Obituaries

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

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Florentina Moya

Florentina Moya

Apr 20, 2015

Florentina V. Moya passed away on April 20, 2015. She was born June 20, 1938, to Jose Concepcion Verastigui and Martha (Nerios) Verastigui in Oakville, Texas. She had lived in George West all her life, until the last ten years ago, when she moved to Pleasanton. She was a member of St. Andrews Catholic Church. She is preceded in...

Carol Scarberry

Carol Scarberry

Apr 18, 2015

Mrs. Scarberry was born Nov. 27, 1942, in New Hampshire to Ida (Gammon) and Walter Frank. She married William D. Scarberry in Beeville on July 12, 1975, and was a homemaker and a retired cook. She was a member of the Church of Christ. She was preceded in death by her parents; a step-son, Douglas Allen Scarberry; and a...

Edward Rogers

Edward Rogers

Apr 17, 2015

Edward "Bub" Rogers, 43, of Beeville died Friday, April 17, 2015. Mr. Rogers was born Nov. 19, 1971 in Galveston to Billie Jean Rogers and Carla (Osborne) Rogers. He married Shannon Young on Dec. 14, 2011, in Cuero. He was owner and operator of Rogers Enterprises. He was preceded in death by his father, Billie Jean Rogers. Survivors include...

Virgil Wilkins

Virgil Wilkins

Apr 16, 2015

Virgil Wilkins, 85, passed away on April 16, 2015. He was born December 25, 1929 in Miranda City, TX to Virgil B. and Ola Mae (McCoy) Wilkins. He served in the United States Army Air Corp. Virgil married Louise Norman on May 21, 1948 in Alamogordo, NM. He was a member of Oakville Baptist Church. He is survived by...

Trinidad Elizondo

Trinidad Elizondo

Apr 10, 2015

Trinidad Puente Elizondo passed away on April 10, 2015. She was born in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon Mexico on July 20, 1919 to Isabel and Eibureia (Castillo) Puente. She married Favian R. Elizondo on September 11, 1937 in Karnes City. Mr. and Mrs. Elizondo raised their children and farmed in the ranching community of Nell, Texas. Upon retirement, she lived...

Bonnie Ricketts

Bonnie Ricketts

Apr 9, 2015

Bonnie Bess Ricketts, 91, passed away April 9, 2015. She was born July 13,1923, in Denver, Colorado to Robert I. and Laveta Viola (Bonnell) Heydon. She married Eugene H. Ricketts on June 20,1942, in Anaheim, California. She was a member of First Christian Church and active years back in the republican party. She is survived by her husband, Eugene...

Regina Galle

Regina Galle

Apr 2, 2015

Regina Katherine "Kathy" Dolan Galle, 71, of Beeville, died Thursday, April 2, 2015. Mrs. Galle was born March 7, 1944, in Sabinal to Regina (Dorow) and Michael O'Hara Dolan. She married William Earl Galle Sr. and was retired from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church. She was preceded in death...

Cathleen Anderson

Cathleen Anderson

Mar 21, 2015

Cathleen Dycus - Hollan Anderson, 78, passed away on March 21, 2015. She was born to Hazelwood Dycus and Bernice Cook on January 7, 1937, in Beeville, Texas. She was raised in Sinton, Texas, by her mother and adopted father Gus Hollan. While growing up in Sinton she attended school there and after graduation Cathleen attended Del Mar School...

Ruth Marshall

Ruth Marshall

Mar 20, 2015

Ruth Marshall, 93, passed away on March 20, 2015. She was born in Choates, Texas on March 22, 1921 to Eloise (Long) and Joseph Franklin Sciba. She married Thomas Ran (Peck) Marshall in Tuleta, Texas on March 3, 1940. She was a member First United Methodist Church and a resident of George West since 1955. She was preceded in...

Doris Smith

Doris Smith

Mar 16, 2015

Doris Marie (Moore) Smith, 85, of Beeville, died Monday, March 16, 2015. Mrs. Smith was born Sept. 28, 1929, in Shallowater to Velma Mae (Blackwell) and James Travis Moore. She married O.R. "Buddy" Smith in Lovington, New Mexico on Jan. 7, 1950, and was an office manager for Smith Drilling Company. She was an active member of Adams Street...

