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Odessa Police Department and Odessa Chuck Wagon Gang Host Fundraiser

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Odessa, Texas/July 23, 2025-The Odessa Police Department along with the Odessa Chuck Wagon Gang held a special fundraising event inside of Barn A at the Ector County Coliseum, for the families of Odessa Police Officer Bailey Martin and Juvenile Probation Officer Jayda Floyd to offset any remaing funeral costs.
(Michael Gerke, Police Chief-Odessa Police Department/Odessa, Texas)
Bailey Martin and his girlfriend Jayda Floyd lost their lives along with other famiy members and campers during the July 4th weekend flash flood in the Texas Hill Country near the Guadalupe River.
(Sgt. Jon Faust-Odessa Police Department/Odessa, Texas)
The Odessa Police Department’s Police Unit driven by Officer Bailey Martin will be retired and will be used by the Odessa Police Department Honor Gaurd.
For DRB Media Communications Digital News, Danny Barrera.

Green & Pink Ribbon Ceremony for Flash Flood Victims at Memorial Gardens Park

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Odessa, Texas/July 13, 2025-Residents of Odessa, Odessa Police Department, Ector County, and Pastors came to Memorial Gardens Park on Friday Evening to join other families in a special remembrance ceremony honoring the victims of the Texas Hill Country Flash Flood, also taking the lives of OPD Officer Bailey Martin, Jayda Floyd an Ector County Juvenile Probation Officer and girlfriend to Officer Martin. 

(Debi Hays, Former Ector County Judge) 

The flash flood impacted various communities in the Texas Hill Country along the Guadalupe River and affected the lives of residents in Odessa, Midland, Andrews and other Permian Basin Families. 

(Debi Hays, Former Ector County Judge) 

Annabelle Coultress was preparing to join friends at Camp Mystic this week. She joined the 70 plus people at Memorial Gardens Park to tie green and pink ribbons around trees located throughout the duck pond. 

(Donna Kelm, Ector County Republican Party, Chair) 

(Annabelle Coultress, Camp Mystic Camper) 

Ector County Law Enforcement and Official will be escorting the body of Jayda Floyd to Sunset Memorial Gardens and Funeral Home on Tuesday, July 15th. For DRB MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS DIGITAL NEWS, I’m Janet Michaels.