All Obituaries

Sara Nan Myers was born February 9, 1931 in Beeville, Texas, to Jim F. Gray and Betty Jo Tuttle. She passed away on Saturday, July 13, 2019, at the age of 88. Sara attended Beeville Independent School District and was a member of the last school class of the one-room school at Blanconia. She married William Myers in Blanconia, Texas, on April 5, 1950, where the couple made their home and raised their family. She was a housewife and rancher and was a member of Blanconia Baptist Church. In...

Lonnie Frank Smith, 57, of Magnolia, Texas, formerly of Beeville, Texas, passed away Monday, July 8, 2019 after a three-year battle with cancer.  He was born September 18, 1961, in Payson, Utah, to Frank Max and Carolyn Susan (Montoya) Smith.  His mother later married Robert Milton Hardman, who raised Lonnie and his sister as his own. Lonnie graduated from A.C. Jones High School in 1979 and began his career with Transco Gas Pipeline and continued his employment with them as they...

Diana (Neal) Loving, 65, of Beeville, Texas, passed away Saturday, June 29, 2019. Diana was born December 13, 1953 in Beeville to Edward M. Neal and Flossie (Davis) Neal. She married Don Loving in Corpus Christi on June 14, 1982. She was employed with the Travis County Adult Probation office in Austin where she was a probation officer for many years and was firm but caring with her “clients” as she called them. She was preceded in death by her parents; a daughter, Meghan Mae...

Jack E. Chesnut, 90, of Beeville, Texas passed away Thursday, June 27, 2019. Jack was born in Llano, Texas on April 20, 1929 to S.E. Chesnut and Amy (Newsom) Chesnut. Jack graduated from Llano High School in 1946, attended Texas A&M and graduated from Texas State University in 1950. Following graduation, Jack joined the U.S. Army. He was in the Artillery Division in the Korean War. When he returned from the war, he started working for J&L Steel Corp. He resigned in 1965 to manage...

Teresita (Hinanay) Bamba, 79, of Beeville, died Saturday, June 22, 2019. Ms. Bamba was born in the Philippines Aug. 11, 1939 to Apolonio Hermida and Feliza (Hinanay) Hermida. In 2001, she came to the United States, where she was employed with the Victoria Independent School District and was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church. She had a knack for gardening and enjoyed cooking Philippine cuisines as she sang along to Elvis and Paul Anka tunes. She was preceded in death by her parents;...

Robert Lee Nisely Jr., born on August 28, 1954 to Robert Nisely Sr. and Rena Shaw Nisely, passed away on June 21, 2019 at his home. Robert served in the U.S. Army, had a long career at Union Carbide, loved to fish and read. He wasn’t one to shy away from a job that needed to be done and was always willing to step in and help out his family and friends. Although the cause of death was ruled a heart attack, the loss of his wife just three weeks earlier left him heartbroken. There is...

Steven Dan Brown ascended to heaven to be with the Good Lord on 06/20/2019. He persevered against his battle against Leukemia for several years, only to succumb to a secondary associated illness.  Steven was born into a well-recognized and dedicated military family.  His family served in the U.S. Army and Navy in every war since the U.S. Civil War (service ending just prior to the Vietnam War). His family history included a Brigadier General graduating from West Point who served...

Mildred Norma (Schmidt) Jostes, 87, of Beeville, Texas, passed away Wednesday, June 19, 2019. Mildred was born on November 1, 1931, to E.A. and Lillian (Merseburger) Schmidt in Shiner, Texas; later moving to the Mathis area where she grew up on the family farm. She attended Southwest Texas University studying for a degree in education. On May 14, 1960, she married the love of her life, Norman Lamar Jostes, in Mathis, Texas. They resided in the Beeville area for 57 years. Mildred worked for...

William Conley "Bill" Murphy passed from this life on June 16, 2019. He was 89. He was born on December 5, 1929 to Annie Kreis Murphy, mother, and Willie Paul Murphy, father, of Papalote, Texas. He had one older sister, Elizabeth Cecil Murphy. Bill grew up in Papalote, Texas surrounded by ranchers and cowboys like his dad Willie and uncle John Murphy. He learned to ride at an early age and quickly developed a fascination and talent for roping. His favorite stories were about roping calves...

Ila Mae (Walton) Hines, a resident of George West since 1922, passed away Friday, June 14, 2019. She was 99. Ila Mae was born in Snyder, Texas, Scurry County on October 26, 1919 to William D. and Virda Lee (Massey) Walton. She married Euel Hines in George West on November 7, 1942, was a housewife and faithful member of First United Methodist Church in George West. Ila Mae was preceded in death by her husband, Euel Hines; and grandson, Steven Leverett. She is survived by a son, James A....