Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Beeville, Three Rivers, and George West, Texas

Recent Obituaries

Margaret James

Margaret James

Oct 8, 2018

Margaret Pugh James passed away October 8, 2018 at the age of 92. Margaret was the daughter of William Felix Pugh and Dora Grover Pugh and wife of James (Jim) F. James. She was born in George West on November 5, 1925. Margaret skipped a grade and graduated from George West High School as Valedictorian at the age of...

John Lyne

John Lyne

Oct 8, 2018

John Edward Lyne was born June 17, 1967 in Houston, Texas, to Rufus Rogers Lyne and Susie Lyne. He graduated from George West High School in 1986. He later married Crystal Schweihs in September of 2001. John, age 51, of George West, passed away Monday, October 8, 2018. John went to Sam Houston State University and graduated with a...

Esteban Cuevas

Esteban Cuevas

Oct 8, 2018

Esteban Cuevas, 87, of George West, died Monday, Oct. 8, 2018. Mr. Cuevas was born Aug. 3, 1931, in Goliad to Jesusa (Moreno) and Manuel Cuevas. He married Olivia Lane in Beeville in 1950. He retired from South Texas Construction and was a member of St. George Catholic Church. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, baseball and family time. He was...

Hazel Mcgee

Hazel Mcgee

Oct 7, 2018

Hazel Bast McGee, 89, of Mineral, Texas, died Sunday, October 7, 2018. Hazel was born January 4, 1929 to C.W. "Bill" and Monica Rebonnie Bast at home in Bee County. She retired from Exxon in 1982. She was a member of the Red Hat Lady Society and volunteered at the Beeville Vineyard. She was preceded in death by her...

Walter Wilburn

Walter Wilburn

Oct 1, 2018

Walter "Tootie" Range Wilburn, 65, of Beeville, died Monday, Oct. 1, 2018, in Victoria. Mr. Wilburn was born Dec. 21, 1952, to Dueward Virgil and Beverly Jean Wilburn in Beeville. He was a 1971 graduate of A.C. Jones High School and 1975 graduate of Sam Houston State in Huntsville. He was employed with the Texas Department of Corrections as...

Audrey Herod

Audrey Herod

Sep 30, 2018

Audrey Faye (Jameson) Herod, 97, of Rockport, Texas, died Sunday, Sept. 30, 2018, in Rockport, Texas. Mrs. Herod was born Jan. 27, 1921 in Little, Oklahoma, to Harley and Lovey (Yeats) Jameson. She married Ellis Belton Herod in Beeville on June 8, 1940. She was a member of Coastal Oak Church in Rockport and for more than 40 years...

Robert Bocquet

Robert Bocquet

Sep 28, 2018

Robert August Bocquet, 93, of Beeville, passed away on Friday, Sept. 28, 2018, at a local nursing home. Mr. Bocquet was born Oct. 15, 1924 in Beeville to Oscar Jacob and Anne (Henderson) Bocquet. He married Myrtle Nell Rosebrock on Nov. 27, 1959, at St. George Catholic Church in George West. He was a pilot in the U.S. Air...

Herman Conder

Herman Conder

Sep 22, 2018

Herman O. Conder, 75, of Beeville, passed away Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018, in Corpus Christi. Mr. Conder was born Sept. 6, 1943, to Elmer and Cova (Arms) Conder in Bloomington, Illinois. He married Karen Mann in Beeville on Oct. 21, 2006. He was employed for 33 years with Hundman Lumber in Bloomington, Illinois, and the past seven years at...

William Hartman

William Hartman

Sep 17, 2018

William Seth Hartman, 76, of Skidmore, passed away Monday, September 17, 2018, at his home. Mr. Hartman was born May 6, 1942, in Hearne, Texas to Rudolph Hartman and Louise Oliver Hartman. He married Patricia Congdon Wilkinson on April 1, 1983. He retired from the PFE Railroad and Sherwin Aluminum and worked part time as a hot shot driver...

Richard Dirks Jr.

Richard Dirks Jr.

Sep 16, 2018

Richard William Dirks, Jr., 69, of Beeville, passed away peacefully on September 16, 2018. Richard was born October 28, 1948, in Beeville, Texas to Sandy and R.W. "Bill" Dirks. He was a proud graduate of Pettus High School as well as Bee County College and attended Oklahoma State Technical College. Richard lived life his own unique way. He loved...

