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

Fred Sawyer, Jr.
May 27, 2014
Fred Wayland Sawyer Jr., 73, of Three Rivers, died Tuesday, May 27, 2014. Mr. Sawyer was born May 31, 1940, in Simmons City to Rowena Ellen (Putnam) and Fred Wayland Sawyer Sr. He was a welder's helper and was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Three Rivers. He was also involved in the United Methodist Men,...

Patricia Mcmullen
May 22, 2014
Patricia Deane (Harris) McMullen, 82, of Beeville, died Thursday, May 22, 2014. Mrs. McMullen was born Aug. 13, 1931, in Amarillo to Woodson B. Harris and Frances E. (Hancock) Harris Tucker. She married Rev. Lawrence McMullen and was a member of Trinity Christian Center. She was preceded in death her parents; her husband, Rev. Lawrence McMullen; and a step-daughter,...

Penney Brown
May 6, 2014
Penney Wallace Brown went to heaven at 2:41 pm on May 6, 2014. Penn Rose (Penney) Wallace was born in Canton, Texas, on March 25, 1919, to William Penn and Winnie Ola (Sullivan) Wallace. She was the youngest of eleven children. At a Chamber of Commerce meeting the day she was born, her father drew her name out of...

Thomas Downes
Apr 28, 2014
Thomas Garvin Downes, 69, of Copperas Cove, died at home Monday, April 28, 2014. Mr. Downes was born in Cotulla on May 30, 1944, was raised in Beeville, and lived in many locations before settling in Copperas Cove. He graduated from A.C. Jones High School and received his BA from Texas A&M (A&I) University at Kingsville. He served in...

Crayton Hunter
Apr 27, 2014
Crayton Hunter, 68, passed away on April 27, 2014, with his family by his side. He was born on July 30, 1945 to L.D. and Dorothy Hunter in Laredo, Texas. He was a long time resident of South Texas. Crayton was the owner and President of Hunter Petroleum, Inc. He served on the Wells Fargo Board of Directors, the...

Rosendo Tamez Sr.
Apr 18, 2014
Rosendo Tamez Sr., 91, of George West, died Friday, April 18, 2014. Mr. Tamez was born Aug. 30, 1922, in San Pablo to Pedro Tamez and Sixta De Los Santos and married Dora G. Tamez in San Diego. He had a passion in life for training horses and enjoyed spending his time as a guide hunter, ultimately hunting bobcats...

Perry Davis, Jr.
Apr 16, 2014
Our family has lost a most beloved husband and father. Today, we celebrate his life, not mourn his death. Perry Ellis Davis, Jr., “Colonel”, as he was known, provided for his family as a self taught auctioneer. He worked cattle sales in Beeville, Cotulla, Uvalde, and Pearsall, TX until his retirement in 1991 following open heart surgery and lengthy...

Irene Chessher
Apr 16, 2014
Irene Christine (Nelson) Chessher, 94, of Pettus, died Wednesday, April 16, 2014. Mrs. Chessher was born May 10, 1919, in The Colony near Normana, Tx to Charles O. and Myrtle Irene Davidson Nelson. She married D.L. Chessher on Dec. 7, 1937, in Beeville. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Pettus. She was preceded in death by...

Ruby Herzog
Apr 13, 2014
Heaven received another angel on April 13, 2014, as 82-year-old Ruby Fae Herzog answered our Lord’s call to come home. Ruby was born on February 2, 1932, in Waelder, Texas, to Johnny Hearn and Neomi Hearn-Cloud. She came to Skidmore at the age of 17 years when she answered an ad in the paper for a waitress position at...

Tommy Ferguson, Jr.
Apr 11, 2014
Thomas Levi Ferguson, Jr., of Beeville passed from this life into his Heavenly home on April 11, 2014 in Floresville. He was born on January 5, 1928, in Pettus, Texas to Thomas L. Ferguson, Sr. & Opal Mae Stuart. Thomas served in the Armed Forces during World War II in Darmstadt, Germany as a construction equipment operator. He was...

