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

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...

Irene Armitage
Dec 25, 2013
Irene Armitage, 83, of Beeville, died Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2013. Ms. Armitage was born May 26, 1930, in Marinette, Wis., to Otto and Irma Niehardt Boerner. She married Willie Merton on Nov. 26, 1945, and was a homemaker and a member of First Baptist Church. Survivors include her daughter, Joyce (Wayne) Lee of Beeville; a son, William (Emmajean) Armitage...

Philip Russell
Dec 21, 2013
Philip "Phil" M. Russell, age 57, passed away December 21, 2013 in Beeville, Texas. He is survived by his wife, Sharon Russell; 2 sons, Aaron Russell & wife, Kristal of Keller, TX and Jonathan Russell & wife, Dusty of Converse, TX; a daughter, Stephanie Delgado & husband, Lupe of San Antonio, TX; his mother, Maxine Ingle & husband, Tommy...

Curry Newport
Dec 20, 2013
Curry Lee Newport, 78, passed away on December 20, 2013. Born to Fred and Blanche (Curry) Newport June 24,1935, Curry Lee Newport was the youngest of 3 children raised on the grounds of the University (of Arkansas) farm in Harmon, Arkansas. He graduated from Texas A&M University and participated in the US Army as part of the peace time...

Carol Cain
Dec 16, 2013
Carol S. (Riley) Cain, 55, of Beeville, died Monday, Dec. 16, 2013. Mrs. Cain was born Nov. 9, 1958, in Refugio to Annie S. and Patrick W. Riley. She received her bachelor's degree in secondary education and worked for Pettus High School. She married Houston R. Cain in Normanna and was a member of First Baptist Church. She was...

Edith Schroeder
Dec 2, 2013
Edith Viola Schroeder, a long time resident of Live Oak County, passed away on December 2, 2013. She was 102 years old. Edith was born on November 21, 1911 in Alba, Texas to George William Poss and Willie Pirl Wilkins. Her family moved to West Texas in a covered wagon pulled with a team of horses when she was...

Otto Huebotter
Dec 1, 2013
Otto Harold Huebotter, 82, of Three Rivers, died Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013. Mr. Huebotter was born to Henry Huebotter and Grace Delmater Huebotter in La Vernia on June 24, 1931. He married Oleta Joy Neff in Laredo on Dec. 26, 1952, and was a craftsman. He was a Baptist and enjoyed fishing. He was preceded in death by his...

Mae Johnson
Dec 1, 2013
Mae Irene Johnson, 48, of San Antonio, formerly of Beeville, died Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013. Ms. Johnson was born April 7, 1965, in Beeville to Ray and Lena (Johnson) Barefield. She graduated from A.C. Jones High School in 1983, then went on to Bee County College receiving a degree in nursing. She was a homemaker, a Baptist and enjoyed...

William Moser
Dec 1, 2013
Surrounded by family, William(Bill) Barnett Moser, Jr., passed away peacefully on Sunday, December 1, 2013 at the age of 86. He had fought a long and courageous battle with cancer. Born February 11, 1927 in Houston, Texas to William B. Moser and Emma Elizabeth Hubert, he attended Houston public schools and was a graduate of Lamar High School, class...

James Strong
Nov 26, 2013
James Taylor Strong, 72, passed away on November 26, 2013. He was born on October 11, 1941 in Beeville, Texas to Taylor and Eleanora (Range) Strong. He graduated from Skidmore-Tynan High School in 1959 and attended Texas A&I. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1960 to 1964 and the reserve from 1964 to 1966. James married Betty...

Vernon Evans
Nov 18, 2013
Vernon R. Evans, 75, of Marble Falls, formerly of Beeville, died Monday, Nov. 18, 2013. Mr. Evans was born Aug. 25, 1938, in Oakland, Calif., to Vernon R. Smith and Olive Lucille Hazard Evans. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1956 to 1975 in the Vietnam War. He married Mary Ann Perez on March 24, 1957, in Sunnyvale,...

Louis Massengale
Nov 14, 2013
Louis Wayne Massengale, 90, passed away on November 14, 2013. He was born on April 23, 1923 to L.W. and Fannie Copeland Massengale in Pettus, Texas. He graduated from A.C. Jones High School in 1942 and received a bachelor of business arts degree from Texas A&1 in University in Kingsville in 1951. He served in the Air Transport Command...

Sarah Blankenship
Nov 13, 2013
Sarah Helen Pledge Blankenship, 84, passed away on November 13, 2013. She was born on September 4, 1929 in Texon, Regan Co., Texas to John Varney and Carabel (Graves) Pledge. She was the youngest of 5 children. She married Cicero Jourdan "Smokey" Blankenship on December 1, 1945 in Eldorado, Schleicher Co., Texas. She was a member of The Church...

Opal Miller
Nov 12, 2013
Opal Myrtle Holleman Miller April 29, 1015 - November 12, 2013 Opal Myrtle Holleman was born April 29, 1915 in Wealthy Leon County, Texas, to Henry and Maude (Smith) Holleman. In 1921 her family moved to Sandia, Texas where she graduated from high school at the age of 16 and then attended cosmetology school in Corpus Christi. She eventually...

Sharon Villanueva
Nov 5, 2013
Sharon Ann Villanueva, 71, Beloved mother, sister, aunt, and grandmother went peacefully home to be with her Heavenly Father and her loved ones who have prepared a place for her, on November 5, 2013. Sharon Ann was born on May 25, 1942 in Glendale, CA. She was the first of two children to Merton and Hazel Stevens of Los...