Sue Ximenez

Sue Ximenez

Sep 13, 2018

Sue Ann (Whitmire) Ximenez, 67, of George West, died Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018, at her residence. Mrs. Ximenez was born to Claude and Billie Marie (Coan) Whitmire on July 13, 1951, in Sweetwater. She earned a Bachelor's Degree from Sam Houston State College in 1975. She retired from George West Independent School District in 2015 having taught there for...

Patricia Gruy

Patricia Gruy

Sep 12, 2018

Patricia Ann Gruy, 74, of Beeville, passed away Wednesday, September 12, 2018, at her residence surrounded by her family. Pat was born January 8, 1944 in Grapeland, Texas to Luther Edward and Alma Leen (Musick) Ellisor. She married Viggo Gruy on October 26, 1990. Pat lived life to the fullest!! She loved spending time at the ranch and playing...

William Brzozowski

William Brzozowski

Sep 12, 2018

William "Bill" Joseph Brzozowski, 87, of Beeville, died Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018, following a long illness. Mr. Brzozowski was born May 26, 1931 to T.J. and Floy (Kridler) Brzozowski in Gonzales, Texas. He retired from Lucent Technologies after 36 years and was engaged in ranching which he enjoyed. He was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Beeville....

Kenneth Watson

Kenneth Watson

Sep 3, 2018

Kenneth Fred Watson, 73, of George West, died Monday, Sept. 3, 2018, at a local nursing home. Mr. Watson was born Dec. 12, 1944 in Santa Anna to Fred Irvin and Christine (Mulanax) Watson. He was a retired self-employed mechanic and a member of Brush Country Cowboy Church in George West. He was preceded in death by his parents,...

Mae Bryan

Mae Bryan

Sep 2, 2018

Mae Frances Bryan, 93, passed away Sunday, September 2, 2018, joining her father, Kirby Sharp, her mother, Rosamond Gerdes, step-father Benny Gerdes, her brother Kirby Sharp, Jr. and her son, Louis Kirby "Hoppy" Cockerham. Born in Odem, TX on September 11, 1924, Mae Frances graduated from Sinton High School and went on to attend Baylor University, majoring in Home...

Eugenia Lazo

Eugenia Lazo

Aug 30, 2018

Eugenia (Martinez) Lazo, age 86, passed away on August 30, 2018. Eugenia Lazo was born in Jim Wells County on November 15, 1931, to the late Adan Martinez and Maria (Benavides) Martinez. She married the late Marcelino Lazo Sr. in Orange Grove on January 29, 1949. She was a member of St. George Catholic Church and was a housewife...

Staton Martin

Staton Martin

Aug 27, 2018

Staton Alley Martin, 92, of George West, Texas, died Monday, August 27, 2018, at Spohn Hospital Shoreline in Corpus Christi. Mr. Martin was the last of eight children born Aug. 21, 1926, to Eddy Archie Martin and Mae Corry (Alley) Martin in Leesville. At the young age of 16, he joined the United States Coast Guard to serve his...

Maria Amador

Maria Amador

Aug 26, 2018

Maria Louisa (Garcia) Amador, 71, of George West, Texas, died Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018 at Christus Spohn Hospital, Beeville. Mrs. Amador was born June 30, 1947 in Mathis to Pedro and Andrea (Gutierrez) Garcia. She married Rodolfo Amador in Live Oak County on April 8, 1972. She was a Christian. She was preceded in death by her parents, Pedro...

Goldie Bellows

Goldie Bellows

Aug 24, 2018

Goldie Darlene Bellows slipped peacefully into the arms of her Savior, Jesus Christ, on Friday, August 24th surrounded by her three daughters, in Cedar Park, from a long battle with cancer. Darlene was born in Stillwater, Oklahoma, on April 10, 1939 to Clarence and Goldie Kennemer. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, John Gilbert (J.G.)...

Ann Spellmann

Ann Spellmann

Aug 23, 2018

Ann Southwell Richards Spellmann passed into the arms of Our Lord on Thursday, August 23, 2018, at the age of 95. She was born July 26, 1923, in Lockhart, Texas to George Thomas and Lucile Beall Southwell. In addition to her parents, her husband and father of her children - Joe E. Richards, and second husband - Dr. E.C....