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

Ernesto Valencia
Jul 16, 2013
Ernesto G. Valencia, 73, of Beeville, died Tuesday, July 16, 2013. Mr. Valencia was born Jan. 1, 1940, in Bee County to Juan and Elvira (Gonzalez) Valencia. He married Pauline Moya in Beeville on April 5, 1961, and worked for the City of Beeville. He was a Christian, a member of the National Rifle Association and enjoyed hunting. He...

Sydonie Brundrett
Jul 14, 2013
Normanna, Texas Sydonie Nolen Brundrett went to be with her Lord on July 14, 2013. She was 91 years old. She was born to Willie and Antonette Storch on June 17, 1922 at Round Top, Texas. At age 11 years her family moved to Three Rivers, Texas. In 1942 she married E.L. (Pete) Nolen. After he passed away she...

Mary Pippins
Jul 5, 2013
Mary Pippins, 86, of Beeville, died Friday, July 5, 2013. Mrs. Pippins was born Sept. 12, 1926, in Corpus Christi to Mary Audrey (Lambert) and Benjamin Wessley Sanders. She married Wilbern "Pip" Pippins on Oct. 12, 1946, in Corpus Christi and was a private caretaker. She was a member of Beeville Baptist Church and enjoyed traveling, playing golf, tennis...

Douglas Stuart
Jul 4, 2013
Douglas R. Stuart, 86, of George West, died Thursday, July 4, 2013. Mr. Stuart was born May 15, 1927, in Clegg to Gordon D. and Edna (Bryan) Stuart. He married Fern LaRuth Henderson in Houston on Aug. 28, 1953, and was a retired gauger for contracted oil companies. He was preceded in death by his parents, Gordon D. and...

Emory Cox
Jul 3, 2013
Emory Walter Cox, 86, of George West died on July 3. Cox was born on Dec. 31, 1926 to Emory and Betty Longoria Cox in Sandia. He served in the Navy during the Korean War and retired as foreman from Richman Steel. He was preceded in death by his parents, first wife Hazel Mussmann Cox, second wife Ailene Tullis...

Carlyne Northam
Jul 2, 2013
Carlyne Haws Northam, 61, of Skidmore, died Tuesday, July 2, 2013. Mrs. Northam was born Aug. 17, 1951, in Fort Sill, Okla., to Vera Mae (Oxford) and Wylie "Buck" Haws Sr. She attended school in Skidmore and was a retired IRS revenue officer and a Baptist. She was preceded in death by her parents, Wylie "Buck" and Vera Haws;...

Hilario Garza
Jun 24, 2013
Hilario "Lalo" Garza, 75, of Beeville, died Monday, June 24, 2013. Mr. Garza was born April 15, 1938, in Beeville to Hilario B. and Pabla Moya Garza. He married Hilaria "Lala" Martinez in Beeville on Aug. 17, 1959. He was retired from Coastal Transport as a truck driver and was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church. He was...

Kyle Clark
Jun 21, 2013
Kyle Anthony Clark, 62, of Pawnee, Texas, was called home June 21, 2013. Mr. Clark was born March, 2, 1951, to Robert Kyle and Mable Clark in Bayler County, Texas. Mr. Clark was raised in the Kenedy area, completing his education at Kenedy High School and graduating in 1971. Mr. Clark served in the United States Navy, during the...

Jeffrey Berger
Jun 21, 2013
Jeffrey Wayne Berger, 55 of Houston, formerly of Beeville passed away suddenly Thursday, June 20, 2013. He was the son of Donald and Betty Ann Berger of West Hartford, CT. He was born into an Air Force family in Bitburg Germany. His family resided in multiple locations before settling down in West Hartford, CT with his parents and four...

Xavier Gonzales
Jun 19, 2013
Xavier Gonzales, 54, passed away on June 19, 2013. He is preceded in death by his father, Flavio Gonzales. He is survived by his daughters, Karla Gonzales of Three Rivers, Paula Braune of Three Rivers, Tamra Gonzales of Three Rivers, Tabetha Gonzales of Three Rivers. He is also survived by his grandchildren, Elisha Gonzales, Brooke Braune, Beau Braune; his...

