Local Obituaries for Beeville, Three Rivers, and George West, Texas
Recent Obituaries
Jose Garza, Sr.
Apr 7, 2018
Jose Ascencion Garza, Sr., "Chon" entered the gates of Heaven on April 7, 2018. He was born on May 17, 1942, in Three Rivers, Texas to the late Juan and Luciana P. Garza. He retired from Alief I.S.D. after thirteen years of service. He loved to fish, hunt, shoot pool and gardening. He was preceded in death by his...
Irene Korczynski
Apr 5, 2018
Irene A. Korczynski, 88, of George West, Texas, passed away on April 5, 2018. Mrs. Korczynski was born on January 28, 1930, in Live Oak County to Agnes (Bednorz) and Felix Richter. She was a member of St. George Catholic Church. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Michael Conrad Korczynski; and children, Michael Conrad Korczynski, Jr.,...
Kenneth Freasier
Apr 4, 2018
Kenneth Freasier, 87, of Normanna, Texas, passed away on Wednesday, April 4, 2018. He was born on September 18, 1930, to Eugene and Mamie Oda (Wesson) Freasier in Live Oak County. He married Joyce Kidd in Cadiz, Texas on June 22, 2008. Mr. Freasier retired from L. S. Morrison Grocery and Meat Market in George West after 44 years...
Wanda Milam
Apr 4, 2018
On April 4, 2018, Wanda Gene Milam was called home by the Lord. Mrs. Milam was born January 10, 1930, in Mangum, Oklahoma to Vera Mae (Baker) and Edward Sherman Wright. She was a resident of Three Rivers, Texas for 51 years. She was preceded in death by her husband, Earl M. Milam, Jr.; a sister, Elizabeth Ann Smith;...
Emelda Stevens
Mar 25, 2018
Emelda Stevens, 87, of Ocala, Florida, formerly of Beeville, died Sunday, March 25, 2018. Mrs. Stevens was born Jan. 13, 1931, in Marrero, Louisiana, to Gertrude Magdalen (Saddler) and Andrew Louis Fisher. She married Virgil B. Stevens in Lake Hurst, New Jersey. She was a U.S. Navy veteran and was retired from the civil service. She was preceded in...
Mary Swinky
Mar 24, 2018
Mary Helen Swinky, 56, of Mathis, Texas, passed away on Saturday, March 24, 2018. Mrs. Swinky was born on April 27, 1961, to Dorothy (Stratmann) and Earl James Cramer in Alice, Texas. She married Edward Emil Swinky, Jr. on December 1, 1990, in Beeville, Texas. She was a retired Justice of the Peace secretary and a member of St....
Jared Hammond
Mar 23, 2018
Jared Lee Hammond, 32, of Beeville, passed away on Friday, March 23, 2018, in Lubbock, Texas, due to injuries sustained from a car accident. Jared was born December 12, 1985, in Beeville, Texas, to Jeffery and Melinda (Elling) Hammond. He was a 2004 graduate of A.C. Jones High School in Beeville, Texas. He earned a Phlebotomy certification from Coastal...
Elida Carroll
Mar 23, 2018
Elida M. Carroll, born on January 15, 1933, in Three Rivers, TX, was called home by the Lord on Friday, March 23, 2018, at the age of 85. She was preceded in death by her father, Miguel Martinez; her mother, Petra DeLeon; and her husband, Melvin Carroll. She is survived by her son, Robert (Mary) Trevino; grandchildren, Megan (Brian)...

Clarence Holt
Mar 22, 2018
Clarence Arthur Holt, 87, passed away on Thursday, March 22, 2018. He was born on Oct. 18, 1930, to Arthur and Hazel (Ireland) Holt in Leon, Kansas. He served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War. He married Edna Eliott on Feb. 13, 1985, in Boerne, Texas. He retired from Construction & Trucking Co. and owned Twin Coves...
David Blanton
Mar 21, 2018
David Arlen Blanton entered heaven on Wednesday, March 21, 2018. He was born November 4, 1934, to J.C. and Nora Blanton in Victoria, Texas. Dave graduated from Patti Welder High School. He went on to complete a bachelor's degree in music from the University of Texas. During his college years, he met and married Juanita Rayburn in 1956. After...