Eloisa Mendoza

Eloisa Mendoza

Mar 14, 2015

Eloisa (Gomez) Mendoza, 91, of Beeville, passed Saturday, March 14, 2015. Mrs. Mendoza was born Aug. 17, 1923, in Berclair to Andrea (Garza) and Higinio P. Gomez. She married Carlos Mendoza in Bee County on July 5, 1967. She was a beloved wife, mother and grandmother, and known in the community as an Avon representative for over 25 years....

Jack Mcbride

Jack Mcbride

Mar 9, 2015

Jack Wiley McBride, 70, passed away on March 9, 2015. He was born on December 20, 1944 to Jack Wiley and Mary Margaret (Hoffpower) McBride in Houston, Texas. He married Sarah Smith on May 21, 1981 in Three Rivers. He was a member of First Baptist Church of George West, Texas. He is survived by his wife, Sarah; 3...

John Anderson

John Anderson

Mar 9, 2015

John Burman Anderson, 83, passed away on March 9, 2015. He was born on May 6, 1931, to T.N. and Ethel (Hamstram) Anderson in Hutto, Texas. He served in the United States Navy. On April 11, 1958, he married Cathleen Dycus-Hollan in Sinton, Texas. He was a Methodist. He worked as a measurement engineer with TransContinental Gas & Pipeline...

Charles Steele

Charles Steele

Mar 5, 2015

Charles Howard Steele, 86, passed away on March 3, 2015. He was born on March 18, 1928, in DeWitt, Arkansas to Charles Finch and Lillie (Cunningham) Steele. He married Sylvia Basaldu on April 10, 1968. Charles served in the U.S. Navy from 1945 to 1970. He was a WWII, Korean, and Vietnam veteran and was a pilot bombardier. After...

Henry Lucke

Henry Lucke

Mar 4, 2015

Henry Alfred Lucke was born January 27, 1927, to Karl Lucke and Ernestina Carolina Albert. He attended the Thompson School in Lavaca County through the tenth grade and graduated from Hallettsville High School in May of 1944. In 1946, after a brief period of Army service, he enrolled at Southwest Texas State College in San Marcos. Before completing his...

Lester Kolacek

Lester Kolacek

Feb 25, 2015

Lester Lynn Kolacek, 52, of George West died Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015. Mr. Kolacek was born July 10, 1962 to Lurtice and Loyce Renick Kolacek in Three Rivers. After graduating from George West, he married Valeta Ann Linnean of Farmington, NM on May 18, 1982. He spend most of his life working in the oil field but was working...

Alfredo Moreno, Jr.

Alfredo Moreno, Jr.

Feb 23, 2015

Alfredo (Fred) A. Moreno, Jr., RPh, was called home by the Lord on February 23, 2015, at 95 years of age. He was surrounded by his family. Alfredo was the oldest son of Alfredo B. Moreno, Sr. and Ramona A. Moreno. He was born in Beeville, TX, where he lived most of his life. Alfredo attended and graduated Valedictorian...

Sean Howell

Sean Howell

Feb 23, 2015

Services are pending at Galloway & Sons Funeral Home for Sean Christopher Howell, 45, husband of Allison Blake (Tindol) Howell. He passed away on Monday, Feb. 23.

Fred Tegge

Fred Tegge

Feb 23, 2015

Fred Stanley Tegge was born May 26, 1924, in Granger to Stella (Stanley) and Fred Lee Tegge. He served in the U.S. Navy during WW II and married Imogene Henson on July 20, 1947, in Rosebud. He was a member of First United Methodist Church where he was on the administrative board and was a member of Rotary since...

Louis Mcgill

Louis Mcgill

Feb 22, 2015

Louis Levi McGill, 91, formerly of Beeville, died at Gentiva Hospice in San Antonio Sunday morning, Feb. 22, 2015. Mr. McGill was born April 29, 1923, in Sherman and served as a Staff Sergeant in the United States Army. He was retired after 35 years with Southwestern Bell. He was preceded in death by his parents, Allie Wesson and...