Vernie ‘Sissy' Underwood
ANDREWS Vernie “Sissy” Underwood, 87, of Odessa, formerly of Andrews, passed away Wednesday Nov. 18, 2009, at Hospice House in Odessa.
The family will receive friends Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon at McNett Funeral Home in Andrews.
Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Andrews West Cemetery under the direction of McNett Funeral Home. Brother Bill Cook, Home Hospice Chaplin of Odessa will officiate.
Sissy was born Sept. 7, 1922, in Lincoln, Texas. She married Drexel Underwood April 13, 1938, in Pioneer, Texas. They moved to Andrews in the early 1950s from Lovington, N.M. He preceded her in death Aug. 9, 1996. After his death, Mrs. Underwood moved to Odessa to be with their daughter, Linda.
Sissy loved the outdoors. She loved to garden and work in her yard and was honored with yard of the month numerous times while living in Andrews. She enjoyed sewing and crochet. She also made blankets for the Salvation Army. She loved to watch hummingbirds and red birds. She loved to cook and was good at it. She always found nothing but the good in people.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Drexel; her parents, Herbert and Amanda Placke; three brothers, Clar Underwood in 1949, Ricky Underwood in 1991 and Dale Underwood in July of 2009.
She is survived by daughter, Linda Morgan of Odessa; brother, Bill Placke of Odessa; daughter-in-law, Judy Underwood of Odessa; grandchildren, Kenny and Janyth Hutson of Odessa, Jon and Erin Underwood of Odessa, Deric and Nicole Boring of Longview, Candice Morgan of Odessa, Paul and Sandy Underwood of Odessa, Shane and Rebecca Underwood of West Virginia, Pat and Clair Gonzales of Big Spring; and 14 great-grandchildren.
Memorial gifts may be made to Hospice House of Odessa.
