother, grandmother, she was a long-time resident of Wickett, Texas. Born in Bristow, Oklahoma September 4th, 1934 to parents Reuben R. and Vera G. Smith; later moving as a young child to a ranch south of...
Larry Bryer
Jan 19, 2017
Larry J Bryer passed away on Thursday, January 19, 2017 in Odessa, Texas. He was born on February 26, 1946 to Melvin Lee and Nora Louise Teague Bryer in Beeville, Texas. He married Cinda Lue Shipman on February 15, 1964 in San Antonio, Texas, and was sealed to her for time and all eternity in the Mesa Arizona Temple...

Joyce Shaw
Jan 15, 2017
Joyce Lee Shaw of Wynnewood, Oklahoma was born to Wickliff & Lela Lawhon Wilson on July 28, 1933 in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas and passed from this life on January 15, 2017 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the age of 83 years. Joyce married William Thomas Ripkay then Robert Kenneth Parker in 1956. Then on June 9th, 1973 she married...
Jerry Morgan
Jan 15, 2017
Jerry Morgan was born August 25, 1941 in Seymour, Texas. He was raised on a farm between Seymour, Texas and Megargel, Texas, where he attended school. He was the seventh of eight children born to Marion and Ethel Morgan. Jerry graduated from Megargel High School in 1959. He married Sandra Henexson on June 3, 1961, in Olney, Texas. The...
Elisa Armendariz
Jan 15, 2017
Pending...
Visitation Harkey Funeral Home 210 S. Allen Monahans, TX 79756 Wednesday, January 18, 2017 12:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Service Harkey Funeral Home 210 S. Allen Monahans, TX 79756 Thursday, January 19, 2017 1:00 p.m. Cemetery Monahans Memorial Cemetery 4th and Helen Monahans, TX 79756Christine Bell
Jan 14, 2017
Christine Allen Bell peacefully went to be with the Lord with her daughter, grandchildren and great grandchildren by her side on January 14, 2017 at Edgewater Care Center in Kerrville. Texas. She was born on February 16, 1933 in Jacksonville, Texas to single mother Zena Mae Allen. At the age of 3, Christine and her sister, Geraldine, were left...
Socorro Velasquez
Jan 11, 2017
Socorro Porras Velasquez, passed away, Wednesday, January 11, 2016 in Midland, Texas. She was born on April 10, 1943 to Manuel and Lupe "Lujan" Porras in Grandfalls, Texas. Socorro married her husband Jose P Velasquez February 2, 1973 in Midland, Texas. Socorro was a great cook, nurses aid, and the owner and operator of J&J Burrito Express. She is...
Maisley Antrim
Jan 7, 2017
Maisley Lakelyn Antrim went to be with the Lord January 7, 2017. She blessed this world with her presence November 18, 2016, in Odessa, TX, to April Siebenhor McGuire and Scott Antrim. Maisley was a beautiful little girl, full of life and love. Her favorite things to do were sleep, making faces, and being held by everyone. Maisley's family...
Betty Walls
Jan 5, 2017
Betty Walls, 84, passed away on Thursday, January 5, 2017 in Monahans, Texas. She was born in Haskell, Texas to William Isaac Hurt and Ruby Lea "Worley" Hurt on May 2, 1932. Betty married her husband Art Walls in November 1960. She was a great mother, loved helping with Ward County Senior Citizen Center driving a van in the...
Bernadette Blum
Dec 30, 2016
Bernadette Georgette Gourdin Blum passed peacefully into the Lord's hands December 30, 2016. She was born January 5, 1925 to Maria and Leon Gourdin in Sedon, France. She was raised in a large family of Catholic faith and was the second oldest of seven children. When her mother died during the birth of the last child, she and her...