Area Obituaries

Funeral services for Martha “Memaw” Russell, 91, of Levelland, will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, September 29, in the Krestridge Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow in the City of Levelland Cemetery, under the direction of Krestridge Funeral Home of Levelland. She passed away September 18, 2020.

Funeral services for Martha Ann Rhymes Morris, 91, of Levelland and formerly of Seagraves, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, September 26, in the Krestridge Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow in the Seagraves Cemetery, under the direction of Krestridge Funeral Home of Levellend. She passed away September 21, 2020.

A memorial service for Anastacio Ponce, 77, of Morton, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday September 25, at St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Morton, with Fr. Jonathon Phillip and Fr. Rene Perez officiating. Visitation will be held from 6 p.m until 8 p.m. Thursday September 24, with the reciting of the Rosary held at…

Virginia Jennings passed from this life on September 20, 2020, in the Levelland Nursing Home at the age of 89. She was born Virginia Lucille Powers on September 5, 1931, in Frederick, Oklahoma. She was the fifth of eight children born to Nita and George Powers. Though her family moved for a short time to…

Funeral services for Elida Saenz Jasso, 72, of Lubbock, formerly of Levelland, will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, September 22, at St. Michael’s Catholic Church with Father Jonathan Phillips 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…

John Clinton Kennedy, 91, of Levelland, passed away from this life on Thursday, September 17, 2020. Clinton was born November 3, 1928, in Dawson County, Texas, to John and Velma O’Brien Kennedy. He married Martha Geraldene Bertram on September 1, 1956, in Lubbock. They were residents of Muleshoe for 26 years, Plainview for 23 years…

Funeral services for Jan Fred Parkinson, 67, of Levelland, were held September 17, at First Baptist Church. Interment followed in the City of Levelland Cemetery, under the direction of Krestridge Funeral Home of Levelland. She passed away September 14, 2020. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials be made to Hospice of Lubbock, 3702…

Lynwood Pirtle, 98, of Amarillo passed away September 8, 2020, in Amarillo, Texas. Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, September 12, in the Ware Chapel at Polk Street United Methodist Church with Dr. Mark Welshimer officiating assisted by Jim Uselton. Arrangements by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors of Amarillo. Mr. Pirtle was born December…

A memorial service for Cindy Barron Luna, 49, of Levelland, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, September 16, at St. Michael’s Catholic Church, with Fr. Jonathon Phillip officiating. Inurnment will be held at a later date, under the direction of Krestridge Funeral Home of Levelland. Visitation will be held from 6 p.m. until 9…

He’s gone to be with his Heavenly Father. Jerry Mack Garrison, 79, died Friday, August 28, under the “Friday Night Lights” in Waco. Jerry was born in Levelland to Earl Wesley and Sara Odelene, with brothers, Joe and Bob, and sister, Joan. Graduating as an all state football player from Levelland High School, the Class…