Area Obituaries

Funeral services for Nancy Soliz Avina, 44, of Whiteface, will held at 2 p.m. Friday, October 1, at The First Baptist Church in Whiteface, with pastor David Shaw officiating. Interment will follow in the City of Whiteface Cemetery, under the direction of Head Duarte Funeral Home of Levelland. Visitation will be held from 9 a.m.…

The family of Wesley Griffith will celebrate his life of 53 years at 10 a.m. Monday, September 27, in a private family service at Lake Ridge Chapel and Memorial Designers. He passed on Tuesday, September 21, 2021. On May 13, 1968, Wesley Jay was born to Robert and Linda Griffith in Fort Benning, Georgia. He…

Memorial services for Jimmy Bautista, 74, of Levelland, are pending, under the direction of Head Duarte Funeral Home of Levelland. He passed away September 22, 2021, in Levelland.

A memorial Mass celebrating the life of Romeo ‘Gary’ Gutierrez, 55, of Kemp, Texas, formerly of Levelland, will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, September 24, at St. Michael’s Catholic Church, with Fr. Jonathan Phillips officiating. He passed away September 22, 2021. Gary was born November 2, 1965, to Romeo and Socorro Gutierrez, in Levelland.…

A memorial service for Estella Torres, 70, of Whitharral, will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, September 24, in the Krestridge Funeral Home Chapel. Visitation will be held from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. Thursday, September 23, at Krestridge Funeral Home, with the reciting of the Rosary to be held at 6:30 p.m. She passed…

Funeral services for Victor Santos Cruz, 54, of Levelland, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, September 23, at St. Michael’s Catholic Church, with Pastor Jonathan Phillips officiating. Burial will follow in the City of Levelland Cemetery, under the direction of Head Duarte Funeral Home of Levelland. Visitation will be held from 9 a.m. until…

Debra Nell Scribner Hoy, 54, of San Angelo, formerly of Levelland, passed away Saturday, September 18, 2021. She was born March 11, 1967, to Odell and Nelly Scribner in Levelland. Debra graduated in 1985 from Levelland High School. She later went on to attend South Plains College and Howard College. Debra began her career working…

A memorial Mass for Cesario Marin, 56, of Levelland, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, September 24, at St. Michael’s Catholic Church. Interment will follow in the City of Levelland Cemetery, under the direction of Krestridge Funeral Home of Levelland. A reciting of the Rosary will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, September 23,…

Funeral services for Alexander ‘Alex’ Basquez, 49, of Levelland, will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, September 24, at Head Duarte Funeral Home Chapel with pastor Eddie Chavarria officiating. Interment will follow in the City of Levelland Cemetery, under the direction of Head Duarte Funeral Home of Levelland. Visitation will be held from 9 a.m.…