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

Leonor Paiz
May 11, 2016
Leonor C. Paiz, 80, of George West, died Wednesday, May 11, 2016. Mrs. Paiz was born April 19, 1937, in George West to Julian and Francisca (Rangel) Colunga. She married Juan Paiz in George West in December 1963. She was a homemaker and member of Impact Church in George West. She was preceded in death by her parents; her...

Robert Hardman
Apr 29, 2016
Robert Milton "Bob" Hardman, 74, of Beeville, passed away on Friday, April 29, 2016, after a year-long battle with cancer. He was born October 28,1941, in Akron, Ohio, to Wayne Ellsworth "Jack" and Phyllis Grace (Rhoades) Hardman. On August 26,1967, he married Carolyn Montoya Smith and her children, Lonnie and Connie, in San Diego, California. He served his country...

Paula Duffy
Apr 29, 2016
Paula Estelle Hopson Duffy, 73, passed away on April 29, 2016. She was born on September 14, 1942, in Tyler, Texas to Paul and Estelle (Dabney) Hopson. Paula called Beeville home from 1964 until her death. She worked first as a preschool teacher at First United Methodist Church, then moved to A.C. Jones High School, where she taught English...

Winnie Riser
Apr 27, 2016
Winnie Moss Riser was born January 2, 1922 near the White Creek Community in Live Oak County to Winnie Anna Martin and Jackson Carroll Moss. She spent her early days on the family farm there before moving to Mission, Texas during the Depression, graduating from Mission High in 1939. She was employed as a telephone switchboard operator before marrying...

Douglas Phillips
Apr 18, 2016
Douglas Wayne Phillips, 47, passed away on April 18, 2016. He was born on September 30, 1968 in Lawton Oklahoma. He was a U.S. Army veteran. He married Tammy Wise on March 29, 2013 in Las Vegas. He was a Baptist and worked as a Narcotics Investigator for the District Attorney Canine Unit. Douglas was a big fisherman and...

Israel Ochoa
Apr 18, 2016
Israel "Roy" Basquez Ochoa, 71, passed away on April 18, 2016. He was born on August 1,1944, in Levelland,Texas to Francisco Balerio and Margarita (Basquez) Ochoa. He married Maria Gonzales on November 30, 1962, in Levelland, Texas. He was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church and a truck driver and backhoe operator. He is preceded in death by...

Martina Ybanez
Apr 17, 2016
Martina Ybanez, 84, passed away on April 17, 2016. She was born on October 28, 1931 in Calliham, Texas to Manuel and Manuela (Garza) Barrera. She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Three Rivers and was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her parents; two sons, Jose Lopez and Lionel Ybanez; and her siblings....

Leonard Clark
Apr 17, 2016
Leonard Allen Clark, 58, of Houston, passed away in Ft Lauderdale 04/17/16. Allen was born in Laredo, TX on 09/03/57 to Mrs. Carrie Clark and Mr. Willie Clark. He attended Martin High school, where he was a star football player. Allen is survived by the love of his life, Blanca Clark. His children, John and Evelyn are a physical...

Carolyn Pryor
Apr 16, 2016
Carolyn Jean Pryor, 77, went home to her Lord on April 16, 2016. She was born on June 15, 1938 to Eugene George and Cora Mae (Sprott) Rosebrock in Alice, Texas. She graduated from A.C. Jones High School and Sam Houston State University. She married Louie Pryor on September 16, 1958 in Three Rivers, Texas. She was a member...

Luther Tullis
Apr 15, 2016
Luther "Bill" Tullis, 98, passed away April 15, 2016. He was born on February 25, 1918 in Simmons, Texas to Russell and Mary Elizabeth (Moss) Tullis. He married Eva Elizabeth Coker in Three Rivers in 1947. He was a member of Church of Christ and was retired from Tullis Appliances as well as several other businesses in Three Rivers....

Virginia Hester
Apr 14, 2016
Virginia Fay Hester, 93, passed away on April 14, 2016. She was born on December 19, 1922, in Whitsett, Texas, to John White and Virginia (Casey) White. She was raised and attended school in Calliham and Three Rivers, Texas. She graduated from Three Rivers High School in 1939. She met and married William Haskell (Hank) Hester in 1941 in...

Charlene Kubenka
Apr 9, 2016
Charlene (Biehunko) Kubenka, 83, of Beeville, died Saturday, April 9, 2016. Mrs. Kubenka was born Sept. 26, 1932, in Moulton to Elisabeth (Eissler) and Edward Biehunko. She married Marvin Kubenka in Beeville on Dec. 28, 1950, and was a homemaker and a member of Faith Lutheran Church. She taught children's Sunday school for 36 years and enjoyed swimming, riding...

Lorraine Britz
Apr 8, 2016
Lorraine Mary Zdansky Britz of League City, Texas passed away April 8, 2016, comfortably at home surrounded by family. Lorraine was born on September 30, 1947, to Lillie and Steve Zdansky in Corpus Christi and was raised in Tynan. She is preceded in death by her parents; sisters, Annie Wallek and Margaret Mask; and brother, Steve Zdansky Jr. She...

David Pastrano
Apr 6, 2016
David F. Pastrano, age 64, a resident of Irving, Texas for 38 years, passed away on Wednesday, April 6, 2016, at his home. Born June 16, 1951, in Lockhart, Texas to Jose and Guadalupe Franco Pastrano, David grew up in Beeville, married Naomi Trevino on August 6, 1977, in Dallas and was an electrician at TXU Energy for 35...

Charlie Coley
Apr 6, 2016
Charlie Joe Coley, 62, of Beeville, died Wednesday, April 6, 2016. Mr. Coley was born Sept. 9, 1953, in Beeville to Regena (Mulinix) and Joe Coley Jr. He was a truck driver in the oil field, a Baptist by faith and enjoyed animals and doing leather work. He was preceded in death by his father, Joe Coley Jr.; second...

Lurtice Kolacek
Mar 31, 2016
Lurtice Kolacek, 79, of George West, died Thursday, March 31, 2016. Mr. Kolacek was born July 11, 1936, in George West to Don John and Mary Ann (Krugerl) Kolacek. He married Loyce Renick in Corpus Christi on Oct. 16, 1958. He was an oilfield worker and retired from Western Auto in George West and was a member of First...

Joyce Crow
Mar 30, 2016
Long time Waco resident, Joyce Choate Crow, born January 2, 1916, died March 30, 2016. Joyce was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 44 years, Barney M. Crow, and by their son, David Crow. Joyce was also preceded in death by her parents, L. B. Choate and Alva Maley Choate, and her brothers, Glenn A. Choate, H....

Arturo Chavarria
Mar 29, 2016
Arturo Arnulfo Chavarria, 66, of Three Rivers, Texas, passed away on his property on Tuesday, March 29, 2016. He was a resident of Three Rivers, Texas, most of his life and at the time of his passing. Arturo Chavarria was born October 24, 1949, to Ysidra and Guadalupe Chavarria in Three Rivers. He was the town barber and enjoyed...

Arthur Holt, Sr.
Mar 28, 2016
Arthur Guy "A.G." Holt, Sr. of Beeville, Texas, died on March 28, 2016, in Kingfisher, Oklahoma. He was born June 29, 1929, to the late Walter G. and Mary (Blackwell) Holt in Fayette County, Alabama. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force. While stationed at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, he met Elaine...

Willie Hatch
Mar 12, 2016
Willie Fay Hatch passed away on March 12, 2016, in Kyle, Texas at the age of 90 years. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Kyle and was a wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, as well as an artist and poet. Willie was devoted to God and her family and always put them first during her...