Obituaries

STERLING CITY - Florence "Flo" Bodine, 98, died at the Sterling County Nursing Home on Jan. 1, 2021.

STANTON - Favian Rios Hinojosa, 42, died Dec. 27, 2020. Visitation and a rosary were Dec. 30, at Stanton Memorial Funeral Home Chapel. Funeral mass was Dec.31, at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Stanton.

STANTON - Darryl Sisson, 87 of Stanton, died Dec. 25, 2020 in Big Spring.

DENTON - Teresa Lynne Christon, 57, died Jan. 2, 2021 in Denton.

EL PASO - Billie Jean Lively died peacefully in her sleep on Nov. 24, 2020 at home. Billie Jean Lively, born Billie Jean Vandever, was born to Charles and Gertrude Vandever on Sept. 26, 1930, in Monroe, Louisiana.

ODESSA - Alvaro Ramirez Mandujano, of Coyanosa, died Dec. 30, 2020, in Odessa. He was born to Tobias and Josefine Mandujano of La Mesita, Apaseo el Alto, Guanajuato Mexico on June 11, 1944. As a young man he came to the United States and worked as a bracero across the states. He returned to Mexico and married his best friend, Cecilia Sanchez, on May 11, 1966.

MIDLAND - Maxine Eckert Smith, 90 of Midland, died at her home on Jan. 1, 2021.

DEVOL, OK - Charlie Burns, 75, died Dec. 30, 2020.

STANTON - Francisco “Frank” Salgado died Dec. 21, 2020. Visitation and a rosary were Dec. 27, at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church. Funeral service was Dec. 28, at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church. Interment followed at St. Joseph’s Catholic Cemetery.

STANTON - Rev. Leandro “Cano” Gonzales, Sr., 80 of Stanton, died Dec.19, 2020 at his residence surrounded by his loved ones. Funeral services were Dec. 30, at the First Baptist Church in Stanton. Interment followed at Trinity Memorial Park in Big Spring. A viewing at Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home in Big Spring was on Dec. 29.