Cemeteries

Ector County Cemetery (also know as Odessa Cemetery)

300 S Dixie Blvd
Odessa, TX 79761
432-332-2891   Information

• Ector County Cemetery Headstone Photos
• Ector County Cemetery Headstone Photos from Cemeteries of Texas.
• Ector County Cemetery List of Burials
• Ector County Cemetery Marked Veteran's Graves
• Bailey Family Burial in Ector County Cemetery
• Odessa Cemetery Transcription from the Permian Basin Genealogical Society; photos
• Odessa Cemetery Transcription from Jane McBride.
• Ector County Cemetery Listings at findagrave.com.

Los Angeles Gardens Cemetery

Part of Ector County Cemetery
300 S Dixie Blvd
Odessa, TX 79781

• Los Angeles Gardens Cemetery Grave listings (opens as a pdf file) from the Permian Basin Genealogical Society
• Los Angeles Gardens Cemetery Listings at findagrave.com

Rhodes Cemetery

Penwell, About 15 miles west of Odessa, Texas
Take exit 101 off of I-20 at Penwell.Get on north service road,and go east.Turn left at 1st.cattle guard, cemetery is on the high ground.

• Rhodes Cemetery Listings at findagrave.com.

Rose Hill Cemetery

300 S Dixie Blvd
Odessa, TX 79761
432-332-2891

• Rose Hill Cemetery Grave Listings (opens as a PDF File) from the Permian Basin Genealogical Society.
• Rose Hill Cemetery Photo and Transcription from Cemeteries of Texas.
• Rose Hill Cemetery Listings at findagrave.com (over 4900 graves recorded).

Sunset Memorial Gardens

6851 E Highway 80
Odessa, TX 79761
432-366-0886

• Sunset Memorial Gardens website  grave listing and locations.
• Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery Photos and Letterman Wreck info.
• Sunset Memorial Gardens Photos & Obituaries from Cemeteries of Texas.
• Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery Listings at findagrave.com (over 6200 graves recorded).

Private Graveyards & Other Burial Locations

Barnsley Burial Site

• Private property.  Information from the Permian Basin Genealogical Society.

Brown Burial Site

• Grave of James Clifton Brown.  Information from the Permian Basin Genealogical Society.

Chinese Railroad Construction Workers Burial Site

• From 1881, East of Penwell.  Information from the Permian Basin Genealogical Society.

Henderson Ranch Family Cemetery

• Located on private property on Meteor Crater Road, about .3 miles S of I-20 at the Moss Avenue Exit (exit 108). Moss Ave becomes Meteor Crater Rd. The Cemetery is on the left as you travel south.  Information from the Permian Basin Genealogical Society.

James Jeffrey Burial Site

• Information from the Permian Basin Genealogical Society.

Robertson Burial Site

• Information from the Permian Basin Genealogical Society.

Waddell Family Cemetery

• Information from the Permian Basin Genealogical Society.

Westfall Burial Site

• Grave of Louis Edward "Ed" Westfall.  Information from the Permian Basin Genealogical Society.
• Louis Edward Westfall Grave at findagrave.com

Whittenburg Private Cemetery

• Information from the Permian Basin Genealogical Society.
• Richard Benson Whittenburg Grave at findagrave.com

Ector County Cemetery Books

Cemetery records of Ector County, Texas, compiled by Juanita Butler Hancock, Cemetery records of: Volume 1. Sunset Memorial Gardens, Odessa, Texas, 1891-1991; Volume. 2. 1820-1992, Ector Cemetery, Odessa, Texas;  v. 3. Rose Hill Cemetery, Odessa, Texas, 1860-1991.  Available on microfilm at the LDS Family History Center.

Cemetery Records by Mrs. F. E. Siever, manuscript, includes Odessa Cemetery, Shafter Lake Cemetery and cemetery records of babies, available on microfilm at the LDS Family History Center.

Resources

• This and That Genealogy Tips on Cemeteries Explanation of carvings and terms used on headstones.
• Obituaries, Death Indexes and Cemeteries Rootsweb's Guide to Tracing family trees.