All Obituaries

Family Service Counselor ~ Sunset Employee for 22 years Lynette Jo Tucker-Baeza, of Odessa, Tx, passed away on Thursday, November 17, 2022, in Lubbock, Tx.   Visitation will be 6:00 PM-8:00 PM, Friday, December 2, 2022. Funeral services will be held 10:00 AM, Saturday, December 3, 2022, with Reverend Dr. Jimmy Braswell officiating, and burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. All services will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens & Funeral Home.   Lynette was born in...

Pauline Jean VanDyke known to many as Jeannie, was born May 5, 1960, and on Thursday, November 17, 2022, went to join her husband, Ron VanDyke and her parents Alvis and Betty Pierce in heaven. She was 62 years old. Visitation will be held Monday, November 21, 2022, from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm at Sunset Memorial Gardens and Funeral Home with burial to follow at 3:00 at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Pastor Lyndell Lee of Tanglewood Baptist Church will officiate. Pauline (Jeannie) was born in Odessa,...

James Edward “Jim” McKown, passed away Wednesday, November 16, 2022, at the age of 78.   He is preceded in death by his parents and survived by his loving wife, Sandra; his three sons, Scott (Martha), Odessa, TX, Michael (Shelley), Mesa, AZ, and Daniel (Melissa), Pleasant Grove, UT; sister, Joyce Branson (Don), Phoenix, AZ; 14 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren.   Jim was born May 8, 1944, in Poteau, Oklahoma, as a surviving twin to James Claud and Dorothy...

Frances Ann Gunn passed away with dignity, grace, and in peace on Sunday, November 13, 2022, at the age of 99 in Odessa, Texas.   Funeral services will be held at 10:00 AM, Friday, November 18, 2022, at Sunset Memorial Gardens and Funeral Home with Reverend Dr. Jimmy Braswell officiating.   Frances was born in Wichita Falls, Texas to Jesse Hulen Dulaney and Lola Fredrick Hutchinson on September 28, 1923. She met the love of her life, Willis Bernard Gunn, while attending Texas...

On Wednesday, November 9, 2022, in Fredericksburg, Texas, Patricia Slaughter went to be with her Lord and Savior, after battling a lengthy illness.    Pat Slaughter, best known as “Nan,” was born in Philipstown, Illinois on January 20, 1941, to Charles and Wilma Winkelman. Growing up in Southern Illinois, she was always known to be social and full of life. She loved watching her brothers play sports and was a cheerleader at her high school. Some say she never gave up...