Obituaries

Oneta “Gayle” Gray

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Oneta Gayle” Gray, 79, passed away on April 9, 2022, at her home in Fort Stockton, Texas.

Visitation was held on April 12, 2022, at Eternity Funeral Home Chapel in Fort Stockton.

Funeral service was held on April 13, 2022, at Eternity Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Scott Owens officiating. Burial followed at East Hill Cemetery. Arrangements were entrusted to Eternity Funeral Home.

Oneta “Gayle” Gray

Mary Elizabeth Tinkler Copeland Elliott

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Mary Elizabeth Tinkler Copeland Elliott, 80, of Midland, Texas, passed away April 5, 2022, at her home, and went to be with her Lord and Savior in Heaven.

Visitation was held on April 7, 2022, at Nalley-Pickle and Welch Funeral Home. Graveside service was April 8, 2022, at Serenity Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Both are located in Midland.

Mary Elizabeth Tinkler Copeland Elliott

Don Roger Boswell

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Don Roger Boswell, 68, passed away on March 26, 2022, in Lubbock, Texas. He was born on Jan. 22, 1954, in Fort Worth, Texas, the son of William Joseph and Wilma Kathryn (Hoefs) Boswell, while the family, including older brother Bill, resided on the farm in Fort Stockton, Texas.
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Mary Elizabeth Tinkler

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Mary Elizabeth Tinkler Elliott, 80-years-old, passed away Tuesday, April 5, 2022.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Emerson “Tink” and Effie Courtney Tinkler and her only sibling, Jim Tinkler, who passed just 48 hours before her.

Visitation will be held Thursday, April 7, 2022, at Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home in Midland, Texas

Graveside service will be Friday, April 8, 2022, at Serenity Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Midland, Texas.

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James “Jim” Thomas Tinkler

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James Jim” Thomas Tinkler, father and grandfather, took his last ride April 3, 2022, at the age of 85. Jim was born Sept. 6, 1936, in Fort Stockton, Texas, to Emerson Tink” and Effie Mae Courtney Tinkler. He had one sister, Mary Elizabeth Tinkler. 

James “Jim” Thomas Tinkler

Armando Rodriguez

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The Texas Department of Criminal Justice is grieving the loss of an employee that is related to the COVID-19 virus. Armando Rodriguez, 78, Clerk I at the Fort Stockton Unit, died from complications of COVID-19 on Jan. 16, 2022. 

Armando Rodriguez

Christina Lopez Leyva

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With profound sadness we announce the passing of Christina Lopez Leyva, our loving and devoted mother, grandmother, wife, sister, and friend. On March 20, 2022, at the young age of 65, she joined our Heavenly Father surrounded by her loved ones, after braving a long battle with liver cancer.
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Pedro Rivera Ureste

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Pedro Rivera Ureste, 74, of Fort Stockton, Texas, passed away peacefully on March 13, 2022. Pedro was born in Boquillas, Coahuila, Mexico, to Nestor Gallegos Ureste and Engracia Ortiz Rivera on April 29, 1947.
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Samuel Brent Franklin

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Samuel Brent Franklin died unexpectedly at his home in Fort Stockton, Texas, on March 13, 2022. Sam was born September 3, 1989, and his survived by his wife Rhonda; his sons Maurice and Mason; his daughter Nyliah of Fort Stockton; his mother Renee Parson; his sister Addy and brother Lakota; his uncles Kavin Franklin, Michael Detrixhe, and John Detrixhe; his grandmother Marlene Franklin; and his grandparents Frank and Wahnetta Detrixhe.
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Jose Ben Gallegos

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Jose Ben Gallegos was born Nov. 12, 1928, in Alpine, Texas, and he was called to eternal rest on March 19, 2022.
Jose Ben Gallegos
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