Joey Watts Fernandez, 44, of Dallas, formerly of Big Spring, died on Friday, June 20, 2008, in an Odessa hospice facility. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Monday, June 23, 2008 at the Nalley-Pickle & Welch Rosewood Chapel with Rev. Ismael Bihl, officiating. Interment will follow at the Ackerly Cemetery. The family will receive friends Sunday, from 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM at the funeral home.He was born on June 13, 1964, in Big Spring, Texas and had attended Big Spring schools where he graduated in 1982. He had attended the Police Academy University in Dallas and had worked a number of years as a police officer for the Dallas Police Department. He later worked for the Dallas Light and Barricade as a dispatcher for eight years. He married Diana Sosa on June 28, 2003 in Big Spring, Texas. Joey was an avid deer hunter. He was a Baptist.Survivors include his wife, Diana Fernandez of Big Spring; two step sons, Able Garcia, Jr. of Arlington, and Mark Edmondson of Big Spring; two grandchildren, Alexia Sky Edmondson and Alena Edmondson both of Arlington; two half brothers, Hector Fernandez of Denver, Colorado, and Robert Fernandez of Dallas; one aunt, Evelyn Coker of Big Spring; and his father-in law and mother-in-law, Manual and Virginia Sosa of Big Spring.He was preceded in death by his father, Oscar (Sonny) Watts; his mother, Helen Fernandez; two aunts, Wilda Powers and Betty Joe Watts; and one step sister, Sylvia Fernandez.Pallbearers will be, Manuel Sosa, Freddie Sosa, Mark Anthony Edmondson, Abel Garcia, Jr., Albert Ortega, and Rick Bocanegra.The family suggests memorials be made to the American Cancer Society, % Carolyn Brooks, PO Box 2121, Big Spring, Texas 79721.Arrangements under the direction of Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home & Crematory of Big Spring. Online condolences can be made at: www.npwelch.com,