Lafayette Proffitt, Jr.
Apr 6, 2014
Lafayette Bates Proffitt, Jr. (L.B.) left this world after 100 years to be with his Lord and his lifetime sweetheart, Velma. He died, Sunday, April 6th at his home with his family around him. He was born on June 10, 1913 in Newcastle, Texas. L.B. was preceded in death by his parents, Fayette and Beulah Jones Proffitt, his wife,...
Sue Phillips
Apr 5, 2014
Wanda Sue (Watson) Phillips, 84, passed away Saturday, April 5, 2014, at Hacienda Oaks Nursing Home in Beeville, Texas.
Sue was born November 23, 1929 in Breckenridge, Texas to John and Verna Mae (Winnegar) Watson. She married Aldie "Al" Phillips on February 15, 1948. They were married for 66 years.
Sue worked as a telephone operator and in telephone sales...

Dorcas Guerrero
Apr 1, 2014
Dorcas Guerrero, 73, passed away on April 1, 2014. She was born on May 13, 1940 in Valle Hermoso, Tamaulipas, Mexico to the late Higinio and Dolores Cortez Gutierrez. She is preceded in death by her parents, a son George Guerrero, and a son in law John M. Adkins, Sr. She leaves behind to cherish her memories her beloved...

Peggy Love
Mar 28, 2014
Peggy Jean McCalman, Gilmore, Love, 87, formerly of Corpus Christi passed away on Friday, March 28, 2014 in Kingwood Texas. She was born on August 4, 1926 to Carter and Alga McCalman in Caddo Oklahoma. She loved her family and friends. Her passions were her children, for many years singing in the church choir, cooking, and she enjoyed catching...

Patsy Cooley
Mar 27, 2014
Patsy Sue Cooley, 69, passed away on March 27, 2014 in Houston. She was born on November 14, 1944 in Beeville to the late Emmit and Doris Gilcrease Harding. Patsy loved to spend her time doing puzzles. She is preceded in death by her parents, husband, a son Robert Schleig, and 8 siblings. She is survived by her sons...

Charles Ford
Mar 24, 2014
Charles William Ford, 75, of Beeville, died Monday, March 24, 2014. Mr. Ford was born July 28, 1938, in the Clareville Community to Julia (Sciba) and Joseph V. Ford Sr. He served in the U.S. Air Force and married Verma Lee Miller in Abilene on Nov. 14, 1959. He was a member of First United Methodist Church. He worked...

Esteban Cuevas Jr.
Mar 22, 2014
Esteban “Steve” Cuevas Jr., 55, of George West, died Saturday, March 22, 2014. Mr. Cuevas was born to Esteban M. and Olivia Lane Cuevas on July 24, 1958, in Beeville. He was a construction worker and enjoyed hunting, the outdoors and remodeling. He was a Catholic. He was preceded in death by his mother and one brother, Robert Cuevas....

William Meider Jr.
Mar 22, 2014
William Charles "Bill" Meider, Jr. passed away March 22, 2014, in Houston, Texas, after a courageous fight with cancer. He was 77. He was born in Robstown, Texas, on August 6, 1936, to Mary A. (Thomas) and W.C. Meider, Sr. Bill married Beverly Jennings in George West on August 2, 1955. He was a member of the First United...

Davey Migura
Mar 22, 2014
Davey Pete Migura, 64, of Orange Grove, Texas, beloved husband and best friend of Doris Ann Migura for 26 years, passed away peacefully Saturday, March 22, at 5:35 p.m. at the Methodist Specialty and Transplant Hospital surrounded by the ones he laughed with, lived for, and loved the most. Pete was born in Mathis, Texas to Daniel and Lillian...

Steve Bowman
Mar 22, 2014
Steve was born on May 22, 1955 at the Naval hospital in Argentia, Newfoundland to Ernest Gene Bowman and Kay Moody Bowman. He finished his earthly life on March 22, 2014 to begin his heavenly journey, with his beloved wife, Janet; his father and friend, Gene Bowman, who preceded him. Steve graduated from A. C. Jones High School in...