Obituaries

William Thaxton Abercrombie, 86, from Odessa, died November 12 in Odessa. He was lovingly known as Dad, Papa, Bill, and Catfish. He was born on July 21, 1937, in Tucumcari, New Mexico to M.J. “Jack” and Dora May Abercrombie.

James Marshall Roberts, Jr. “Jim”, 70, of Marathon, passed away on October 26, in Marathon. Born on February 25, 1953, in Fort Stockton, to James Marshall Roberts, Sr. and Callie Marie Roberts, Jim was the beloved husband of Stephanie Edgar Roberts.

Bobbie J. Tanksley went to be with her Lord, on October 15, in Menard. She was born on July 15, 1945, to Bill and Marie Brickey in San Antonio. She was a longtime resident of Alpine, where she was a member of Grace Christian Fellowship Church. She graduated from Robert E. Lee High School in San Antonio in 1964. She married Charles “Butch” Tanksley in 1966 and they had two daughters. She was a whiz with numbers and spent her years as an accountant, always sharing her knowledge with anyone who needed help. She enjoyed traveling with her husband in their RV and was especially fond of the Big Bend area.

Bradford Rhea Mc-Guire, of Alpine, passed away October 9 at Covenant Medical Center in Lubbock. Brad is survived by his wife, Karen McGuire. A celebration of life service will be held on November 11 at Hillside Baptist Church in Alpine at 1:30 p.m.

David “Dave” Vandervoort, 89, of Paradise Valley, AZ & Alpine went to his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on October 9 at his residence. He was born in Texas to Henry Carl Vandervoort Senior and Velma Vandervoort. At 14, he learned to fly a tail dragger and was a distinguished varsity Panther golfer at Paschal High who caddied for Ben Hogan at Colonial Country Club. In 1947, Dave earned the Carnegie Medal for Heroism with Katie Beth Hunter for rescuing the two Ledbetter children from a capsized rowboat at a Fort Worth farm lake. Later Dave met his wife, Susie, while attending Texas A&M University at College Station. They married in the late 50’s and upon Dave’s graduation from Texas A&M in the Corps, they moved with the United States Air Force.

OBITUARY Doyle Eugene Pearce, 61, of Alpine passed in peace at his home on September 26. Doyle was born on October 31, 1961, in Kingfi sher, Oklahoma to Inez Ruth Pearce and the late Paul Clayton Pearce, Sr. In 1985, he married his ex-wife Belinda Espinoza in Alpine, and together they welcomed three children Dolores Ruth Savery, Doyle Clayton Pearce, and Charles Allen Pearce all of Alpine.

Edward “Eddie” Lawrence Baker, 64, of Alpine, passed away October 1, in Odessa. The family held a private service in his honor.

Jose Jonell Rodriguez, at the of age 71 passed away peacefully on Saturday September 30, at 12:35 a.m. Jonell was born to Ismael & Feliciana Rodriguez on February 3, 1952, in Fort Davis.

Diana Gay Martin Thomas, 77 of Alpine, passed away September 15. She was born May 4, 1946, in Cuero, the daughter of the late William Daniel and Estelle Martin. On July 2, 1964, she married Walter H. Thomas in Midland.