Obituaries

Graveside services for John Thompson, age 75 of Odessa, were held Saturday, June 30, 2018 at Gaines County Cemetery at 10:00 a.m. with Pastor Clark Racca officiating and Minister Lynn Money assisting. All services were under the direction of Boyer Funeral Home of Seminole. In lieu of flowers the family has requested donations be made to Gaines County Museum or Hospice of Midland. John Thompson was born in Lubbock on July 3, 1942 to Betty (McCleskey) and John Thompson. He married Genelle Hamilton in Odessa, March 31, 2018. He was a member of the Church of Christ and worked as a machinist.

Helen Ruth Lewis passed away in Richardson on Friday, June 22, at 9:00 pm at the age of 88. Helen Ruth Sellars was born in Binger, Oklahoma on January 3, 1930 to Bessie Cable Sellars and J.H. Sellars. She was the fourth of five children. Her siblings Jimmie Joe Sellars, La Dona Jean Hartwell, Harold “Bub” Sellars preceded her in death. She is survived by her youngest brother, Jedson Mauk Sellars, of Binger, OK. Helen graduated from Binger High School in a class of 12 students and always stayed in contact with her classmates.

Funeral services for Don Sanders, 87, of Seminole will be conducted Wednesday, June 27, 2018 at 10:00 A.M. in the First Baptist Church. Interment will follow in the Gaines County Cemetery with services under the direction of Ratliff Funeral Home of Seminole. He passed away Saturday, June 23 in Lubbock. Don was born March 23, 1931 in Roaring Springs to Claude and Tommie Sanders. He graduated from Muleshoe High School and attended West Texas A&M University at Canyon and Eastern New Mexico University and was a veteran of the Korean Conflict serving in the United States Army.