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

Bobby Thomas
Aug 18, 2014
Bobby Eugene Thomas, 80, passed away on August 18, 2014. He was born on July 3, 1934 in Mercedes, TX to Doc Bell and Thelma Ann (McDonald) Thomas. Bobby married Doris Marie Latham on April 10, 1959 in Bruni, TX. He was a U.S. Army veteran and was previously employed with A.B. Thomas Company, Three Rivers I.S.D., as head...

Leroy Magill
Aug 18, 2014
Leroy Magill, 90, of Beeville, died Monday, Aug. 18, 2014. Mr. Magill was born Nov. 29, 1923, in Salado to Mattie (Ashcraft) and Aaron Magill. He served in the U.S. Navy during WW II and was in the Chase Field Civil Service as a public works supervisor. He married Mary Blair in Beeville on June 29, 1971, and was...

Griselda Valverde
Aug 13, 2014
Griselda G. Valverde, 79, died Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014. Ms. Valverde was born Dec. 22, 1934, in George West to Ramiro and Guillerma (Fuentes) Garcia. She married Pablo Valverde on Aug. 5, 1952, in George West. She was a homemaker and a member of St. George Catholic Church. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Paul Valverde;...

Patrick Martin
Aug 13, 2014
Patrick Ira Martin, 74, of San Antonio, died Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014. Mr. Martin was born Jan. 2, 1940, in Beeville, to Louise (Waters) and Emmet Martin Sr. He served in the U.S. Marines and was a retired crane operator. He was a member of First Baptist Church, an Eagle Scout Troop 200, and he was a Mason. He...

Simon Leon
Aug 12, 2014
Simon De Leon Jr., 88, of Three Rivers and Pawnee died Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014. Mr. DeLeon was born Sept. 2, 1925, in Bee County to Simon Sr. and Rojelia Ramos DeLeon. He worked as a farm hand. He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers and two sisters. Survivors include two sisters, Adelfa (Eleno) Duenes and...

Dorothy Gilmore
Jul 16, 2014
Dorothy Faye Gilmore, 83, died Wednesday, July 16, 2014. Mrs. Gilmore was born July 17, 1930, in Mineral to Perrin Bruce and Myra (Harris) Williamson. She was a member of First Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Fredie Gilmore; sons, Mike and Fred Quimby; her parents; and a sister, Mildred Bruce Stokley. Survivors include her...

Marcela Gonzalez
Jul 8, 2014
Marcela G. Gonzalez, of San Antonio, Texas passed away on July 8th, 2014, in Corpus Christi, Texas, at the age of 94. She was born on a ranch by George West, Texas, on January 31, 1920, to parents Josefa and Severo Guzman. She married David Gonzalez in Beeville, Texas, and had residency in the Rio Grande Valley where David...

Charlotte Lane
Jun 30, 2014
Charlotte C. Lane, 77, of Skidmore, died Monday, June 30, 2014. Ms. Lane was born April 16, 1937, in San Antonio to Gurtrude Christoff. She was an accountant for Valshing Gin in Mathis and a member of Peace Church in Tynan. She was preceded in death by her parents and a daughter, Karen Johnston. Survivors include her grandsons, Lyndon...

Mary Everett
Jun 30, 2014
Mary Louise Everett, 96, died Monday, June 30, 2014. Mrs. Everett was born in Beeville on Feb. 14, 1918, to Emma Susan (Mills) and John Franklin Gaskins. She was an artist, winning Artist of the Year for Bandera County. She enjoyed doing creative stitchery, arts and crafts, home decorating and raising funds for the Camp Bandina Church of Christ,...

Otto Goebel, Jr.
Jun 29, 2014
Otto Goebel, Jr., 84, passed away on June 29, 2014. He was born to Otto Goebel Sr. and Sofie Weiding Goebel on August 31, 1929, in Oakville, Texas. He is a veteran of the United States Army, serving during the Korean Conflict. He married Margaret Mills on September 28, 1955, and they resided in Live Oak County. He was...