Manny Sanchez
Jun 14, 2013
ATCS Manuel "Manny" "Chico" Sanchez, 63, of Beville, died Friday, June 14, 2013. Mr. Sanchez was born Jan. 31, 1950, in Albuquerque, N.M., to Jennie (Romero) and Camilio Sanchez Sr. He married Norma Noriega in Beeville on May 3, 2001, and was retired from the U.S. Navy. He was a veteran of the Vietnam War and was commander of...

Charlotte King
Jun 10, 2013
Charlotte Anne (Boyer) King, 65, of Mathis died Monday, June 10, 2013. Mrs. King was born July 20, 1947, to Sidney York and Martha Grace (Worley) Boyer in Edinburg. She married Bruce L. King on Sept. 2, 1971, in Salt Lake City, Utah. She earned her master's degree and was a librarian. She was a member of Church of...

Elizabeth Sellers
Jun 10, 2013
Elizabeth (Michel)Sellers, 90, of Tuleta died Monday, June 10, 2013. She was born to John and Maria Guadalupe (Sosa) Michel on April 8, 1923 in San Antonio. She married Woodrow Wilson Sellers on April 29, 1946, in Beeville. She was a homemaker and an avid gardener. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Woodrow Wilson Sellers;...

Jane Ferguson
Jun 9, 2013
Jane Elizabeth (Krutsch) Ferguson, 90, of Beeville died Sunday, June 9, 2013. Mrs. Ferguson was born Dec. 17, 1922, in Denver, Colo., to William Joseph and Ruth Elizabeth (Hansgen) Howard. She married Robert Ernest Ferguson in Carmel, Calif., on July 4, 1953. She was a homemaker and member of St. Philip's Episcopal Church. She was preceded in death by...

Maurine Duge
Jun 6, 2013
Maurine Duge, 82, of Skidmore died Thursday, June 6, 2013. Mrs. Duge was born Nov. 29, 1930, in Beeville to Gus Edward and Trophinia Margaret (Franks) Mattingly. She married Edward August Duge on June 10, 1949, in Skidmore. Mrs. Duge was involved in Soroptimist Society and several other local service organizations. She was a member of First United Methodist...

Lena Lacy
Jun 3, 2013
Lena Mary Lacy, 87, went to be with her Lord on the evening of June 3, 2013, with her family and friends by her side. Lena Mary was born on May 4, 1926, in Beeville, Texas, to Dr. Linzie Newton Connally, DDS and Lena May Hodges Connally. She was born on the same lot as her current home, to...

Virginia Nelson
May 31, 2013
Virginia (Foley) Nelson, 87, of San Antonio, formerly of Beeville, died Friday, May 31, 2013. Mrs. Nelson was born July 13, 1925, in Corpus Christi to Augusta (Hirst) and Lee Daniel Foley. She was a member of Friendship Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, L.D. and Augusta Foley; a son, Randy Wayne Nelson; sisters, Frankie...

Kathleen Hunter
May 28, 2013
KATHLEEN RUTH WALDIE MCCARTY HUNTER After 91 years of a full and happy life, Kathleen (Tubby) Ruth Waldie McCarty Hunter went home on May 28, 2013. She was born May 5, 1922 to Myrtie and Claude A. Waldie of Floresville, Texas, the youngest of seven children. All of her siblings and her parents have gone before her. Her daughter...

Emil Bohac
May 19, 2013
Emil O. "Jack" Bohac, 87, of Skidmore, died Sunday, May 19, 2013. Mr. Bohac was born July 14, 1925, in Skidmore to Joe F. and Thelma Jane (Fullen) Bohac. He married Maudie Lee Fox in Beeville on March 19, 1949, and served in the U.S. Navy. He was retired from Halliburton and was an active member of First Baptist...

Eugene Sassin
May 13, 2013
Eugene J. Sassin, 80, of Beeville, died Monday, May 13, 2013. Mr. Sassin was born Aug. 21, 1932, in Yoakum, Texas to Frank and Annie (Pavliska) Sassin. He married Carol Asher in Karnes City on Aug. 19, 1956, and worked for years as a lease operator in the oil field. He was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church,...