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

Frances Staples
Feb 26, 2014
Frances Oree Fox Staples, 83, of Seguin, died Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014. Mrs. Staples was born Nov. 17, 1930, in Pettus to Linnie Oree (Graham) and John Henry Fox Sr. She married Perry F. Staples in Tulsita on Sept. 5, 1950, and was a homemaker and a Baptist. She was preceded in death by her parents; a brother, John...

Billy Puckett
Feb 22, 2014
Billy Clark Puckett passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, February 22, 2014 at his home in Loves Park, Illinois. He was born July 11, 1948 in Corpus Christi, TX. Billy was a 1967 graduate of A.C. Jones High School in Beeville. He also attended Bee County College in Beeville and Texas A & I University in Kingsville. He is preceded...

John Campbell
Feb 16, 2014
John Nathan Campbell passed from this life on February 16, 2014 in Three Rivers, Texas. John was born on December 1, 1941 to Charles Cecil Campbell and Dorris Frances (Pugh) Campbell in Beeville, Texas. John was raised and attended school in George West, Texas, where he was a proud member of the 1958 George West Longhorn football team which...

Amy Archer
Feb 16, 2014
Amy Marie Lewis Archer passed away on February 16, 2014 in Beeville, Texas. She was 58. She was born on December 25, 1955 to the late Richard Samuel Lewis and Joan Elizabeth Jewel Lewis in Mobile, Alabama. She is survived by her beloved husband Timothy James Archer of 32 years of marriage, children; Samantha Archer, Clifford Archer and wife...

Otis Fuller Sr.
Feb 12, 2014
Otis King Fuller, Sr. passed away on February 12, 2014. He was born in Helotes, TX, on March 10, 1928, to King M. and Otillia (Braurchle) Fuller. He attended Texas A&M University and was a member of Texas A&M Corps of Cadets. He served in the U.S. Air Force and was a veteran of WWII. He married Billie Sue...

Jeanette Whelchel
Feb 11, 2014
Jeanette Earline Whelchel, 81, formerly of Mathis, Beeville and Olmos, Texas, died February 11, 2014 in Richmond, Texas. Jeanette was born to Herman and Selma Sliva, on November 2, 1932 in Olmos, Texas. She married Bailey Whelchel on June 11, 1950, in Beeville, Texas. She was a retired Tax Assessor/Collector for the Skidmore-Tynan ISD. She was preceded in death...

Erwin Brandt
Feb 8, 2014
CALLIHAM, TEXAS BRANDT Erwin R. Brandt, 74, passed away on February 8, 2014. He was born in DeWitt County on January 13, 1940 to Adolph Erwin and Wilimae Laturnas Brandt. He married Patricia Barnett McBride on January 12, 1957 in Cuero, Texas. He was a current resident of Calliham, Texas where he worked for the Texas Parks and Wildlife...

Thomas Cude
Feb 2, 2014
Thomas Patterson Cude, 93, passed away on Sunday, February 2, 2014 at Hacienda Nursing Home in Beeville, Texas. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather. Pat was born on April 22, 1920 in the Viggo Community, about 5 miles west of Beeville, to William Leslie Cude and Anna Williamson Cude. Pat lived his childhood during the Great Depression....

Richard Hedrick
Jan 31, 2014
Richard Wayne Hedrick, 77, of Corpus Christi, died Friday, Jan. 31, 2014. Mr. Hedrick was born July 4, 1936, in Snomac, Okla., to Lela (Griffith) and James Clarence Hedrick. He married Gloria Ortiz in Las Vegas, Nev., on Sept. 20, 1998. He was retired and a member of the Church of Christ. He was preceded in death by his...

James Staples
Jan 30, 2014
James Waymon Staples, Sr., 87, passed away on January 30, 2014. He was born April 4, 1926 in Tuleta, TX to Walter Ross and Olabelle (Taylor) Staples. He served with the 5th Air Force in the Army Air Corps during WWII. He married Evie Hall on April 24, 1948 in Karnes City, TX. He was a member of the...