Sandra Clark
Jun 28, 2014
Sandra (Jones) Clark, 61, of Beeville, died Saturday, June 28, 2014. Mrs. Clark was born Oct. 16, 1952, in Beeville, to Wanda Mae Cox and Elmer Randolf Jones. She married Scott Randal Clark in Beeville on March 23, 1973, and worked for many years for the county under District Clerk Margie Carter. She took over as interim district clerk...

Elizabeth Katzfey
Jun 28, 2014
Cleo Elizabeth "Bootsie" (Smith) Katzfey, 68, of George West, died Saturday, June 28, 2014. Mrs. Katzfey was born Aug. 23, 1945, in Nueces County to Roy C. and Joy Pettit Smith. She married Martin Joseph Katzfey Jr. on Aug. 14, 1965, in George West. She worked for more than 30 years as a secretary for the George West ISD...

Georgia Garvey
Jun 26, 2014
Georgia Mae (Herndon) Garvey, 85, of Beeville, died Thursday, June 26, 2014. Mrs. Garvey was born Jan. 9, 1929, in Lawton, Oklahoma, to James and Bertha (Bond) Herndon. She married Robert Rex Garvey in Bernalillo, New Mexico on Aug. 31, 1956, and was a homemaker and a member of First Baptist Church. She was involved with Bible study, the...

Nancy Shavor
Jun 17, 2014
On June 17, 2014, our beloved mother and dear friend to many, Nancy Ann Harris Shavor, age 74, crossed over to join her "Heavenly" family and friends and prepare the way for the rest of us, in the fashion she was so apt to do. Always the caregiver, Nancy knew she needed to arrive early and make sure everything...

Joseph Cowen
Jun 16, 2014
Joseph Hamilton (Joe) Cowen, 70, died in Corpus Christi, TX. He was born Aug. 24, 1943, in Corpus Christi, to Joseph N. and Alice R.H. Cowen. He grew up in Dimmitt, Texas in the Texas Panhandle. He married Malinda Lou Lyles in 1977, formerly of Fort Worth and Amarillo, now of Beeville, who survives. Other survivors include his sons:...

Ralph Priest
Jun 15, 2014
Ralph Priest, 71, of Rockport, died Sunday, June 15, 2014. Mr. Priest was born July 17, 1942, in Beeville. He served in the United States Army and was a veteran of the Vietnam War. He married Sandra Barnes on July 15, 1989, in Rockport. He was a shrimper and lifetime member of the VFW in Aransas Pass. He was...

Gilbert Ruiz
Jun 14, 2014
Gilbert Ruiz 52, passed away on June 14, 2014, in Beeville. He was born in Kenedy, Texas, on June 25, 1961, to Salvador and Rita Ruiz. He was a devoted Catholic and a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church. He was an active board member of Three Rivers Independent School District, serving as vice president; he also served on...

Mamie Jancha
Jun 5, 2014
Mamie (Huddler) Jancha, 83, of Beeville, died Thursday, June 5, 2014. Mrs. Jancha was born Feb. 21, 1931, in Beeville to Talton and Lula (Harding) Huddler. She married George L. Jancha in Beeville on Aug. 29, 1946, and was a homemaker and pharmacy clerk. She was of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by her husband, George...

Betty Lasater
Jun 5, 2014
Betty Jo Lasater, 75, passed away June 5, 2014. She was born on July 28, 1938 in Poteet, TX to George Norman and Velma Irene (Hughes) Williamson. She married T.C. Lasater, Jr. on December 16, 1955 in Poteet. She was a baptist and she loved animals and wildlife. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, and brother,...

Julie Stricklin
May 29, 2014
Julie F. (Daniel) Stricklin, 54, of Beeville, died Thursday, May 29, 2014. Mrs. Stricklin was born Nov. 21, 1959, in Colegate, Oklahoma, to Keith and Gloria (Beal) Daniel. She married Ronald Stricklin in Aransas Pass on Dec. 29, 1982. She was a member of First United Methodist Church and a published poet. Survivors include her husband, Ronald Stricklin of...