Emelie Fox
Mar 18, 2018
Emelie Inez Fox, passed away March 18, 2018, at the age of 88. She was born on September 17, 1929, in Lockhart, Texas, to JW and Ruby Walker. She married the love of her life, Cecil Fox on November 16, 1946, in Three Rivers, Texas, who she was married to for 60 years. She was preceded in death by...
Monica Stark
Mar 16, 2018
Monica Lynn Stark, 56, of Tuleta, Texas, passed away on March 16, 2018. Mrs. Stark was born January 28, 1962, in San Diego, California, to Charles and Joyce (Peters) McCameron. She married James Stark on March 24, 1984, in Beeville, Texas. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Health Care Administration and worked as an LVN for Exclusive...
Mary Ball
Mar 11, 2018
Mary Beth (Sellers) Ball passed away on Sunday, March 11, 2018. Mrs. Ball was born September 22, 1954, to Elizabeth (Michel) and Woodrow Wilson Sellers in Beeville, Texas. She was a graduate of Pettus High School. She married Herbert Ball on December 14, 1973, in Beeville. She retired from T.D.C.J. where she worked as a Parole Clerk. She had...
Duane Merrell
Mar 11, 2018
Duane Marvin "Dudie" Merrell, 88, passed away on Sunday, March 11, 2018. He was born December 29, 1929, to Vernice "Jack" and Zora (Radcliff) Merrell of Dewy, Oklahoma. The family moved from Oklahoma to Texas. He was a graduate of Pettus High School class of 1949. He served in the U.S. Army as Corporal in the Korean War and...
Lucille Chandler
Mar 11, 2018
Lucille Wanda Chandler, 71, of Normanna, Texas passed away on March 10, 2018, at her home in Normanna. Mrs. Chandler was born December 17, 1946, in Clegg, Texas to Dolly (Latham) and Sidney Hendrick. She married Nelson Chandler on May 29, 1972, in Devine, Texas. She was a member of Pettus United Methodist Church and was a Business and...
Claude Pichot
Mar 8, 2018
Austin Pichot Claude "Austin" Pichot, 39, of McKinney, Texas passed from this life on March 8, 2018 at the family ranch in Beeville. He was born in Traverse City, Michigan on June 17, 1978. Austin spent his elementary and Jr. High years in Bakersfield, CA and graduated from James Taylor High School in Katy, Texas in 1996. He went...
Thurman Gibson, Jr.
Mar 8, 2018
Thurman Floyd Gibson, Jr., 56, passed away on March 8, 2018. Mr. Gibson was born on May 27, 1961, in Chicago, Illinois to Coral Lee (Ables) and Thurman Floyd Gibson, Sr. He was a master carpenter and loved working with wood. He was preceded in death by his father; and sister, Vicky Mitchell. Survivors include his two sons, Colin...
Joseph Latham
Mar 6, 2018
Joseph Justin Dean Latham, 37, of George West, died on Tuesday, March 6, 2018. Mr. Latham was born May 17, 1980, in Alice to Lynda (Huerta) and David Carl Latham. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Three Rivers and was an active member of the Methodist Men's Group, Methodist Youth Group and Emmaus Group....
Grabiela Pena
Mar 4, 2018
Grabiela R. Pena, 101, of George West, Texas, passed away on March 4, 2018. Mrs. Pena was born on January 15, 1917, to Geronimo and Petra (Perez) Rodriguez in Panna Maria, Texas. She married Gonzalo R. Pena on July 1936, at St. George Catholic Church in George West, Texas. She was a faithful member of St. George Catholic Church....
Isabel Berthold
Mar 3, 2018
Isabel Lorene Berthold, 88, of Berclair, Texas, passed away on March 3, 2018. Mrs. Berthold was born on June 16, 1929, in Wharton County, Texas, to Walter and Anna C. (Lykke) Nielsen. She married Elton Julius Berthold in Goliad, Texas in 1949. She was a member of the Lutheran Church. She was a retired housewife and a farmer's wife...