Georgie Sliva
Jan 25, 2014
Georgie Mae Sliva, 79, of San Antonio, died Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014. Mrs. Sliva was born July 19, 1934, in Yorktown to Frank and Annie (Baer) Mareth. She married Johnny Jerry Sliva on Dec. 29, 1952, and was a Lutheran. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband on Jan. 17, 1994; a sister, Frances; and a...

James Doughty
Jan 21, 2014
James Hollis Doughty of Sandia, Texas went to heaven January 21, 2014. He was born November 15, 1932 in Rockport, Texas to Alice Mae and Jesse Hollis Doughty. He spent much of his youth in Hebbronville and Robstown, Texas. He married Suzane June on May 30, 1952 in Kingsville, Texas and received his Masters Degree in 1959 from Texas...

Elnora Erler
Jan 21, 2014
Elnora Erler, 80, died on January 21, 2014. She was born September 3, 1933 to Louis and Elsie (Rosebrock) Buehring, Sr. in Karnes City, TX. She married Allen Charles Erler on February 1, 1957 in Karnes City, TX. She was a member of Faith Lutheran Church, Faith Lutheran Church Choir, and Faith Lutheran Church Women. Elnora retired as an...

Robert Staples
Jan 17, 2014
Robert Lee Staples, 85, passed away on Janurary 17, 2014 in Corpus Christi, Texas. He was born on June 6, 1928 to the late Ross and Ola Taylor Staples in Tuleta, Texas. He will be dearly missed. Robert was a loving husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather. He will be remembered for his love of his family and traveling....

Daniel Tierney
Jan 16, 2014
Daniel John "D.J." Tierney, 63, of Beeville, died Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014. Mr. Tierney was born Aug. 3, 1950, in Kankakee, Ill., to Wilma (Buchard) and George Joseph Tierney. He married Betty J. Jackson in Corpus Christi on March 30, 1979. He was a Vietnam veteran and had worked for NAS Chase Field as an air traffic controller. He...

Ira Malone, Jr.
Jan 15, 2014
Ira E. Malone, Jr. passed away on January 15, 2014, in Houston, Texas, at 91 years of age. Ira was born on December 15, 1922 to Ira E. Malone, Sr. and Lilly (Lee) Malone in Bee County, Texas near the Orangedale community. The family had moved to Bee County from Hood County in north Texas in a covered wagon....

Lena Smith
Jan 9, 2014
Lena Mae Reiland Smith, 84, passed away on January 9, 2014, in Live Oak Nursing Home in George West, Texas. Lena Mae was born December 3, 1929, in Corpus Christi, Texas, the daughter of Mrs. Lela Marguerite (Tomblin) Cotton and Mr. Benjamin H. Reiland of Corpus Christi, Texas. Lena Mae graduated from high school in Hebbronville, Texas, in 1947....

Marian Spickerman
Jan 5, 2014
Marian Beyer Spickerman, 93, passed away on January 5, 2014. She was born on March 10, 1920, to James Lonnie "Lon" and Lillian (Sassin) Hall in San Antonio, TX. She married Nelton "Squirrel" Beyer on February 15, 1941, and her second husband, Donald Glenn Spickerman on July 14, 1973. She lived in Skidmore most of her life. She was...

Dr. Lasiter
Dec 29, 2013
Dr. Allen Lee Lasiter, longtime resident of Beeville, Texas, passed away on December 29, 2013. Dr. Lasiter was born Janurary 17, 1923 to Brinkley Bird and Minnie Bell (Cain) Lasiter in Eagle Mills, Arkansas. He was preceded in death by his parents; brother, James Opal; and sisters, Helen, Idell, and Florence. Dr. Lasiter is survived by his wife of...

Merry Beck
Dec 27, 2013
Merry Carol Schmidt Beck, 54, passed away on December 27, 2013 in Beeville, Texas. She was born on October 4, 1959 in Karnes City to Monroe and Elline Fenner Schmidt. She will be dearly missed. She married Robert Beck on August 25, 1979 in Kenedy, Texas. They spent most of their lives living in Beeville. Merry began working in...